Today’s office.

Oh my god, poor things. Venezuelan Raid Left Celebs Stranded on St. Barts www.thecut.com/article/trum...

Goals. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Goals for 2026 - more bedrotting.

RIP Tatania Schlossburg.

1/ Rebecca Solnit is America's top essayist. Here she writes of principles: inclusion vs. exclusion, truth vs. lies, kindness vs. cruelty, and protection vs. destruction of systems protecting climate & public health. We enter 2026 w/ the clarity that *people have the power* to determine our future.

In Which I Try Valiantly to Cheer You Up www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...

Treats for the delivery people.🎁🎄

Tree arrives tomorrow.🎄

What looks like ‘overdiagnosis’ is really a system struggling to provide continuous care

“I urge you to please notice when you are happy.” - Kurt Vonnegut

I’ve just finished reading Jeff Hardwell’s account of his experience of depression & bipolar disorder. A rollercoaster of misdiagnosis & suicide attempts, disrupting the joys of family life & fatherhood 1/https://amzn.eu/d/ekxoKGH

Luvvies embracing conspiracy theories about vaccines.. ttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/11/liam-neeson-covid-documentary?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Can someone explain to me like I’m five why psychologists who bang on about mental illness only being caused by social factors are so completely silent when it comes to talk about the impact of wealth inequality on mental health? Anyone? Just a few words? www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...

Interesting childhood experiences of gender identity for Rilke, one of the very finest poets.

“‘The patriarchy runs deep’: women still getting a raw deal in the workplace as equality remains a dream” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

If you don’t believe in equality, you are unlike to call out discrimination because you will not recognise it. And if you don’t recognise inequality, you are very unlikely to stand up for those who are victims of discrimination. You may even believe they are scrounges/whiners.

Many Republican women don’t believe in equality. “Much has been made about the rebirth of gutter antisemitism and racism within the conservative movement. There’s been less public alarm about the resurgence of unapologetic misogyny.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...

Everything is getting stupider

Interesting childhood experiences of gender identity for Rilke, one of the very finest poets.

In case you’re curious to know what X is getting outraged about now…. Non-binary biscuits.

Good morning, Bluesky.

Providing work opportunities for at-risk kids is one of the most progressive things we can do. www.cnn.com/2025/12/06/w...

“Masking” is part of life, especially for those with autism or A.D.H.D. But hiding your true self comes with a cost.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/w...

Pertinent writing by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social “This terrorizing and demonizing pretends to be in service of recreating a white America that never existed. The US when white supremacists like Trump were young was whiter, but this was never a white country.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I'm really pleased that the accusations against Farage are quite rightly not going away. He appears very, very rattled and deservedly so. This is very long overdue.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott kicked off #70yearsagotoday. The boycott was launched after the arrest of Rosa Parks. The boycott ended on December 20, 1956 when the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama ruled segregation unconstitutional. #xyearsagotoday

Rest in peace, dear sweet old Romy girl. Glad to know you are now sleeping beneath the pear tree in our orchard.💔

I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.

Yesterday the doctor who saw me was black. She was attentive, empathetic, took my pain seriously, explained the next steps as clearly and in as much detail as practical. She examined me for half an hour for a comprehensive examination. She will also be subject to racist abuse. It’s revolting.

This Is the Kind of Bigotry We Rejected Decades Ago www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...

Who can blame nurses for looking elsewhere for work, where they can get better pay and be treated with respect? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?” - John Steinbeck

Imagine being so reluctant to apologise for racist and antisemitic songs and comments that you have to be publicly pushed to do so, and yet you still don’t do it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41332847/ @dranniehickox.bsky.social

This time last year, I was on the South Lawn of the White House helping to lay out the AIDS Memorial Quilt. This year the White House did nothing and the State Department instructed empoyees and grant recipients to “refrain from publicly promoting World Aids Day through any communication channels”

Homeschooling allows legal loopholes that protect abusive parents rather than the child. Heartbreaking story. www.thecut.com/article/home...

Good morning! Woke to find that it’s apparently now December, winter solstice within touching distance! Somehow I know I’ll dreaming of the light all day! Happy new month to you!

“The crisp path through the field in this December snow, in the deep dark, where we trod the buried grass like ghosts on dry toast.” ― Dylan Thomas, Quite Early One Morning

Millions of workers are toiling away from their families this holiday weekend. So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Pay all workers a living wage.

Sunny Sunday afternoon. The eve of Advent.🎄

The very best kind of autumn day.

The legendary cellist Pablo Casals was asked why he continued to practice at 90. “Because I think I’m making progress” he replied. Good article on ageism: “I’m 62. Stop Telling Me I’m Old.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/o...

Happy Advent.🎄 “And for all this, nature is never spent; There lives the dearest freshness deep down things..” - Gerard Manley Hopkins

I’ll take it.

A beautiful essay by food writer, Tamar Adler, how how she staves off depression during the dark days, by hanging out in her kitchen. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...