Today I said goodbye to my mom as I fly back to Wisconsin, not knowing if I will see her again in this life. Praying she has peace in these last days.

Sitting vigil with my dying mom While the world is on fire I read the page for my class tomorrow for the fifth time but the words won't sink in A friend was tear gassed I'm trying to get resources on immigration for a member of the Burmese community in the language of their small ethnic group +

Started reading it today. Hooked me right in the prologue!

America is now at the heavily armed secret police doing warrantless door-to-door house raids in search of undesirable ethnicities and/or political dissenters stage. The difference from well known historical cases is down to scale.

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95 YARDS!!! #Seahawks

ICE's wickedness has no bounds.

I haven't been on here much lately. Short version is my mom is in hospice and the world is on fire. I'm helping folks prep with immigration attorneys and documentation, and also my son is turning 18 this year so we're working on guardianship, transition, and next steps. It's exhausting.

YES GOOD

Defaming a murdered woman and shrugging off her death with a lie is about as evil as it gets and no journalist who gets within shouting distance of this vicious troll should let him have a moment's peace about it.

Release the Epstein Files.

What's really bonkers to me tho is how White folks are still walking around with shocked pikachu faces and no where NEAR angry or tired enough to stop coddling their peers who are not only perpetuating but escalating this situation.

You don't cut out local officials and independent investigators unless you want to cover up a crime.

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And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe Maybe this year will be better than the last I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself To hold on to these moments as they pass -Counting Crows

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Periodic reminder for midterms.

How I'm walking out of 2025

#ShareGoodNewsToo Even if few things that work on mice transfer directly to humans, this is a huge step in us understanding the mechanism and will help enable the next leaps in research. We’re close! We’re close!

Dear #writingcommunity, I'm very excited about the group of writers we're putting together for the Anti-Fascist Write-athon on January 3rd. Not too late to join (any amount of time, work on your WIP, and get to meet amazing authors on Zoom) here: www.notapipepublishing.com/antifascist-...

If you live in the United States and use mail-in voting, read this article. Your vote probably depends on it. www.northjersey.com/story/news/2...

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Not just Seattle but a nationwide trend.

Here's a funny story about AI use. I do not use AI, ever. Turn it off on everything, every time. But my husband talks w/Alexa in the kitchen. He's a former chef. He'll talk to it to add ingredients for his shopping list. He'll also ask Alexa abt certain cooking techniques. Alexa is often wrong.

Whelp. Today was supposed to be a writing day, but respite care didn't show up & spouse is working. It's 20⁰ and very windy/blowing snow so no playing outside. Writing is already hard, but when you work full time and have a disabled child, it's hard to carve out time even on days off.

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

I watched last night and it was so well done, and at the right moment, and definitely in line with 1987 and with where the series is at, right before the finale. Be brave like Will. bleedingcool.com/tv/stranger-...

Love this instrumental version of Fairytale of New York. youtu.be/etnprYvAsG4?...

One of my favorite Christmas songs. It shows up in a few Irish Christmas playlists, and we start playing Celtic Christmas music today (second day of Christmas). youtu.be/nvOkVQqJZ6w?...

We now have a tradition of Detroit Style Pizza on St. Stephen's Day. Good King Wenceslaus looked out On the feast of Stephen His pizza order he did shout "Deep pan, crisp, and even."

This! Ideas are easy. Execution of them is hard and messy.

Me.

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This is NGC 2264, also called the "Christmas Tree Cluster." It's a cluster of young stars about 2,500 light years away. They were 'born' during the Pliocene Epoch (2-5 MYA), about the same time as early hominids like Ardipithecus or Homo habilis, so they're barely older than humanity. 🎄💫🔭

This should be a clear signal that hospitals and other institutions should not capitulate to the administration’s lawless anti-trans demands. Foremost, they have obligation to their patients.

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I wrote this piece after visiting the San Diego/Tijuana border wall in November on how true peace never comes through force or fear. www.christiancitizen.us/articles/adv...

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Using stolen material. Stolen from writers and artists.

Happy Solstice! Happy 8th night of Hanukkah! Happy 4th Sunday of Advent! Light abounds in the darkness. Shine bright. Keep hope alive.

now seems like a good time to remind you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free, and/or reader funded news how and where you can.

There are so many incredible journalists at CBS News. I’ve talked to the 60 Minutes team in the past, and I know them to be meticulous, fair, and deeply committed to getting the facts right. What a shame.

she's just doing what she was hired to do

Had a moment of panic yesterday until this morning as we saw in our USPS tracking a certified letter from our former landlords. Finally my husband texted them and they sent a screenshot of the letter. It's just them formally letting us out of the lease, which they had told us they'd do last month.

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Thanks to @sfwa.org for being so responsive to concerns around the Nebula Awards and LLM use. The Nebula should honor human creativity, as the revised rules now state. However, we also don't want to see writers tripped up on eligibility or hit by witch hunts over minor LLM usage like spell check. 1/

one of four in a week www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...

A lovely selection if I say so myself.

mood