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I met a Polynesian family where the youngest daughter was SO excited to get a script from me, and she writing a story based on mythology from their homeland, she barely spoke until I asked what her story is about and then she just LIT UP and it was amazing to see and I want her volcano goddess!

Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

The central library remains a centerpiece of the city's story.

The diversity of readers at FCBD always amazed me, especially in California, I think. You can’t pick one demographic because it’s EVERY demographic.

I finished the Serenity Firefly quilt this morning. She’s not perfect but she’s pretty. I am pleased. 🙂 #firefly #serenity #quilt #shiny #tapestry #handquilted

Check your registration, recheck it, keep a weather eye out for disenfranchisement, which can now happen to anyone at any time. 3/3

The healthy side of joy is not a command to feel good. It is a capacity to receive what is good when it arrives, even if it arrives softly, even if it arrives while grief is still seated at the table. gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/living-is-...

Hains Point is a national treasure & a beloved civic space for hundreds of thousands of Americans who live in DC. The community golf course & surrounding parklands need maintenance, but not at cost of permanent loss of public access for all public uses. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

A massive country wide push to get voters in vulnerable states to verify their status, or register if they're not, and have teams of attorney's prepared to litigate should be a democratic priority.

In 1979, Mattel sold toy Battlestar Galactica fighter ships that fired a tiny spring-loaded "torpedo." One 4-year old choked on it, and the entire line of torpedo toys was recalled and never sold again.

“Jackson should not be asked to carry the greatest risk without having the authority to govern the assets it owns,” Mayor John Horhn said.

I am old enough to remember when they banned lawn darts, a truly amazing consumer product, because two or three kids died.

I think people really underestimate how much building community takes work and can be inconvenient at times, but the efforts add up over time, there are benefits (short and long-term), and you can't go in with a transactional mindset.

And you hold your community accountable… You invest in your community and you expect a return (behavior, actions, insights) You sow … You reap

“As employers push generative AI into the workplace, labor organizers are using their experience with algorithmic scheduling to warn that workers could be hurt if they don't get to weigh in on how new technologies are implemented.”

The local charity shop suddenly has a shelf full of batmen and spidermen and jokers and about 15 framed pictures of Carrie Fisher. Pour one out for the guy who either died or got a girlfriend.

ballpark estimate given over the phone for the surgery was $1k- if anyone would like some art, it'd help me cover the cost greatly 🐈‍⬛💗 🌻 general donations (unlocks sketchbook pages!): ko-fi.com/superaenbow 🛒 shop: superaenbow.shop 🎨 comms: vgen.co/superaenbow (take a quiz, get a surprise creature!)

The FDA rejected the promising skin cancer drug RP1 twice, leaving many puzzled and worried about what this means for other drug approvals

Bruh there’s no way @kcg.bsky.social approved this. Hard to believe an AI company would just steal someone’s work though!

The same day SCOTUS dismantled the Voting Rights Act, I watched Kamala Harris take the stage at the Douglas Awards. She didn’t offer comfort; she offered real talk 🔥 “This is how they play. They are strategic. They think long-term and they are ruthless…we have to be ruthless too.”

"For most of the nation’s history, the former Confederate states have worked hard to minimize the political influence of Black residents in particular. Now they have full cover to do so again." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

“If Medicare, the largest insurer of our aging population, pays almost $2,000 for a 30-minute cataract surgery, then surely it can pay more than $85 for 30 minutes of counseling on this vital topic [advance care planning conversations]. That investment would save Medicare a whole lot more”

Instead, start with cultural history. Research the garment. Save photos of outfits you like. Develop an understanding of visual language and look for things that allow you to express what you want. Small tweaks to the cut, cloth, pocket style, buttons, and stitching can change what a garment means.

Appreciate teachers by paying them more. Appreciate teachers by supplying the classroom materials they typically have to buy themselves. Appreciate teachers by not censoring the books in their classrooms. Appreciate teachers by taking meaningful action on gun violence. And yes, maybe a muffin

Hey! Two book banners ousted!

Unaware of verbal communication, the cats are attempting to convince me that their father did not feed them breakfast. You have never seen such paroxysms of starvation.

Focus

I have succeeded in stopping buying books or anything else from Amazon. It’s easy to give up next day delivery and most books can be found discounted on other websites. More of you should do this.

Here’s @cforman.bsky.social , former McClatchy CEO, making the same plea. It’s time for the Pulitzer board to give Julie Brown a special citation for having written one of the truly groundbreaking stories of our century.

Good morning to everyone waking up to news that the mayor’s race in Pearland Texas flipped 🔴 to 💙 by a few hundred votes. This is not a progressive county. In ‘24, 57% voted for 🍊 In ‘20, 58% voted for 🍊 In ‘16, 60% voted for 🍊 Huh... Almost like we should run and support candidates everywhere. 😉

An electric Class 8 semi runs about $400K—2-3× a comparable diesel—so Massachusetts cities tax it 2-3× as much yearly. The Joint Committee on Revenue hears S.2694 tomorrow, a bill that would cap the excise on zero-emission medium and heavy-duty trucks at the median price of a gas equivalent.

We seriously should treat sports betting ads like cigarette ads: ban them.

I still cant get over this. How you steal somebody's life... (he was 28 years incarcerated for a crime he DID NOT commit) He gets out, gets a law degree. Runs for office.... WINS... and then they steal the job

I love this. You should go support if you're in the area.

RESULTS from Texas: The school district of Grapevine Colleyville, near Fort Worth, drew national attention after conservatives running on an explicitly Christian message took over the board (archive: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...). Voters just ousted 3 conservative incumbents tonight.

Kids can't read anymore. Does it matter? (with author Jason Reynolds) open.substack.com/pub/mannynoa...

he and ossoff are both pointing in the same direction: highly moralistic rhetoric about corruption as an existential threat — to prosperity, to democracy, and to the nation’s collective soul.

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Hand-painted Pokopia cards ⭐️ [ #pokemon #traditionalart #illustration ]

This is certainly an interesting way of describing sending people to concentration work camps against their will

Listen, a Misoprostol-only medication abortion is still safe, and practiced around the world (where Miso- is sold OVER THE COUNTER in most places, ahem) -- but a Miso + Mife regimen makes the process simply better for patients--fewer side effects-- and patients deserve better care.

idk how many times I’ve had to explain that arabs can have blue eyes, like baby have you ever heard of the crusades

My "didn't get into the arts magnet" 4 YO found himself a stage at the park, proceeded to sing and re-enact scenes from his favorite movies to an audience of no one, until nearly every kid at the park had come over and he'd put them in his show and told them their parts. This kid is something else.

OPINION: "When the power goes out and stays off for hours, the result can be more than just a hassle—for millions of Americans who rely on medical equipment, losing electricity can become a medical emergency,"Matthew D. Dean and Katherine Asmussen write.

If anyone wants one of my blue lobster iron-on patches there are umm currently only 5 left and they're available as pledge item or add-on via my current Backerkit campaign: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a... (I underestimated demand lol. Will have to order more sometime. 🙈) #SciArt #DarkArt #ArtShop

Passing this along - fucking scammers leveling up, here's a new one to pay attention to.

And evergreen advice for any kind of alarming email/phone call. Something I have struggled to remember when I've been phished, for real.