President Trump hosted a group of oil executives at the White House and outlined his plan for American companies to extract Venezuelan resources. https://to.pbs.org/3NcPCGu

without revealing your age, get off the internet

The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good must be prosecuted for murder. He enjoys no immunity from state murder charges. Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The top United Nations official on Thursday said the United States has a "legal obligation" to keep paying its dues that fund U.N. agencies after the White House announced that it is withdrawing support from more than 30 initiatives operated by the world body. https://to.pbs.org/4aOCZeB

Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.

Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open

“Emerson does not have a mother today because one of you murdered a woman in cold blood yesterday.”

I just realized that the Disney-Star Wars series ANDOR is an instructional video.

Interesting historical note:

Figure Drawing this Thursday, Jan. 8th at Rusty Zimmerman Studio at @industrycity with model: IG: @isla.steele.nyc Tickets on sale now at Eventbrite: bkfiguredrawing-1-08.eventbrite.com

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

This war is completely illegitimate: 60% of Americans disapprove of going to war with Venezuela—74% disapprove war without Congressional approval. Only 19% are in favor. The people oppose it. Our representatives didn’t approve it. Trump should be removed for this unconstitutional war.

They can't even wait a day... www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

I support this

“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:

Mamdani, Democratic Socialist Muslim American Immigrant Mayor of NYC. Gotta love it.

George Michael did not write the greatest coming out song ever in 1990 for you motherfuckers to claim entertainment only just got gay. youtu.be/diYAc7gB-0A?...

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Even though I'm scared of robots, This is compelling evidence:

I have an operating theory: that each character in the movie Weapons represents some varietal of American cultural malady. Police brutality, gun violence, mental health, gluttony, opioid addiction, obsession of youth, etc. What do you think?

grilled cheese understands that complexity is often a lack of confidence

Figure Drawing in the New Year in Brooklyn on Jan. 8th at Rusty Zimmerman Studio at Industry City: Tix on sale at Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/brooklyn-f... #lifedrawing #artmodel #nudemodel #brooklyn #nyc #drinkndrawnyc

Report Shows Bike Lane Initiative Positively Impacting Traffic In Boston.

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it gets notably quieter on here around the holidays which is a shame bc I would love to see how people post from their parents' house as their regressed 17-year-old self

We're not "intercepting" oil tankers in #Venezuela. We're taking other people's things without permission. That's what a bully does. The United States is behaving like a bully. And it's not cool.

"The League of American Bicyclists, working with the mircromobility outfit Lime, recently reported a whopping 207-percent increase in shared bike and scooter trips along corridors where the city of Baltimore had installed new protected bike lanes."

Judge Hannah Dugan is a hero. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Bostonians Wanted More Bike Lanes: Now They Have Them, and Traffic Is Down www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bostonians-w...

I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

He brought over 600 water bodies back to life. His next mission: saving India’s vanishing stepwells | CNN share.google/5sTg97BCbOOD...

today a gigantic moose slept then snacked in our front yard in Anchorage Alaska for 5.5 hours. what an amazing animal - & so magnificent. our dog Johannes was curious but quiet. what an honor. We all need a dose of goodness these days. keep speaking out against cruelty & tyranny.

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I would just like to let everyone here know I put kimchi on a hotdog and I’m never going back.

This is me everyday in New York City on my bicycle.

In a world that asks us to move faster, I create art inviting us to slow down. My work is rooted in nature, hope & healing, meant to bring calm, connection & quiet joy into your home. If you believe beauty matters, if nature feels like home, if you’re craving a little more peace in your life…

And that's how you do it. Get rid of the guns.

Let’s hope the shift continues and that Massie and Greene are not the only (R)s with the guts to be vocal about the depravity of the goddamn U.S. President real soon.

This is a very good bear. I choose this bear.

I've been renting four free DVDs per week from the Brooklyn Public library like it's 1997. And I make popcorn on the stove top. And I will. Not. Stop.

My hottest take is that letting cops park in red zones for mundane errands and coffee breaks; I think “you can break the law at your discretion as a job perk” is the small domino that ends in the large domino of “shooting protesters in the face with rubber bullets”

Look at this snug bundle of flare:

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is released from immigration detention 🔊☝️

Everyone needs to listen to Gustav Holst's "The Planets", not for hoity-toity nerd reasons, but because every epic sci-fi movie OST for the past century has been directly lifting shit from this one specific collection of pieces, and you deserve to hear your favourite motif in its native environment.

This is a lovely little painting.

Predator Badlands is based on a ridiculous concept that's PG-13, the predators talk it out, and for some sections of the movie it's almost a buddy comedy. It also rules. I saw it last night with one of my kids and we had an absolute blast. I'm excited to be skeptical about and then love the sequel