I'm a copyeditor—Chicago style. And the capitalization in the Trump's "truths" drive me fucking crazy.

I hear that, along with Dulles Airport and Penn Station, Trump is insisting that the Grand Canyon should be named after him, because his butt crack is the Biggest and Most Magnificent Canyon in All of North America.

Tom Homan: "My goal is a complete drawdown and end this surge [in Minneapolis] as soon as we can. But that is largely contingent upon the end of the illegal and threatening activities against ICE in the community." Translation: The beatings will continue until morale improves.

Amazing the amount of fury and respect and humility you can feel at the same time. Read this: A network of women donating breastmilk for the babies of women taken by ICE goons.

Stop calling us names or we'll keep killing you.

This article ignores several important factors: Good was a woman; Pretti was a man. And Good was a lesbian. Her last words were filmed: "That's fine, dude. I'm not mad at you," which—to some people—would sound "uppity" and disrespectful. Good's wife was also saying things that'd sound "uppity."

People really ought to watch this. Not only does it have good information, but it's also wickedly funny.

Useful info on what to do if you're pepper-sprayed here.

Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning

To Gregory Bovino: This is what brandishing a firearm at a protest looks like.

I have to say that it's the 1970s TV-show theme music that makes this absolute perfection. (I had to look it up. It was the theme music for "Dallas.")

If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help. The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later: thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/

It’s important to find your moments of joy in humanity, especially in dark and cold times

This brave Canadian has issued a warning about the scary things that Somali immigrants have done in Canada! Being productive citizens! Paying taxes! Helping others!

Nice little anti-ICE protest in Bradford, VT, this morning. I didn't get good photos, but the mood was defiant and the signs were fantastic. And there were several excellent dogs.

Pastor: I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.'

Once again, The Onion hits it out of the park. And yes, this was originally published 12 1/2 years ago.

"This next song is about treachery and disloyalty and it's called 'Why Can I See The Bottom of My Bowl, Woman'"

It would be far less time-consuming to count down the number of times he accidentally told the truth. shorturl.at/j6eU3

In December 2020, my wonderful sister gave me one of those fridge magnets that were popular at the time that had "2020" and a drawing of a raging dumpster fire. Such innocent times back then.

I figured I’d have some fun this morning. This was the view from the grocery store parking lot at -44. Ice fog, Christmas Eve. #Watercolour on paper, 11x14 inches. #Watercolor #YukonArt Painting of the day 2129.

You will be visited by three spirits, who will demand snacks

Reminded of this for some reason.

Stunning new revelation: Epstein hung out almost exclusively with guys who had black boxes where their heads should be.

A German comedian meeting some kinds of Americans:

Starting to suspect that I've got a northern saw-whet owl hanging around. Wing prints in the snow (photo below) within 10 feet or so of the bird feeders. There were 3 such impressions in the area. Much too small to be a barred owl. I'll go out tomorrow and properly measure it.

Is anyone having problems posting things or even seeing people they follow on BlueSky today? Of course, anyone who is having no trouble will say, "No, everything is fine!" And anyone who IS having trouble will be screaming into the void: "I'm stuck in the Upside Down! What can I do to get out?!"

The first known use of ‘conspiracy theory’ was in 1863…or so they want you to believe.

A possibly good (but obviously unworkable) plan for encouraging TPTB (Congress, SCOTUS, etc.) to fix the fucked-up health insurance mess in this country: On three days every week, each member of Congress (etc.) must spend help one constituent navigate the health insurance labyrinth.

My first entry in this year's #ArtAdventCalendar. Close-up of a small quilt. A simple 9-patch quilt block pattern, with each block separated by strips of plain white. The quilting is simply a whimsical bunch of circles of various sizes, some in pale blue quilting thread, some in darker blue.

Gift article—masochist edition! The title on the NYT website is "How The Times's Top Editor Makes Decisions About Trump Coverage." I saw the headline and thought (A) "Oh, THIS should be good," and then (B) "Why would anyone want to torture themself by reading this?" A gift article for masochists:

Oh shit waddup

"What is that which gives me joy? ... And a more importantly, why are you kicking the back of my seat?" [Apparently, in reality, someone had just given him the bat.]

No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.

To begin with today, happy 117th anniversary to this entirely reasonable cat

A great article about the many difficulties of caregiving and how Trump's policies are making everything more difficult. Gift article!

find someone who builds you up the way grok builds elon up

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one

To be fair, it is absolutely true that sitting around doing nothing is, qualitatively, the best work of their careers.

We wrote this to help you imagine how quickly a city can change under Trump… Charlotte was once a place of slow, easy mornings, coffee cups clinking in cozy cafés, jazz drifting through open doors on Tryon Street, families stepping onto the light rail with strollers and soccer bags.

Trump: “Tariffs protect you!” Also Trump (a few months later): “We’re cutting tariffs to help with the cost of living!” Economists: “So… you admit it?” Trump: nervous coughing noises

Operation Strapping Manservant

FACT CHECK: TRUE

Painting my dad did of my mum in her art studio with her cat, George. I wrote here about the brilliant art my parents' have been producing in their 60s and 70s, in case you'd like a read: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro... And about George here: www.tom-cox.com/lots-of-peop...

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First snow of the winter. Northern New Hampshire, USA.

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️