Once upon a time, the ever-evolving graffiti on this reservoir near the psych unit was a cave-painting-record. I photographed much of it over months. One day they painted it grey. The next day:

"Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend" Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...

It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.

"Heck of a job, Bobby." "If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished by January, the anniversary of the first cases in Texas, the United States will lose what is known as “elimination status” as determined by the World Health Organization." (gift link)

If you sold opportunities to punch this motherfucker in the mouth you could pay off the national debt in about 4.2 seconds.

Turning Point Action's Austin Smith pleaded guilty to forging 100+ signatures on his reelection petitions story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

This week's coffee resupply

Some of y'all buy chocolates on Feb. 15, but we do things a little differently in this house.

We need more honest language: Theft Tech (AI) Grift Tech (crypto) Death Tech (automated weapons and military surveillance)

Don't do any of this.

🚨 WHY THIS STARBUCKS STRIKE IS DIFFERENT - @kimkelly.bsky.social Reporting on the ground from the Red Cup Rally in Philly, Kim Kelly breaks down why this strike is so important & how it's different from other collective actions @sbworkersunited.org have taken against Starbucks. @therealnews.com

“Law enforcement physically attacked 72 journalists covering immigration in LA this year—more than double the city’s 2020 BLM protest total, according to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.” Ahh yup- can confirm lapublicpress.org/2025/11/indy...

Do the same with fire departments: abolish them and give people the proceeds to protect themselves from fires. Fire fighters just sit around most of the day anyway. They’re leaches on society. Reader: the actual solution is to make all insurance public rather than private, not to abolish it.

Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process

imho the best way to introduce anyone is "as the frequently nude brother of Raoul."

I have yet to see anyone eating snow on the mmSnow network.

Before ACA, I regularly had patients who bought insurance they thought was "best for them". I've seen $50k annual max, $500k lifetime max, plans w/ no Rx coverage, plans *carving out* cancer treatment, plans that denied leukemia treatment because prior iron deficiency anemia was a pre-existing. /1

Ok, I love the internet again

It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning. The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.

Having been in IT since 2001, this has really been hitting me lately.

I think AOL was right. You get 50 hours then you need to leave.

After a court order, X refuses to take down the non consensual intimate images of a Canadian citizen in violation of the law. They’re acting like a user saying they don’t want intimate images online for the world to see is equivalent to, idk, a US President censoring political opinions 🙄 1/

In Southern AZ I believe this is El Rio and Marana Health. #Arizona elrio.org maranahealth.org

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Baristas are on strike. So guess what? Starbucks doesn’t get a dime. We stand with the workers — not the billionaire brewing union busting on the side. #NoContractNoCoffee https://seiu.co/NoStarbucks

If these people are ever thrown out of power, I hope we all understand there is no reformist pathway for institutions like this as much as Dems might desperately wish and claim there is.

This is getting spicy. 🌶️ @bloomberg.com $APLD

Critical to note that this is the Illinois State Police, not ICE or CBP. The lesson we take away from the past 10 months cannot be “wow, ICE and CBP are uniquely bad.” To the extent they are worse than regular police, it’s a matter of (slight) degree, nothing fundamental.

Respect Alice Wong’s call here: “When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”

In a world of Megyn Kelly's be a Patton Oswalt.

nothing but respect to the urban assault smart car

As always, happy STFU Friday!

Ghoulden age?

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

Every time I read the news lately

Poser. Everybody knows the real ones keep their Dante on a random shelf next to Mel Brooks.

How about instead of selling "bearista" cups, Starbucks bargains a fair contract with its unionized baristas? No contract. No coffee. Don't cross the picket line. Solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org ✊

Bold to refer to Salmon P. Chase as a Democrat, when he spent just as much time as a Republican AND even more time in the Free Soil and Whig parties! Also he's been dead for 152 years and J.P. Morgan died in 1913, so I don't think they knew Epstein, but investigate away Pedo-in-Chief.

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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.

“I’m a Grok guy” is the single most embarrassing phrase ever uttered in the course of human history.

NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends. It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.

Oh you’re telling me there should be entities that can protect the public from the effects of the unfettered pursuit of short term profit by corporations? Shame you guys did everything you could do dismantle them

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look upon my works--link in bio!

According to a source, Jenna Norton, who led a letter criticizing Trump's decimation of the NIH (see below), has been placed on administrative leave. She's the first at NIH to be put on leave, joining EPA officials who criticized Trump policies. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

I wish him all the best in his recovery, which should be done at home and without the stress of serving in the Senate

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