MOMS ARE MAKING IT HAPPEN: @abigailspanberger.com was inspired to run for office as a volunteer with our Virginia Moms Demand Action chapter. Tonight, as the newly elected Governor of Virginia, she will deliver the Democratic response to the State of the Union address. We are beaming with pride! 🥹

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has passed away at the age of 84. My thoughts are with his family. I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be

NEW: ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.

Sarah's the reason I subscribed to The Verge, and this piece is excellent Gift link in the below post:

I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...

EVs promised cleaner air. Satellites say it’s finally happening. electrek.co/2026/01/26/e...

If this piece struck a chord, please check out the Motherhood Live: The “Wine Mom" Label & Other Cons to Silence Moms call tonight with Katie Bethell from @moveon.org, @shannonrwatts.bsky.social, Gloria Steinem, Ilana Glazer, Emily Oster, Isabel González Whitaker, and thousands of other moms:

Back in 2007 Fox News did a segment on how Mr. Rogers, who died in 2003, was "evil" & was the source of many of America's problems. Fun fact: Fred Rogers was a lifelong REPUBLICAN, but he was the sort of old school liberal Republican that Fox News was designed to eliminate. youtu.be/29lmR_357rA?...

"Jessica M. led a discussion on making signs for the next protest. Debate over whether or not to censor the f-word. Will decide at next meeting. Discussed the need to move on from puns on 'Hamilton' lyrics."

It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.

"Stephanie found bulletproof backpacks for her kids; they might make cute diaper bags for self-defense. Milk is soothing after pepper spray. Breast milk even better? Save post-meeting pump-and-dump?"

I'm excited to have these minutes out with McSweeney's today. Love you, wine moms.

Sesame Street will be putting a huge collection of episodes on YouTube starting in January 2026 This is a fantastic way to educate children It’s a form of resistance. Shows like Sesame Street teach love, tolerance, acceptance & more. These lessons are crucial for the long fight ahead.

I'm delighted to have my story from the jail library included in this list!

I just went over to YouTube to find myself a bedtime story and found that @hcrichardson.bsky.social has released a new series: The Declaration in Action, featuring 10 excellent American women. What a wonderful surprise, and wonderful stories!

@aoc.bsky.social's emails let people know how her office helps constituents, in this case with 3000 backpacks for kids who need back to school supplies. Does your rep do anything like this? If not, why not?

I'm trying something new on Substack, a little different from the newsletter about the alpacas: bookmarks & bindweed--Sunday devotions focused on nature, empathy, and creativity: kaseybutchersantana.substack.com?r=2kbzb3&utm...

"The wicked become even worse when they are tolerated." Leo Tolstoy

In honor of my late, great father on Father's Day, I'd like to share my story, "Things We Lost When Dad Died," which was published by Great Lakes Review last summer. Love you, Dad. greatlakesreview.org/things-we-lo...

A couple summers ago, I wrote a flash CNF piece, “Robotic Bees Don’t Say Ope,” inspired by a couple of science news stories, and was delighted to have it appear in Star 82 Review. Here it is again in a Summer Reading Anthology from the same publication! star82review.com/13.2-antholo...

Just signed up for Summer Reading at the library and logged reading from this morning's reading session for both daughter and me. We are reading The Wild Robot. What's on your summer reading list? solhomestead.substack.com/p/summer-bre...

If you read 1 article this week, make it this one! Then share it with everyone you know. Our National Parks aren't just gorgeous, they protect against catastrophes like the dust bowl & generate more than $55bn in revenue. Trump wants to slash its budget by 40% www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

In this essay for Longreads, I wrote about a jumping spider who I found in my beehive and named Dot. I was so excited to find another one under the lid today! A little shyer, but still so beautiful.

New at Longreads: @kaseybwriter.bsky.social on what dreams and spiders taught her about trusting the process when it comes to her writing. #writing longreads.com/2025/04/08/w...

I am so excited to share this essay with you today. There's a big piece of my heart in here...and many spiders...

I tried to imagine what life without my library would be like…and the list is way too long #nationallibraryweek

You had us at "a book of spells, the key to wonders."

I'm so excited to have worked with Brevity Blog! With thanks to the science teachers of my youth, I discuss writing about nature and advocating for climate action from a non-expert perspective. Science is essential to the effort, but so is love. I can write about love.

We're staying open until April 9th, y'all! Why? Because we want to. That's why!

I met this therapy dog, Rumble, from Healing Hounds at the Capitol in Denver today. His energy really matches his name. Such a good boy.