If you are in the San Diego area, do not miss the opportunity to see Ben Between Africa in conjunction with another amazing documentary www.eventbrite.com/e/framing-me...

Knit your own Frog Hat for the Million Frog March Nov. 15th pdxknitterati.com/2025/10/24/p...

I did some legit religion reporting for this one! Please read and share. Parts 2 and 3 will drop later this week. open.substack.com/pub/hollyber...

So...I lived at about 8,000 for a good chunk of my life (in Kenya)... Ideally I would never fly at that altitude...

It's like clothing is trying to be ugly these days I know there are bigger problems but man can we not look like garbage out there

I suddenly feel better about my parenting

We’re flying today and this is just a gentle reminder to thank the TSA they’re working without pay and it’s a tough job

I love a good m-dashed clause

Guess what, Instagram will FINALLY now post your photos in whatever size you took them in. YOU'RE WELCOME But you still can't put a link in your post so quit asking.

On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & @hollybfletcher.bsky.social discuss how Holly’s book #TheMissionaryKids is being received by #journalists and #academia, and the importance of #CriticalWriting on #religious communities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1cL...

Narcissistically wounded Donald Trump is my favorite Donald Trump At least until he launches a violent coup then it's not as fun

CONGRATS to our next VA governor and my fellow former CIA officer @abigailspanberger.com ! I was thrilled to be a campaign volunteer for the first time now that I am no longer bound by the Hatch Act. I will be doing more canvassing next year. It's actually fun! Join us! Elections (still) matter!

This is amazing. LOLOL

My big take away from the Zohran win--candidates should (genuinely, authentically) smile more. I don't know if he'll do a good job, but he has the best smile anywhere around.

Michael Steele is on @msnbc.com correctly noting that one reason the GOP doesn’t seem concerned about plummeting poll numbers or tonight’s results is that they have been hard at work to out their finger on the scale in 2026. Key election offices and observers have been MAGA-fied.

The ghost of Dick Cheney will save American democracy

Live your life in such a way that if you end up seriously ill like my very best friend, there's a line of over a dozen people with families and jobs of their own waiting to take their turn staying with you in the hospital. Please pray for our dear Christina. Thank you.

@dianabutlerbass.bsky.social 12th book After Taylor Swift‘s 12th album A Beautiful Year of a Show Girl 😂 This is what we all need

On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & @hollybfletcher.bsky.social discuss various news out of #Africa, including Trump’s threat to invade #Nigeria, electoral repression in #Tanzania, and the ongoing war in #Sudan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYkT...

So CBS settled Trump’s lawsuit where he frivolously sued because they edited Kamala Harris’s interview so it would fit into their air time. Then CBS does a 73 minute interview of Trump where they made big edits from the version that was broadcast. They aired 28 of 73 minutes.

There was a time when Tanzania was one of Africa’s most democratic countries. The retreat over the last decade has been marked. This level of violence is unprecedented. Terribly sad for a country I know and love well. open.substack.com/pub/continen...

With the RSF takeover of El Fasher, there has been another round horrific, genocidal violence in Darfur. 2.5 years in, this conflict remains the world's worst humanitarian disaster. If you would like to help, Sudanese organizer Sarah Elhassan has curated a list of organizations linktr.ee/bsonblast

🚨 #MARABookClub on @hollybfletcher.bsky.social’s new book The Misionary Kids will be held tonight at 6 p.m. EST ‼️ (Reminder to non-USA folks, America just set its clocks back one hour. 6 pm EST = 11pm UTC)

If you would like to order art for holiday gifts, you have until December 1, at which time I will put the shop in vacation mode to ensure I complete everything before Christmas. The proceeds of several pieces go 100% to pro-democracy organizations. www.etsy.com/shop/Kitenge...

MAGA’s go to strategically is weaponizing their opponents’ human decency. They are deploying human shields. It’s a no-win situation for anyone with a heart.

Trump’s America: FBI Director is taking govt jets to watch his girlfriend sing, president is in Palm Beach holding Great Gatsby balls after golf, we are murdering people in boats while refusing to show proof of guilty, govt is shut down, airports are a disaster, prices are up.

I feel like we are rounding some kind of bend here

The suffering of the Sudanese people seems to have no limi. wapo.st/47iSWr9

@tonyannett.bsky.social yayyy

🚨 Reminder: the #MARABookClub on @hollybfletcher.bsky.social’s new book The Misionary Kids will be held LIVE from Politics & Prose bookstore (sorta) on Sunday Nov. 2, 6 p.m. EDT ‼️

OAKLAND. come see me

our pilot is high on life in the sky and honestly it is energizing

Some enterprising journalists need to find out how many Proud boys work for ICE. Not that it will matter. @propublica.org

Today is my day on wordle. that’s all i‘m gonna say #nospoilers

spelling bee did not accept libino But what else do you call a liberal with albinism

a very big development, if RSF holds it, the country is now effectively partitioned. Likely to be a wave of ethnic revenge killings in El Fasher. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I am SO excited to be a panelist at the @principlesfirst.bsky.social Salt Lake City event on November 19 www.eventbrite.com/e/principles... Come join me, @comstockb.bsky.social + More being added soon!

I'm heading to the Bay Area and the Twin Cities this week. Come see me! Pleasanton 10/28 Oakland 10/29 Stanford 10/30 St. Paul 11/1

The #MARABookClub on @hollybfletcher.bsky.social’s new book The Misionary Kids will be held Sunday Nov. 2, 6 p.m. EDT

On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & @lapatina.bsky.social discuss #PowerOutages across #Ukraine, and @hollybfletcher.bsky.social joins in for a discussion of the political role of languages, with reference to #Ukrainian and #Swahili. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gtx...

I CRACK MYSELF UP youtu.be/FpavvXk_r-g?...

For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM Watch (or Rewatch) the delightful and hilarious film: "Best in Show" (2000) - Dir. Christopher Guest www.youtube.com/watch?v=94y9...

Super disappointed Spelling Bee game doesn’t accept Balllick or even Ballick Backflab also a no

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The ACNA, like other conservative denominations/churches at which these types of scandals are common, do not fully admit women to leadership. They are also not affirming of LGBTQ people. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Announcing my next group safari June 13-24, 2026. Come to Kenya with a former CIA African analyst and the best safari guide around! Full details here open.substack.com/pub/hollyber...

I can think of nothing less interesting to me than Ross Douthat’s thoughts on Taylor Swift. Or anything else.

On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & @hollybfletcher.bsky.social discuss under what circumstances a government “covert action” is actually just murder. #CovertAction #DroneStrikes www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU_c...

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