Hello, I’m an ectopic pregnancy.

first sunset of the year nailed it

Wishing everyone a safe and happy New Year. Here's to a 2026 full of days spent enjoying the California coast. #ProtectOurCoastAndOcean

So glad her husband got that job so at least one cartoonist in New York can have health insurance.

If you’re trying to catch up and understand what happened, I recommend starting here. Seeing the larger program in totality is essential to protecting LGBTQ youth and there’s a lot to unpack. This is especially true when it comes to understanding what has changed federally facilitating this outcome.

the true paradise of our Nara excursion, however, was this deer-themed train we just happened to catch!

there’s even a community note on posts about this saying that grok’s statements aren’t reflective of the company … ??? we are just shrugging away what should be a global outrage

so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform

I love that so many people pinged me on this. City Hall Station plays an integral role in the Great Cities duology for the same reason -- it's a beautifully-preserved homage to the city's resilience and hidden beauty. Great choice, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!

Happy New Year everyone! Find yourself someone who looks at you like this male Northern Flicker looks at the female in the foreground. 🪶

Yes, confront GOP House and Senate members endlessly. But don't ASK them questions about TRUMP--that always fails. ASK them about themselves: About what they are DOING to impeach Trump for having given such pardons. Don't give them a choice to outsource this to Trump.

"engage your core" what am I, a nuclear power plant? The earth? Do I look like an apple to you?

you could tell me he ran for mayor just to impress her and id believe it

This is a crucial line from Mamdani Mike Johnson-for one-is very polite. Yet his policies will likely kill millions of Americans. Cutting Medicaid and failing to extend the ACA subsidies alone will cause over 51,000 to die. Per year He should be forever hiding in shame. Instead-he’s House Speaker

Honestly this. And this is the step where pro capitalist propaganda kicks in for most people "Socialists/communists/leftists don't want anyone to be rich" Nah fam. I don't care if people are rich. I just don't want anyone to be in poverty tfym

An illustration by Rama Duwaji, First Lady of New York City. www.ramaduwaji.com/illustration...

Great segment on NPR recently where they interviewed teens about meme culture; turned into story about how we've pressed young people into having social relationships almost entirely virtually. Pointed out how we're overprotecting kids IRL (world has never been safer) but *under protect* them online

"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself," - Mark Twain

Leave, delete the app, salt the earth behind you, do not look back.

This piece by @melodyschreiber.com is a must-read. Most people don't know what CDER is, but it is responsible for the regulation of all the drugs we put in our bodies. Hoeg is unqualified for CDER director. The only reason she was appointed is that she is an anti-vaxxer and a friend of Vinay Prasad.

Starting in 9 minutes on TCM:

The two divisions in the US right now are quite clearly “Hey, we’ve got to do our best learn to love other people and love ourselves” and “see that guy? hate that fucking guy! HATE HIM HARDER!” These sprawl over all other cultural and political factions.

Today is Haitian Independence Day.

It should really bother all of us that the United States government left an unknown number of people floating in an ocean more than 2 days ago, and this seems to be the only information available about the search. x.com/Southcom/sta...

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te vowed to defend the self-ruled island's sovereignty in the face of what he termed China's "expansionist ambitions," days after Beijing wrapped up live-fire military drills near its shores. n.pr/4jhGVGI

We got lemons 🌱

I interviewed a woman for a @sciam.bsky.social story who had RSV two years ago, and is still coughing. www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

Collectively, we gotta remember how outright shitty the media was to Obama. He was constantly undermined by how they viewed his race and how they disseminated his policies/efforts. Media always took Fox News’s side in some BS solidarity whenever they were running an op on Obama. Lolol ~BENGHAZI~!!!!

Happy New Year! We love sharing these pro-book posters from the Works Projects Administration Poster Collection in the Library's Prints and Photographs Division. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection of more than 900 is the largest.

Sarah Michelle Gellar has finished filming the pilot for the Buffy reboot, and the gift she received afterwards is an adorable easter egg for fans.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has completed the first full round of R21 malaria vaccine in Ethiopia, the first ever completed in a refugee camp globally. Kule refugee camp is home to more than 55,000 South Sudanese refugees.

Love this. The problem with the news is too many knowledgeable opinions helping to tell compelling stories, not enough uninformed slop.

I've confirmed that San Francisco, Bridgeport, Baltimore, Chicago and Philadelphia hit the lowest levels since before 1970 this year. New Orleans tied 2019 for the lowest since 1970. Still waiting on data from the other cities but likely to check out.

Heck, yeah

In his first press conference as NYC mayor, Zohran Mamdani announced three executive orders on housing and tenant protection One will revive the Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants. He also revoked prior orders issued since Eric Adams’s indictment

I am old enough to remember when Apple and Google told the social media giants that they'd remove their apps from their app stores if they broke their terms of service. Weird!

This is my favourite MTV moment. The full clip for context is underneath this one. Thanks @stevelambert.bsky.social for reminding me.

Pro tip: if you want to collaborate with an independent bookstore, don’t use AI in your communications. You instantly lose all credibility.

Better days ahead… youtu.be/ff9OX1letxU?...

May 2026 deliver you your most hopeful expectations, good hooms. And tuna. - Henry J.

"Magical thinking has no place in public health. Every scientist and health care provider has a duty to speak up against these misguided policies and positions". "... getting up and walking more" is 👍. As a pandemic preparedness strategy, however, a wee bit lacking. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

hey when the CEO of grok LLC can and does loudly tell everyone about how he issues directives about how Grok behaves and what subjects it considers on and off limits, why isn't he in handcuffs yet

all of energy twitter patting itself on the back for continuing to post on a website that is mostly users prompting a generative chatbot to create non-consensual sexualised imagery of children It's where the Serious Smart Experts are Posting www.cnbctv18.com/technology/g...

What's funny is, the best rebuke to this approach -- caricaturing the work your colleagues have been doing and disparaging it, like you weren't there working alongside them -- has already been given by the guy he's replacing, who talked movingly about the actual work of journalism.

According to the new rules, if you and a few friends go to a defense contractor’s testing facility and you say “where are the missiles” and they don’t let you in then all federal funds for defense contractors will be frozen

The two things I think are funny about this are that 1) SF has the most moderate obviously-not-socialist government in decades at this point, yet the discourse remains unmoved 2) the idea of “tired of lefties and immigrants? Have you considered moving to Austin or Miami?”

when ppl like ricky gervais or dave chappele say that ppl are trying to 'cancel' them what they mean is 'the ppl i was talking shit about for cheap laughs criticised me and ive been too pampered in my life to be able to handle that like an adult'.

Mamdani's inauguration brought out the Islamophobes today. They were outraged he took his oath on a Quran. There is a rumor he refused to take the oath at all, in spite of videos of him taking it. This is a backgrounder on oaths of office and the Constitution. www.patheos.com/blogs/therel...

OPINION: "Reducing energy burdens for Black families will take more than technical fixes; it will take policies based in community engagement to build a deeper understanding of place," George C. Homsy and Ki Eun Kang write. buff.ly/pe6xZlv