My most fundamental belief is that we do not have to live like this.

I refuse to let this era be defined by the sick villains and spineless cowards. We are surrounded by everyday heroes and they will keep emerging.

Winter is one of the best times to educate people about car-centric policies because when it's snowy you can clearly see how little our cities care about anyone not traveling in a car. Even if you're not some activist, someone walking in winter can appreciate how much an unplowed sidewalk sucks.

Memo to everyone: If you say you need "a couple books," I'm going to send you TWO. Two books. If you need THREE books, say "I need three books." Or even: "If you can spare a few books, that would be great" (I'll think: "three or four"). LANGUAGE MATTERS, Y'ALL. This post brought to you by Monday.

The highest calling of journalism isn’t to tell two sides of a story. The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth. And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.

Good day to buy some books from your favorite independent bookstore. (Really always a good day to do this.)

“F*ck off and let people be” is such a solid life philosophy.

I don’t know, man…I think Dems should refuse to cooperate on anything except impeachment at this point. Fundamental violations of constitutional law are happening every damn day. Any business conducted under this criminal regime should take a backseat to removing the regime.

A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing. And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.

Okay, I’m into this one. Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild. Wolves (on the trail with me!) 😍 Otters (in the water with me!) Humpback + grey whales Moose (also in the water with me!) Cougar Also: Seals (in the water with me; sensing a theme here), bobcat, bears, and mink.

French thieves continue to surprise and impress.

Pretty fun* to see a book I worked on [PAINTING THE COSMOS] featured in Book Riot. bookriot.com/best-books-t... *This is me being super chill. I yelled "SOMETHING COOL JUST HAPPENED!" to @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social when I opened the email this morning.

I love this a lot. Community care is beautiful.

Suffragist and educator Frances Willard riding her bicycle, Gladys (because it made her glad). “I learned to bicycle when 50... and I think it is one of the best things I ever did. What pleases me is to see other worn-out women take it up, and find a new lease of health and life thereby."

Two children have been killed every day in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire began. Why has this disappeared from the headlines? The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit. End all arms sales to Israel, now.

Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program

I would steer my ship directly into that tunnel.

The second focuses on food, memory, and meaning, which also feels especially fitting as we race toward the holidays. That cozy group kicks off in December. More details here: bit.ly/3K3h8F4

The first focuses on writing through grief, which feels especially pertinent in our current world. We're all dealing with losses. That cozy group kicks off on Monday. More details: bit.ly/4oOhe2M

Reposting my beloved partner talking about two upcoming writing workshops I’m leading because self-promotion is hard and these writing workshops really are going to be so good. Still plenty of time to sign up!

Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them

are we going to settle for this in perpetuity? do you want to do this ad nauseum, ad infinitum? is this the limit of our collective political imagination, of what we want for ourselves and our neighbors and our children and our planet? is this what you want? is it? THIS?

look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry

Gathering a fully remote office together once a year is lovely and worthwhile and also my social battery is officially dead and in need of a week+ of recharging time.

If judges can refuse to officiate gay weddings, gay defendants should be able to refuse to be heard by those judges. If they can’t be compelled to perform the most heteronormative of functions, why would anyone believe they are capable of putting their biases aside for something with higher stakes?

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“Bananas are the real climate change.” — @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social Early mornings in our house are always amusing.

It's never a bad time to bring up that we a b s o l u t e l y have the resources and ability to provide housing, food, clothing, healthcare, and education to everyone at no direct cost to the individual; and we just choose not to do it.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

If you're in Illinois and facing criminal charges from protesting ICE, or if you were attacked by ICE or law enforcement supporting them, I might be able to represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.

Human rights defender Greta Thunberg: "I am not scared of Israel, I am scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity. What we are doing here is trying to show there is some humanity left. That there are still people willing to step up when all other means fail." #3E

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide! It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers. It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

So all the fascists are getting “raptured” today? Yes, please.

The ebike is absolute peak urban transportation. I can wear normal clothes, carry plenty of stuff, make it up hills with ease, and I even beat the bus on the way home today.

If you haven’t, there are only three days remaining to submit a comment on the planned rescission of the roadless rule in the National Forests. Losing this means a loss of biodiversity, wilderness areas, and recreation.

Even though I love the Vuelta, I love these protests more. Seeing so many people turn out in Madrid in solidarity with the people of Palestine is beautiful.

People are complaining that the Vuelta isn’t the time or place for protesting Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. But every time is the right time to oppose genocide. Every place is the right place. So much respect for the people of Madrid!

Hi, this is (so much) fascism.

He was an advocate of violence against his political opponents and took positions like “the civil rights act should be repealed,” “the Jews are replacing white people,” and “Ukraine is an evil country and we should let them die.” Kirk’s entire career played a nontrivial role in getting us here.

The conversation we’re not ready to have yet is that having empathy for a white supremacist is part of what upholds white supremacy. And by that measure alone, it fails to be empathy at all.

“So what if he disagreed with you, he didn’t deserve to die” But he thought I did. This isn’t disagreement. It’s someone who was not only opposed to my existence but was called a good and faithful servant by the church for doing it. I don’t have to mourn that. And asking me to is violence too.

It's honestly so infuriating to read comments like, "The protesters have a point, but do they have to be so disruptive?" You either think the cause of protesting genocide is worthwhile or you don't. Like, I'm sorry you wanted Tom Pidcock to win, but there's a bigger fight here.

Sylvain Adams is *literally* using the world's biggest bike races to try and launder Israel's image. If people can't protest during those races when *can* they protest?

Sports *are* political, especially when we have a peloton full of corporations and state-sponsored teams doing sportswashing. Maybe read what Sylvain Adams has said about his goals for Israel-Premier Tech

Catching up on today’s stage of the La Vuelta and it’s so heartening to see all the Palestinian flags everywhere. So many and so big the cameras can’t pretend they’re not there. 🇵🇸🇵🇸❤️🇵🇸🇵🇸

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