As President Trump and Stephen Miller continue to peddle the lie that immigrants are a drain on our public resources, the data squarely refutes them (1/2).

These numbers tell the story.

Here's a trash bouquet. Feel free to send to anyone deserving, like say, someone being forcibly retired from their post this week, or a corporate CEO working in tandem with a brutalist regime. It's a fair use #TrashBouquet #collage

Alex Vindman is running for U.S. Senate in Florida!!

Yesterday, 400 people protest in front of Immigration Court in Concord, CA. ICE has been detaining people here before and after their immigration hearings. #abolishice #IndivisibleResistersContraCosta youtu.be/Ht27BEHmrEI?...

What. www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

Brilliant improv under duress.

“It’s like half of y’all ain’t never seen Star Wars or a Disney movie. How do you not know which side to root on?”

In 2026 I should not have to share something like this, but we are here.

An historic landmark in my mind.

RIP to a San Francisco legend 🕊️ Founding member of the Grateful Dead and Dead & Company, Bob Weir, has died at the age of 78. Dead & Co’s 3-day 60th anniversary celebration in Golden Gate Park were his final shows.

ICE Out For Good, January 10, 2026, Concord, CA. #indivisibleresisterscontracosta #IceOutForGood

Standing together in Muskegon, Michigan on 1/10/26. #Indivisible #Michigan #AbolishICE #ICEoutforGOOD

Our #iceoutforgood protest today included a Signs of Fascism/Signs of Democracy demonstration. The murder of Renee Nicole Good, and the justification of it by the current administration, is intended to tell us that dissent will be punished. We won't be silenced. @indivisible.org

More than 1,000 people showed up in Concord, CA for today's #IceOutForGood event. #IndivisibleResistersContraCosta #AbolishIce

A Red Lake Ojibwe descendant was snatched by ICE in Minneapolis, and a Plains Cree woman was questioned. This is in addition to the four Oglala Lakota men who reportedly were grabbed by ICE. ictnews.org/news/i-felt-...

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Results from #PostcardsToSwingStates research finds the "Who you vote for is private, but whether you vote is public record" messaging was the most effective in raising voter turnout. My own research indicates this was the most bitched-about messaging here online. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I agree with this assessment.

💔 www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

MARTHA.

We're in the last pages of the Moby Dick reading marathon at New Bedford Museum, livestreaming on YouTube. Current reader is really good. Here's Ahab by Matt Kish, who has made art of every page of Moby Dick.

Protesters in #WalnutCreekCA today. #IndivisibleResistersContraCosta

Today's rally in #WalnutCreekCA. #IndivisibleResistersContraCosta

Queequeg by Matt Kish. www.matt-kish.com/moby-dick

A literary distraction from today's events. New Bedford Museum's Moby Dick reading marathon started today. Currently meeting up with Queequeg. www.youtube.com/live/kbM6gDl...

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints

And my band too (She Mob) 😭

Interesting. Going to try this on the desktop, down for maintenance in the meantime.

New Yorrrrrrrk

Enjoy John Waters discussing how great "The Girl Can't Help It" is. youtu.be/-n3vyvEPgOw?...

The comments on this bemuse me no end. ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/131696780.ht...

Peter Saul, Icebox Number 9, 1963 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134878

Science thread about a Covid vaccine study that determines that vaccines work.

Our seasonal creek has arrived.

Jan. 1 in the U.S. will celebrate Public Domain Day with all the works from 1930 about to become copyright free (1925 for recorded music). web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...

Nuit de Noël (Christmas Eve) by Henri Matisse, 1952

Day 24! #ArtAdventCalendar "Dream House" a collage informed by recurring dreams of my grandma's house. #collage

Day 23 #ArtAdventCalendar "Star Lin" mixed media #collage.

I do wish more candidates and elected Dems would do this.

This is delightful and also, of course, fuck Bari Weiss for being the transparent tool of a corrupt and criminal administration

In case the @jasonparis.bsky.social file gets taken down, here’s a mirror mega.nz/file/1QNnADq...

The 60 Minutes piece on the Trump Administration’s torture prison that Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see has leaked.

Day 22 #ArtAdventCalendar "This Way" mixed media collage.

Rick Steves, an A+ fellow.

Day 20 #ArtAdventCalendar Lone House At Night, mono prints collage.

Day 19 #ArtAdventCalendar Emotional Support Squirrel, finished in time for the holidays. Paper clay and acrylic on wood.