Morning.

Today (everyday) is a great day to foster a dog or cat. Especially if you live somewhere with cold weather.

I talked about the 冒烟小茶壶奶茶, contemporary to-go teas in China that come with a #tea pet in the shape of a tiny teapot (filled with dry ice so it swirls with smoke). They spread like wildfire across China. Now the Guangzhou teashop that created it, Tingtea, has just opened a branch in the U.S. 1/

Renee Good should still be here. She was a beloved child of God, with inherent value and infinite worth. She was murdered by her own government in broad daylight in what is supposed to be the greatest democracy on the planet.

A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”

BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

I don't take a lot of pictures of geese but anytime I can get wings over water with a sunrise and fog in the background I will fire away 📷 #BlueSkyPhotography #BlueSkyPhotographer #Birds 🪶 #NatureLovers #Wildlife

Please spread the word and join us. Vigil scheduled for 5:00 today at E. 34th Street and Portland Ave S. in Minneapolis for woman murdered by ICE agents.

I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK

So @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is on fire this morning. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/notes-on-unb...

It's January 6, aka J6. Happy Attempted Coup D'État Day! In the festive spirit of the holiday, please celebrate irresponsibly.

Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.

How would I feel? Delighted!

Zelensky on Venezuela: “About Venezuela? How should I respond to that? Well, what can I say? If… If it is possible to act with dictators like this, it means the United States knows what to do next. Thank you” Omg I love it.

#ForestFriday 💚 Trees of calm ❄️🤍✨ Happy trails 💫🌲✌️

See out 2025 and bring in 2026 with 85 amazing stories! (Disclosure: I have 2 stories in this!) The eBook is free! Thanks @omgjulia.bsky.social

2026. I can’t fix the world (or certain disgusting old men would suddenly be potted petunias) but I can relish RAIN, and bake blueberry muffins to bring in the fresh year. Wishing everyone peace and harmony

Bonne année 2026 à toutes les personnes LGBT+ et à nos allié.e.s ! Je nous souhaite de la force et de l'unité pour arracher nos droits, pour conquérir l'égalité et pour détruire l'extrême droite !

The bad news? We’re not quite ready to open for applications at midnight. We expect to open by late on January 1, or possibly on January 2. We know you’re eager to apply, but please be patient. You can get the latest status at viableparadise.com

Writers! How are your workshop applications coming? I have good news and bad news… The good news is that we have a STELLAR group of instructors this year! Fonda Lee is back this year after a break, joining Arkady Martine and Valerie Valdes, and new to the faculty: John Wiswell! FOUR amazing alumni!

Are you a writer resolving to build craft and community in 2026? Applications to the Viable Paradise workshop are now open! We’re looking for 24 writers to join us in October. Learn more and apply: viableparadise.com

A rare white aurora borealis lit up the night sky over Wonder Lake in Alaska yesterday ✨, creating a stunning and unforgettable scene 🌌. This extraordinary display hadn’t appeared in the area for quite some time.

be sure to turn on sound for SUPER PURRS

Who do I know near Oakland who needs beautiful voids? [alt text: repost contains two photos of black cats, one staring up at camera with big yellow eyes, the other rolling on a blue rug, green eyes blurry from motion]

You get 25 postcards, each with a microfiction on it. Including one of mine ;-)

I have two jobs: being a student at an elite military academy and not getting assassinated before my parents can overthrow the tyrant king. (The book is A Stranger To Command by @sherwood.bsky.social; read Crown Duel first)

Current state: "Okay who else can we invite over to eat and/or take home pie?"

Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn

Republicans failed to repeal the ACA over 70 times with zero replacement plan. While they obstruct, we are fighting for affordable coverage for every American. We must improve the ACA, not destroy it. Don't forget to subscribe: www.dworkinsubstack.com/subscribe

The Putin-Trump “peace plan” is a total betrayal. Tell Congress to stand with Ukraine instead:

Half-off sale!

Shameless Plug Time! Book View Café's Annual Boxing Day Sale is on! It runs from 26-31 December. It's a great deal—check it out! www.bookviewcafe.com

No literary agent who is going to get you a deal is going to charge you upfront. They make a percentage. That is how it works. If someone says otherwise or tries to "upsell" you, they are scammers.

I AM TALL THAT MEANS I WIN

The Onion, non-stop winning

You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.

Am kürzesten Tag und der längsten Nacht des Jahres (Nordhalbkugel) wünsche ich euch einen kuscheligen Abend. Heute war um 11:02 Uhr MEZ Winteranfang. Die Sonne stand genau über dem südlichen Wendekreis und macht sich jetzt Tag für Tag wieder ein Stückchen auf den Weg in Richtung Äquator.

The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.

Listening to Rob Inglis reading LOTR. The Scouring of the Shire never more timely; once we’re rid of Lotho Pimple, and his boss Sharkey over in Moscow, it’ll take work to rid ourselves of stupid rules and witless pollution, and stop the « gathering » by the rich.

So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.

Cloud, Phyll, Nettle, and Pyewacket are all available for adoption now! All of them are extremely sweet, social, good with cats and dogs (Phyll would prefer dogs that are small and don’t want to bother him). Please help them find their homes for the holidays ❤️ Elkton, MD crits4cats.petfinder.com

It's decided. Europe is closing the tap on Russian fossil fuels once and for all. Energy independence starts now. → link.europa.eu/tykVJf

Y'all... the very well-funded shelter an hour away currently has $16,290 in donations right now, and my shelter has: $325. If there is any way to convince you to help out an underdog, please, please :-) I'll reward you with cute animal pictures forever. www.valleygivingguide.org/organization...

He died young in a duel. When he’s offered a second chance, he jumps at it: a month to end the centuries-old feud sparked by his death. But there's a complication. Because for the first time in his life & afterlife, Valerian Caine's falling in love. #BookViewCafe bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...

Every dollar JK Rowling makes from Harry Potter is going into bankrolling an extortion racket issuing legal threats to organizations across the UK to purge themselves of trans people or face ruinous lawfare.

When a poem becomes a prayer. Siegfried Sassoon (1934)