This Beagle’s dramatic 'play dead' on command is the funniest thing I’ve seen today

Keep owls out of it! #Andrew

choose your fighter

How to recognise fascism when you see it, by the the Italian humanist and author Umberto Eco. This 14-point guide is taken from Eco's 1995 essay 'Ur-Fascism' – informed by his own experiences of Nazism in the 20th century. Umberto Eco died #OnThisDay 2016.

my life flashed before my eyes

Full interview here: youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

It’s been an emotional morning. Jesse Jackson died today. This poem he recited to these children on Sesame Street in 1973 was what America was striving towards. We can get there again. We are all somebody. #JesseJackson #ProudBlue

You were definitely one of the greats. While I loved your work in many movies, my favorite was 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. Thank you for Hub McCann--the tough, adventurous, lion-hearted great-uncle who lived a legendary life of battles, fortunes, and one true love. Goodnight and godspeed, Robert Duvall. 🕯️

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." —FDR, 1937

I'd say RIP Robert Duvall, but as he promised us in Crazy Heart, he will live forever

Real men protect children. #FuckICE #RealMen #ProudBlue #NewJersey #Resist

with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭

"If the price of liberty is eternal vigilance, a country that inflicts the ultimate punishment on those who dare to be vigilant can no longer be free."

CHARLAMAGNE: “Trump went platinum in the Epstein files.”

THIS 👇 "You're not alone in being able to figure out how we push back and come up with new solutions."

So good

Your lovely words made me think of this poem. I'm so sorry for your loss. ❤️

Yesterday the students in one of my classes discussed this excellent 2018 article by historian Chris Bonner which opens with this incredible story of direct action from 1837 that, sadly, hits especially hard in 2026.

Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.

Watch this.

They do talk

Actual footage of Vince Guaraldi performing "Linus and Lucy". I'm gobsmacked that this exists, but utterly thrilled too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMf...

Goldman: You said references to ICE as secret police encourages threats. The problem is you have it backwards sir. People are making valid observations about your tactics which are outright fascist. If you don’t want to be called a fascist regime, stop acting like one.

Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says. The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp... By Julianne Le

ok, I think we all need a dose of adorableness today like a NEWBORN GIRAFFE www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01...

This is my story too. I don't talk about it anymore.

On My - Dogs

On hold (a poem)

Thomas Merton's letter to a young activist: 'Do not depend on the hope of results... concentrate not on the results but on the value, the rightness, the truth of the work itself.' jimandnancyforest.com/2014/10/mert...

This government is OURS. It is funded by US. That is OUR White House. WE pay for EVERYTHING. ALL OF IT. WE THE PEOPLE are the rightful owners of this nation. Don’t EVER forget it. FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR IT. NEVER give up.

DAMN

#AT40 It's lovely, it's about New England, we sang it at the top our lungs after too many beers and sloe gin fizzes (for the girls) and I once sent the sheet music to a girl as a romantic thing, and if you don't like this song, you're not my friend.

Happy Caturday

How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽

Good CaturDogDay Morning

Your Black History Moment Not in The Epstein Files.

You may recall that in January of 2025, artist Ann Telnaes announced that she had quit The Washington Post after editors killed a cartoon that depicted owner Jeff Bezos, among others, genuflecting to Trump. This cartoon feels even more relevant this week.

Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.

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omg yay. That dog is gonna live the best life