I checked out of the Hotel California, but I can't seem to leave. The warm smell of colitas is relaxing tho. Suggestion?

“All war must be just the killing of strangers against whom you feel no personal animosity; strangers whom, in other circumstances, you would help if you found them in trouble, and who would help you if you needed it.” — Mark Twain, from “The Private History of a Campaign That Failed"

My interest in plant pigments started with the tomatoes in my garden. There didn't seem to be any one place organizing all the genetics related to color mutations, even though there was a great deal of research, so I decided to make one.

🧵 It’s the first Shut The Fuck Up Friday (STFU-F) of the year and I don’t know who needs this reminder but you do not talk to police. You don’t even talk to them when you have a lawyer. Your lawyer will also tell you to STFU when they greet you. Do not be helpful. Do not offer truth that feels safe.

Nope. Absolutely not. The enemy of my enemy is just another fucking fascist. No!

More than that, UBI is an obligation of a system that has appropriated all of the inhabitable land on Earth. As people can't opt out of the system—there's nowhere to go—the system owes everyone a living at least as good and dignified as they'd have if the appropriation of all land hadn't happened.

Why aren’t we talking about the Monks walking from Texas to Washington D.C. to peacefully protest the Trump administration’s inhuman acts? Especially rally since they were hit by a car AND many are still going. Where is @cnn.com, @nbcnews.com, @apnews.com, @cbsnews.com, and all the rest?

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Christ on a bike, this is brilliant. And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10

My French and Swedish ancestors would all be horrified by this culinary chimera! Behold the Rutabaga and Pepperoni Quiche:

Look, I done tole y’all, one of my absolute favorite genres is racists getting their clocks cleaned by the Black people they were just harassing. Pulled this clip up on the damn flat screen so I could enjoy it properly—Hounds love it too! This Vegas brothers knocked ole boy clean outta his shoe.😇✊🏽

THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks. You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.

"Christ in the Rubble" Seekers Church in DC captures the spirit of the season.

MORE from Jack Smith: "Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January 2021 ... He then repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents."

10/10 The perfect Knives Out sequel!

This is like a scary for white people list. Where's the cilantro and jalapenos? What about kimchi, sushi or chicken feet? How about some haggis or tripe. And even I'm afraid of chitterlings!

What Time is it?

I took a detour to the edge of the city to take a picture of these amazing sundogs over Winnipeg caused by ice crystals blowing around in the sky.

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Reading 2025 fiction? Try the short story "The Flaming Embusen" by Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social! You can read it here! buff.ly/d3ZMtsc

Woodie wrote this 65 years ago, but tragically it has never been more relevant. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu-d...

Ranch dressing being a mix of mayo and buttermilk is like the whitest thing of all time!

He's just pining for the fjords!

Once upon a time, the ever-evolving graffiti on this reservoir near the psych unit was a cave-painting-record. I photographed much of it over months. One day they painted it grey. The next day:

Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.

The most famous piano you've never heard of, but you've definitely heard.

"In an environment in which all politics is national, loyalty to POTUS is more fragile. When he struggles, members of Congress are dragged down w/ him & they feel an urgent need to distinguish themselves. When they start to break with him, that only makes him look weaker" — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen: A Prairie Home Companion Black Sabbath Lady Gaga Prince Van Halen

I'll get you and your little dog too, Charlie Brown!

Brutally assassinating and beating generations of leftists has resulted in the US having only fascist versions of populism, no non-fascist version of populist history and thought to draw on. "Wait, what about-" Lemme stop you there. When did the FBI kill him. "I didn't say his name though"

Rarely have I clicked the "save post" button so fast...

I wrote about Johnny Cash. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-empty-...

Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days

Emergency floof!

Great video on the entire chocolate making process.

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The guy who ran on this ad just spanked the pants off an Establishment Dem This is what the base will turn out for youtu.be/bEvVSpN0BXg?...

Every district gets one representative. Ours got a reality show wannabe contestant who never stopped filming.

Shhh, I whisper as I push the set button, resistance is futile...

114 and counting! Probably my most readingist year.

People will say illegal immigration is obviously a problem and then struggle to name what the actual problem they have with it is in ways that aren't just xenophobia. "Oh, some people aren't legible to the state? Why do you, not the state, care?"

That side-eye is Samuel L. Jackson level!

Me when someone cancels plans I didn’t actually want to go to.

You might think an investigative journalist would be able to identify "bribery" and "corruption." Maybe illegal destruction of government property?

Did you know that any book by @premeemohamed.com that you read will make your life better and you should get on that right now? So cool to have her here in Ottawa for the launch of THE FIRST THOUSAND TREES! But also THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS is rad and yeah, all of it

This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇 Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it. Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book

Sharing this 102 year old WW2 Vet who is fighting fascism a second time.