Rep. Al Green was holding a sign that reads "Black People Aren't Apes" at the #SOTU:

The #WinterOlympics were amazing. Milan Cortina what an excellent presentation of artistic and athletic triumph! Beautiful!

I was on Twitter for the writers and the book recommendations, the essays, the poetry, the community. I am here now for the same. I’m a nerd. Please reply with a favorite recent essay or poem or story or book recommendation, and thank you.

Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization

Scientists have developed a plant-based plastic that stays strong in use but completely dissolves in seawater within hours, leaving no microplastics. A potential breakthrough in the fight against ocean pollution & plastic waste. tinyurl.com/yuhpuzjp #ClimateScience #PlasticPollution #PlasticWaste

Stop saying Trump wants to "nationalize elections." What he said was: "We should take over the voting, the voting in at least many—15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.” "Take over the voting" and "nationalizing voting" is very different from the more sanitized language.

This one hits hard.

Guys being Dudes

Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court. Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business. As well as everyone else who stepped up.

Does that seem fair to you?

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

Minneapolis residents are facing a growing food crisis. Fear from ICE is keeping families—especially elders, parents, and the homebound from groceries. Feed Minneapolis funds trusted local food shelves and kitchens, with a goal of feeding 10,000 people in 2 weeks. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fe...

I'll start Black Flag - Rise Above #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #oldschoolpunk #history #punkrockhistory

Rams-Seahawks felt like the real Super Bowl at the time and feels that way tonight, too.

BLUESKY WON SPORTS IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA DIVORCE

COVID literally makes people more stupid. How is this not still an emergency? www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...

Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3

George Washington Carver developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils and cosmetics. #BlackHistoryMonth

🚨 There are corgis at the Pro Bowl 🚨

Minnesota needs to know the number of children in federal detention, who they are, and where they’re being held.

The guy on the right is New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, photographed at the Kennedy Center premiere of “Melania.” #GoSeahawks!

I have been warning for weeks the administration will do anything to get these records. They want to rig the midterms 🚨“The letter adds the state’s unwillingness to share voting data to a litany of grievances the Trump administration has leveled against Minnesota.”🚨

"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

Reminder: The Epstein files aren’t delayed. A law is being broken. We’re still missing 99%.

Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.

These are the seven House Democrats who shamelessly voted on Thursday to fully fund ICE: Tom Suozzi (New York) Henry Cuellar (Texas) Don Davis (North Carolina) Laura Gillen (New York) Jared Golden (Maine) Vicente Gonzalez (Texas) Marie Glusenkamp Perez (Washington) #ICE

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The nurses are pissed

Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him. The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

One of my fave PJ songs.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.

Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.

People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.

Today would have been Cary Grant’s birthday. For my money, the #GOAT ❤️ #botd Here’s his Résumé… aurorasginjoint.com/2017/01/18/c...

Austin Pets Alive brought in two bunches of intakes from shelters around Texas and AAS this week. We have a LOT of new dogs, stressed dogs, puppies. Come get some dogs (or cats!).

$1.5T for the military budget $170B for ICE and Border Patrol $1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet $470M to send National Guard into cities $230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation" $200M for Kristi Noem's jets $100M for Trump's golf outings But no money to lower your healthcare costs.

@frankgaimari.bsky.social have you seen The Life of Chuck? I def recommend

Please read and share ⬇️ John Cusack wants to talk about paywalls.! 🦋 www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

Let's stage a social media Sports Blackout on Tuesday, January 20th from 2 PM to 6 PM in solidarity with the Free America Walkout. ➡️ No sports posts ➡️ Raise awareness of the protest instead ➡️ Encourage folks to get off line and take action! www.freeameri.ca

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.

No PI then no catch. Game feels rigged #Rams

Earlier this year, we lost Robert Redford, a giant in the environmental movement and a longtime friend and Trustee of NRDC. His legacy and spirit will live on in everything we do as we continue the fight to make the world better than it was yesterday.

Dozens of energy projects cancelled in California.    Now five more on the East Coast.    All because Donald Trump wants to kill cheap, renewable energy.    Want to know who will pay the price for Trump's job killing cancellations? Check your utility bill next year and you will see.

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

Got the dreaded ”we see something unusual on your mammogram results” phone call yesterday. Went back in this morning for another mamo and ultrasound. The radiologist looked at everything and said “You’re all clear!” Women, stay up on your yearly mamo. It’s not fun but it can save your life.