If it’s true that the United States bombed an elementary school and killed scores of children it is an unfathomable crime. I have never been more disgusted to be an American.

When you’re living with chronic illness, your body calls the shots.

It doesn’t matter how hard you try.

It doesn’t matter how badly you “want” to do something.

There’s time when your body will say “No”.

You’re no longer in control and it can be devastating.

If this isn’t one of the biggest stories of the day, then it should be.

Americans are stranded in the Middle East because of Donald Trump’s war in Iran, but they’re flying out MAGA “influencers” on private jets?

U.S. Opens Military Action in Ecuador Against ‘Terrorist Organizations’

i'm sorry what (gift link because i'm sorry WHAT)

The numbers are staggering:

Rent is now unaffordable for a record *half* of U.S. renters.

Some 30 million jobs pay less than $15 an hour. The average wage needed to afford a one-bedroom apartment has climbed to $28.17 — nearly four times the federal minimum wage, which hasn't gone up in 16 years.

Paperback edition of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone

Today the paperback of THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US is out.

It's arriving in a country once again waging war—a country that can spend tens of billions on bombs without blinking, while millions of Americans are one missed paycheck, one rent hike away from homelessness.

Let's take stock of where we are.

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Let there be an opening into the quiet that lies beneath the chaos, where you find the peace you did not think possible and see what shimmers within the storm.

— Jan Richardson, Blessing in the Chaos

Beta Alpha Tao 🦇

gif: Bats illuminated by lightning — theneolistickid
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ICE was very active in Minneapolis today, they kidnapped multiple people. ICE didn't leave, the media has moved on but we are still under federal occupation.

A tiny dog on a huge red chair called Siegfried by Thomas Theodor Heine, 1921.

🐾 ♥️ Just had to share this little guy called Siegfried by Thomas Theodor Heine, 1921.

Visit Exploring Art History: substack.com/@ideasroadshow

🗃️ #arthistory #caturday #dog #dogsofbluesky #dogsofbsky #dogs

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Today, I am joining the #ShowYourStripes campaign in honour of #RareDiseaseDay and the millions of people all over the planet living with a #RareDisease. Visit rarediseaseday.us To learn more and get involved @RareDiseases (@nord_rare) 🤍🖤🤍🖤 #Zebras

Anthropic responds to Hegseth. www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

background is purple with a bunch of cells and germs and viruses - we shouldn't have to "look sick" to receive proper care @the.chronic.couple

@the.chronic.couple

Arrest them.

So if this deal goes through, one MAGA-allied family will own:

Oracle
TikTok
CBS
Paramount
Warner Brothers
CNN

Trump will have his sticky, ketchup-covered little fingers in every facet of how Americans get their news.

The Library at Mount Char

Dark, bloody, completely unique and glorious.

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

So they’re going to cripple healthcare for the poor in Minnesota to make an example of the state. The warning is “don’t resist.”

Met this very pregnant dude while snorkeling yesterday. Love how he’s using the sea tulip as a shade umbrella. #sealife #seahorse #marinelife #underwater #wildlife

Cirrothauma being fancy. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 564 part 2 #GalapagosVents #MarineLife

San Francisco-area fans of ocean animals and flashy colors. 🦑🌊🧪
I'll be giving a presentation about our book The Radiant Sea at 1 pm on Saturday Feb 28 at the Book Passage shop in Corte Madera. (Preposition overload!) Swing by and say Hi.
www.bookpassage.com/event/steven...

need to make everyone in San Francisco watch this video every morning and every night

DHS is holding a 2-month-old BABY at a detention facility in Texas.

Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe.

This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.

Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, “Obama: Dems need to avoid scolding and ‘virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

Insanity. They are laughing at us.

Why are no states investigating the people named in the Epstein files?

How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

A short note to Kristi Noem To a current Cabinet secretary from a former one

The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.

I didn’t make this, but it’s pretty spot on

I work at an indie bookstore and there’s a guy who orders hundreds dollars of books at a time because he’s worried that books will be abolished and he doesn’t want knowledge to be lost.

My next book? 😆