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.
It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow
It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker
This was never about woman's sports
Get in, loser, we’re banning Goodnight Moon unless you’re specializing in older literature at a collegiate level
Ooooh and that yarn looks so soft!
hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.
A brown tabby with white paws and white belly patches is sprawled on her back in a humiliating fashion
A brown tabby with white paws is sprawled out with her belly exposed. She is jobless.
This one is somehow never a trap
Sat down last night and wrote a bit about red hats, resistance, and Norwegian identity. paper-tiger.net/2026/02/06/o...
Anne Frank likely died in a typhus epidemic that spread through the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
History rhymes, it rhymes
Close the camps, set fire to the prisons
This can vary by state! In Minnesota they are tied to the vehicle rather than the person, but we still don’t need to know or use the plate number very often.
State control of historical memory is a classic hallmark of authoritarian regimes, just FYI.
In high school, I went into the ditch less than a mile from my very rural home. 3 cars stopped to help in the 5 minutes it took my dad to get there. The 3rd waited until he arrived to make sure I wasn’t stuck too long. I cannot imagine a more sincere expression of contempt from a Minnesotan.
Worst plot, best knitwear.
It is my final week commuting through DC, where I’ve had to pass the national guard every day for months, before moving home to Minnesota. Lots of feelings, mostly rage.
They’ll adopt Denmark’s vaccine guidelines but not Denmark’s health care or parental leave policies.
gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...
My grandmother literally referred to herself as the Instant Mom. My dad still talks about how much better the food was when he joined the navy.
I think about him every time I make a sandwich. “Lettuce, tomato, lettuce, meat meat meat meat meat, cheese, lettuce.”
Ornaments or coasters using a rolling pin and cookie cutters?
Best guess: Some vaccines are developed with fetal cell lines, others use a small amount of pork derived gelatin as a stabilizer. So a religion might not ban vaccines as a whole, but some people may be opposed to specific vaccines due to their personal faith.
Always the same shape, only very numerous.
I just want something that hasn’t been in the top 10 since the American Revolution and doesn’t sound like a celebrity baby name
Pie crusts tonight, pies and Cabernet reduction tomorrow. Cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes are in the freezer and a sourdough is cold proofing in the fridge to bake tomorrow night or Thursday morning along with cinnamon rolls.
Yes! My experience is also colored by having a large extended family, we often had 30 or more in attendance. With that many people bringing a side dish and a dessert, the spread could get out of hand rather quickly.
Thanksgiving menu: Gingerbread cinnamon rolls, quiche, cheese board with apples, prime rib with Cabernet reduction, turkey, mashed potatoes & gravy, Brussels sprouts with bacon and goat cheese, cranberry sauce, sourdough bread, mini apple pie, mini pecan pie.
For perspective, this is my plan for 2 people and I’m still trying to decide if I can manage another side or two. This covers breakfast through dinner and I’m making small portions of everything, but variety is the goal. I do not enjoy green bean casserole.
The sides are very much the star of Thanksgiving. It’s easy to have 2-3 bites of a dozen or so different dishes on a single plate, and the goal is to have leftovers for days. If anything, the example spread is lacking some core dishes.
To be fair, this post is referring to Thanksgiving! That said I can’t imagine a Christmas without pie.
You don’t need evidence of criminality to fire someone, and educators in particular are often fired for much less.
I think of pantyhose as specifically being skin toned, tights are the same thing but other colors.
Swapping them out for fleece lined tights that pretend to be sheer so I can feel like I’m wearing yoga pants to the office
