How this "just joking" thing works ... with a style guide
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
How this "just joking" thing works ... with a style guide
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
Meanwhile, the military hasn't been able to meet its recruiting goals for years.
A roundup of cheering news.
Extra! Extra! 7/27
open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...
And that's why ladies love cool James.
The beautiful spot on the Bay of Fundy where I absorbed yesterday's heartbreaking news from Congress. The nonhuman world is a huge help these days.
This writer's insights go so much deeper than the typical media focus on electoral stuff.
Trump Didnβt Just Change the PresidencyβHe Changed Us open.substack.com/pub/jamesbgr...
When I can't stand to absorb more news, this podcast always sets me right -
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
One of my favorite people to follow -
www.linkedin.com/posts/joecar...
Spring
This great framework by Deepa Iyer couldn't be more timely:
www.socialchangemap.com/home/underst...
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe, vulnerable, and alone.
But when we find ourselves surrounded by courageous people and brave institutions, we can more easily find courage inside ourselves.
This is the beauty of solidarity.
βThe death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.β
Hannah Arendt
LOL
This is exciting: a neighbor is creating a limited-equity housing co-op that will give AndrΓ©s and others a path to ownership in the midst of Burlington's crazy housing crisis.
If you, like me, ever got help to buy a home and you can help now, please do:
gofund.me/395c2e2d
Yes and yes!
I'm really curious what procedural steps you see the minority party being able to use now, to remove DOGE or anything else?
I have lots of criticism of the Dems for their part in how we got here, but the Repubs are in power. The useful actions Dems can take now are largely outside of the system.
Here's the whistleblower's interview ππ½ππ½ππ½
bsky.app/profile/1000...
I don't wish violence on anyone, and these people should quit doing work that is deeply immoral.
I've read more court rulings in the last two months, thanks to this excellent expert -- and today's is cautiously heartening:
substack.com/@joycevance
Certainly not all of the judiciary - see Joyce Vance's heartening post today:
substack.com/@joycevance
So beautiful!
An especially trenchant column from Joyce Vance (and that's saying something) --
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
I'm not sure he could be doing any more, any faster to entirely demolish our federal government.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
She didn't need to reclaim her time b/c she owned it and used it maximally.
www.facebook.com/share/r/19eM...
I'm taking the advice to spend more time in community, and it's so sweet. These monthly sings are a highlight (video from last month at the end of Hannukah).
For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
Ahahahaha
Where are you finding insight, comfort, encouragement?