I was a history teacher and I know we have to be documenting this moment. When we look back, I don’t want us to say we didn’t know what was happening.

Stephen Miller, probably the most joyless man in America, wants to take away one of our most foundational rights, habeas corpus.

Martin O'Malley, former Social Security commissioner, says he believes the Trump administration has already taken 90% of the actions necessary to crater Social Security.

Good decision.
There is a coup going on and nobody is safe from our dictator and Elon the Nazi.
Tragic times for the former USA.

Me and countless other authors today…😂

It's always wrong to vandalize personal property and that certainly includes Teslas, and also: your government is actively disappearing innocent people without due process, so, you know, that second one is taking up my empathetic bandwidth at the moment.

Elon is such a terrible intersection of mentally unhealthy, completely stupid, overconfident, and rich. I used to fall for his schtick, but realized what a scam it all was early on. I can't imagine still thinking he's anything but a hollow moron.

I was asked to write a reflection on the 5-year anniversary of the covid-19 pandemic. This is what I had to say. I am struggling to find moments of hope. But I know they are necessary for our collective survival.

www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/21/o...

Beautiful, shy senior Molly is still waiting for a home. She is just looking for a quiet place to nap in the sun with someone that doesn’t mind she may never be a lap cat (though she does accept pets, she doesn’t seek out affection so far, though that could change) www.petfinder.com/cat/molly-75...

How is this okay?

Successful cat baking techniques: Ricky (Riccardo dai bellissimi baffoni) anchors his back legs on my stomach when he’s making biscuits. Then he shifts them every few seconds to gain better leverage & traction. This results in superior biscuits.
Here he is, preparing to back up & anchor.

Yes. I don’t have much to offer, since I’m in constant pain, disabled, poor & old. But I’ll help all I can.

Covid, H5N1, global runaway warming, genocide like in Gaza, Syria, Ukraine. 2025 will be a year of enormous challenges.
Yet we MUST resist. Holding hands, united, marching forward one small step at a time. 3/3

The news media are totally corrupt, & the majority of people are fed a pablum of lies & hopium. I don’t know how one breaks through the twisted narrative bubbles to form a large enough core of resisters. We exist in small outposts on social media, reaching out to each other through the void. 2/

in the US, much of the working class has turned fascist & has been sucked into Trump’s narrative of isms & hate. Plus, this convicted felon has been bought by Musk & other robber barons & has assembled a band of incompetents to fill all senior government roles. 1/

I’m new here & hoped I could just transition from ‘the other place.’ I see the posts are much kinder, but how do you maintain conversations when nothing anyone says is controversial?