Shawn McBurnie

Sarah Huckabee Sanders fights Trump admin's disaster aid denial to ruby-red Arkansas The Trump ally urged him to reverse his administration's decision to deny federal aid to her state after deadly storms last month.

Trump has DENIED Arkansas Gov. Huckabee Sanders' (R) request for federal disaster relief following a series of deadly storms in March.

Even the reddest states are not safe from this administration's blatant disregard for the American people when they are in need.

brb updating pronouns

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Email from DHS revoking parole, unnamed recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 1

Email from DHS revoking parole, unknown recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 2

Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

@naomikritzer.bsky.social the dice I just got strangely resemble those. I'm going to chalk it up to Feral Serendipity.

Thank you once again for your work here! I did some digging myself. Nothing to correct and nothing to add, other than the obvious "you are far better at this than I am."

It's refreshing to expect to be happy with the outcome regardless of who wins.

Special Election 2025: Senate District 60 If you live in Minnesota Senate District 60, there is a Special Election happening this month. There is a PRIMARY ELECTION on January 14th, and a general election on January 28th. This is a deeply …

I wrote about the SD 60 special election primary:

naomikritzer.com/2025/01/12/s...

Void where prohibited?

I like long-form blogging a great deal. (I read fast and have very little interest in being pithed.)

Where can I purchase free time? Not only an awesome gift, but I have to sell too much of my own...

I never knew you were a Sconnie

It's saying something that the wrestling lady is one of the most qualified picks we've seen thus far. This is what happens when the bar is so low you have to look up to see the Mariana Trench.

Finland is teaching children how to recognize fake news as part critical thinking and civic responsibility. The U.S. is banning books.

My own wallpaper aesthetic is best described as "goth Morris"

I don't foresee it becoming any cheerier in the next few years, and that's OK.

"most"

I have it on the best authority that I can identify that star formation peaked around 10 billion years ago and it's all been downhill since then

it's going to be quiet and dark eventually - however: our migraines will likely have passed by then

so here is the thing, the people who have trump the win did not vote for this. they voted out of a magical belief that trump would lower prices and make them rich. the gap between what they voted for and what trump will deliver is the space for political opportunity! bsky.app/profile/fkes...

When Japanese Americans were rounded up and incarcerated during WW2, two thirds were US citizens.

During the last “mass deportation” of Mexican Americans, over half were US citizens.

Assume this time won’t be any different.

Valid. I would just like not to be living in the midst of all three at once.

Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had leisure to marry
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy;
For the rest of his life he will tarry...

Having off-gridded in two different environments (Maine and Tennessee) I can't second the neighbors part hard enough. We as a species spent a ton of points on cooperation and mutualism. Ignore that and you're asking for a bad time.

I was going to offer a protip but it's really more a "did this, hope I never have occasion to again" tip: a sturdy stick, if available, can be used to either nudge (and annoy) or, more productively, pull a snapper out of the roadway once it has latched on.

Paul Lewin Uncanny 55 Cover

Uncanny Magazine Issue 55 Part 1 features all-new short fiction by Naomi Kritzer, Jeffrey Ford, Kel Coleman, and Ana Hurtado! www.uncannymagazine.com

RT only if you are NOT becoming more conservative as you grow older.

St. Louis Park elects Minnesota’s first Somali mayor—Nadia Mohamed Nadia Mohamed was elected mayor of St. Louis Park. She is believed to be the first Somali mayor in Minnesota, and the second in the country.

St. Louis Park elects Minnesota’s first Somali mayor—Nadia Mohamed.

TRANSPHOBIA LOSES ELECTIONS

I'm just old enough to remember why "I'm from Missouri" used to mean "Present your evidence and I'll decide how seriously to take your claim."

We could do with a bit more of that across the board!

#showmestate

we fixed acid rain! we fixed the ozone layer! we beat polio! we’ve rescued scores of species from the brink of extinction! the despair many of us feel about climate change isn’t that it’s too big to fix. it’s that we know it is fixable but we’re being thwarted by greedy ghouls at every turn.