Ashley Larsen

Church displays Nativity scene with baby Jesus in zip ties, ICE agents The Evanston, Illinois, church said its display asks viewers to "confront the disconnect" between religious views and immigration policies.

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We know everyone is asking for your money this month, but here's a twist: We're NOT asking you to donate in December, we're asking you to spread the word.

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They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

-Philip Larkin, This Be the Verse

Yasmin Williams was incredible!

When I'm With You It's Christmas, by Loudest Librarian track by Loudest Librarian

My Christmas song for those of us who live in warmer climates:
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hoopla is amazing. it also isn’t cheap. but the best argument we librarians can make to the purse string holders for keeping it is that people actually use it, so please use it! 📚 📺

Poster text: Happy Bandcamp Day to all who celebrate. Buying an album on Bandcamp pays an artist about the same as streaming it every day for a year

#BandcampFriday 🔥

That would be amazing! It's such an intricately-written poem that it doesn't surprise me that it was holding other secrets.

That's so cool! I wrote my senior thesis on The Pearl in college, but almost never run into anyone who's even heard of it.

genuinely remarkable how depraved this government is

The note says, "Cockroachs thank you for your loveing for everyone"

A sweet note for the Madagascar hissing cockroaches at the library where I work

Our portal at oag.ca.gov/reportmisconduct will allow Californians to upload photos, videos, and information about interactions with federal agents that may be unlawful.

YouTube video by Ashley Larsen I'll See You Later, Alligator

In honor of Claude the Alligator. RIP: youtu.be/vgez-PBvUKQ?...

This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this.

What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.

SKULDUGGERY AFOOT IN THE TN 7th?? Google is sending push notifications saying that Matt Van Epps won the election. Clicking through the push leads to this. Anybody else get one of these??

Tom Nichols: “There is no scenario under which you can fire and kill, fire at people that are helpless in the water, and make it legal. There just isn’t.”

@radiofreetom.bsky.social

Just downloaded since they claim not to use AI. Seems pretty good so far

Pressing question: my daughter wants to know if hearing the Glee version of Last Christmas means that she lost Whamageddon.

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Cat pawing the TV screen

I will never be as enthralled by anything as my cat is by this one Cat TV video

Graphic that reads: "The average hourly wage necessary to afford a one-bedroom apartment in the United States is $28.17. The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25." -- National Low Income Housing Coalition

I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.

It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.

Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.

A study found that volunteering slows down aging in retirees: the DNA of people who volunteered the equivalent of one to four hours a week showed distinctive biomarkers associated with decelerated epigenetic aging, with the most pronounced effects among retired people.

Pretending to be a throw pillow is a clever defensive tactic

Just finished reading this. I couldn't put it down. It's still so hard to understand all of the factors leading up to so many people following Jim Jones, but among other things, I learned that a number of the Jonestown victims were forcibly injected with cyanide, and they were all held at gunpoint.

Coyote
Mountain Lion
Bobcat
Long-tailed Weasel
Alligator

Just finished reading The Rose Field (the last book in The Book of Dust series by Philip Pullman), and while I'm still trying to sort out all of the ideas he was trying to convey, I really liked what he did with the alkahest. Has anyone else read it?

Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25

President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)

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