Lisa Wells

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

Writers of all genres: Rob Schlegel is running a generative workshop to help you learn how you make your choices as a writer—and befriend a local tree to research it across time! Apply here:
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photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:

"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."

Whenever Trump cuts funding for something, notice how nothing goes back in your pocket...but something always winds up in his.

We are thrilled to announce the 2026 #OregonBookAward finalists! Join us in congratulating these incredible authors. Winners will be announced at the Oregon Book Awards Ceremony, hosted by Kimberly King Parsons on April 20. 🌟 📚

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New PSA by the courageous Epstein survivors. This is must watch:

YouTube video by The Daily Show DOJ Protects Trump From Epstein Accountability as MAGA Attacks "Sanctuary Cities" | The Daily Show

These writers deserve all the awards.
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ICE agent wearing skull mask that is usually associated with the neo Nazi atomwaffen group

Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets

Jeffrey Epstein emailing Peter Thiel: Finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain. ... Return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances.

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

NBCC member Ron Slate reviewed several books for On The Seawall:

Klobuchar: "Somehow 50,000 peaceful protesters in 10 below weather were able to march without any problems, and then the next day half a dozen ICE and CBP agents couldn't handle a guy with a cell phone taking video of them and shot him. I think it's pretty obvious what's going on here."

Defund ICE (UPDATED 1/22) - SENATE VOTE THIS WEEK ⭑ 5 Calls Updates January 22, 2026: By a 220-207 vote, the House has passed H.R. 7147, the standalone DHS appropriations bill. Republican Rep. Massie (KY) voted …

The phone lines of both my Senators were busy, which is good reason to keep calling.

5calls.org has a helpful app for various topics and scripts.

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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

💯 Every. Fucking. Word.

Thinking of 5-yr-old Liam Ramos, "worst of the worst" according to ICE. Thinking of all we know about such brutal campaigns in Nazi Germany, Rwanda, Jim Crow South, when humanity is inverted such that children are not only not innocent but represent, in the mind of the fascist, the greatest threat.

These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.

Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"

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Remember: The real freeloaders in this country are the rich — not the poor or immigrants or any other group of people vilified as scapegoats. The richest 1% evade $163 billion in taxes every year. The United States literally has yacht and private jet tax deductions. Hello?

AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”

Five years ago Donald Trump and his followers broke the law in an attempt to keep him in power.

He is the same lawless fuck he was then, and his plan is the same: he is bent on destroying our institutions and enriching himself and all those he corrupts.

This is how you do it. No preamble to swear to God you don't like Maduro.

I always appreciate how the "bring love back" abuts the freeway onramp. Launched with love!

We don’t need to use the grotesque term “double-tap.” It’s from movies. It pretends to be knowing but it’s witless. It pretends to be tough but it’s squeamish. It’s euphemism for murder, a means of turning the dead into rhetoric. That’s why fascists like it: murderous abstraction.

This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.

Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...

Sensible zombies start the day with a brain muffin

The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe" Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god