Karen Martin

I could throw in a cheekbone comment if you like, but I didn't want to be weird about it!

You do have some killer eyebrows

Such a lovely thing to say. Sleep well tonight, friend.

Happy birthday Ms Bev and thank you so much for what your books have given to us all!

Come hungry; the art of spice; inner courses; heart of the artichoke; tossed

A friend of mine works for an indie bookstore in a small town and put together this.. rather inspired Valentine’s Day cookbook display

What a handsome little fellow!

This is the real answer.

The media should be PRAISING these athletes who know and understand the importance of public health. These articles should be about how they are setting an example for EVERYONE. And how we should all take their lead.

Instead their positioning is: “look at these fucking weirdos”

Thank you!

"Your pets may not necessarily love it when you kiss and hug them"

Yeah well I may not necessarily love picking up poop so I guess we're all gonna have to make some sacrifices.

Not sure that grapes are a great choice but I wasn't thinking critically that day

My in-laws had one in their neighborhood for years. I once hand-fed him grapes!

I'm not wild about caraway but can handle it as long as it's not really strong. This whole thread has made me hungry and I'm supposed to be asleep

Especially on rye!

GM: Charisma check.

Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]

GM: that’s a d6 how did you

Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

this is perfectly put. and enraging.

You can't beat the original

Timeline cleanse

We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

I miss her posts so much!

Discworld QOTD, from Thud!

“Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things.”

I think the issue is, at least when it comes to columnists paid to have correct ideas about things, that the people changing their opinions tend to offer little to no reflection on how or why they were wrong, and even less humility when dealing with the people who were correct.

Welcome to the American Winter In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

i don’t care if the victim was unemployed, or a nurse, or a drug dealer.

i don’t care whether they were armed or unarmed, “peaceful” or not.

i do not accept the premise that a state has a right to uphold power over its people through violence, and neither should you.

i don’t actually think the state should be allowed to execute anyone, regardless of any surrounding conditions.

Whether it was Republicans nominating a convicted felon or Democrats nominating a woman, both parties left voters with an impossible choice in 2024.

Devon Lum Jan. 24, 2026, 2:21 p.m. ET13 minutes ago Devon Lum Videos show moments in which agents killed a man in Minneapolis. Video on social media that was verified by The New York Times shows the fatal shooting of a man by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday morning. This is what the video, among several that captured the killing, shows when played frame by frame: Several agents tussle with the man before bringing him to his knees. The man appears to resist as the agents grab his legs, push down on his back and strike him repeatedly. This video does not show what led to the episode. The footage shows an agent approaching and grabbing at the man as the others hold him down. The agent appears to pull a gun from among the group. Simultaneously, another agent unholsters his firearm. The agent aims at the man’s back and appears to fire one shot at close range. He then appears to continue firing at the man, who collapses. A third agent unholsters his weapon. Both agents appear to fire additional shots at the man as he lies motionless on the ground. In total, at least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds. The Department of Homeland Security said the episode began after a man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and they tried to disarm him. The Times could not confirm that based on the available videos so far.

If you don't want to watch it, here is how the NYT's liveblog is reporting on the video that first started spreading:

Videos From Minnesota Show How Aggressive ICE Has Gotten During Arrests and Encounters With Protesters (Gift Article) For weeks, residents have documented the impact of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign and captured many violent confrontations on camera.

The NYT has collected a number of videos shot by regular people and put them together in a solid narrative.

Gift article link:

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

You can’t stop people from mass nonviolent resistance with guns nearly as effectively if those people have been conditioned for decades to accept the constant risk of gun violence whenever they go anywhere in public

Good morning Womble! I'm reading Oyinkan Braithwaite's Cursed Daughters and really enjoying it. I really enjoy how this author treats family dynamics without driving up the tension beyond what is needed in the moment.