widowsNorphans

Right now isn’t going to be forever and I look forward to seeing how this works out for the management and ownership of the Post while mourning what was once one of my favorite papers.

In related news, let me know if you or someone you know has any interesting work opportunities!

Responding to Federal Occupying Forces Click here for another version of this document optimized for readability and accessibility. Table of Contents (click to jump ahead) We the People are PISSED: statement/intro Situation Report: current...

Despite strong objections from Governor Pritzker, Mayor Johnson, and the people of Chicago, the Trump regime is preparing to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago today.

If you are in Chicago and need guidance on how to interact with the Guard, here’s a helpful guide:
bit.ly/resistancetoolkit

I don’t do the drop-off line but I feel this every time I go out into the world.

As the @pghguild.com strikers near the 3-year mark, @stevemellon412.bsky.social reports, they appreciate @bethanyhallam.bsky.social's Council proclamation. Steve Rotstein previews "one of the best matchups of the regular season that will surely decide the Class 4A champion." www.unionprogress.com

I too am Butters.

What the Los Angeles Wildfires Taught the Art Insurance Industry After the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles in January 2025, art insurance experts discuss what has and hasn't changed in the industry.

I co-reported a second feature on what the devastating fires in Los Angeles taught the art insurance industry: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Cartoon by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social.

Those are the kind of prospects that get me out of bed and keep me going day in, day out.

Data centers in other states are raising power costs in West Virginia West Virginians are seeing higher power costs as AI and data centers increase electricity demand across the regional power grid.

West Virginians are struggling with higher power bills. Data centers in Virginia are making it worse.

mountainstatespotlight.org/2025/10/05/r...

hoping to finish this jolly rancher i got at last halloween before this halloween

Is your member of Congress a Republican? Want to help give Trump a massive Epstein headache? Just dial (909) 321-5643. (Leave a voicemail message.)

#Epstein
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinCoverup
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It’s self-preservation.​" —Audre Lorde

Going to bed with this stuck in my head.

Text card: Listen for dangerous words. Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary. #OnTyranny

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.

And another thing I’ve been kicking and screaming about. There will be no third and fourth chances at democracy. Who do we have to lead the effort and not just send us down this road again?

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

At least one other person, who identified herself on social media as Kat Abughazaleh, a former journalist also running for Congress, landed on the ground during that same protest after she was pushed by a federal law enforcement agent in a camouflage uniform wearing a full face covering, sunglasses and a helmet, video by CNN affiliate WBBM showed.

Absolutely INSANE use of passive voice in this CNN piece

just incredible

@katmabu.bsky.social “landed on the ground” during the protest???

On the to-read:

Having forced myself to read Hillbilly Elegy, I'm surprised he isn't expressing gratitude at every turn.

We went from the longstanding trope of "which candidate you'd like to have a beer with" to one party's candidates being deliberately obnoxious at every turn. Not even just politically, they have to go out of their way to show they are personally repulsive. And the party's base loves it, demands it.

Consistent margins people. Get it together my god. The key to a pleasing looking gallery is consistent margins. Ughhhh. Basic design principles should be taught in kindergarten art class. 🙄

🤷‍♀️ Nope ... but I'm gathering from reddit, these things come in waves and without rhyme or reason and have been going on for some time. No one answered my question yet about the possibility of bad-faith users flagging your posts or bots doing the same.

It’s been a day and I nearly forgot opening day! And after making sure I had my trees from the turn done in time, too. They’re going to need a bit of rail, I think. #keenelandfallmeet

“We need to go back to being a party that tells the truth. It’s the only way to rebuild the Democratic Party as the party of working people. In this race, the ground is fertile to build power locally and then build that into structural power.”
@grahamformaine.bsky.social #Persuasion2025

This is EXACTLY what I’ve been livid about since the day after Election Day.

Starting my day with this because I am fcking exhausted.

I’m sorry, which is it: are boys in an acute crisis that demands that all the nation’s resources and attention be leveraged toward their improved happiness and status? Or is their natural superiority only obscured by affirmative action for women? You have got to pick one because you can’t have both.

I wouldn't be surprised if that was what happened to me. Ugh.