Suzanne Hediger

The beginning of the first episode with all the joys of being on a book tour had me wondering what skulls he might think of it. But she’s really shitty to her fans and yes, it’s really dark.

Union elections plummeted last year after Trump gutted the NLRB — while the cost of living soars and corporate profits hit record highs.

Unions are the key to taking on corporate power and increasing working people’s standard of living.

No wonder Trump wants to eradicate them.

Love everything about this

The Crespo family was seized in a parking lot by agents in Portland OR as the parents arrived at urgent care seeking medical attention for their 7yo daughter Diana.

The Crespos have pending asylum applications and both have legal work permits.

Meet Milo and Tina, the 'first openly Gen Z' Olympic mascots The 2026 Olympics and Paralympics mascots are Milo and Tina, a pair of teenage, scarf-clad stoat siblings with big dreams. If you're wondering what a stoat is, you're in the right place.

The 2026 Olympics and Paralympics mascots are Milo and Tina, a pair of teenage, scarf-clad stoat siblings with big dreams. If you're wondering what a stoat is, you're in the right place. n.pr/4kgKLkb

Poet laureate Amanda Gorman

"Fear not those without papers, but those without conscience."
-- Amanda Gorman

Davos 2026: Special address by Mark Carney, PM of Canada Canadian PM Mark Carney stressed the end of the rules-based international order and urged middle powers to act together to counter the great power rivalry.

Wow this speech Buy Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is a real grounded antidote to the crazy.

www.weforum.org/stories/2026...

This link works better splinteruniverse.com?page_id=2032

I hope

splinteruniverse.com?page_id=2053

Hold Meta accountable for fraudulent ads Facebook exposes users to 11 scam ads a day

action.consumerreports.org/nb_20251117_...

It’s a long read, but I laughed so hard I cried, really. I really lost it at the part about inspecting her own milk. I did a read aloud to my husband so we could both laugh.
I need to share this with my friend who worked as a goat inseminator in New Jersey.

Two people shot by federal agents in Portland Oregon this afternoon.

They look yummy. I’ve never tried making doughnuts. Where did you get the recipe?

On Sorrow and Terror by T Thorn Coyle Grief and horror at the actions Of others is real. The kidnappings. The bombings. The families starved or torn apart. The gasping of the earth itself. We feel the pain. We scream and cry into the void Or in each other’s arms. Then we wash our faces. Take a deeper breath. Find a way to help someone, Anyone Again. And again. And again.

We find a way to help someone, anyone.
Again, and again, and again.

#poetry

I wonder if it’s anything like Ledo’s pizza. It’s Ledo shaped pizza.

I totally wanna make that one too. Last year’s focaccia was really good.

News was slow to reach me of the death of Barbara G. Walker, pillar of the world of knitting as author of the "Treasury of Knitting Patterns" series, "Knitting from the Top," et al (still in print thanks to Schoolhouse Press ), and originator of slip-slip-knit.

I mentioned her..

The article is interesting, but I’m still trying to wrap my brain around the word fiend as a verb.

“After reading the chatbot’s nonsensical answers, I left the conversation still fiending for some clarity on what could happen if the AI bubble pops.”

Graph showing that policies blocking ICE access to jails have kept immigration arrest rates lower in some states.

What's the difference between states like Florida, where ICE arrests are sky-high, and states like Illinois with much lower rates of arrests? It's all about police & jails.

Arrest rates out of homes, workplaces, etc are similar – but reining in sheriffs makes all the difference.

Glowing colored lights on a feathered wreath at night.

“In these times, let us be light for one another.
In these times, let us offer respite and warmth.
In these times, let us remember: No one can hold back the dawn….”

My solstice newsletter: thorncoyle.kit.com/posts/let-us...
Wishing you warmth, hope, and love.

#solstice

On winter's coldest days, this classic Kashmiri coat offers warmth — and wisdom In Kashmir, December 21 is said to mark the start of the 40 harshest days of winter. A woolen robe called a pheran is key to keeping warm — and a reminder of how to face and overcome hardships.

In Kashmir, December 21 is said to mark the start of the 40 harshest days of winter. A woolen robe called a pheran is key to keeping warm — and a reminder of how to face and overcome hardships. n.pr/4q7SLWR

A friend who was an engineer at one of the baby bells once told me. You talk to other engineers with Excel you talk to management with PowerPoint and you talk to the executive suite with sock puppets, though I’m sure you would do awesome sock puppets that weren’t all corporate.

Superb photo of the near-full supermoon this morning and a plane departing National. It's gonna be a chilly one tonight! Frost possible inside the Beltway. Updated forecast at cwg.live.

📷: Philip Metlin

The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Grok, Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot This week, Elon Musk introduced a beta version of an artificially intelligent chatbot named “Grok” for some verified users of X, formerly known as Twitter. The Onion sat down for a conversation with t...

From The Archives: The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Grok, Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-grok-elon-musks-ai-chatbot/

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

Opinion | The Coldplay kiss-cam frenzy shows we need a culture shift How did exposing strangers on the internet become normal?

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...