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A vote to fund the war is a vote for the war. Full stop.

For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were.

These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War.
Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35
Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39
Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20

Thank you, Senators. We must stop this abomination!

Some people really need to go become hermits, survive on locusts and wild honey, emerge disheveled and bearded after years to proclaim their visions. But you can’t do this anymore. Now all these people have podcasts.

If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''

Vivaldi is a good replacement for Chrome. Better than Chrome is these days.

optoutproject.net is a good road map to leaving all things Google behind.

Auspicious Omens and Excellent Insubordination I started this out as a letter to a friend who's feeling down about where we as a nation are at in this moment, and I am still learning how this newsletter thing works so thought I could use the newsl...

In Dublin last year, an annoying interviewer demanded of me: “Your country has been overtaken by fascists. Why are you smiling?” I was too jetlagged to have a sensible answer so I said, “I’m smiling because I have a knife between my teeth.” The knife might look like this:

These are the shit.

Commenting on energy injustice is now the floor for any halftime act.

Billboard at the Superbowl at the end of the halftime show

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Happy #SuperbOwl 🦉 Sunday to all who celebrate.

It's reminded me how many academics think that young women are a renewable resource meant to be sacrificed for old men to be happy.

You heard it here first: #BlueTsunami in the #Hoosier state in 2026. Coming soon to cornfield (and a voting booth) near you! 🎉🌽🎉

Hundreds of Alex Pretti memorial bike rides happened today. It started w/like 1 bike shop suggesting a local ride & then spread to all sorts of local bike & community groups.

I sometimes wish the Democratic Party in Congress consisted of any 260 people in the Minneapolis telephone directory rather than the 260 dignitaries now representing us.

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.

Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

Thank you for voting no, Senator, from one of many outraged Michiganders!

I do not just throw out praise for Senate Dem leadership, but this is good. It’s what we need now - Dems using their leverage where they’ve got it and refusing to budge. Make GOP own this lawless goon squad. No Dem votes for it. Support Dems who are fighting back now regardless of past beefs.

MoveOn responds with "About fucking time." to Chuck Schumer's statement following the killing of Alex Pretti: "What's happening in Minnesota is appalling--and unacceptable in any American city. Democrats sought common sense reforms in the Departement of Homeland Security spending bill, but because of Republicans' refusal to sand up to President Trump, the DHS bill is woefully inadequate to rein in the abuses of ICE. I will vote no. Senate Democrats will not provid the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included."

ACTION now.

Thank you, Senator, from a heartbroken Michigander

Luminaries at the end of a dark snowy driveway, with a dark house at the end, faintly illuminated by candles in the windows

Chelsea, Michigan stands with Minnesota

#standwithminnesota #iceout #iceoutforgood #resist

Shine a light for Minnesota. Tonight at 7pm CT step outside and light a candle. On our street corners with our neighbors. For out communities and Alex. ICE OUT NOW. Sat Jan 24, 7pm CST

Our recommendation for this evening. Community is everything. ICE OUT NOW!

Thanks for voting no, Rep. Dingell!

Cannot see the end of it.

Current temp in Minneapolis: -12°F (-24°C), -28°F wind chill (-33°C)

Thousands of people are congregating downtown for today's General Strike march against ICE. Thousands more are on their way.

Of course we are going to win.

Fun fact: The Black Plague had a 9 percent approval rating, same as invading Greenland. It’s basically the polling floor.

New estimates put Africa’s solar at 63GW, shattering previous counts of 23GW. Driven by flood of off-the-radar imports, Africa went from zero to 63 GW in under a decade

Africa is now the fastest-growing region for solar globally. Slowly, then suddenly.

www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/22/a...

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

I'm with Helen.

A painting of a bird beside the text "nobody actually likes this shit"