Laura Mikels

Letter to alums Dear Fellow Alumni, Now that the celebrations of our first-ever football national championship are dying down (Will we ever stop celebrating? Time will tell!), it’s time to get back to the serious m...

Fellow #IU Alums,

Please check out this letter (to you!) and join us in pledging to withhold donations from the school until our alma mater takes steps to restore the values it once held so dear.

And share with any alums in your network.

Just Feeling Some Joy I’m waking up.  I never had a problem with the term “woke,” but that’s not exactly what I mean here.  This feeling doesn’t have anything to do with current events or politics, though granted, I feel...

Sharing some joy! mom-lete.ghost.io/just-feeling...

Why isn't it halftime yet

Fondly remembering when Indiana football defeated Miami to win the national title

It's been a good evening for Nottingham Forest and Igor Jesus.

Sean Dyche's side lead Robbie Keane's Ferencvarosi 3-0 — the Brazilian has a brace.

I wrote about hearing this song in the presence of dudes who didn’t get it, and I’ve been thinking about it for 6 years.

Killing in the Name, Rage Against the Machine Let me give a few disclaimers before I get into this. I coached rowing, a sport that often appeals to the wealthy. Boats are expensive, boathouses are expensive, and the roots of the sport (in this co...

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jaderemedy • 4h ago And now comes the most nauseating part of this whole goddamn mess: the hypocrisy. The same loud-mouthed idiots who spent years screaming about tyranny are suddenly dead fucking silent, or worse, cheering, now that it's their side doing it. "ThEy'Re cOminG fOr OuR gUnS!" "GoVerNMenT oVerReAch!" "ShAll nOt bE inFrinGeD!" All that chest-thumping bullshit evaporated the second armed federal agents started terrorizing people they don't like. Let me get this straight: a civilian gets shot dead by federal agents, and the only thing you brainless cunts can muster is "well, DHS says he had a gun"? THAT'S your red line? Guns are sacred when they're strapped to your waist, but magically become a death sentence when they're used as a post-hoc excuse by the government? Either the Second Amendment applies to everyone, or you never believed in it at all. Fucking pick one and own it. This is exactly what tyranny looks like, by the way. Not jackboots marching in formation, but armed agents roaming neighborhoods, stopping people, killing civilians, and then daring the public to question it. Tyranny is execution followed by a press release. Tyranny is labeling the dead a "threat" so the state doesn't have to explain why someone's life just ended in the street. Tyranny is demanding obedience while shredding due process and calling it order. And all you so-called "freedom lovers" are fucking fine with it, as long as it's brown people, immigrants, protesters, or anyone you've already dehumanized. Turns out "don't tread on me" actually meant "tread on them." You weren't afraid of tyranny. You were afraid of losing dominance. There's a difference, and this moment exposes it completely. "Just comply" isn't a principle. It's cowardice dressed up as common sense. It's the language of people who have already accepted that the state gets to decide who deserves rights and who doesn't. And once you make that deal, don't act shocked when the line moves, because it always fuckin…

Absolute banger of a comment on r/military:

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Stephen Miller is a very sick person, more so, IMO, than the president. And he is calling the shots.

I remember when Terry Moran dared to make this observation and got fired from ABC for it.

Very much hoping we’re not about to watch someone fall to their death on live tv. Please, Free Solo guy, don’t die

“Buttcheek” is my younger son’s insult of choice. I have to stifle a laugh every single time he says it.

My sweet, precious child, whom I carried in my body, who has half of my genes, for whom I would give my life, this evening reached his little hand out and pulled on the fat hanging under my chin. “Just to see,” he said. Cool. Feels great.

It's a New Year - Who Cares I didn’t originally want to write a New Year’s themed post. I’m not a big New Year’s Eve person. I don’t like staying up late, even when there’s a reason to do so. I’m not a big partier (see previous ...

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"But what can the Democrats do, they're not in power?"

This.

Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power

- file impeachment articles every day in the House

- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee

- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable

I was teetering before but now I’m ready to say it: I’m full Jags-pilled.

First real day back to work in the new year meanssss New Planner Day! This is a sacred day. Please join me as we bow our heads in remembrance of planners past, before we look forward with joy at the planner that is to come.

I’m not sure where this neck pain came from, but I started to feel it after returning home from Costco and while prepping vegetables and meals for the week and also checking various sites for new furniture options and oh my God when did I get so old

INDIANA HOOSIERS!!!!!!!

You know what’s funny? If this were real life, today would be Thursday.

Raccoon

Nick Mohammed just seems like the loveliest man. I feel like I know him after season 17 of Taskmaster, and I wish we were friends.

Recognizing that is making a lot of assumptions about 2026…

Not going to weigh myself until at least New Year’s Day. I don’t need to deal with the consequences of my actions these last two days until I’ve moved into a more emotionally stable year.

Merry Christmas! May your home be filled with Legos and your heart filled with cheer 🩷

I just looked it up: the kid who played Flick didn’t actually have to stick his tongue to the pole. It was a trick with suction. Don’t you feel better knowing that?

YAY hi Becky!

I need to follow more people. My entire feed is @itsmatt.bsky.social , @josephfray.bsky.social and @beckyhammer.bsky.social . You 3 are beautiful and entertaining, but it puts a lot of pressure on you to produce.

I’m going to do Bluesky now! I forgot I had this app