Jay

VD Jance

I am not the first to say it but I do sort of see where JD Vance's mom was coming from when she traded him for drugs

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No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.

ppl getting angry at this but he's talking alliances and he's 100% right- you cannot trust a country where every 4 yrs the foreign policy does a complete 180 & tears up treaties and reneges on deals and withholds payments because some sheep farmers in Wisconsin think too many black women have jobs

I hope you all see how correct I have been in loathing VD Jance.

I think we have to agree that JD is such a sniveling little bitch.

VD Jance. It's his name from now on.

#USA: "We urge the US government to immediately resume funding of critical humanitarian and health aid, either through rescinding relevant orders freezing funding or expanding the current narrow humanitarian waiver to cover all necessary health and humanitarian programs." - @avrilbenoit.bsky.social

Elon Musk's maternal grandparents relocated from Canada to South Africa in the early 1900s, where they were in the German Nazi Party.

They supported Hitler and then went to South Africa, a stronghold of support for Nazism outside of Germany. Musk was an anti-semite and an apartheid lover.

FYI:

Screenshot from "Letter from our correspondent" in "Papua New Guinea Courier"

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

There are less than 10 openly Trans athletes at the college level. Even if you are transphobic, you'd think you'd be pissed he is wasting all this time and money.

The main beneficiaries of the Department of Education are disabled kids (IDEA) and working-class and poor Americans (Title I, Pell Grants, work assistance), so of course Trump wants to do away with it.

Maintain your sanity, friends. Maintain your joy and peace while you continue to put your back into the work that needs doing.

just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't

A stack of copies of a zine entitled "Strategizing to Stop Mass Deportations: Preparing To Confront Donald Trump’s Second Term" ("Estrategias para detener las deportaciones: A qué nos enfrentamos y cómo podría ser la lucha") in English and Spanish.

If you are attending demonstrations against ICE or organizing in your community against deportations, please print out copies of this zine to share.

You can download the PDFs in English or Spanish here:

crimethinc.com/zines/strate...

Attacking the undocumented is a step towards techno-fascism.

10 Things About Writing Books You Don't Have To Learn The Hard Way · Zoom · Luma This free one-hour seminar is intended for everyone and anyone who’s ever thought “I want to write a book.” My first book was published in 2000 and I’ve been…

I’m giving a free seminar, “10 Things About Writing Books You Don’t Have To Learn The Hard Way.”
I would’ve given a LOT to have it when I was starting out. Which is why I'm giving it away now. Books are part of how we survive.
2/18, 8 pm EST: lu.ma/epv72gzx OR 2/19, noon EST: lu.ma/5b0tqv9d

Sun rays coming through a cloud

Word of the Day: GLISK (Shetlandic) - a glimpse of sun through the cloud; metaphorically, a ray of hope in dark times.

Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article) A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.

Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:

Trees and a pasture hug a gently sloping mountain road in the late afternoon sun.

The sunlit air of a warm February afternoon in West Virginia.

Ohhhhhh thanks you

Last time Trump was President, my dad was still alive. His diary entries from the time are full of outrage. I'm glad he's not here for this round, even though that means I'll never meet him. Knowing even just this little bit about him, though, gives me a cone of light to stand in. Thanks, Dad.

Several people have asked if anyone has done a survival guide for federal employees — a collection of resources, links, advice, etc. If not hopefully some people knowledgeable about federal employee rights will do it.

Tim Walz

We could’ve had Tim 😭

Thou shalt not kill' also means 'thou shalt not let profit margins decide who lives and who dies.'

……… welp

Thank you! What a lovely thing to do.

Right back at you, moon hanger.