Katie Krug

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

Proud to be a (transplanted) Jersey girl!

Deleted Elon musk tweet from February 2023 that reads “go eagles”

My top Super Bowl memory is when Musk tweeted “Go Eagles” in 2023 from the game and then deleted it after a similar tweet from Biden got more engagement. Then he flew to Twitter HQ and demanded his workers find out why his posts were doing poorly, starting a multi-day fact finding mission.

Strengthening America Through Service: Announcing the Public Service Alliance (PSA) - Public Service Alliance Today, we’re announcing the Public Service Alliance (PSA), a nonpartisan organization dedicated to strengthening America by supporting the people who serve it.  PSA is founded on a simple yet profound...

If you are a public servant, or know one, this may be useful. A new organization, the Public Service Alliance, is offering advice on privacy and cybersecurity, physical safety, access to legal counsel and more.
thepublicservicealliance.com/introducing-...

Conservative film critic who called child trafficking movie a 'call to action' arrested for child molestation Aaron Gleason is currently out on bail.

In things that you absolutely saw coming, Federalist and Daily Wire writer who accused drag queens of being groomers arrested for child molestation.

www.dailydot.com/debug/aaron-...

I love that these complete morons assumed we were sending palettes of cash to countries and not sending things like rice and wheat while paying American farmers for those goods

As a liberal, I'm so mad about what's going on now that I'm going to stop listening to the audiobook of Hillbilly Elegy when I'm in my Tesla.

Trump’s tariffs are driving up prices for us, while driving down demand for U.S. exports in Canada and Mexico.

This why you don’t trust your country’s economic policies to someone who bankrupted 5 casinos.

Incredibly moving Justin Trudeau remarks:

"We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."

I'm reading Character Limit now, and the parallels I'm drawing between it and the current hellscape are frightening.

Courts Are the Last Guardrail From Marc | If democracy is to survive the next four years, the courts will need to perform each of these functions.

If you are looking for the guardrails on MAGA extremism, it does not reside in government institutions or norms. Nor will you find any courage in the boardrooms of large corporations as they bow and scrape before Trump.

That leaves only the courts.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/cour...

Thanks for highlighting this for me!

Just a heads up for peeps, if you bought a Neil Gaiman audiobook from Audible, they are allowing refunds for them with no questions asked and no matter how long ago you bought them. I don’t even have an active subscription and they gave me credits back for two titles purchased in 2020.

While we’re banning books…

Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.

Be. Like. Finland.

The other 3 are definitely lighter than the Keegan and O'Nan, just FYI!

Might I Recommend... Holiday reads I love.

Five holiday reads to curl up with, as chosen by ME.

thepresentperfect.substack.com/p/might-i-re...

This is going to piss a lot of men off, but ignore them, too!

A nonbinary teen is dead. The cops aren't helping. Nex Benedict deserved so much better.

on this trans day of remembrance, i'm thinking about 16-year-old nex benedict who was beaten in a school bathroom in february and died the next day. he should be alive.

Repost with 5 favourite reads of this year ( in no particular order):
Emily, Alone by Stewart O'Nan
How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran
Looker by Laura Sims
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad
Wellness by Nathan Hill
#books #booksky

X: Which nudie shot of Elon is hottest?

Threads: What's your favorite store-bought cookie?

Bluesky: Here are 5 tips for fighting fascism.

The idea that you *must* coexist with and listen to people who are cruel, unjust, and just plain unpleasant to be around is the logic of abusers, by the way

I'm so excited to read the new one!

I think Trump is just flooding the zone with terrible Cabinet picks, knowing the Dems can't block them all but at least some will get through. Or it's the old bait and switch. Ok, this guy is terrible. So confirm this one who is merely awful.

Meme with side by side pictures of Marco Rubio and RFK, Jr, labeled “Marco” and “Polio.”

Who made this? Ahahaha

Guide Me Home was a mostly satisfying conclusion to the trilogy about crime and racism in East Texas.
The Book Haters' Book Club was mostly entertaining, if a bit formulaic.
What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust was more of the same in a series I think I'm done with.

The Book Swap was a warm hug of a novel that I gobbled up.
This Must Be the Place was sprawling and layered, about a complicated family.
Baggage was dishy and introspective at the same time; perfectly narrated on audio by Cumming himself.

🙋

The library has the first so I'll start there.

Necessary to start with first book?