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An assortment of brightly colored crocheted frog and fish coin purses on a striped tablecloth

It’s a Fancy Frog Flash Sale for the next four hours (or until they’re gone!)

I’ll post each fancy frog in this thread - DM to claim, I’ll note when each one is gone.
$30 each, shipping included if you’re in the US!
International will have to be calculated :s

Pam Bondi ignores survivors

I better not see this bitch on Dancing With the Stars

Quick, not-too-heavy, and flavorful with the silkiest sauce, rigatoni is always my favorite for alla vodka. I bet this recipe will convince you too.

smittenkitchen.com/2021/02/riga...

Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

I do not shame anyone who's still on Substack and I am still impatient with Patreon's newsletter features but here's a good reminder of why so many of us are putting up with the various difficulties of *not* using Substack

www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

My wife read GRIZZLED to the kids tonight for bedtime. There were oo’s and aww’s and I-didn’t-know-that’s!

My oldest is 11 now. He was 2 when I sent my first email about this idea. 🥹

GRIZZLED comes out in 21 days!!!!!!!

(Oh, and it’s technically for adults, but tweens/teens are welcome, too. 🧪)

Save this for when you're having a hard time today, then watch with the sound on.

I've been having problems myself, we'll get through this 🫂

I guess the question I'm asking myself these days is... when do we cross the threshold into needing to be subversive. and it really fucking sucks that we need to ask that question to begin with, even disregarding that there is no answer to the question

The last honest advertising slogan was: “Behold…the power of cheese.”

Illustrated version of waking up, opening your eyes and immediately seeing a smol child. 7:45 AM

This rulz

Finally, a Halftime Show That Represents Real America! Isn’t Bad Bunny an American artist? Don’t millions of people love his music? At the Turning Point USA alternative show, we forget about all that.

the most indoors

And remember, if you want to read the whole book instead of one page per week, you can now do that for the low low price of $15 USD. bsky.app/profile/etha...

i started researching Russian disinfo networks in 2014 and writing about them in 2015 and the sheer amount of smug online assholes who dismissed every piece of reporting as CIA propaganda or whatever will never not piss me off

just building this awful camp system is a crime against humanity imo

IHWSH's Galentine's Gift Collection is On Sale Now! Visit ihwsh.org/shop to buy a bag! Each bag is filled with a curated collection of tasty items by local artisan talent. Let's celebrate the friendships that got us through 2025 AND fund women's healthcare at the same time. 1 act of kindness can have a lasting effect on the community <3 2026 Makers: (L-R; top-bottom): Adrian Torres, Amanda Wiese, Amy Evans, Cat Nguyen, Christina Au, Jassi Bindra, Jesse Cushman, Joseph Berck & Jamie Gonzalez, Lindsay Rae Burleson, Lucianna Emiliani, Ope Amosu, Priscilla Trevino, Sabina Khan & Team, Suu Khin, Van Teamer All proceeds fund free mammograms for uninsured food and beverage workers. Big thank you to our sponsor, Dr. Damla Karsan at Comprehensive Women's Healthcare. Her commitment to women's health has no limits, and her support for our programs is unfailing. She and her team provide care for women at every stage of life. We are honored to call Dr. Karsan our physician and our friend.

Houston friends (Or people with friends in Houston): You should really buy your local bestie a Galentine's Bag. These amazing goodie-stuffed bags are not only a lovely "thinking of you", but they also fund mammograms for food and beverage workers. Total win-win.

With electricity bills rising, some states consider new data center laws | Arkansas Advocate As Americans grow increasingly frustrated over their electricity bills, states are trying to keep the nation’s growing number of data centers from causing higher energy costs for consumers.

With electricity bills rising, some states consider new data center laws arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/06/r...

You probably woke up this morning and thought "did I miss my chance to buy dash cams for folks in Minneapolis because we live in actual hell?" And the answer is no, no you did not.

In today’s Vatnik Soup, made together with chef invité @martinlaineolen.bsky.social , we discuss the extensive links between pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and Russian officials and intelligence operatives, and how Western politicians reinforced these links.

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Oleksandr Kamyshin said Ukraine plans to set up at least 10 joint defense projects in Europe this year. The first, already launched in Germany, will produce drones for Ukraine. The goal is to expand European-based manufacturing and financing for Ukraine’s defense sector. #Ukraine

The Winter War — How Ukraine is facing Russia’s cruelty Podcast Episode · This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler · 05/02/2026 · 18m

My latest for This Is Not A Drill on the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Kyiv due to Russia's winter bombardment of Ukraine's energy sector.

Available at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

People keep confusing bluesky for a website, its not, its a tech demo

The Future of Media is a $250 million national newspaper devoted solely to the debate over cooking at home vs delivery.

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Ukraine agrees multi-tier plan for enforcing any ceasefire with Russia [FREE TO READ] European forces would be dispatched and backed by US military in case of repeated Russian violations

Ukraine has agreed with western partners that persistent Russian violations of any future ceasefire agreement would be met by a co-ordinated military response from Europe and the US…

Scoop with @henryjfoy.ft.com @maxseddon.bsky.social.

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The Real Reason ICE Agents Wear Masks Face-coverings may work less to protect federal agents from danger than to make it easier for them to do unconstitutional things.

No masks on cops. No masks on cops. No masks on cops. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Russia will strike Kyiv's TEC-6, TEC-5, and TEC-4 plants and blackouts will follow as there are no Patriot missiles left to defend them, Zelenskyy says. Europe funds them through PURL, but the payment never came and neither did the missiles.

Zelenskyy says there was no direct deal with Russia on energy strikes.

"If they stop hitting our infrastructure, we won't hit theirs."

He also dismissed Russia's "invite" to Moscow and ruled out Belarus, saying Putin can come to Kyiv instead.

Maine clergy form spiritual 'shield' outside workplaces to protect immigrants from ICE (RNS) — Like religious leaders in cities such as Minneapolis, Chicago and elsewhere, local clergy were quick to muster resistance to the rapid influx of immigration enforcement agents, even as they wr...

NEW from me: Every morning for the past week or so, a group of ~24 clergy in Portland, Maine drive out to a business.

They form a line near a door, shielding a group of mostly immigrant workers as they exit their shift.

Then faith leaders stare down DHS agents. religionnews.com/2026/01/29/m...

alright. that's enough of that.

good night to all the birds, and the good humans. 🪶 🐣