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“Oh and, ah, one more thing: Y’see, I don’t know much when it comes to India. But my wife? She loves the place. Has all the books. And she’s always telling me it’s a good hike east of here…

So — and forgive me, Señor Colón — I have to ask: Where were you on the night of October 12th, 1492?”

A tweet from The Bulwark quoting Rep. Jim Himes on Face the Nation. The tweet says: “Rep. Jim Himes on Trump blowing up boats in the Caribbean: ‘The White House has not shared what they believe their legal justification is... these are illegal killings.’” The attached image shows Himes speaking in front of the Capitol building backdrop with the Face the Nation logo.

Illegal killings ordered by a criminal regime.

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So…sorry, I’m only peripherally aware of both Stranger Things & Thunderbolts, but I just caught a random trailer and…this is the same guy, isn’t it? Yelena’s dad?

So are ALL his roles rumpled marshmallow-centred ride-or-die adoptive father figures parenting terrifyingly badass young women, or…?

She leverages her own sob story of abuse by her cishet male partner as an effective emotional tool in that essay, and between that and the saccharine language it’s clear A LOT of casual cishet readers are all “…but this seems kind & reasonable, what’s all the fuss about?” and need it unpacking.

Maybe ESPECIALLY with celebs, actually? Because they generally have first hand experience of being misquoted, misconstrued & disparaged by the media and/or toxic fans, and a surface glance at her OG essay/rant produces the impression that Dear Jo Loves Everyone & Some Of Her Best Friends Are Trans.

mainstream media continues to characterise the situation, while polishing Rowling’s halo as a kindly philanthropist who just wants to protect women and girls.

I think cishet offline people who don’t have trans friends may just GENUINELY not grasp that she’s been radicalised & become monstrous.

I think this is probably true for quite a lot of them, actually, especially Gen X & older: if you’re cishet & NOT Very Online, it’s probably quite easy to be labouring under the impression that Dear Jo has been unfairly maligned & misunderstood by some angry extremists. That’s certainly how the

Parenting done right.

between the oblivious Woosterish pining, the kindness, the fealty, the lurking demons & the tentacles, I was BESIDE MYSELF.

(If your muse ever revisits this story, I shall be pure joy, but I know she is a law unto herself.)

I am very partial to this consciousness-sharing/Demon possession trope, (CL Polk’s magical Regencyish “The Midnight Bargain” does it well too) which is why I was ABSOLUTELY FERAL over the fragment of Barney & Isaacs you once shared:

Oh, I LOVE this series! I have realised that “highly competent (indeed badass) but greatly underestimated protagonist” is narrative catnip for me - as is Outsider POV on same, in which Bujold quite often indulges.

(Because if I were on FB or Nextdoor & lived nearby & I heard about this, I’m pretty sure that would be My Cat Now, & you probably have idiots like me in your vicinity, fwiw?)

In the interim, you perhaps MIGHT buy one of those cheap insulated outdoor cat shelters, if it’s cold out? (I apologise if that’s a really witless suggestion & it’s hot AF) Not that this is a fix, but it might be better than nothing?

Can you ask around on FB or NextDoor or something?

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason. Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

👇👇

Oh yeah, and this can happen even though all the paperwork was done correctly.
And you won't get a refund of course, or even an email saying "sorry"

In the course of about 24 hours, they efficiently fired a bunch of critical personnel, efficiently realized how stupid that was, and efficiently scrambled to reverse at least some of it.

Most other administrations wouldn’t have even started the first step yet.

Efficient.

Plus we already got the best Tron update we'll ever have: Wreck-It Ralph.

Toad hides in bed from the mess of his house, while Frog looks on. From "Tomorrow" In *Days with Frog and Toad*

Toad woke up. “Drat!” he said. “This house is a mess. I have so much work to do.”

Frog looked through the window. “Toad, you are right,” said Frog. “It is a mess.”

Toad pulled the covers over his head.

ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck.

"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"

Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

‘Ruthless terror’ – When Labour aided genocide in Indonesia Sixty years ago, Harold Wilson’s government secretly conspired with the Indonesian military as it conducted one of the postwar world’s worst bloodbaths.

Sixty years ago, Harold Wilson’s government secretly conspired with the Indonesian military as it conducted one of the postwar world’s worst bloodbaths.

www.declassifieduk.org/ruthless-ter...

Top Labour official married to lobbyist for Israeli arms firm Pearson Engineering is owned by the Israeli government. Now, it has hired a lobbying firm run by the husband of Hollie Ridley, Labour’s general secretary.

Pearson Engineering is owned by the Israeli government. Now, it has hired a lobbying firm run by the husband of Hollie Ridley, Labour’s general secretary.

www.declassifieduk.org/top-labour-o...

An open e-reader shows the gorgeous UK cover of Wooing the Witch Queen in color on its screen. The e-reader is set on a rustic wooden table beside candles and a pine cone and a cup of hot chocolate with marshallows. A bubble reads: 99p!

A quick reminder for everyone in the UK (and mainland Europe, too!) that Wooing the Witch Queen's British edition is currently on sale in ebook for 99p!

Snap it up: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/step...

#romancelandia

Look, I've never skeeted about this before but when I was at NYT I was involved in a sexual harassment thing. I was not the person lodging the complaint (nor was I the harasser). I was a corroborating witness let's say. Anyway, NYT did the right thing and fired the harasser.

BUT

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

If Indiana Jones wasn't scared to punch a Nazi, should you be? You're tougher than a college professor.

The question is WHICH Georgia…

Toad dances on the stage, a marvelous performer. From "The Dream" In *Frog and Toad Together*

“Frog, can you be as wonderful as this?” said Toad as he danced all over the stage.

There was no answer.

When the replica of the Bounty that was built for the film sank in Superstorm Sandy the only 2 casualties were the captain and a woman who was the direct descendant of one of the mutineers on the original Bounty

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RIGHT?

Like, JFC, stop using “protecting women & girls” as a bloody figleaf to hide the fact that you’re just attacking trans people/migrants/Muslims/ Black people/literally anyone other than the cishet white men actually doing the overwhelming majority of the terrible shit to women & girls.