megan larson

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

Protest sign from MN that says, “DEARLY BELOVED. WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TODISMANTLE THIS THING CALLED ICE.” with a picture of Prince in the left hand lower corner.

10/10 ICE protest sign

lol yeah these are the same guys who tweet about how scary the subway is & say they’re being genocided because somebody working the checkout lane said happy holidays and now they are all LARPing as Frank Castle just to get ran outta town by grandmas & people playing fiddles

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

remember when you could go for months or even years without crying while reading the news?

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

genuinely stunning image

A big part of the current right wing belief system is that everyone is actually just as bigoted as they are, and are only pretending not to be as a public performance ("virtue signalling").

They genuinely thought once they started doing open racism, everyone would join in

white house social media manager: you get those photos of RFK, jr. for the protein post?

white house content creator: sure did boss, real fuckin' sinister, just like you asked

white house social media manager: what

Post from Amanda Gorman’s Instagram that says amandascgorman Minneapolis, Minnesota For Renee Nicole Good Killed by ICE. on January 7, 2026 by Amanda Gorman They say she is no more, That there her absence roars, Blood-blown like a rose. Iced wheels flinched & froze. Now, bare riot of candles, Dark fury of flowers, Pure howling of hymns. If for us she arose, Somewhere, in the pitched deep of our grief, Crouches our power, The howl where we begin, Straining upon the edge of the crooked crater Of the worst of what we've been. Change is only possible, & all the greater, When the labour & bitter anger of our neighbors Is moved by the love * better angels of our nature.

Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.

we’re never returning to “normal “

that world is dead and gone

we create a new one, or we live in hell

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

The Cost of Staying Human Remarks from a vigil for Renee Nicole Good

“We are here to say no — no to the kidnapping of our neighbors, no to the normalization of fascist violence. We are here because our love and decency are stronger than our fears, and because we know we will find courage in each other.”

organizingmythoughts.org/the-cost-of-...

Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.

imagine being mayor of new york AND the only reliable public source of joy for millions of us starved for it

your mind-palace and mine both

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump exchanging a look

it’s brain breaking how serious this meeting is and yet how funny this photo is.

that time of the year when we ask ourselves how many ghosts would have to visit for us to stop being such jerks

the good that you do persists in this world

Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting Video shows the man rushing one of the alleged gunmen who shot dozens of people on Sunday evening in Australia

“I think it’s worth remembering that in all of this evil, in all of this sadness, there are still wonderful, brave Australians prepared to risk their lives to help a complete stranger.”

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Cookies in a display cabinet shaped like the protagonist in The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969).

WHO'S HUNGRY NOW, BITCH?

An Astonishing Graph For most of human history, around 50% of children used to die before they reached the end of puberty. In 2020, that number is 4.3%. It’s 0.3% in countries like Japan & Norway. This dramatic decline has resulted from b

An Astonishing Graph. For most of human history, around 50% of children used to die before they reached the end of puberty. In 2020, that number is 4.3%. (It’s 0.3% in countries like Japan & Norway.) [kottke.org]

photo of “mini Target cart,” a gingerbread house-type kit featuring a red target shopping cart full of target products

this is a company clearly in denial over their current place in their customers’ hearts.

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

I want a girl with an abundance agenda
I want a girl with higher marginal rates
I want a girl with human capital development
Who captures the dynamism of the VC network state
……
I want a girl with a strong floor and nooooooo ceiling *vibraslap*

Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.

If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.

new relationship energy

The value of knowledge is in having done the work. The value of research is in having done the research. The value of a summary is in having summarized the information. The value of writing is in having done the writing.

Noem is mad about the whistles. Good job everyone.

Trump shrugs off Khashoggi murder during Saudi prince’s White House visit US president also claims Mohammed bin Salman ‘knew nothing’ about murder of journalist

“things happened”