Winter Storm Prep from
Matt Vanswoll

⛽️ Gas up every car (and top off any cans if you’ve got them)
💵 Pull cash — assume card readers go down
🔋 Charge everything: phones, battery packs, laptops, tool batteries
🔌 Make one “charging pile” with all cords so nobody’s hunting
CONTD (1)

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New year, same goal:

Support and protect independent bookstores at all costs 🫡

PSA: any artists still using Twt…

Now anyone can edit your art with Grok and claim it as theirs.

Merry Christmas and Please Leave that Cesspit.

I am grateful for all of you

I really am

I am also grateful for the Church folk with whom I don’t attend Church at all

Who stepped up and took over my Holiday decorating for the elderly and shut ins

I normally do for free and also made them goodies and treats

When the streets start telling the truth, it’s because the institutions won’t.

What’s become painfully obvious is that ICE agents aren’t trained to make us safer. They’re just recruits who thirst for power, violence, and cruelty.

[street art from around the country]

ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory.

In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities.

"The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

Part 1: My Life Is a Lie How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America

The Valley of Death: Why $100,000 Is the New Poor

www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...

Alright, real quick.
Some folks want you to think patriotism means obedience. That loving your country means cheering for a guy who thinks the Constitution is a vibe, not a rulebook.
Sir, with absolutely no due respect, that’s a no-go.
Here’s the actual intel:

another Teen Voguer here, come show our brilliant culture editor Kaitlyn love!!

We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:

Joyous crowd gathered on the steps of San Francisco City Hall celebrating the Internet Archive.

It's official! 🏛️ 🎉 The SF Board of Supervisors has unanimously declared October 22, 2025 as Internet Archive Day — celebrating our 1️⃣ trillion webpages preserved & our mission to provide universal access to all knowledge.

Learn more & celebrate with us tonight! ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/22/h...

Freedom and Sharing at the Internet Archive Europe On Friday, in a narrow, cream-painted 17th-century row house facing a wide canal bathed in golden light, the Internet Archive Europe celebrated the opening of its new headquarters in Amsterdam. Around...

Big news: Internet Archive Europe ( @internetarchive.eu ) has opened its new HQ in Amsterdam! 🎉 A home for preservation, access & shared cultural heritage.

Read coverage from @mariabustillos.com in Flaming Hydra: flaminghydra.com/freedom-and-...

Exclusive | The Onion Brought Back Its Print Edition. The Gamble Is Paying Off. Publications turn to the old-style products to appeal to nostalgic readers and stand out in a crowded digital-media landscape.

Some incredibly good news:

One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print.

In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast.

In short, it’s working.

So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.

The Bay Area Reporter front page, 13 August 1998. The headline ‘No obits’ is written in red above the lead story.

27 years ago, two years after the introduction of effective HIV treatment, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s lesbian and gay community newspaper, ran ‘No Obits’ as its headline.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.

Mine too!

Mine too.

Great news for patients in OR: With an overwhelming majority of the votes, specialty-adult advanced practice providers & specialty-pediatric advanced practice providers at Legacy have voted to join @OregonNurses.bsky.social! Welcome to the @AFTHealthcare.bsky.social family. #IamAFT #CodeRed

"UC Berkeley’s Labor Center launches a new data tool, an inventory of union contracts, to empower labor in negotiating AI and emerging technologies. It provides crucial insights for unions to secure worker protections and shape the future of work." lngfrm.net/uc-berkeley-...

one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules

SF-Based Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean? | KQED The Internet Archive, thanks to its designation by California Sen. Alex Padilla, joins a network of over 1,100 libraries that make government documents accessible to the public.

awesome news. Congratulations @archive.org on being designated an FDLP library!! www.kqed.org/news/1204942...

A tuft of crown tipped coral mushrooms grows between two logs in a sunny green forest. Each ivory arm is topped with a little hand 🙌 All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

Looks like patriarchy in action!

It helped me process my grief. Your show isn't just “comedy” to me. It is the human spirit at its finest: acknowledging the bad with clear eyes but always finding ways to laugh, to stay hopeful, to see the good in life. Thank you for all you do.

@colbertlateshow.bsky.social

Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.

This is a great resource

adoptastation.org?fbclid=PAQ0x...

Much appreciated!

I gotta do a better job in these areas, though Blue Star Families is my way of supporting military families with my support, same for vets via the Bob Woodruff Foundation.

I'm hands on regarding cybersecurity re #CyberCivilDefense #take9 and related scam fighting...

Thank you for EVERYTHING, @pbs.org ✨ We love you, we will never give up on you!The support from viewers like us for you is eternal! Public media teaches us kindness, teaches us to enjoy learning, teaches us that we all belong. PBS is my reason to stay. PBS, always and forever ❤️‍🩹💙🩵💚