a woman with long blonde hair is standing in front of a man in a castle . ALT: a woman with long blonde hair is standing in front of a man in a castle .

Me reading the news these days.

More of this, America.

If you are a yt person over 50, and you’re about to give your negative opinion of the halftime show, THINK:

[T]hings don’t have to be “for you” to be good art.

[H]eck, Kendrick has a Pulitzer and

[I] don’t think you do so maybe you are

[N]ot qualified to speak on the caliber of his art

[K]?

✅ Free school meals
✅ Paid leave
✅ Nation-leading Child Tax Credit
✅ Historic housing investments
 
We’re lowering costs for middle class families, which is why we were just ranked the second-best state to raise a family.

do you have any idea just how badly you have to fuck up to get Canada mad at you

Photo of Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, and Jay Z. Beyoncé looks surprised and looks to the side. Jay and Blue look happy.

Photo of Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, and Jay Z. Beyoncé looks stunned. Jay has his mouth open in shock. Blue is seen in profile.

In case you haven’t yet seen Beyoncé’s reaction to winning the Grammy for best country album, here it is

Here's a fact most Americans don't know:
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world.
The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits.
We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.

Anti-ICE protesters in California have shut down the 101 freeway in Los Angeles marching towards City Hall.

I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period.

I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.

But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are

For the visual learners...

“I want to dedicate this award to all my immigrant brothers and sisters in this country. You are loved, you are worth it, and I will always fight with you.”

— Shakira during her #GRAMMYs  acceptance speech.

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

If you wanted to decrease the cost of homes, one thing you wouldn’t do is put a flat tariff on your main source of timber.

LA County keeps texting out “REPOPULATION ORDER” whenever evacuated folks can go back to their homes.

But every time I see it, I read it as “Let’s get out there and make some babies, people!”

I contain multitudes

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American flying unit in the U.S. military.

Altogether, 992 pilots graduated from the Tuskegee Air Field courses, and they flew 1,578 missions and 15,533 sorties, destroyed 261 enemy aircraft, and won more than 850 medals.

Immigrants' Rights | American Civil Liberties Union The fundamental constitutional protections of due process and equal protection embodied in our Constitution and Bill of Rights apply to every person, regardless of immigration status.

This morning I reached 250,000 followers here on Bluesky, which is a gobsmackingly large number for me. Thanks so much for following me; I hope I make your experience in the sky better. To celebrate, I've donated to @aclu.org, which helps defend immigrant rights.

www.aclu.org/issues/immig...

I love this time of year because people will post something super dramatic and vague like “Nooooooo” and I can’t tell if it’s about football or *gestures outside window* all of this.

'Whenever you see injustices at all, you have to speak up' Holocaust survivor Reva Kibort remembers when the German soldiers came to Warsaw, Poland, and at first, she says, "they weren't so bad." But soon enough she ...

Holocaust survivor Reva Kibort remembered when the German soldiers came to Warsaw, Poland.

At first, she said, "they weren't so bad." But, she was later transported to a concentration camp.

She shared her experience in a 2018 episode of Brief But Spectacular.

I think Colombia backs down. But kinda hope they don’t. Just gonna leave these here as a reference

BREAKING: The president of Colombia has just reposted AOC‘s tweet explaining to Americans how stupid Trump‘s tariff threats are.

She's an enigma, wrapped in a hoodie under a jaunty ponytail

Happy MLK Day.

Being short & sweet :)

Just hit me why AOC is so good and brilliant at being the adult in the room with all the trashy losers making terrible choices around her. She used to be a bartender.

I study democracy worldwide − here’s how Texas is eroding human rights, free expression and civil liberties A healthy democracy has free and fair elections, robust civil liberties, multiparty competition and minimal corruption. Does Texas qualify?

A political science professor explains how #Texas is eroding democracy, undermining human rights, free speech, and civil liberties—highlighting restrictive abortion laws, privacy violations, and threats to individual freedom. https://buff.ly/4glCwzw (@ktscofield.bsky.social @tamu.bsky.social)