cathy de bourgh

And undermining the player’s union ☹️

I’ve been so lucky to have never dealt with disordered eating. Now, at almost 50, i’ve gotten serious about working out, especially strength training, and I’m in the best shape of my life. Side effect: weight loss. It’s hard to not focus on that number. Bit of a mind fuck I didn’t expect.

On a show nobody watches

I do love that all of our representatives are reality television stars desperately crafting a character

There is no amount of money in the world that would lead me to fight a Vietnamese refugee that grew up in Louisiana

(Also I really want to try a Korean style Po’ Boy)

I’m pretty sure I can get there if they’ll stop writing them for a minute

They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now.

Next thing you know these tweens will have nukes, where does it end

hashtag save our cops from our kids

I hope Jesse Singal wakes up tomorrow with his butt covered in boils. I hope he gets an eye twitch that never goes away. I hope he can never remember why he walked into the room.

I hope he one day realizes what he has done and has to live with that knowledge.

The thing about the women’s hockey team declining the SOTU invitation is in part that sometimes, if you do not need certain kinds of power, you get to retain others.

This guy gets it.

I’ve been hosting a little monthly social event as part of our neighborhood solidarity group. I always dread it because I love not doing things, but it’s always sweet and lovely and affirming. There’s so much power in creating space for neighbors to meet.

among my favorite French Revolution details: the King's cousin, the Duke of Orleans, was so shook by the events of the revolution that he not only voted to execute his cousin but legally changed his name to Equality Phil.

This is the kind of thing a rich CEO says at the beginning of a science fiction movie to establish for the audience that he is a sociopath and the villain.

Really giving that unworn baby shoes short story a run for its money

Really giving that unworn baby shoes short story a run for its money

Opinion | Something Surprising Happens When Bus Rides Are Free

ICYMI this makes a good argument: Something Surprising Happens When Bus Rides Are Free www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...

Murray said she’s not going. I’m sure Cantwell is looking forward to it.

“Conditions are substandard, and are not even in compliance with the National Detention Standards, much less international human rights law,” the report reads.

We need to be clear about what this place is: a concentration camp.

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

Another ‘millionaires tax’ finds Seattle is far richer than anyone knew Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson last week described the city as “filthy rich.” Impolitic as that may be, returns from a new tax on high pay packages show she’s not wrong.

"The city’s new social housing tax, levied on lofty pay packages to pay for public housing, was due Jan. 31. The startling news was that it blew the projections out of the water."👏

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

YouTube video by MoselleGreen Heathcliff, Heathcliff, no one should terrify the neighborhood

Sound up

www.youtube.com/watch?v=el9k...

An inspiration to haters everywhere ❤️

European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women" The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.

In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."

Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.

It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

Our latest.

How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.

NEW: How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention

9-year-old Maria Antonia begged her mom to take her to the park’s annual Halloween celebration. But as soon as she arrived at Miami International Airport, everything started going wrong.

I've been saying since early 2025 that people were and are in motion... Some people have insisted that 'no one is doing anything' and they are wrong.

We live in a moment when so many people in this country share the moral clarity that ICE endangers us all—only for the heads of the “opposition” party to try to quash this clarity with meaningless reforms, and to give ICE more money and power. 2020 never ended.

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"They want to win so fucking bad," said Longwell, who has convened hundreds of focus groups across the political spectrum. Democratic leaders and political strategists need to understand that anything that does not lead to winning elections is extraneous, she said. "If you watch the DNC, you still see the pronouns on the name tags and the land acknowledgment at the start, and the voters are like, Get that stuff out of here.”

democrats have evolved beyond the need for failson democratic strategists and their focus groups. democrats have ascended to faildaughter republican strategists and *their* focus groups

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.