Ben, rumored to be a duck

Incredibly frustrating, I’m not one of these fast readers who goes through 200 books a year, so when I get a bad streak it feels terrible

Tears in my eyes as I watched

I was just popping on here to share this translation and her Iliad is absolutely magnificent

This is a key point, paramilitaries like the Nazi SA, Trump’s ICE, or the Blackshirts in Italy are the first wave who are eventually supplanted by more systematic and ruthless professional instruments of repression.

Right wing paramilitary death squads, and that’s not hyperbole

A small brown dog sleeps amidst multiple blankets

Cosmos feels Tato’s pain

A stack of books on a nightstand including: Those Fatal Flowers by Shannon Ives Njal’s Saga Twilight Cities by Katherine Pangonis Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Clown Town by Nick Herron Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

The bedside book stack as I enter 2026

Top 3 reads of 2025

Badwadi fundamentally altered my perception of a lot of things I thought I knew well, I finally read the Atkinson book and spent the rest of 2025 kicking myself on waiting until now to read it, and Demon Copperhead may well be the best novel of the 21st century @booksky

Given all the Kate Atkinson novels, I’m assuming you’ve read “Life After Life,”but if you haven’t read “A God in Ruins,” I’d highly recommend it. Probably my favorite book of 2025, overshadowed by Life after life, but probably her best work.

Two from Demon Copperhead, because I couldn’t pick my favorite:

“It hit me pretty hard, how there’s no kind of sad in this world that will stop it turning”

And

“The wonder is that you could start life with nothing, end with nothing, and lose so much in between.”

Losers Yesterday:
- Fascists
- Billionaires
- Tech Bros
- Corrupt Politicians
- AIPAC
- Heritage Foundation
- Christian Nationalists
- White Supremacists
- Pedophile Protectors
- Transphobes

Winners Yesterday:
- The People

No Kings As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

Today’s the day. See you in the streets.

Selfie with dog and stuffed elephant, I appear on the upper left

La La Land movie poster, portraying Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone dancing before the city lights

me + one of my comfort movies

Sometimes I go darker but right now this seems right ♡

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

I have begin carrying books that I loved with me for the purpose of leaving them in little libraries…it’s a small thrill each time I leave one behind.

A small grey tabby cat sits amidst a pile of blankets

Share the evolution of your pets name:

Luna
Luna Mae
Luna Mae Peepers
Luna Mae Peepers of Tulip, Texas
Peepers
Peep

I’m going to adopt this as something I say when approving any project, whether or not it’s gorilla related

Unprovoked otter footage #otters

No Kings Day is June 14th

I just used it in a work meeting

Squirrel is as big as I would pick a fight with, my dog thinks I could take one

But should I? - A poem

Schnappsed muse broughammed and fumed
Squirrelled words, little used, scroonched, scrootched
Grievous stretched haiku

Opinion | Trump Wants You to Think Resistance Is Futile. It Is Not. (Gift Article) Every time we make ourselves into obstacles, we also make it a little less likely that the administration’s authoritarian fantasy becomes our reality.

wrote about the importance of ambition and political leadership

Litmus test for the 2020’s and beyond

A handsome tabby cat in a Christmas sweater sits in front of a Christmas tree

Are we sharing, oh yay we are sharing

A tweet by Max Burns (@themaxburns ) reads: "From the U.S. Holocaust Museum: 'What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison (in the modern sense) is that it functions outside of a judicial system. The prisoners are not indicted or convicted of any crime by judicial process.' Welp."

Never forget.

Shopping for a couch and this quote seemed deeply relevant