Misha

I love that you’re doing this. 💙 I was working today. :(

Been contemplating this very thing since yesterday.

Yes! The sweetest person yesterday was saying how difficult it is to find that balance between rigor and gentleness. That really hit for me. And gentleness =/= inefficacy. It’s essential.

We need some new vocabulary for the current state of things bc dumpster fire and shitshow don’t begin to cover it at this point. Where are we? Dogesaster? Trumptastrophe? Nazigeddon?

We will live to fight another day.

If the past year has taught me anything, it’s to take your joy where you can get it, and try to pass some along to others. Today my joy is having finished this sweater. Dog Star pattern by Tin Can Knits (sans bottom and sleeve colorwork). 100% merino from Cestari Sheep and Wool. CC hand dyed by me.

I agree that the Democrats desperately need to pay attention to how Zelenskyy recognized that groveling and moderation get you nowhere with the fascist demons squatting in the White House right now.

How to Turn an “Economic Blackout” Into an All-Out War on Corporate Power Friday’s economic boycott is a one-day attack on corporate interests. The degrowth movement calls for a broader societal shift.

There’s a word for it! DEGROWTH.

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 20: Ibram X. Kendi’s How to be an Antiracist

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 19: Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale

There are only a handful of books that I enjoy re-reading, and this is one of them. I’ve probably read it a half a dozen times. So good!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 18: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 17: Diane Redfield Massie’s Good Neighbors

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 16: Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 15: Angela Chen’s Ace

Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 14: Sonya Renee Taylor’s The Body is Not an Apology

Oh gosh-we read it and watched the movie SO many times. Then of course had to do Rumble Fish,That Was Then This is Now, and Tex. But The Outsiders was always the favorite.

Yup. That tracks. @thestorygraph.com

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 13: S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders

Flashback for February 8, 2025

28 points
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Play here:
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 12: Tara K. Soughers’ Beyond a Binary God

Dear members of congress:
@warren.senate.gov @adams.house.gov @gabeamo.bsky.social @repyassansari.bsky.social @balint.house.gov @repbarragan.bsky.social @michaelbennet.bsky.social @donaldbeyer.bsky.social @corybooker.com @repshontelbrown.bsky.social @juliabrownley.house.gov @carbajal.house.gov

Organize, protest, and obstruct.

Organize, protest, and obstruct.

Organize, protest, and obstruct.

These are the strategies that work, and they are the only ways we survive this.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 11: Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time

It’s both, it’s illegal and unconstitutional, and it needs to be stopped. Please continue to lead the way.

No it wasn’t. Not for a lot of people. But at least it wasn’t whatever the hell this is.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 10: Anne Rivers Siddons’ Outer Banks