Victoria

A reminder that Girl Scouting of America has welcomed trans and nonbinary girls from the first one that asked, has always had lesbian and bi members and adults, never declared bankruptcy to avoid paying for sexual assaults, and never poached the other side to recover from said bankruptcy.

I’m not going to watch Trump’s State of the Union address tonight.

I urge you not to, either. Here’s why…

I have some ideas, wondering if anyone is thinking along the same lines

Does anyone have a theory as to why the Blizzard of ‘78 is New England boomers’ Roman Empire? They will never stop thinking about it

This is, in fact, what made me think of it

Star Trek Into Darkness and I will die mad about it

Fuck ICE

The set, the vibe, the artistry, the joy, the messages… outstanding work

That entire Halftime special was a celebration of community, love, music, diversity and Puerto Rico and very deliberate middle finger to colonization and white supremacy.

Redfin and Dove are my favorites so far. Bar is low

On the one hand, I would enjoy it. On the other hand, I don’t want Springsteen to steal the spotlight

My son was irate that one of his teachers used AI for something that would have been much better, and much less wasteful, had humans created it. He was angry that humans lost the opportunity to create, too.

Oh, it was an update, of course. I saw that lede and was surprised.

Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

The continued dismantling of WaPo makes me miss my late father, who was a journalist for quite a few years, because we would have discussed this at length. But also, I’m glad he isn’t around to see how bad things have gotten

turns out when Bezos suggested "democracy dies in darkness" it was a goal, not a slogan

Screw this guy and his sternly worded letters

imagine being so rotted that Bruce Springsteen writes a brand new song about how much you suck shit and announces it by saying “by the way I’m so fucking mad that I banged this out in 24 hours”

how are you still up and walking around after being slammed like that

The Boss stays bossin’

One of the reasons it's cool that The Boss wrote, recorded, and released this song, is that the AP will run an article that includes the full lyrics and CBS News (and other major news orgs) will pick that article up and put it out.

This is what using your celebrity/platform looks like.

I’m not reading this article, but that ain’t it

CHARLES RAFFERTY The Problem with Early Warnings People don't like to leave a party unless the house is actually on fire. Even then, if the flames are far enough away to be pretty, they'll finish their drink, take one more pass at the hors d'oeuvres. How things happen has always been unclear. Hurricanes begin in a place where no one lives. Agents of the government start to wear masks. Fascism is a word my neighbors won't use yet. They are following the law, they say, and the sirens are coming for someone else.

This hit so fucking hard today.

When my kids were little, I bought them DVDs of classic Sesame Street from the 60s and 70s. I think I enjoyed watching it more than they did.

Girl Scout cookies

The Star-Tribune is on it

Our government is killing us.

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

Sane people in the US are terrified and gutted. It will take generations to dig out of the hole a few genuinely evil people have dig for us. But please don’t retreat. Now is the time to find a way to act, to make the lives of our elected representatives harder, to work, to build communities.

Zelenskyy and Trump to meet later today to discuss Ukraine war – Europe live US president confirms meeting and says he is ‘dealing with president Putin and he wants to make a deal’

The Guuardian's running fact-check of Trump's Davos remarks is essential viewing. He hardly utters a sentence that isn't an easily verifiable lie. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...