Paywall? Bah.

Hero

New:

DOGE's spending has been secret.

No longer.

My colleagues have uncovered it.

www.propublica.org/article/doge...

From a friend on FB.

As a civil and LGBTQ rights attorney, of Jewish faith, happily married to a transwoman, it is obvious that living in the US is no longer safe for us. I am transitioning to remote practice and we have leased a house in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Available to advise on emigration options.

"Daddy says he owns you. Can you get me an ice cream?"

Koh Samui sunset. (Ang Thon beach.)

Morning from Kyiv!

Every morning, Victory (still a cat)
asks me to open the window.
We have nets on the windows (don't worry).
So, today, she listened to the alert.
All clear already.

I'm back after the day off.
(Ukrainian art will be later 🙃)

Dear Federal Workers:

If you received an email saying that if you resign, you will get paid to do no work until September,

DO NOT BELIEVE IT!

It’s as much of a con as an email about you being the long lost heir to a Nigerian fortune.

DO. NOT. QUIT. YOUR. GOVERNMENT. JOB.

The law does not

House Community Safety - TVW Public Hearing: HB 1085: Improving school safety by extending penalties for interference by, or intimidation by threat of, force or violence at schools and

If you want to hear my full testimony at the WA State legislature yesterday in support of HB 1138 to ban police deception, it's available below, along with words from Washington Innocence Project Director Lara Zarowsky and fellow exoneree Ted Bradford (min 31 mark).
tvw.org/video/house-...

@funkybabe.bsky.social here’s a Krabi sunset to welcome you here.

WHO DID THIS!

Faith without works is dead.

Auschwitz is liberated | January 27, 1945 | HISTORY The Soviet Red Army enters Auschwitz, Poland, and liberates the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally reveals to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there.

A grim but essential memory: 80 years ago today Auschwitz was liberated. That there was an Auschwitz to liberate is unspeakably tragic. . .
www.history.com/this-day-in-...

The Supreme Court Could Gut Access to Birth Control This Year Opinion | With Trump back in the Oval Office, access to contraception is, sadly, not something that people can bank on anymore.

"A ruling for the plaintiffs could mean employers and insurers reimposing copays and deductibles, or denying birth control coverage entirely, with patients on the hook for the full price." -- @susanrinkunas.com
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...

Can’t say as I blame him.

I really appreciate this app/site. I need to post here more. I’ll begin with what I think is a terrific photo. I took last night here in Vientiane, Laos.

Morning from Kyiv!
Almost no snow left;
warmer temperatures ate it.
Such weather is not typical
for winter in Ukraine,
but definitely good
during the war.

I had a #warcoffee and am ready to
jump into a busy Saturday.

Today's Ukrainian art: Dmytro Nahurnyi (1946-2019), Red House, 2014

Like from a fairy tale.

I don't know if you want to see them,
but sometimes, I might share
photos of my beloved Kyiv.
Of course, the ones I took.

Morning from Kyiv!
I am glad to be back.

It was a calm day yesterday,
with many walks
and beautiful places.
I already had my first #warcoffee
Oh, and just now, an air raid alert started.

Today's Ukrainian art: Maksym Polyvianyi, From the Pasture, 2024

January 7, 2025 Today, President Joe Biden signed proclamations that create the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument, protecting 848,000 acres (about 3,430 square kilometers) of l...

January 7, 2025:

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I’ll never forgive those who sat this election out

Lovely. Talk about DEI? A Ball for the ballless. Perfect.

Deep night in Kyiv.
It is calm,
but many drones are
over Ukraine now.
Anyway, I am going to rest.
See you in the morning 😘

The one thing I hear over and over again about the two candidates from last time, and in general, is that they are “all the same.” This absolutely baffles me. The opinion appears genuinely held, it’s just so misinformed. Yet it’s almost universal. I fear for our future.

I was reading the lead in the NYT today it blithely pronounces that Trump champions the working class. And my reaction is they’ve drunk the Kool-Aid, as he clearly does not. But then I thought you know what, the working class seems to think he does. We have work to do.

Opinion | A Spineless Senate Abandons a Qualified Judge (Gift Article) The attacks on Adeel Mangi were without merit.

www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...

Late Monday morning in Kyiv.
The night was calm.
Drones paid us a short visit in the early morning.
It is raining.
Snow is gone.
I had my #warcoffee at home
(yes, we have power)

Today's Ukrainian art: Igor Ropianyk, born in 1957, Untitled

Building the Opposition From Marc | The success of our democracy rests on an effective opposition movement.

For people who saw the clip of me advocating for a new opposition movement and are asking for more info, here is the piece I wrote laying it out.

I hope you read, share and act.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/buil...