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Debbie Millman, Roxane Gay and their adorable dog Max

Great conversation in Albany, NY yesterday with @debbiemillman.bsky.social, @roxanegay.bsky.social @nyswi.bsky.social and Max (!) They were discussing Debbie and Roxane’s new book LOVE LETTER TO A GARDEN.

The year is 2027. America is a disease-ridden wasteland. Escalators are forbidden and have been removed from all public spaces. Only one television channel offering one program remains: Trump TV. And this is where our story begins…

Barack Obama.

Bluesky logo.

Barack Obama has joined Bluesky.

Musk crashing the stock market like it’s a self-driving Tesla

Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.

when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero"

now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make

www.wired.com/story/doge-g...

The Department of Ed has a form to snitch on DEI policies in schools.

I’d be a shame if we broke it with thousands of responses… enddei.ed.gov

Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at HR@opm.gov.

The brave people who defend us deserve to exercise the rights they protect, and their children deserve the right to read a broad array of materials and learn from a range of perspectives that reflect the abundance of ideas from all Americans. Show up for our libraries. American Association of School Librarians, American Library Association.

ALA, AASL decry U.S. Defense Department censorship of schools and libraries on military installations
Read the full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/02...

#ShowUpForOurLibraries

Nobody Elected Elon sign

The Devotion of Suspect X. Book by Keigo Higashino

My #FridayReads 👍🏻👍🏻

Bird flu update (H5N1). Might be worth buying some chicken for the freezer now if that’s something you like to eat. Easy to imagine prices going up.

AOC has raised over $90,000 in the past 24 hours for those impacted by the LA wildfires.

Thanks to everyone who has chipped in so far. If you're able to support, here's a link that goes 100% to organizations on the ground:
secure.actblue.com/donate/aoc-la

The leader we should have had

Here’s a New Year’s Resolution:

Be on the side that reads books — not the side that bans them.

Same!

The Musk-Johnson government shutdown bill has been soundly defeated.

MAGA extremists in the House GOP are not serious about helping working class Americans.

They are simply doing the bidding of their wealthy donors and puppeteers.

Unacceptable.

Banned books and censorship: "an issue that affects everyone" As new legislation is introduced throughout the country: the idea of promoting censorship has prevailed. This political climate has caused a surge in book bans in the United States.

People should be free to make their OWN decisions about what to read. “Any time you say you want a book removed from a public library or...school, you are saying ‘I don’t approve of this, & I don’t want my family to have it; therefore, no one should have it.'" www.easternprogress.com/online_featu...

“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.

They run them bc people react to them the most.

If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.

It’s not easy and takes constant practice!

Nice! It’s got a cool, kinda jazzy vibe! 🌊🌊🌊

Optimism Through Art and Identity with Janelle Monáe Podcast Episode · The Optimist Project with Yara Shahidi · 11/20/2024 · 50m

Excellent conversation between Yara Shahidi and Janelle Monáe on Yara’s podcast “The Optimist Project”:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

RFK Jr. is to RFK what Four Seasons Total Landscaping is to Four Seasons Hotel

Frank Lesser @sadmonsters.bsky.social makes me laugh. Former writer on the Colbert Report

Yup, I feel the same!

Trump’s First Defeat Matt Gaetz has officially withdrawn from being considered for attorney general.

Matt Gaetz has officially withdrawn from being considered to be the next Attorney General, David A. Graham writes. The move comes after bipartisan outcry against the nomination, and forces Trump to nominate a contender with the ability to be confirmed:

On the Amtrak, let’s do an Ask me Anything!

Drop your questions below and I’ll answer what I can ⬇️

Few of my favorite design projects. Hit me up if you need work cydvolutionart.com

What psych-up #songs do you listen to that have take-on-the-world #music AND lyrics? Three off the top of my head are:

I’m Still Standing- Elton John
Stronger - Janelle Monáe
I’m Gonna Win - Foreigner

My first day here and loving not being bombarded by ads!

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive