With both the stories of survivors & evidence against the abusers in view, it’s a shared obligation to pursue justice for all victims of sexual violence (whoever the perpetrators). And to fight harder to build a society where it is never normal, in the White House, or the house next door.

But (as they agree) it’s as important to listen to those harmed by sexual abuse, to shift the conversation away from sensationalization and toward solutions that attend to the needs of survivors.

msmagazine.com/2025/12/17/e...

Brad gets it. Justice for survivors.

Oh nooo that thing literally everyone warned me could happen has happened, how could I have ever anticipated such a turn of events

Yeah

i’ll end this little brainstorm by just asking what it is, exactly, that the MAGA right likes about the United States, since it explicitly rejects those things that make this nation distinctive — its pluralism, its revolutionary heritage and egalitarian aspirations, and its republican institutions

If ICE and CBP don't want to be called secret police, then don't wear masks. 
 
If they don't want to be accused of kidnapping, then don't drag people out of cars & houses without warrants.
 
And if they don't want to be accused of being lawless, then start following the law.

Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.

Not preparing for the next pandemic doesn't prevent pandemic from happening.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

'Ring of fire' solar eclipse visible in Antarctica The first solar eclipse of the year will grace Antarctica, and only a lucky few will get to bask — or waddle — in its glow.

A ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse will dazzle people and penguins in Antarctica

Microsoft Improv Comedy CEO: 'Most, if not all' white collar tasks can be replaced with improv comedy groups within 12-18 months

Someone has to tell them to “drop it”

No corporation should be allowed to profit from caging people with our tax dollars. It’s time to cut any funding for this cruelty especially when our hospitals are shutting down and schools lack critical funding.

a special kind of chair

It does seem like it… I wonder if the form’s the same in the UK?

life360-legal.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/art...

Copy of Life360 request form for external parties to request tracking info, which includes a question specifically asking, “Does your investigation arise out of a matter related in any way to reproductive health, abortion, abortion services, pregnancy termination, premature delivery, infant welfare, miscarriage or reproductive health counseling? (yes / no)”

I mean, Life360 maybe *is* tracking them in a creepy way

Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.

Per the ImpactCounter dashboard, approximately 88 people an hour are now dying as a result of Vought and Musk’s murder of USAID.

They must be brought to justice.

www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...

Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...

The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.

It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.

Vought is a mass murderer.

nothing makes me happier than seeing a dog on the subway

Instead of cutting cancer and Alzheimer’s research by nearly half like Trump wanted—I secured a more than $415 million increase to fund NIH and lifesaving medical research.

I said I would tear up Trump's budget and write a new one and that's exactly what I did.

"It was nothing more than another baseless attack from a federal government that lies to the American people on a daily basis. If the Trump administration wants to restore trust in our elections, it can start by telling the truth about them."

AG Kris Mayes on Noem's presser in Phoenix today: "Arizona's elections are safe and secure. The election deniers now staffing the Trump administration have spent the past six years lying to the American people in a deliberate effort to destroy trust in our election system."

“We just wanted to show what people are able to do,” Macuga said on Tuesday. “It often feels like we're a little bit powerless, but I think we're slowly making progress on this, and we're going to keep going until ICE is out of Williston.”

The Words of the Week - Feb. 13 Dictionary lookups from the Winter Olympics, the Super Bowl, and the Epstein files

These are your words of the week

Boricua
ferment
clemency
redacted
rebuff
freestyle
disenfranchise
zugzwang
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...

I always say this—if any data or footage is collected anywhere, eventually police will come asking for it or someone will figure out a way to sell them access to it. This is also true of ICE.

Get in, losers. We're going to fight.

Call your senator 202-224-3121 and demand they vote a strong no on voter suppression (including no on the S. A. V. E. bill).

I’d love to see our reps pass a bill to ensure access to the vote: making Election Day a paid national holiday, guaranteeing access to polling places, universal vote by mail

Little Hungry Hippo!🤗
🦛 too cute!🥰🥰

very curious to know who is Randall?