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Hey kids. Anyone else searching strangers’ faces for signs of grief and sleepless nights? I managed to limit the social media for a real long while. I’ve tried to focus what energy I could on my child and touching grass, but friends—this is brutal and I need y’all. 😘

Two Naval Academy faculty members have resigned, and 18 more have taken early retirement. One was offered a place of honor at the annual dedication parade. He declined, telling the academy’s superintendent:

You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.

Everyone’s gonna be wide awake at his funeral. If only because they’ll play Kool & The Gang’s “Celebration” at full volume.

To be reminded that @bradleywhitford.bsky.social was the jerk in Adventures in Babysitting 🤯 💗😂 Amazing.

Bridgecon would be wall to wall fluffy orange boy cats, toe-curling desserts, an insectarium, and spin-the-bottle. Also, a kickass DJ spinning everything from yacht rock to Digital Underground to early 00’s indie rock to 60’s soul.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

The biggest reason that EVERY argument about how it was "legal" to deport him is wrong is he wasn't deported. He was renditioned. He was sent to prison in El Salvador. Immigration courts do not have the power to imprison people.

So… this was supposed to be about Paul Revere’s ride, but the Senator just unloaded about the Trump administration and its Republican enablers. Far more newsworthy than I expected. (You can probably see me shifting to “crap, this was not the interview I prepped!” but the result was memorable.)

Sometimes I hope there’s an afterlife JUST SO my Trumper parents have to watch the consequences of their actions unfold. How’s the cryogenics stuff going? Can I store a head for the sole purpose of saying “Look what you fucking did”? Does that make me a bad person? 🤪

Trump personally killed a bipartisan border and immigration deal that Democrats and Republicans negotiated in the Senate last year. That should be mentioned every single time we talk about immigration in this country.

A cranky man made me cry at work today. Also…y’know…world on fire… I need art. What is something that has moved you lately…in a beautiful way? Music, poetry, film, an image, dance, whatever. Please share. Thank you.

Banana slugs ARE hermaphrodites. Maybe White House isn't disputing this fact, they think it's "dirty" or "non-newsworthy". That's almost worse. The strange wonders of nature delight our curiosity. As for being offended by slug sex—well, that says something about the listener and it's not pretty.

For anyone like me who finds a glut of content on the physiological/medical aspects of perimenopause, plenty of stand up comics dedicated to the subject, and too few representations of the seismic psychological events—this is amazing. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

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"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps. This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped" snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

3/4. If we accept the idea that moving a person from one place to another undoes rights and disempowers the judiciary, we are endorsing the basic Nazism practice that enabled the killing of millions.

Here's the script, folks. It's now or never. Capitol switchboard: (202) 224-3121 Local office numbers: www.congress.gov/members/find... RTs appreciated.

Yes. #Resist www.fiftyfifty.one 💙💙💙🙏💙🌥️⛅🍀💕

We’re living in an apocalypse as imagined by a jock rapist who’s only seen the first 30 minutes of EL TOPO.

I just booked flights to Ireland. First time getting to visit. I cannot wait. ☘️

"In 2020, Kent helped boost the organizing message of a new right-wing paramilitary outfit that called itself the 1st Amendment Praetorian." Tulsi Gabbard's pick, everyone. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

NGL. Sometimes I think “maybe if we’re really lucky the planet will shrug off our entire species.” Our country is really a fucking problem, though.

If you’re not yet familiar with the parts of the SAVE Act, read.

NEW: No fewer than 10 principle scientists at NIH investigating emerging infectious diseases and neural disorders were among those fired by RFK Jr. today. One is an esteemed scientist awarded for breakthrough research into the causes of Parkinson's disease. By me and @emilymullin.bsky.social:

Oh Friends. 😌 I had the most magical night last night. Dinner with my two adult bros and our mom. Just us. For probably the first time in…20 years? And then a family favorite: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass at Lincoln Center. “Rise” found a deep nerve I bawled like a baby. It was perfect.

Ever hit a wall, after trying to do all the things you know you need to do…to be a grownup, pull your own weight, make things better…and you just want to be rescued from your own life? Carried? Treated like a princess? Yeah. That’s my feeling this afternoon. Tomorrow morning I’ll snap out of it.

@pmskinner.bsky.social I just gotta shout out my original favorite sm account. Patrick, I’m seeing signs of how your ethos has shaped my thoughts and actions. Thank you for all you do, and for sharing it. You change the world.

What’s left to say besides “chag Purim sameach” and SLAVA UKRAINI! 🇺🇦🌻

With the boy’s school’s Purim celebration at school on Thursday, this year’s costume was a no-brainer. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, embodying courage and bravery. I’ll share a pic when he’s all dressed up. 💙💛🌻

My view is that the American South never fully took to liberal democracy. And I think we have to reckon with that to face the moment we’re now in. I wrote about it for @thebulwark.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/liberal-de...

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Also, please let me share a good thing from today. I sent an email to the #2 person where I work today, thanking her for hiring her and telling her how much I love my job. Friends, her reply was so wonderful I sent it to my mom with instructions to put it on her fridge.

In the spirit of old school Twit nonsense, I wanna start a Friday night thread about meaningless bullshit. So… Non-earth shattering confessions. Mine is “I never learned to type. I just hunt and peck like a virtuoso and have to look at my hands.” Let’s hear yours.