How PA has halted ICE detention centers, and what comes next An environmental agency under the Shapiro admin has taken an unusual approach to challenging ICE, and appeals could delay the project for years.

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For the sake of truth in advertising, everything that says “made with ❤️” should be legally required to have actual heart in it

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Sublime. Possibly my favorite Monteverdi madrigal

So long, Tim Apple!

Just taking a moment to say my community college students are just the best group of people to spend my career with. I don't know how I'd face this timeline without the hope they give me.

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Yesterday, I attended the Penn State APIDA festival tabling for the local League of Women Voters, and it was absolutely delightful. It helped to remind me that there are good people doing good work in my community.

the tech fascists think they are so clever and smart but their entire worldview is just a bunch of stale apologetics for race hatred and fascism

Monochrome drawing of a black cat leaning against a brick wall and smoking a cigarette

@moodyferret.bsky.social says her cat Riker’s husky meow makes her sound like a smoker, so I drew Riker smoking a cigarette

Julia Duffy as Stephanie in “Newhart”

Megan Mullally as Karen in “Will and Grace” I

Have been rewatching old Newhart episodes and I’ve come to the realization that Julia Duffy’s “Stephanie” walked so Megan Mullally’s “Karen Walker” could run.

Also in Santa Monica?

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Really?!

I used to see improv there in the early 90s

a man is standing next to a woman in a dark room . ALT: a man is standing next to a woman in a dark room .

“You know, Ernest fucking Hemingway?”

In this Pennsylvania Irish pub, three pictures hang over the bar: Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and the pope. But this week, they’re replacing the pope’s photo with a new one: Samuel L. Jackson in costume as Jules Winnfield.

bringing back shame and social sanction for being a bigoted asshole is good, actually

This is the damn best. How great does it feel when people are genuinely happy to see you? 🥰

So does my spouse

Cis men are a menace

Cover of “The Absolute Abolition” by Jesse Olsavsky

starting now i am going to start sharing the books i read. finished this volume this morning. it is terrific.

Me: I should post something light and fun

Also Me: Have you ever held your head in your hands for so long you forget that it’s still daytime?

That’s my Archbishop

This right here

While the VP defends it as a “joke.”

“Kitchen table issues!” 😒

Whoa!

“Stay angry, little Meg," Mrs. Whatsit whispered. "You will need all your anger now."

This, but unironically

As Magyar and his party strive to rebuild Hungary’s democracy, it’ll be useful for future democracy rebuilders to note both his successes and the spots where the authoritarians are able to resist and hide. Use those lessons to make the next rebuilding project more effective. We’ll need it.