NEW: A source tells me that response teams for FEMA set to deploy to the South Carolina wildfires are unable to travel because their government issued travel cards have had their limits reduced to $1. FEMA response team cards were supposed to be exempt.

Sent one of Sugar's great x4 granddaughters a link to this and quoted the bit where I say the real Sugar never bit anything off anybody's face and she thought it was funny/good. I love doing PR for blokes who died over 100yrs ago, even if they're not paying my day rate 💪🏻 #AThousandBlows

Your monthly reminder:

Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.

Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten 'interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head says New changes at the U.S. Social Security Administration may put its ability to deliver monthly benefit checks at risk, former agency head says.

The former head of the Social Security Administration says he expects the agency to miss on some payments over the next three months, interrupting some people's benefits, for the first time in Social Security's history of eight decades: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...

We just want to remind you: You’re not alone. We’re all in this together, and we’ll get through it together. We’ve seen so many people sharing their feelings of anxiety and stress—please take a moment for yourself. Your well-being matters. Sending you hugs—you are amazing, and we love you all! 💚

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This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.

american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit

If you work in the American tourism industry be prepared to bring a book to work because the world has no plans on visiting you.

It didn't take long for our new Director of National Intelligence to start spouting Russian propaganda. What a shameful lie.

You know where you can go and not worry about breaking the economic blackout today?

Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!

Mount Vesuvius eruption turned a man's brain into glass. Here's how it happened It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of Herculaneum after Italy's Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD found dark fragments resembling obsidian inside his skull. It turns out the eruption had somehow turned his brain into glass.

Scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of Herculaneum after Italy's Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD found dark fragments resembling obsidian inside his skull. The eruption somehow turned his brain into glass reut.rs/4hUD557

White House reverses course on HBCU scholarships after pressure from Jon Ossoff, other lawmakers The 1890 Scholars Program, which has been suspended, was designed to increase the number of students from rural and underserved communities.

White House restores HBCU scholarships after pressure from Ossoff, lawmakers ajc.com/education/wh...

A friend of mine has a daughter with Down syndrome, and thanks to these programs she recently made the transition from high school and living at home to an internship at a major pharmaceutical company and an apartment of her own.

But the techbros think that's all "waste"

The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.

Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.

That is insane.

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Reuters: US JUDGE TEMPORARILY BLOCKS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF PERSONNEL AND MANAGEMENT FROM SHARING DATA WITH ELON MUSK'S DOGE

This is informative. Thanks

It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there

I had a talk with someone earlier who very proudly informed me that they read only nonfiction. When I inquired why (dear God why), they simply said "I like my reading to teach me about the world." I laughed.

All the facts in all the books in all the world cannot teach you any of what fiction does.

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.

Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.

Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”

A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.