My greatest accomplishment is that I watch basketball constantly yet still have only the dimmest understanding of moderate to severe ulcerative colitis

Love this!

Sign on the front door of a Waffle House informing legal process servers that there is no manager on site to accept service.

This must be a real problem at Waffle House

Voting board shows 21 yeas and 18 nays on SB290

Pro-slumlord GOP vote against @lashrecseaird.bsky.social bill to give localities a cause of action to go after slumlords in their jurisdiction. It passes without them.

Dozens of faith leaders arrested in Washington protest against Trump immigration policies Dozens of faith leaders were arrested in Washington on Capitol Hill while protesting President Donald Trump's immigration policies and calling for funding to be restricted for the Immigration and Cust...

My pastor was arrested protesting ICE. So….1. I’m honored to know her and 2. There are a lot of politicians who need to stop calling themselves Christians.

The people of Greenland yearn to be Breezewood, Pennsylvania

I need @chriscillizza.bsky.social to tell me the top 10 times the US has kidnapped the leader of a sovereign nation without congressional approval.

A bag of Camellia black eyed peas

Happy bean soaking eve! (Maybe 2026 needs a double bag?)

An activist in the Richmond community with 3 kids was kidnapped by ICE on 12/23. Please donate to his family and legal defense. Share widely. secure.actblue.com/donate/noice...

NORAD Santa tracker is Woke

Spotify albums called “Golden: a K-pop demon hunters Chanukah”

Soundtrack to our Christmas Eve.

Hardwood Gingerbread Stout with a fire and Christmas lights in the background

The hallmark of a Central Virginia Christmas

Kid asleep on adult’s lap in a messy living room with a Christmas tree.

Not how I planned to start the day but not bad.

Senator launches probe of investment groups buying up trailer parks The letters seek information about evictions, rent increases and profits at firms acquiring the properties.

New Hampshire is such a leader in protecting manufactured home park residents - glad @hassan.senate.gov is shedding light on this harmful trend.

Holiday Mutual Aid:
PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! It’s time for YEAR 6!

With recent federal-level changes creating new challenges in our community, we’re prioritizing core necessities. We are still welcoming traditional gifts. More info below.

We take care of us.

To Give
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Venmo: Zbryant01

Opinion | How to Help the People Around You

ICYMI - A big THANK YOU to @jamellebouie.net for highlighting the Legal Aid Justice Center's work in Saturday's @nytopinion.nytimes.com column on the importance of joining our neighbors in a common endeavor by giving locally. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...

Every legal story now is either

Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach

or

In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport

Private equity firms are snapping up mobile home parks − and driving out the residents who can least afford to lose them For residents who can’t afford to move, rising lot rents can mean losing everything.

“Over the past four years, I’ve watched their communities get sold, one by one, to large investment firms.”

theconversation.com/private-equi...

By Cassie Powell. via @us.theconversation.com

#housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism

Pickle beer and HEB tortillas

Another successful trip to Houston.

Whistleblowers Sound Alarm on Trump’s Assault on Fair Housing Act The Trump administration is eroding enforcement of the landmark civil rights law, claiming it’s DEI nonsense.

Sharing for this strong opening graf.

“President Trump, a slumlord at heart, is quietly halting enforcement of the Fair Housing Act...”

newrepublic.com/post/200749/...

White board with a list of coloring sheet request. Number 5 - “rock music” is circled.

Never felt prouder as a parent than this coloring sheet request by one of my kids.

4 people at a radio station.

WTJU Saturday Night

"Here we are, debating whether survival should be treated as a crime." Beth says once someone has a record, it makes it nearly impossible to get housing or a job.

"You simply cannot punish people out of poverty."

Vigorous round of applause and cheers.

U.S. taxpayers have spent $24 billion on Netanyahu's horrific war in Gaza. Instead of starving children, that money could pay for:

700,000 public housing units
500,000 low-income kids receiving health care
500,000 veterans receiving VA care
600,000 kids in Head Start

Combined.

Phone number 18442537882

New community defense campaign created by and for immigrants n Virginia- call to report ICE activity or connect with resources. #poderva

Broke: get trans out of sports
Woke: get Disney adults out of politics

Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91

Apparently Bill Moyers was once described as a “sweater-wearing pundit who delivered socialist and neo-Marxist propaganda with a soft Texas accent.” - I mean if we don’t need that what do we need? @scooley.bsky.social

Dad watching his kid eat with no hands at a Mexican restaurant.

Happy Father’s Day. Wouldn’t want to take this gremlin ride with anyone else.

assassinations, handcuffing a senator at press conference, marines detaining a civilian, and a military parade for the president’s birthday. rough week for democracy.

Study shows historically redlined Virginia neighborhoods are hotter in the summer • Virginia Mercury As hot and humid summer weather settles across Virginia, a recent study finds that certain neighborhoods across the state, often with higher populations of people of color, can be up to 15 degrees hot...

New study by Virginia Heat Watch finds historically redlined neighborhoods across VA — including Arlington, Richmond, Lynchburg, VA Beach & more — can be up to 15°F hotter in summer, thanks to low tree cover & concrete-heavy areas tied to redlining efforts.

virginiamercury.com/briefs/study...