STUG - The 4-Letter Word That Saved My Life — Good Grief Care Knowledge is power. And for me, learning the language of loss has made the grief journey a lot less stressful and confusing. Here’s an example.

its that STUG (sudden temporary upsurge in grief) and it’s a thing!
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Back in the saddle The re-launch of the Golazo del Gringo women's soccer newsletter: why it stopped being written initially and what the plans for it are now.

Here goes.

In a first, Booker votes in favor of blocking arms sales to Israel - New Jersey Globe The U.S. Senate once again voted on resolutions yesterday evening blocking certain arms sales to Israel – and in a first, Senator Cory Booker supported

For the first time ever, Cory Booker voted yesterday to block weapons and military equipment from going to Israel, specifically $150 million worth of 1000-pound bombs and $300 million worth of armored bulldozers.

Exactly one year ago today:

Brooklyn Public Library art exhibit asks visitors to imagine world without prisons “The Warehouse” is a collaboration between artist Vic Liu and abolitionist organizer Mariame Kaba builds an environment for possible answers

Art exhibit at Brooklyn Public Library asks visitors to imagine a world without prisons

“The Warehouse,” a collaboration between artist Vic Liu & abolitionist organizer Mariame Kaba, builds an environment where visitors can see and feel through the possible answers prismreports.org/2026/04/13/w...

Police officers in full riot gear mounted on horses. The headline reads “Scoop: City of L.A. Facing Over 120 Claims For Damages Related To Anti-ICE Protests Amid Financial Crisis”

These claims for damages come at a time when the city is in a financial crisis, largely due in part to the number of past lawsuits filed against the LAPD.

The full story: lataco.com/claims-for-d...

By Lizbeth Solorzano and @shoton35mm.bsky.social

> “The message from the city, the mayor, City Council, is that LAPD is free to go out and attack and assault Angelenos, and their budget will remain the same,” Sergienko says. “The city will continue to go broke paying these settlements. It's just ridiculous.”

All of Us Should Be Able To Agree With This…..

Donald Trump must be removed from office for threatening war crimes and genocide.

Speaker Johnson: bring the House back into session.

Invoking the 25th Amendment and impeachment must be on the table, but Congress should also move on a War Powers resolution to stop Trump.

Stunning

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me.

It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

An illustration of highways passing through the Inland Empire. Headline reads “The L.A. TACO Guide to the Inner Inland Empire”

Written by actual Inland Empire natives, our official guide cuts through the stereotypes and takes you straight to the real spots, including dishes and vibes you just can’t get in L.A.

The full guide: lataco.com/guide-inner-...

By Ivan Fernandez, Juan Izguerra, Zach Cordner, and Ken Crawford

I ask a modest question: if a primary function of people who control government bureaucracy in an unequal society is to control poor and marginalized people and to prevent social movements from achieving more serious change that weakens bureaucratic power and reduces the wealth of the wealthiest people in that society, might government bureaucracies use surveillance technology to further those ends rather than to make themselves less violent? This question helps us see an enormous opportunity cost that we suffer when we promote “reforms” that do not alter the size and power of the systems that cause us harm. In the final analysis, the contemporary push for body cameras is based on a strange notion of “accountability.” The cameras mean (rare) consequences for individual "bad apple" police officers, but a bolstering of the power of police generally. A “reform” like the body camera is therefore the exact opposite of accountability because, from the perspective of the interests behind the policing bureaucracy, body cameras are a reward.

This article on the body camera is exceptionally good, and contains several insights generalizable beyond one particular surveillance technology. campuspress.yale.edu/yjll/volume-...

Oooooooh, this is like the professional equivalent of a cat video for me.

This “good for the goose good for the gander” stuff literally never works. I predict this will pay zero dividends for trans rights in red states, all while making blue states less safe for trans kids.

🧵 This past year, the White House has systematically dismantled trans rights and autonomy, making the country less safe for trans people to live and thrive. We’ve followed these political and legal assaults, and this #TransDayofVisibility, we’re highlighting our coverage of their human consequences:

Trans rights, ending ICE, and freeing Palestine all got huge cheers at my local No Kings protest. These are mainstream positions for the Democratic electorate. The party needs to fucking catch up.

Sandra Wong, the great-granddaughter of Wong Kim Ark, in San Francisco today 👇🏽 bsky.app/profile/asam... #NoKings

ACFC! Leading the race for the shield!

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

Just the President of the United States again saying insanely, unapologetically, shamelessly racist shit, and the extremely powerful people around him nodding in agreement.

How far back in time would you have to go to find another U.S. president saying something this bigoted in public?

The Atlantic Subscribe IDEAS Where Are All the Campus Protests? Two years ago, students occupied buildings and colonized the quad. Now the same places are strangely silent.

Honestly, fuck off.

Prop 36 Promised Treatment. It's Delivering Incarceration California law enforcement leaders blame a lack of state investment for Proposition 36’s early failures. Meanwhile, they’re hoarding billions in untracked funds.

Interesting look at how California sheriffs receive $2 billion in state money every year, and somehow no one knows where it goes. Some are using it to lobby for law enforcement interetsts.
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justice alito talmbout it "seriously undermines" voter confidence when a "big stash" of mail ballots arrives and changes the "apparent outcome"

sir do you mean when all the votes are counted? bc it sounds like you're just describing when all the votes are counted

ACFC! Leading the race for the shield!

The interconnectedness of the county jails, local police, and ICE is simply evidence of the fact that there is no "abolish ICE" without abolishing policing. You CAN NOT separate "local policing" from immigration enforcement.

ACFC! Leading the race for the shield!

Pie chart showing that nearly 2 million people are incarcerated in the U.S.

🚨NEW: Last year, the number of people incarcerated in the U.S. increased again. The driving factor? President Trump’s deportation agenda.

Our annual report, The Whole Pie, gives the big picture of mass incarceration. Here are some key takeaways 🧵

⬇️ For your consideration: Watch to learn about the $220M taxpayer-funded ad campaign that's tied to a mysterious Delaware LLC and a horse named Gill.

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