The famous Andor line is that "tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle." Here is a perfect example of that through malicious compliance: Idaho forced the city of Boise to remove its Pride flags. So the city painted rainbows everywhere else.
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
A THREAD, which I am calling 'Some Of The Many Reasons Lichen And Moss Are Fucking Brilliant'.
1. They make public seating super comfy.
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Four embroidery hoops. One is a bowl of pho with actual chop sticks stitched on. A sheep with real roving. A bird sitting on a real stick that says don’t feed the trolls. The back of a young girl in winter gear holding a 3d heart with curly red hair bouncing off the fabric.
Free workshops for chicago teens this month at different libraries! Extra dimensional embroidery. I made these little samples this weekend to help get their creative juices flowing and I am giddy. Still time to register.
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I took this photo on the Teign Estuary in Devon in spring 2022. I thought I was just taking a photo of an attractive hole in an old tree. It was only when I got home and looked through my camera roll that I saw the leaping dog, who I'd caught perfectly framed, mid-leap, totally by chance. I remembered the dog immediately, because of what an annoying twat it had been.
THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
It's odd to feel like you're reading a post from an old friend, one you have never met, but thank you for sharing your journey. And, of course, Askum.
An all black puppy with very big ears next to a pink flower
A black puppy with very big ears never a pink flower
Wishing you a restful sleep filled with all the images of all the good boys and girls you met this year.
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
at my funeral tell people that my greatest accomplishment was to have kicked off this thread of some of the most wonderful music ever made. this thread is all you need to elevate your day
It’s the Saturday before Thanksgiving, which means it’s the perfect time to share your best Thanksgiving recipes with me ⬇️ 👇
This is Scotty. He is not chasing his own tail's shadow. If you'll notice, he actually has it cornered. 13/10 (TT: lifewithscotty)
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
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BREAKING: A federal court blocks Texas’ new congressional gerrymander, which could net five more GOP seats in Congress, from being used in the 2026 midterms. Texas Republicans will likely ask the Supreme Court to weigh in on the case.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
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excerpt from my forthcoming volume, "Seventy-one Haiku for the Worm that is Not a Worm"
The intruder therein.
Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
Just lovely.
I represent dozens (yes, dozens) of people raped by guards in the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
It sure would be nice if DOJ gave a tenth as much of a shit when it comes to compensating them.
Red northern lights over a stand of large pine trees
From my back yard in Montana.
I'm thinking today of all my fellow veterans but especially the more than 5,000 trans service members and their families who were kicked out of the military this year despite being highly qualified and serving honorably. This injustice will be a stain on our nation's history.
This is his pardon, purchas’d by such sin
For which the pardoner himself is in.
NEW: The First Circuit has denied the Trump Admin’s motion to stay in our SNAP case. This means that full benefits should be paid after the SCOTUS stay expires. The court does not mince words about what the government has done here. Congrats to our clients, co-counsel, and @democracyforward.org.
