@hcrichardson.bsky.social Happy Tuesday Dorchester

This is very compelling! Pete Buttigieg just gets it. The sheer humanity in this clip is why I like this man so much, everyone should watch it!!

Also, hoping the lady who says Obama is guilty of treason, the guy who thinks Trump is Jesus, the lady sleeping with her security detail and who drinks on the job, and the guy who harvests raccoon penises will vote the president mentally unfit for office doesn't seem like the soundest strategy.

a mallard duck swims from right to left across a calm clarifier tank at a wastewater treatment plant. photo by Nicole Harvel.

good morning.

Hat tip to Nicole Harvel for best duck picture this week! Fabulous colors and lighting.

The black man did it better. So much better.

That was definitely my first thought.

Donated! Thank you for preserving our history!

Save our Signs logo. White sign on green map background. Text reads SOS Save our signs.

Happy to see that @hcrichardson.bsky.social mentioned my colleague's Save our Signs (saveoursigns.org) actions in response to attempts to erase American history.
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The Red Pony. So traumatized. I think I was nine. It was completely at my reading level.

Agreed, assuming you also believe that quiche is 100% a pie. Also, and this is more controversial, pizza is pie, although you've got to say it with a New Jersey or Connecticut accent.

All the feels. Sigh.

A post from Yoni Appelbaum that reads "Albuquerque turned a wall of its airport bookshop over to its local university press, and goddamn, now I want this in every airport." The post includes a photo of a wall of books with a sign that says University of New Mexico Press.

I usually avoid posting things from the other place but I will make an exception because this is so damn cool. @yappelbaum.bsky.social

When you do... I will read it!

I want to know why the protagonist's sister doesn't live with her wife. Which I'm surmising from the fact they don't share the neighbor.

Spill the tea!

So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

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

Once again, the FCC is coming after Colbert. This time they're refusing to allow CBS to air an interview of James Talarico, a Dem Senate candidate from Texas. So we all know what to do, right?

If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''

Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)

COMMENTING GUIDE: Opposing Two Trump Regime Rules Banning Gender-Affirming Care, Deadline 2/17/26 Creator profile picture Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland January 26 Edit I. Bottom Line Up Front The Trump Regime's Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published two companion proposed rules designed to eliminate access to gender-affirming care for minors nationwide. Together, these rules would: Ban hospitals from providing this care (CMS-3481-P) — regardless of how the care is paid for Prohibit Medicaid and CHIP from covering this care (CMS-2451-P) — cutting off funding for lower-income families You have the opportunity to help defend trans kids by submitting comments against these vile proposed rules. Because even if a state wanted to continue covering gender-affirming care through Medicaid, the hospital rule would prevent hospitals from providing it. The two rules use different regulatory mechanisms to accomplish the same policy goal: eliminating access to gender-affirming care for anyone under 18 (or under 19 for CHIP). You should submit your comment to both dockets. The deadline is 5PM ET on February 17, 2026.

Public comment on Dr Oz's proposed rules to ban gender-affirming care for youth closes 2/17

One rule bans hospital-based care, the other eliminates Medicaid/CHIP coverage

Together they'd make care virtually unavailable nationwide, including in shield law states

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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

And don't forget boiling the bones while you eat one of those meals to get a delicious broth for a soup base!

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.

I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”

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This is so horrific.

millions will stream sunday’s super bowl without seeing this ad.

Yay! I've been really looking forward to this.

Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio? Nazi Lies in Vance's America

In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
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#histmed #PandemicThinking 🗃️

I can't imagine being so hung up on my child's genitalia that I couldn't embrace their love. Feels creepy, sadly. You deserve so much better. Hugs from a total stranger!

I'm going to check in with my child and see if I'm unfairly burdening them with expectations I'm not conscious of. Thank you!

Done!