The accuracy of the political cartoons recently is incredibly painful.

Dear Humans,

Your great-grandparents prayed for a cure for measles.

You have it—and yet some of you want to 'research' your way back to the 1800s.

Trump and Vance’s meeting with Zelensky in the Oval Office today “gave the lie to any claim that this administration’s policy is driven by any strategic effort to advance the interests of the United States, however misguided,” @davidfrum.bsky.social writes.

Read more: theatln.tc/SowY3Uin

Trump’s disgusting behavior in our Oval Office in the company of a genuine hero and defender of democracy like Volodymyr Zelensky may be the most disgraceful public behavior by any president in our history.

Stay strong my friends. Rest. Recharge. Dig deep. We need each other and the country needs us.

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.

Albert Camus, The Plague

a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job

Elon’s team tapping into the Treasury’s payment system is like hacking America’s bank account. No billionaire should have that kind of access to public funds. This isn’t disruption—it’s a threat to democracy. Who’s really in control if one man can slip into the government’s wallet?

Colored Sticks by Vasily Kandinsky, 1928

https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137421

Regardless of your immigration status in the U.S., you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Know your rights and assert them.

Independientemente de su estatus migratorio en los Estados Unidos, usted tiene derechos garantizados por la Constitución. Conozca sus derechos y hágalos valer.

I’m going to read so many books over the next four years.

Meditated and had cherry pie today in honor of #davidlynch. Happy Birthday. 🍒

From Mary Oliver

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Maggie Nelson’s “Bluets,” got me thinking about the color blue in music, so I made a playlist.

Trump just gave it up. When TikTok comes back, it will be co-owned by some conglomeration of Meta, X, and whatever other investors they can scrounge together after whatever initial period they give it.

Smoke em while you got em folks