What do you call humans being kidnapped and sent to another country to be imprisoned in shackles and forced to perform intense physical labor while living in horrid conditions under the threat of daily physical violence and rape?

Open a history book. You can do it. I believe in you.

My book club is reading Octavia Butler's The Parable of the Sower.

On the plus side, playing the audiobook at 1.5X reduces the panic attack to just 8 hours.

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I'm at a meeting at my public library. It is a community garden orientation, and plots are very cheap. Volunteer hours are used for maintenance and growing food for soup kitchens and the community. The org is supported by a local non profit.

This is one of many things public libraries do. Fund them

I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.

I stand by this.

“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that job. So I have decided to leave the Washington Post”

— Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos

I would love to see a bunch of musical artists and celebrities put on a nationally televised tribute concert for Pres. Jimmy Carter on inauguration day with all proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity.

Abbott elementary starts at 8pm this week with an hour long special. Please spread the word! 🎄 🫡

Please.

I feel like women’s mid-life crises for the next decade are just going to be us menopausal ladies driving around in banned bookmobiles handing out mifepristone with our nose rings and our fuck the patriarchy t-shirts.

Who else thinks that buying banned books as presents is a great idea this year?

Be aware

Holy crap! I admit, this never occurred to me. The reality TV show star, Grandpa Trump, really thinks he’s casting a reality show with his cabinet picks. Get ready for more along these lines.
#JustSayin
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Lee: When Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was up for confirmation or when VP Harris was added to the ticket, they called them DEI hires. They want you to believe that Harvard graduate with over 20 years of experience is not qualified but Fox personality is qualified to run the DOD