Lost my sweet Magoo yesterday. He had a final treat from the wonderful vet techs. He was a senior when I adopted so we only had 3 years together. But they were great ones.

Economist George Staller "Its easy to turn an aquarium into fish soup. Very hard to go back." He's making fish soup for billionaires out of our economy, public health, rule of law, natural environment, civil society, and democracy. When the soup is gone, the only thing left to eat is billionaires.

Delivered my first lasagnas as a volunteer at Lasagne Love. Global organization that connects you with community members who could really use a homemade dinner. Make as many or as few as you like. Great experience. lasagnalove.org

So I received an email from Soc. Security titled - Social Security Applauds Passage of Legislation Providing Historic Tax Relief for Seniors. I have never seen anything like this before. SSA.gov address though. Trying to convince us this bill is good for us, screw everyone else?

I just want to tip my hat to the crack team of White House economists who were able to discover--in just a few short days--that the U.S. is dependent on China for smartphones, computers and semiconductors.

Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me

Murphy: "If we continue to observe norms, if we continue to engage in business as usual, this democracy could be gone. I don't think we have a year to save American democracy. I think the way the president is acting ... puts out democracy at immediate risk."

For the rest of my life, I will never understand how a country full of people busting their asses, working paycheck to paycheck, allow the fucking richest guy on Earth to call them "parasites" while calling the Social Security we contributed to our entire lives "a Ponzi scheme."

Un-fucking-real.

I'm pretty sure that if this was the 1940's and Trump was in power, the US would be part of the Axis alliance, fighting for hitler. Such a shameful day.

I'm retiring next month. Timing is fortuitous. I sell a software used by researchers in academia on child language development. Purchases are mainly grant funded. Without NIH and IES grants US sales are stopped. Amazing research is done especially involving children with disabilities. Angry and sad

MSM never learns. ABC News just talked about a solemn moment for Trump placing a wreath at the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier. Spare me, a photo op for the "losers". Stop pretending he cares.

My beverage for Inauguration Day. Seems fitting

This beautiful loaf of black cat lays right on top of the heating vent and sucks up all the warmth. Meanwhile I’m searching for a blanket.

Thanks for the reminder Rebecca Solnit

Having to block accounts for the first time on Bluesky. Scam artists are moving in. No MAGAs have bothered me yet though.