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Lisa Nohealani Morton
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Writer, editor, programmer, manager. She/her. Black & Indigenous lives matter.
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Veggie stew! Black beans, corn, green beans, barley, diced tomatoes, chopped jalapenos , red bell pepper. A lot of smoked paprika and a little chipotle, plus cumin and oregano.
A pot of vegetable stew simmering on a stove.
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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“It looks like you’re trying to pee. Would you like help?”
A tan pitbull with a white chest and throat stands with her paws resting on the knees of someone who is otherwise off-camera. Behind her are green walls and a white sink; we’re in the bathroom and the person whose knees they are is just trying to take a leak in peace.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Did you know the chew toy tastes better if the human is holding it?

This is Stella Luna! I’m fostering her with the Humane Rescue Alliance. She’s crate-trained, good on a leash, incredibly sweet, caused *no* trouble today while I was gone for hours, and she’s available for adoption today!
A tan pitbull mix stands on a grey couch with a pink blanket on it. A human hand is holding up a cross-shaped, hard plastic chew toy and she is absolutely going to town on it. Her mouth is held wide open by the toy, displaying her white teeth and pink tongue.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Comfortable? Debatable. But it does let her sleep directly on my feet and knees.
A tan pit bull mix wearing a purple collar snoozes on a gray couch. Most of her body is curled up on the seat cushion, and she is leaning upward and resting her head on the back cushion. Behind her is the light-colored wood edge of a laptop computer sitting on someone’s lap; at the other end of the couch is a white chew toy shaped like a plus sign.
October 31, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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I’m dogsitting this cutie until Sunday, and she would like me to know that dogs like leftover pizza, too.
A tan pit bull mix pokes her head around the screen of a laptop computer sitting on someone’s lap. She’s staring soulfully at the camera, hoping for a bite of pizza crust.
October 31, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of
The six main gargoyle characters from the 90's animated tv show Gargoyles.
October 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Went to the store today and just had to come home with this fellow.
A cardboard Halloween decoration hanging on a yellow door with a large glass pane in the middle. It’s a humanoid figure with a jack-o-lantern head in a ragged, belted robe with a cowl hood, over a spooky black skirt. The figure is articulated at several points with rivets (wrists, elbows, waist, neck) so that it can be posed.
October 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Skipped making dinner tonight in favor of grazing.
A white plate, sitting on a bluish-gray granite counter, holding an assortment of nibbles: raw pecans, raspberries, sharp white cheddar cheese, olives, cornichons, celery and carrot sticks, and cucumber, zucchini, and red pepper. A small glass bowl in the middle of the plate holds ranch dressing dressing to dip the veggies in.
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Who's solving the Louvre robbery?

Right answers only
Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc in Glass Onion, attending a Zoom meeting from his bathtub
October 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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*Great* job, Senate Dems.
A screenshot from the article in the quote-skeet, reading: "Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been one of the voices championing regime change, according to the source familiar with the administration’s thinking."
September 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Scenes from a ten-minute walk in DC:
Three large posters, all the same, plastered to the wall of a liquor store in Park View that closed a few weeks ago. The posters feature a picture of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, looking very buddy-buddy. Above the image it reads: RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES! A poster pasted to an electrical transformer box on a street corner, advertising the Free DC Project. It features images of the DC flag and the slogan “FREE DC”. A DC flag flies upside down in front of a rowhouse. Flying a flag upside-down is an internationally-recognized sign of distress. A quartet of slightly peeling posters pasted to another utility box, above a newer one. The older posters oppose ICE, support unions and the Sanctuary Values Act, and give brief advice to residents about their rights to remain silent, film the police, and refuse a police search. The newer one advertises a “Refuse, Resist, Rebuild” town hall, which was yesterday.
September 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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"Love what you're doing to stand up for our city, not going to say a word about what I have done or will do myself as your goddamned Mayor, because that is jack shit."
A screenshot of part of an email today from Muriel Bowser, the mayor of DC. It's the only part of the email that comes close to addressing the ongoing invasion of DC by Federal forces or the controversy over her recent remarks praising Trump for lowering crime in the district. It reads: I know there’s a lot of anxiety in our city. Over the last few weeks, I've seen DC residents do exactly what I would expect from our city – you’re focused on your neighbors and our autonomy. You’re concerned for each other, for our local control, and our rights as Americans. You’re defending our city, promoting our city, and many of you are giving me ideas, talking to me, and trusting my judgment. Thank you. Sincerely, [followed by an image of the mayor's signature]
August 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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I love DC
A large storefront window covered by a poster of a Banksy-style image of a man hurling a sub sandwich, in honor of the DC resident who threw his hoagie at the National Guard. It’s an image that’s common across DC lately.
August 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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This corner is normally a bustling little sidewalk bazaar, with vendors selling food, cold drinks, jewelry, clothing, and art. This morning there are only a few folks out manning stalls, thanks to the occupation of DC by Trump’s thugs.
The corner of 14th & Irving St NW in Columbia Heights. Hardly anyone is out on the streets of what’s normally a busy neighborhood. A small table with a red umbrella shading it sits across the sidewalk from a Chik-Fil-A, where a woman is selling drinks and fresh cut fruit out of a cooler.
August 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Scalzi’s dance party is always my favorite part of Worldcon
A large group of sci-fi nerds dancing to the hits
August 16, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Post old pics of cool bugs #insects #bugsky

I saw this friend in Inverness last year. For scale, they were about the size of my thumbnail.
A tiny pollinator of some kind - probably a wasp? - resting on a cluster of even tinier white flowers. The wasp is mostly yellow with some black markings and long black antennae. Its wings are folded back. It's manipulating some of the flowers' long, white stamens with its forelegs.
July 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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These sheet-pan nachos are among my better efforts, as nachos go.
A sheet pan filled with tortilla chips topped with refried black beans, tomatoes and green chiles, sliced black olives, diced red onion, and a mix of cheddar and mozzarella cheese.
July 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Dinner tonight: caprese on toast
A black plate with an open-face caprese sandwich on it: slices of toast topped with fresh mozzarella, basil leaves, and a thick slice of tomato, drizzled with a balsamic vinaigrette.
July 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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I’ve been working on befriending the local crows. Today, when I came back with water after setting out peanuts, I already had my first taker! He hopped a couple of feet away while I set the water down, but he didn’t seem that fazed by me at all!
June 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Can’t throw this Chewy box away because the cat likes it too much.
A tuxedo cat with a white blaze down his nose reclines in a large cardboard box from Chewy.com, amid a pile of packing paper, which he’s chewed on a bit.
June 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Sick today, so I can’t go to a protest, but I have cold sesame noodles topped with steak and that’s pretty nice.
A white bowl filled with dressed noodles, topped with matchstick carrots, edamame, sweet corn, sliced cucumber, and bite-size pieces of medium-rare steak.
June 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Hogging the breeze again
A tuxedo cat sprawls on an off-white windowsill, completely blocking the partially-open window.
June 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Afternoon snack.
A small black plate. On it are a handful of Marcona almonds, a pile of cherries, and a few crackers with soft white cheese spread on them.
June 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Girl dinner.
A white plate with some sourdough bread sliced into fingers, a dish of olive oil and balsamic vinegar, marinated olives, cherries, salami, some sharp cheddar cheese, cornichons and Marcona almonds.
June 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Dinner tonight is sheet nachos.
A sheet pan filled with tortilla chips topped with refried black beans, tomatoes, green chiles, black olives, and a mix of Cheddar and Mozzarella cheese, and then run under the broiler to melt the cheese. Not pictured: a small bowl of sour cream, for dipping.
June 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM