A Canadian woman was put in chains and detained by ICE in an “inhumane” facility after trying to get her new visa.

I will never look at Care Bears or Ewoks the same way again

Watching CBC news and trying not to cry

Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives.

Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.

"It's almost impossible to believe he exists.
It's as if you took everything that was bad about America, scraped it off the floor, put it in an old hot dog skin & taught it to make noises with its mouth"

#PRESIDEMENTIA

Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons:

-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.

-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
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Let’s make ‘Gulf of Mexico’ the new universal phrase. Instead of ‘high five,’ say ‘Gulf of Mexico!’ Instead of ‘iconic,’ say ‘that’s so Gulf of Mexico.’ Imagine the chaos. The confusion. The beauty. Who’s in? #GulfOfMexicoVibes

You take it out of the US map we put it in everyday US vocabulary.

My VPN works

Regret won’t erase the choice. Three weeks later or three drinks in, you went all in—no takebacks. You cast that vote, you took that wheel, and now the consequences are yours to carry. Same energy going in, same energy facing the fallout. Next time, think before you act.

Since the government isn’t allowed to tell us anymore, it’s on us to spread the word. Alternative channels, direct action, and good old-fashioned human connection—because silence isn’t an option.

When the 4 Non Blondes said “And so I wake in the morning and I step outside, and I take a deep breath and I get real high
and I scream from the top of my lungs WHAT’S GOIN ON?!”

I really felt that.

As the weekend approaches

Put the phone down. Turn the TV off *Kendrick voice*

Spend time with your people. See a movie. Grab a drink. Have a game night.

They want us at each others throats. They want us scared, panicked, despondent.

Don’t let them have it. Protect your peace. Protect your joy.

For no particular reason I think these books and movies might be important to add to your child’s media consumption.

Can you think of any others?

Food for thought.

"A pessimist is a well-informed optimist."
– old proverb

Over the next however many days/weeks, as various elected officials scramble to "save" TikTok so they don't alienate 170 million people, please remember that almost every single one of them were involved in creating this situation in the first place.

Arsonist firefighters are not heroes.