Read the sentence that begins “Think of all the good things in life” and got teary-eyed thinking how the rest of us are blessed. Great point. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

My cat is unironically sitting on The Keeper of Hidden Books by
Madeline Martin

@lastweektonight.com

There have been many calls for you to cover the saga of the Hot Rat Summer mural in Seattle, which the city keeps painting over, and I'm adding to the call.

www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/s/...

A new book looks at the life of Marie Curie through the lens of some of the 45 women who passed through her laboratory.

Look at these cuties. 💕 Photo from my collection, no date but the back says “Tiger and I on porch at home.”

Birthright citizenship remains the law of the land. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

New — I did a brief history of the ‘Fork in the Road’ email to show how Musk screwed up by treating federal workers like fucking idiots, and how the pressure to resign is about breaking morale more than culling the workforce.

I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x

Dear journalists: Now, more than ever,

✨The lawyers need to see the actual court filings.✨

Yes, I know you summarized. Yes, I know your non-attorney readers don't care.

But we need to see the documents. The actual documents.

If you're pulling docs from PACER, use RECAP & give us a link. Please.

Our Litigation Tracker is now souped up with interactive Table. ⬇️

Now tracking 23 cases and expecting more to drop soon.

Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

I feel no obligation whatsoever to be polite to people who are complicit in the ongoing attack on my trans friends and family members.

Where I come from, standing up against bullies who target the vulnerable is salutary—not toxic.

“Sauve qui peut”. This is a French phrase that translates to something like “run for your life!” or “every man for himself!”, indicating a chaotic or dangerous situation. Postcard from my collection, no date/info.

NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.

Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."

ME: I took three years of Spanish. I grew up in Los Angeles. Could you please just teach me some more nouns and help me with the subjunctivo?

DUOLINGO: You didn’t know this one phrase that was used exclusively in one part of Caracas 40 years ago, so no. Back to “donde está la biblioteca” for you!

Photo from my collection that I call “The Talk”. Obviously ca. 1970s.

The thing is, J6 happened on people's television.

This is going to happen in people's wallets and on grocery store price tags.

Very quickly, if he moves on tariffs Feb 1 the way he's suggested he will.

It’s so weird that Elon Musk doesn’t care whether the government subsidizes electric vehicles now that there are a bunch of other companies benefitting from those subsidies.