Get with your friends and do some organizing to make even more friends.

The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.

Organizing is invigorating. Finding new friends in surprising corners of your community is the strongest antidote to rage fatigue.

Is anyone else concerned that the whole immigrant panic (which doesn't make any economic sense) is just a pretense to assemble and harden a paramilitary force to carry out the deportations and generally enact Trump's will?

Because I'm seeing some troubling headlines.

While I waste countless hours catastrophizing about the future of our world, Mother Nature keeps doing her thing.

Amman, 2023

Aging is a gift

Saw Heretic yesterday. Good reminder that baked goods are not benign; don't get lured in by the promise of them. How many folk tales tried to teach us this when we were young? Beware all, Thanksgiving is near.

The first snowstorm of the season is brewing.

My mom asked me this week to explain to her what "doxxing" means. Best believe I took advantage of my one opportunity to turn the tables and give her an 80s/90s ABC Afterschool Specials worthy dramatic monologue on the dangers of engaging with others online. 😂