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pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:

me again

ICE agent firing tear gas in Minnesota

car full of ice agents, heavily armed

woman being dragged by ICE agents

person holding sign that reads shame in front of Ice agents

I am done listening to pundits, consultants, and influencers tell us what Democrats must do, as if the attack on American democracy and freedom is a problem that the Democratic Party must solve. This is Americans vs MAGA. My latest:

open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...

~<Every single institution> we have is counter-majoritarian:

- A hyper-gerrymanded House

- A hyper-malapportioned Senate with staggered elections

- FPTP SMDs in a continent-wide country with our urban/rural population distribution

- The EC

Stop it. We need <checks on counter-majoritarianism>

Feeling helpless watching from afar?

Here is one way you can help
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www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...

I like elder. Denotes respect

A Hummingbird snoring while sleeping 🐦 💤 #WildlifeWednesday

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This follows the Stenner-Haidt concept that one-third of populations embrace authoritarianism. docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/02ff25_3...

The guy on the right looks like death warmed over.

This is an important point. And as our information system has evolved over the past 10 years it has more obviously become a partisan press model. Not just websites and podcasts, but ownership of what were once mainstream/non-partisan news outlets. People consume propaganda without realizing it.

A photograph I took quite early on New Year's Day, 2019, while walking on the Isle of Purpeck, not long before I did a tweet using it, and the same caption. I imagine it won't have as much impact here, since loads of people have since reused it, and the phrase is now more widely known. It is still very very true, though. Lots of things are solved by walking. Although not everything, obviously.

Solvitur ambulando is my favourite Latin phrase. It means "it is solved by walking".

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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Them: Dogs can't read music.

Me: I beg to differ...

Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall

Today I went to a Goodwill in rural Maryland (got DVDs of Columbo, Seinfeld, and M*A*S*H; I have a brand to uphold dammit). The cashier was a Black woman with a pin on that said “I Bet You Didn’t Think the Leopards Would Eat Your Face.”

“I like your pin,” I said quietly.

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when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale

There’s nothing that can sum this up,

A picture of the garden in front of the east wing of the White House. A mix of colorful flowers and small trees

NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.

(📸 Getty Images)

Updating my LEGO White House

I’ll never forget the first time I flew to Missoula to dance in 2019, I was so scared of travelling to Red Montana as a trans ballet dancer and on day one walking from the Doubletree over the Riverfront trail bridge I saw this sprayed on the bollard, I knew I’d be ok.

We showed out y'all.

Source unknown but its an aerial shot of the Missoula No Kings rally.

A white husky with his eyes closed presses a paw to a person’s leg as he gets scritched by a hand from the right side.

have a moment of calm with Wicksy #WicksonWednesday

Think about it - 200,000 voters in four states. And the 40% who couldn’t be bothered. As France’s Europe Minister said “We cannot leave the security of Europe in the hands of voters in Wisconsin every 4 years”. They get it. We don’t.

again that latin american politics scholar who toils in obscurity in your department was right when they said state capacity doesn't come back.

A musher was cut from the Iditarod for being too far behind. He went to Nome anyway. Quince Mountain was withdrawn from the Iditarod under the race’s rule on competitiveness, but ended up driving a small team to the finish line.

Did you see the best news you missed?!!

Q finished on the 19th according to Jake

An Iditarod Trail Committee ID card. The logo is on the right. On the left is a smiling Pepe looking straight at the camera. You cannot see her ears. Below are the words: Board of Directors, President

I think the ITC needs a new President of the Board