Sunday Snippets: Fuck ICE

In case that was unclear

Teen-Agers in Their Bedrooms, Before the Age of Selfies

Woman’s memoirs give fascinating insight into life in 17th-century northern England

133-year old Kodak says it might have to cease operations

Weeks After a Heat Wave Baked the US, Democrats Push to Declare Heat a Major Disaster

The Red Onion Font

D.C. has been under tighter federal control before. Here's what it looked like

Israel Reportedly Discussing Expelling Palestinians to War-Torn South Sudan

An SF startup is pitching Trump on militarizing humanoid robots

Texas lawmaker stuck in House floor over GOP 'permission slip' rule

Too much to pack, not enough hugs: A Kenyan man's last 48 hours in America

New US Postal Service stamp honors Holocaust survivor and humanitarian Elie Wiesel

First We Gave AI Our Tasks. Now We’re Giving It Our Hearts.

Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why

Who Says You Can’t Live Off the Grid in Manhattan?

It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”

Sunday Snippets: Community

Community aid and mutual aid is what is going to see us through. Where can you shop local? Can you use a local coffee shop rather than a chain? Are there community groups you join? Can you walk along your street and pick up trash? Can you help flag ICE in your neighborhood to protect others?

Why we need a solidarity economy now

‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home

How Far Would You Go (and How Much Would You Pay) to Get Away From It All?

A Week of Outfits: Kayla Sossin

‘A national movement’: More than a dozen states consider laws around menopause care and training for doctors

Inside the Scrappy Network of Volunteers Protecting Their Neighbors From ICE

Toward an Architecture of Belonging

AI Can’t Gaslight Me if I Write by Hand

Guest Post: Gatekeepers of Meaning — Peer Review, AI, and the Fight for Human Attention

Seven Days At The Bin Store

Maryland moves to recognize Black boys' unmarked graves near historic detention center

Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE

No ordinary solidarity — inside Chicago’s hunger strike for Gaza


‘It’s not just pleasure – it’s resistance’: portraits of people with their sex toys around the world

Chef José Andrés speaks out as World Central Kitchen forced to pause cooking in Gaza

US-funded contraceptives for poor nations to be burned in France, sources say

Sunday Snippets: Good Trouble

Find a place on the 17th to get into good trouble.

Climate change is boosting the risk of sleep apnea

It’s Not Burnout — It’s Grief.

A sculptor's spectacularly creative farmhouse in Mallorca

How this long-lost Chinese typewriter from the 1940s changed modern computing

‘This is a fight for life’: climate expert on tipping points, doomerism and using wealth as a shield

In One of the Nation’s Most Polluted Communities, Trump Terminates Funding for Air Monitoring

How sleeping in old schools is reviving rural Japan

A Denver dino museum makes a find deep under own parking lot. Like ‘a hole in one from the moon.’

“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.”

Afford to live & afford to dream

I'm a uni prof and here's what your kids are actually "learning" with AI

A map, a myth and a pre-Incan lagoon: the man who brought water back to a drought-ridden town

A private prison firm wants to detain immigrants in this Kansas town. Its residents are pushing back

What one town learned by charging residents for every bag of trash

Sunday Snippets: No Kings Day

I hope you were able to attend a protest, if you were able, yesterday.

How to Endure

A meeting with the MAHA grassroots

Small Hands

I'm not doing the best I can

How to Practice

Real Estate

21 observations from people watching

Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP

Trump administration plans to eliminate the Energy Star program after 3 decades

Maryland fails to protect young inmates in adult jails

Second Circuit rejects challenge to NY abortion law

The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database

Cracking the Red-tail Code: Exploring the Diversity of America’s Most Widespread Hawk

Diabolus Ex Machina

The Super Bowl of Internet Beefs

Making space for politics at work

Timely lessons for keeping people safe in the streets

Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real

Sunday Snippets: Keep Calling

Apparently, some Dems are sad and annoyed about the incessant calls. *tiny violin* FUCKING DO YOUR JOB THEN

What a Bunch of Monkeys Taught Us About Motherhood—and Why It’s All Wrong

A Ceasefire Is Not Enough

How to organize under authoritarian creep in a closing civil society

Wild Clocks

the lai see project

The Apoplexy of Apocalyptic Adam

Nice Time: MacKenzie Scott Pissing Off Elon Musk With The Billions For The DEIs And Abortions

Nerds are an oppressed class

NASA instructs employees to remove pronouns from all work communications

Historic Black church given 'Proud Boys' trademark calls for stand against hate

Libraries are already contending with crappy, AI-generated books.

Migrant Sex Workers’ Resistance Offers a Blueprint for Fighting Authoritarianism

Her job is to remove homeless people from SF’s parks. Her methods are extraordinary

How to defend your neighbors (or yourself) from ICE enforcement in D.C.

Why are Abortion and Pregnancy Standards Defined by How Men Typically Experience Reproduction?

Thousands of people protest in Washington, D.C., and across the U.S. on Presidents Day

Sunday Snippets: Nix the Noms

Call your reps. Hound them to nix that man's nominations for the cabinet positions. They are toxic and shouldn't run a hot dog stand.

How states will keep fighting for climate progress under Trump

How to be a Helper

What if the climate crisis is an invitation to deepen our spiritual selves?

Why I make a very dumb, ranked list of the 100 words I use most every year.

Stick with us: Why the internet is obsessed with one of the simplest tools known to man

what the fuck are we doing anymore

I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers

Trump staff ‘furious’ after Musk trashes AI project

"Masculine Energy" or the Vengeful Rebuilding of Safe Spaces for Supremacists

When Do Women Get Cared For (by Men)? Introducing Hetero-Insistence

The Eaton Fire forced them from their homes. Here's what residents took with them

Cooling green roofs seemed like an impossible dream for Brazil's favelas. Not true!

Uninsurable Futures

A minister was acquitted of a brutal 1832 murder. A new book revisits the case

Greyhound to stop allowing immigration checks on buses

Immigration red cards: The internet rallies to protect undocumented community

Sunday Snippets: Beyond Ceasefire

Gaza, West Bank, now Lebanon. When will it fucking stop? We are approaching the anniversary of the horrific Hamas attack and people are still dying.

These women are trying to humanize the climate crisis

Writing the Weather

Maryland seemed poised this year to legalize medical aid in dying. What happened?

California Gov. Newsom vetoes AI safety bill that divided Silicon Valley

'The Power Broker' at 50 — and what author Robert Caro is still uncovering

Hala Alyan: Why must Palestinians audition for your empathy?

Dockworkers go on strike, snarling traffic at East and Gulf Coast ports

'America's Nobel' goes to a power couple who made a startling discovery about HIV

Sunday Snippets: Almost August

I love August. But am also confused at how quickly we approach it every year.

Slow Productivity is Already Here

Oh dear: Photos show what humans have done to the planet

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vet Side-Eyes Disney CEO’s Slighting of Past Marvel Series

She saved the diary of a Ukrainian writer killed by Russia. Then she was killed, too

‘I want to be left alone’: 93-year-old Hilton Head Island woman is in a legal battle over her family’s land

The Best Way to Find Out If Someone Is a Trump Voter? Ask Them What They Think About Manhood.

Milan Kundera’s Stubborn Struggle for the Survival of Literature

Thousands of authors urge AI companies to stop using work without permission

They marched for desegregation — then they disappeared for 45 days

The Linden Oak was spared during Metro construction. Now it will be chainsaw art

What You Didn’t Know About Bruce Lee’s Life In Los Angeles