Sunday Snippets: Ceasefire

I want the Harris/Walz campaign to take the Uncommitted movement seriously. Because literal lives have been lost.

Family of explorer who died in Titan submersible sues Oceangate for more than $50M

Is COVID endemic yet? Yep, says the CDC. Here's what that means

Working from home allowed him to be a more engaged dad. Now it’s over

Project 2025 & Abortion

10 years after Michael Brown's death, police killings are not going down

Like Paris, Baltimore knows the struggle of cleaning up water for swimming

Leaders of the movement that protested Biden on Israel express some hope on Harris

Do cats experience grief? New research suggests they might

The Capital Beltway turns 60: This was the original name

An insect's eye and a poppy seed: Fossils found in ice deposit rewrite Greenland's geological past

That Feeling You Recognize? Obamacore.

She was on the surgical table just once but was billed for two operations

Two Thoughts From the DNC

 

Sunday Snippets: Ceasefire

We need to press and INSIST that if Harris and Walz want our votes, they need to stop the goddamn genocide going on in Gaza. Yes, Trump is a fucking goblin from the deep but Harris and Walz aren't entitled to anything.

Baltimore DPW workers have no water or AC during dangerous heat advisory

Scientists discover ‘dark’ oxygen being produced more than 13,000 feet below the ocean surface

Astronomers are scrambling to save the world's most powerful X-ray space telescope

Why many scientists fear a second Trump term

A flood of emotions in these stoic portraits of people returning home after a deluge

Hopescrolling

Grief is not a process with five stages. It is shattered glass

The Belgian town where families take in people with psychiatric conditions

A photographer captured the perfect shot of an Olympic surfer's record-breaking ride

Gangsta rapper to grandfather: The Olympic gold rebranding of Snoop Dogg

Disposable Heroes

With attention on Gaza, Jewish settlers expand in the West Bank

Sunday Snippets: Heaviness

In addition to the absolute ceasefire that must happen, hearing that the supposedly 'non partisan/political' court has ruled that presidents can be awarded kingly power which is already having ripple effects has led to the week before our actual birthday feeling raw and painful.

Alito neighbor gives detailed account of 'nasty' dispute that became national news

Trump, Covid, the climate crisis – we’ve had a hard few years. The wounds linger

About 100,000 people are missing in Mexico. These mothers are trying to find them

Wreck of famed explorer Shackleton's last ship has been found off the coast of Canada

A jet missing since 1971 has been found at the bottom of Vermont's Lake Champlain

PHOTOS: 18th-century bottles of preserved fruit unearthed at George Washington's mansion

In Baltimore, nurses go door-to-door to bring primary care to the whole neighborhood

25+ Years of Daily Show Clips Gone as Paramount Axes Comedy Central Site

Oklahoma state superintendent Ryan Walters announces mandate on Bibles in classrooms

In Lebanon, the 'Amber Man' digs up golden time capsules from the age of the dinosaurs

Sunday Snippets: Ceasefire

Sending love and solidarity to those on college campuses protesting; all the professors and students and allies.

These dreamy photos of historical Cairo will transport you to another time

Now That We Do Everything Else From Home, Why Don't We Try Living In It?

These Breathtakingly Beautiful Small Towns Will Make You Want to Go Off the Beaten Path

Military families in Hawaii spark trial over 2021 jet fuel leak that tainted water

Dali ship that wrecked Baltimore bridge was 'unseaworthy' before it left port, city claims

The Perfect Origin for Walking Dead's Zombie Virus Is from an Underrated Stephen King Book

Should Writers Have a Newsletter?

Elisabeth Bik, expert in scientific integrity: ‘We need to slow down scientific publishing’

Photos of a 3-year friendship that ended with an unsolved murder in New Mexico

Photos: Campus protests continue nationwide as some turned violent

Sunday Snippets: Ceasefire

Ceasefire, ceasefire, ceasefire. And thinking of those World Central Kitchen aid workers and their driver, who didn't have to die but were targeted, for the crime of giving food to hungry people.

The Juror Who Found Herself Guilty

Photos: Baltimore's Key Bridge collapses; search and rescue efforts continue

As cranes arrive at Baltimore bridge collapse site, governor describes daunting task of cleaning up

21 years after her death in Gaza, Palestinians remember U.S. activist Rachel Corrie

Perimenopause has brought chaos to my life – but also peace

From longshoremen to charter boats, Baltimore's port closure means lost work

Barnes & Noble workers plan union drive at largest US bookstore chain

This 104-year-old Vermonter will enjoy twice-in-a-lifetime eclipse

A mayor in Ukraine aids his town's few remaining people, as Russia closes in

Sunday Snippets: Ceasefire

My continual prayer is one for a ceasefire. I hope we achieve it in 2024, along with peace for the Palestinian people.

A New Orleans neighborhood confronts the racist legacy of a toxic stretch of highway

New Michigan law means people leaving prison will automatically be registered to vote

After 38 years on the job, Santa Luke still has time for everyone. Yes, you too

solstice

Prize-winning photos by Rohingya: Unseen life in the world's largest refugee camp

2023 in photos: NPR station photographers share memorable moments

Sunday Snippets: Snow?

Seven years ago this month, we had over 20 inches of snow in our area. My kiddo is sad about the lack of snow so far this winter.

What the love of cats taught me about myself

How one photographer is using his camera as a weapon against poverty and racism

No more Fridays

The Life-Changing Magic of “Knolling”

A New Jersey woman bought a rustic private island in Maine not fit for 'man or beast' in winter, and Stephen King says it's worthy of a novel

In some states, an unpaid foster care bill could mean parents lose their kids forever

Peru is on edge as protesters converge on the capital

NPR uncovered secret execution tapes from Virginia. More remain hidden

My Father’s Changing Hands

Alabama man secretly helped pay strangers' prescriptions for years

A firefighter's 1943 photos of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising have been found

A Professional Lady Correspondent Stares Down Motherhood

Lawmakers seek to prohibit insurrectionists from holding public office One would think this didn't need to be said and yet...

Sunday Snippets: Fake Spring

When it's in the 60's in February, it's torture (and awful for the climate too).

In Baltimore's streets, interrupters face danger to stop a cycle of violence

Artwork from the Black Lives Matter memorial has a new home: the Library of Congress

Determined to say “I do,” Salinas couple fights marriage penalties

Police launch internal affairs investigation into baby injured in Pensacola Police custody FLAMES ON THE SIDE OF MY FACE. FUCKING BULLSHIT

NOW WE KNOW THEIR NAMES Always read Clint Smith.

An 'antiwork' management strategy is going viral for describing perks like optional Mondays and 10% pay raises, and claiming there was 'no decline in revenue'

A granddaughter passes on the legacy of 'Granny Hayden,' a midwife born into slavery

Cristina Calderón, Chile's last known Yaghan speaker, dies at 93

An interior designer imbues his tiny, efficiently designed Stockholm apartment with joyful colour and pattern

The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record Was Just Confirmed in The North Pacific

PHOTOS: Teen dreams and disappointments after the world's longest COVID school closure

Life’s a Party, Not a Race

Ukraine’s Jewish President Zelenskiy asks Putin: ‘How could I be a Nazi?’

1928 MANSION FOR SALE IN WINDSOR ONTARIO CANADA

Revealed: leading climate research publisher helps fuel oil and gas drilling

Putin’s Historic Miscalculation May Make Him a War Criminal

Hundreds are arrested as shocked Russians protest Ukraine attack

Sunday Snippets: President Biden & Vice President Harris

Spent most of 1/21 in an emotional hangover after watching most of the inauguaration on Wed. We have a lot to fix and still need to beat back biogtry and folks who want to play nice and have unity when they refuse to apologize for trying to eradicate democracy....but Wed felt good.

Dante Barksdale, ‘heart and soul’ of Safe Streets, is shot to death Sunday in Baltimore, officials say

Poet Amanda Gorman to read at Biden’s inauguration

A Traveling, Pop-Up Library Holds Exclusively Books Written by Black Women

It’s Not That Hard to Buy Nothing

Attorney Roberta Kaplan is about to make Trump’s life extremely difficult

Mothers Neglected In Childhood May Pass On Imprints Of Fear To Their Children

Breonna Taylor grand jurors file petition to impeach Attorney General Daniel Cameron

Sunday Snippets: Reparations

The linked article below, What is Owed, is so very much worth your time.

Native American tribal nations take tougher line on COVID-19 as states reopen

In the Covid-19 Economy, You Can Have a Kid or a Job. You Can’t Have Both.

Chrystul Kizer, A 19-Year-Old Sex Trafficking Victim Who Killed Her Abuser, Has Been Released From Jail

Parents Can’t Wait Around Forever

The Grim History Hidden Under a Baltimore Parking Lot

After the Pandemic, We’ll Finally Have to Address the Impossible State of Motherhood

CDC says COVID-19 cases in U.S. may be 10 times higher than reported

COVID’s Lowered Meat Production Leads to Decline in Pollution, Waste and Greenhouse Gases

Nicole Beharie on ‘Miss Juneteenth’ and the Danger of Labels

What is Owed

"At least 6,500 black people were lynched from the end of the Civil War to 1950, an average of nearly two a week for nine decades. Nearly five black people, on average, have been killed a week by law enforcement since 2015."
"Darity has been studying and advocating reparations for 30 years, and this spring he and his partner, A. Kirsten Mullen, published the book “From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the 21st Century.” Both history and road map, the book answers the questions about who should receive reparations and how a program would work. I will not spend much time on that here, except to make these few points. Reparations are not about punishing white Americans, and white Americans are not the ones who would pay for them. It does not matter if your ancestors engaged in slavery or if you just immigrated here two weeks ago. Reparations are a societal obligation in a nation where our Constitution sanctioned slavery, Congress passed laws protecting it and our federal government initiated, condoned and practiced legal racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans until half a century ago. And so it is the federal government that pays."

Sunday Snippets: Books

I splurged on some books from indie bookstores and have been gorging myself on them. One small bright spot in what's going on.

Dispatches From the Gender Gap: Work-From-Home Moms in the Time of Coronavirus

FIRST RIKERS VIRUS-POSITIVE FATALITY WAS JAILED ON TECHNICALITY

When will the normalcy return in Maryland? Coronavirus modelers suggest it will be awhile.

My high school photo teacher May he rest in peace

Baltimore Officer Appears to Intentionally Cough on Black Public Housing Residents

A Woman Gave Birth In A Border Patrol Station Still Wearing Her Pants. Now The Agents Involved Are Being Accused Of Abuse.

Italian Lockdown: Images Of Life In Isolation

New York Is Silent

Prison uprising put down as US inmates demand protection from coronavirus

Sunday Snippets: August already

I'm going to blink and it's going to be Christmas.

GOP senators block election security legislation hours after Mueller warns of Russian interference

Leaders In Baltimore And Maryland Denounce Trump Tweets Attacking Elijah Cummings

Residents Form Human Chain To Protect Neighbor From ICE Agents

ACLU says over 900 children separated from families at US border since last summer

Ex-McConnell staffers lobbied on Russian-backed Kentucky project

A woman's greatest enemy? A lack of time to herself

A Ray Of Hope For The Children Of Sex Workers

Prince George’s Co. announces new approach to juvenile offenders

Let’s have a gender-reveal party that reveals gender is a construct

Ethiopia Says It Planted Over 350 Million Trees in a Day, a Record

Want to Change the World? Talk to Kids

The Trauma of Teen Mothers Held in Border Patrol Lockups

Sunday Snippets: And it's almost March and still a dumpster fire

Googly-Eyed Trash Eaters May Clean a Harbor Near You

ACOG Finally Recommends What Many Moms in Labor Had to Fight For Really glad to hear this.

This is super cool

Albert Einstein

Horrifying

5 accidentally transphobic phrases allies use — and what to say instead

Exactly When I have to use the I have a husband because you won't respect my no excuse

Same sex marriage laws associated with drop in suicide rates among high school students, Hopkins study finds

Fourth Wave of Bomb Threats Targets 10 Jewish Community Centers in at Least Six U.S. States

Yup yup

Sunday Snippets: Valentine's Day

Spending the weekend with friends and going to see Deadpool. Because nothing says I love you better than headshots.

And there it is

Love Audre Lorde

Truth

And there it is

Here are ten things that you probably don’t know about this crisis because the media, having come to the story so late, can only process so much.  This monster needs to be arrested.

A hidden world: Desperation for hundreds of homeless families in D.C. motels

Horrible

Right?!

Rest in peace, Kayden Clark

Derick Ebert, Baltimore Youth Poet Laureate I'm excited for his book.

During his confession, O’Kroley told the police “it was easy to kill” Nosal because “she had ruined my life.” ONCE MORE WITH FEELING, WOMEN DO NOT OWE YOU A GODDAMN THING.

I would adopt this bunny in a heartbeat

Da faq? Man, if this was a thing, I'd've been in jail a long time ago.

FINALLY Maryland’s legislature voted on Tuesday to override Gov. Larry Hogan (R)’s veto of a bill to give more than 40,000 ex-offenders in the state the right to vote while still on parole or probation.

One of the few times I have ever wished to live in Florida This poor little guy.

Gobsmacked

GOLDEN So much truth

Sunday Snippets: I'm tired

I'm tired of reading of another black person shot by police, another trans* person murdered, another woman ignored in death.

Fucking stop it, goddammit.

Fucked up

Why Protestors Turn Violent

When you saw "The Hunger Games," who did you root for? Katniss and her beleaguered community? Or people in the Capitol wearing pink eyelashes and obliviously eating until they vomited while the people in other districts starved? I'm going to assume the former because the movie makes it clear: The government is oppressing the people in District Twelve, and we are supposed to cheer for them as they attempt to overthrow a structure that is unfair to them.

Ok, next question: When you saw the protests in Baltimore, who did you feel for? Because if what you did was look down on the protestors for disturbing the peace, break out the rainbow wigs and sparkle mascara because you might be from the Capitol.

Huh, what a notion

School to prison pipeline facts

Cool shots over Lake Michigan

Horrifying (TW)

"Where’s all the anti-choice, I mean, “”pro-life”“ activists"

#SayHerName

“On May 20, 2015 the African American Policy Forum, the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies at Columbia University and Andrea Ritchie, Soros Justice Fellow and expert on policing of women and LGBT people of color released #SayHerName: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women, a document highlighting stories of Black women who have been killed by police and shining a light on forms of police brutality often experienced by women such as sexual assault.” Please Read this Important Report: http://bit.ly/1cR27AO via AAPF

Cleveland Police Filed Charges like “Aggravated Menacing” & “Inducing Panic” On Tamir Rice To Justify Shooting Him

A moment of levity Bless you good sir.

Sunday Snippets: Three Day Weekend Cometh

And I'm very stoked for it.

I think about this all the time

And for the man in the back, fuck you too

According to Loeb, Vergara refuses to relinquish possession of the embryos. “These are issues that, unlike abortion, having nothing to do with the rights over one’s own body, and everything to do with a parent’s right to protect the life of his or her unborn child,” he wrote in an op-ed published by the New York Times.

#Dontrell Stephens 

Exclusively-obtained dash-cam video shows Dontrell Stephens, 20, talking on a cellphone while riding his bike on a Friday morning in September 2013. He can be seen turning onto Norma Elaine Road near Haverhill Road and Okeechobee Boulevard as PBSO deputy Adams Lin trails him. Moments later, Stephens realizes he’s being followed. He pulls over, gets off his bike with a cellphone in his right hand. And then, right there, Officer Lin begins to unload his gun into Dontrell Stephens. With nowhere to go, he gets shot in the back over and over and over again. Immediately, Officer Lin lies and says that he told Dontrell to get on the ground multiple times, but nothing of the sort happened.

The Larger Problem in Baltimore

Imagine that, cops non-violently disarming a situation

What a wonderful thought

This happened right up the road from me

The few media reports on Hall's death have been tinged with transphobia, with a Washington Post article continuing to describe Hall and Fleming as "men dressed as women," a revelation which it referred to as a "shocking twist." The Post also described the street scene where Hall and Fleming worked as a "choreography of cliches," focusing on the high heels, short shorts, and heavy makeup of the women.

In contrast to the outrage that the deaths of black men like Mike Brown, Eric Garner, and Gray have prompted on social media, there has been very little attention given to Hall's death. As a black trans sex worker, she and Fleming have been written off as "troubled." On Tumblr and Reddit, platforms that are usually supportive of transgender victims of violence and black victims of police brutality, Mya Hall's name is notably absent.

Yup

Violence may be wrong, but the powerful are given permission to use it, and the powerless are condemned when they fight back.

White privilege in its clearest form

Great news!

In what could be an exciting linguistic turn for trans and gender-nonconforming folks, the Oxford English Dictionary is considering adding the gender-neutral honorific Mx. to future editions.

Pronounced “mix” or “mux,” the term has been gaining mainstream traction in the U.K. in the last several years. According toBritish newspaper The Sunday Times, government departments, the postal service, and some universities and banks all accept the term on official forms.

#Terrence Kellum

Oh, but this is okay, right?

#Phillip White

BOOM. THIS

Sunday Snippets: Baltimore

In solidarity. 

Goddamn white people

Fuck you Nestle

Nestlé is the #1 bottle water producer in the country and own the brands Arrowhead and Pure Life. The company's response? Don't worry, folks. Nestlé "monitors its water use and the environment around the springs where water is drawn." The California drought has gotten so bad we've been warned there is only a one-year supply left in the reservoirs. In Sacramento, Nestlé has recently been under fire from environmental activists, calling the company's unregulated tapping of California aquifers a "corporate giveaway":

Fuck yes Jesse Williams

Truth

Brb, vomiting everything I've ever eaten

they would steal the babies during the course of the day, some would be infants, some would be a yr old, some would be toddlers they would grab these children, take them down to the swamp & leave them in pens like little chicken coops.

I think I've drunk all of those wines at one point or another

#YesAllWomen Posters

I'm not crying, it's raining on my face

Not all cats are jerks

#alivewhileblack

God forbid we pay attention to the real problem

Awful

On November 26, 2013, 38 year old Ervin Edwards, partially deaf and mentally ill, was arrested by police for sagging his pants and taken to the West Baton Rouge Parish jail in Louisiana. He only lived for a few more minutes inside of the cell.

For 18 months, police have lied over and over again about what happened the night Ervin Edwards died in their custody. Now that a video of their despicable actions has been released, ( Warning very tough to watch ) it’s clear they murdered this man and left him to die all alone in his jail cell. 

And there it is & times two

#Baltimore

My heart goes out to the protestors. They've been ignored and killed. And then when they try to speak out, the same damn thing that happened in Ferguson happened; people hijacking the protest, to riot and act like idiots.

I pray that each child finds their way home, unharmed

Exactly!

White people need to speak out against the shit that is going on

Yes, not everyone is trying to riot

The hypocrisy is stunning  We don't condemn the entire white race when one of them shoots up a movie theater.

Goddamn white people

Sunday Snippets: Summer Swampiness

Every summer I tell myself I'm going to move. I could bathe in the humidity this week. But avoiding the outdoors for the most part meant I got all the things done. So that's the good flipside.

Love old places

Ah, yup

(TW) Heartbreaking

Her aunt, Beatrice Loggins, spoke lovingly of Shancez, citing her uniqueness as a person. "Nobody deserves that. Straight, gay, purple, pink, white, black. Nobody...There will never be another T, you couldn't clone her, couldn't mold her."

*insert gif of Shut up and Take my Money*  Alternatively, why aren't we funding this? Oh, right, oil companies.

Yup, because cats I do this when I see dogs or cats out on the street.

Two Sides of Baltimore-GO read now.

My black friends call it Baldamore, Harm City or Bodymore Murderland. My white friends call it Balti-mo, Charm City or Smalltimore while falling in love with the quaint pubs, trendy cafés and distinctive little shops. I just call it home. 

Well, that's completely adorable

Fucking preach Especially important after this week

LOL

Because kitties & No matter their size, they all love to cuddle Gah. Want to pet.

People wonder why I'm terrified of deep water It's because if I saw this, I would bend over and kiss my own ass goodbye.

Very important. Words do matter.

AWESOME photo & Buh. What?!?

The hell? Not that I'm surprised or anything

Awesome idea. Props to these guys

Hells yes

When was the last time you put yourself out there? I have found the more you do it, the easier it is. Promise. Try it. It's secretly addicting!




Anthony Weiner being correct and relevant? Huh?

All aboard that Nope train to Fuck It Ville


Yup. Ruth Bader Ginsberg for the win

Sunday Snippets: Happy Memorial Day!

I have military members on both sides: late uncle Brian, late maternal grandfather, late paternal grandfather and then Air Force and Navy on my husband's side. I may not agree with why we go to war, but I support the men and women who put their lives on the line.

Local abandoned hospital & Abandoned New York Island

I'm going to need all of these. My love of fluffy knows no bounds.

Oh, kitties. & Now dead of cuteness & Typing this from the afterlife

(High TW) Disgustingly awful. This poor family

On January 11, 2013, Kendrick Johnson, 17, was found dead rolled up in a wrestling mat at his high school in Valdosta, Ga. An athlete, Johnson was found dead in an upright athletic mat behind the bleachers in the school’s gym on January 11, 2013.

The first autopsy performed by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) on the teen revealed he died from “positional asphyxia” and his death was ruled an accident. A second autopsy was performed by a private pathologist, Dr. Bill Anderson, at the request of his parents, Kenneth and Jacquelyn Johnson, who believe their beloved son was murdered revealed something more horrible. His organs – brains, heart and lungs – were missing and replaced with balls of crumpled newspaper.

Signal boost for Serbia and the awful flooding

I had my dino phase in third grade. This geeks me out to no end.

*high five* This is awesome.

Awful

Over the past 30 years, more than 1,200 indigenous women have disappeared in Canada. The aboriginal community estimates that some 43 of them have been plucked off what is known as the Highway of Tears, a 500-mile stretch of road that runs through the wilds of British Columbia. It may not sound like a whole lot, but consider 43 families not knowing what happened to their daughters or why. The majority have not even had their losses acknowledged by the police, who only count 18 missing.

Awwww I love baby reveal videos.

Breathtaking photos

Given the state of the prison complex, this doesn't surprise me.

While the jail initially said there had been no health concerns, multiple inmates say they suffered problems ranging from minor rashes to respiratory infections and fainting spells. Prisoners also described a policy implemented after the spill, which could land someone in solitary confinement for asking to see a nurse too many times.

Glad to add these to my list of places never to go

Yup.