Sunday Snippets: George Santos

Pretty sure if I lied this bad and this often, I'd be fired. And yet.

Lawsuit can proceed against Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse

Guest Column | Code Talker John Kinsel turns 106

Satanic Temple launches abortion clinic named after Catholic Supreme Court justice

Yale honors the work of a 9-year-old Black girl whose neighbor reported her to police

Food for Others opens expanded, ‘grocery store-like’ space for increased demand

How Nepal Regenerated Its Forests

Missouri Republicans vote to allow children to carry guns

On the road to healing, tribal citizens are speaking out about boarding schools

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: Tomato vines

There is something quintessential summer about snipping tomato vines and the smell they leave on your hands.

How the COVID pandemic redefined ambition

WORK: THE AMBITION AND ACCOUNTABILITY CONVERSATION

You Need A Better Out Of Office Message

A Complicating Energy

Living Memory

‘The water is coming’: Florida Keys faces stark reality as seas rise

How the #FreeBritney Movement Is a Disability Rights Issue

Wait For It

Atikamekw families in Quebec still haunted by dozens of stories of ‘ghost babies’

Cancel Amazon Prime

Black scuba divers document slave shipwrecks forgotten for generations

Sunday Snippets: Cicadas

It never feels like summer until I hear cicadas first thing in the morning. Taking the small joys when I can.

Hong Kong security law: Pro-democracy books pulled from libraries

The Kung Fu Nuns Of Kathmandu

Trump administration hands emergency loans to Kanye West and Church of Scientology as small businesses go bust

Trump Pledges To 'Pressure' Governors To Reopen Schools Despite Health Concerns


A Bittersweet Moment For Black Bookstore Owners

"We're making a lot of money, and we're happy that people are reading books. But it took the lynching of George Floyd to be played on a loop for people to be interested in things that we've been pushing for, you know, for a long time," she says. "I'd much rather George Floyd be alive."

Michaela the Destroyer How a young talent from East London went from open-mic nights to making the most sublimely unsettling show of the year.

How to help a newly single dad We need way, way, better black maternal care in the US.

The 2020 Audubon Photography Awards: Winners

#SaveAsylum It doesn't take long to submit a comment.

What COVID Has Revealed About Our Complicated Relationship With Work

Trump threatens tax-exempt status of colleges, says many are about ‘Radical Left Indoctrination’

Sunday Snippets: Unofficial start of summer

Ahhh, summer.

Mistakenly Jailed Pretrial, an Ohio Mother Lost Her Job and Kids

This breastfeeding mother was asked to leave a courtroom—and we’re feeling confused + angry

German pigeon flashed by speed camera goes viral

UN Report Says Indigenous Sovereignty Could Save the Planet

DC ‘most dangerous place to give birth in the US' for black women

Community Outraged After Police Shoot 3 Children in the Head

The Marsha P Johnson Institute

Jordan Adlard Rogers inherits Penrose Estate after DNA test

The Criminalization of Abortion Began as a Business Tactic

A third black transgender woman was murdered this week

Sunday Snippets: New year

Between the new awesome looking Congress and my kiddo's say cheese smiles, I have a little bit of hope back.

What 'Love Actually,' Cardi B and Meghan Markle share in common

The Quiet Crisis Killing Black Women

‘Super Saturday’ sends DC-area shoppers on the hunt for deals

“She wants to find a couple-pair of shoes,” said Donald Dudley, a DMV local who was browsing with his wife. “Whatever we come across if it’s a bargain, we’re going to go with it. If not, we’re just going to keep it moving and finish the rest of our day shopping.”

#Unexpectedharrypotter

The uncontacted tribes of Brazil face genocide under Jair Bolsonaro

Don't shop, de-clutter and learn to make repairs: How my house went a year without buying stuff we don't need

Twitter Suspends Account of Loujain Hathloul's Father After Tweeting About Her Torture and Sexual Abuse

Hallmark Is Now Selling Cards to Celebrate Transgender People Who Are Transitioning

‘A Pumping Conspiracy’: Why Workers Smuggled Breast Pumps Into Prison

Sunday Snippets: House Reno

Husband and I are doing some small renovations in order to put our house on the market. Every spare moment is spent painting, scrubbing, etc. I'm very tired.

Oh, that's not concerning or anything

Here Are Some Answers To Frequently Asked Questions About D.C.’s Missing Teens

Women are calling men out for their ridiculous birth control opinions

Trump regularly boasted that he would free the U.S. military from rules of engagement that he regarded as unduly hobbling them. He vowed to bring back torture and even to murder the family members of suspected terrorists

10 things every white teacher should know when talking about race

UPDATE: Chico Police Department Reveals Names of Officers Who Killed Desmond Phillips Yes, let's let cops continue to not be trained in mental illnesses. What could go wrong?

The Downsizing Uprising

Fascinating Photos from the Secret Trash Collection in a New York Sanitation Garage

#BlackWomenAtWork hashtag uncovers the everyday racism black women face at work

Svalbard Will Soon Have Another "Doomsday Vault" For Storing Precious Literature

This is stupid adorbs

Sunday Snippets: Springtime

I'm so ready for some warmer weather.

Book Donkey. Yes.

Maryland House votes to ban fracking by veto-proof margin

Apache Helicopter Guns Down Boat Full of Somali Refugees Fleeing Yemen

Women Wore ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Robes To The Texas Senate Floor

Janet Mock's new campaign

*dies of laughter*

Beautiful photos of childbirth

KING: It's no accident that we hear so little about missing black girls in this country

Sunday Snippets: Day what number are we on?

Photo

A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until he unlocked his phone

Horrifying

29 Disturbing Pictures Of American Life Under Jim Crow

#DisabledAndCute Is Trending & It's Awesome

Mothers of the Movement

But but but he's a lone wolf!

Sunday Snippets: Savoring

I really miss being a kid sometimes. When I could actually savor/enjoy the fall holidays, rather than having them as placeholders for the Christmas season.

It makes me so sad that I can't get into the Halloween or even Thanksgiving spirit because I'm being smacked upside the head with all things Christmas.

Yay adoption! And fostering! I wish it weren't so damned expensive. I would love to adopt.

Whoop, there it is

*snorts*

*hides in a bottle of whiskey* I'm fucking scared.

Bless this man

Love this So very accurate, especially for me with anxiety

America 2016, same as it ever was.

A white police officer in Baltimore violently dragged a Black teen out of his home after he requests a warrant, and the whole wrongful arrest is caught on video.

With Standing Rock

I really hate people sometimes. It gets worse around Halloween.

No Need to Reply

RIP Abe

Sunday Snippets: Fuck

Just fuck. It's all I have left anymore. #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile

Hate violence disproportionately target BLACK transgender women

Post 9/11 era was a scary time to come of age

It's raining. On my face.

Faith in humanity

Believe us, Canada, we want him to stay too.

"They took his life for no reason."

#GynnyaMcmillen

Disgusting

But Norristown had what's known as a nuisance property ordinance. Her landlord could be fined and have his rental license suspended if police were called to the property more than three times in four months for "disorderly behavior." Unless, that is, he evicted his tenant.

After that first warning, Briggs — who also had a 3-year-old daughter — was reluctant to call the police when her boyfriend beat her up. But one night, when they got into a fight, he slit her neck open with a broken ashtray. When she woke up in a pool of blood, her first thought was not to dial 911.

Navajo Artist Creates 'Make America Native Again' Hats to Critique Donald Trump's Campaign Slogan

US Trans Military Service Ban Repealed!

 Mariana Sosa noted bitterly, “You should start talking before you fire murderous bullets, not after.”

Muslim Doctor Shot and Stabbed on His Way to Pray at Texas Mosque

Adorable pony

The kitty gets to keep his job!

But institutional racism is imaginary, right?

Saul Williams speaking on Democracy Now I have loved him since high school. It's long but worth it.

“Iran is for all Iranians. Iran is me and my mother. My mother wants to wear a scarf. I don’t want to wear a scarf. Iran should be for both of us.”

Reactions to Alton Sterling

A Black Woman Police Officer Calls Out Racist Cops in Heartbreaking, Furious Facebook Video

The True Story Of How Stephen Colbert Met His Wife Will Melt Your Heart

Sunday Snippets: #NoBillNoBreak

(Photo credit: https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/06/22/elizabeth-warren-joins-house-sit-over-gun-control/2iuYpoZbfBPHG5rxR8nn1K/story.html)

About goddamned time, Dems. First the filibuster and now a sit in? Apparently old school is the only way to get the Refucklicans to pay attention. I'm actually having a moment of pride for Congress right now.

RIP Goddess Diamond

Exactly. We aren't ashamed at all.

This speaks to me. As someone who has always had a little pot belly, YES.

How to channel anger after Orlando

Look for the helpers

Wonderful woman

This truth

Great idea! Because omgawd, women's nipples are scary

Another day, another black child beaten

Color me shocked

Cause Donald Trump wasn't already horrifying

“It wasn’t unusual for one person to order a thousand at a time.”

Angels indeed

Sunday Snippets: Ugh

Every time I flip through social media, I have to see that orange potato with corn husk for hair actually running in a presidential race. The fuck, America?

( photo credit: http://jessehimself.tumblr.com/post/140040871663)

How Society Pays When Women’s Work Is Unpaid

Worldwide, women spend an average of 4.5 hours a day on unpaid work, including grocery shopping, child care and laundry. That is more than double the amount of time men spend, according to O.E.C.D. data. Men spend significantly more time on paid work and also on leisure activities, which include playing sports, watching TV and hanging out with friends.

The first victim of the Uber gunman threw herself in front of children when the gunman opened fire and gave police crucial information to track him down.

As Rivers Run Black in Peru, Indigenous Tribes Left Cleaning Big Oil's Disaster

Ooooh

I adore Georgetown (minus the absurd parking costs + traffic). I did a walking tour last spring and the houses are freaking adorable.

Los Angeles declares war on tiny houses donated to the homeless

Mohamed is in a coma at local hospital after getting shot three times, according to family.

From Humans of New York

3 Young African Muslims Shot Execution Style: Many Questions To Be Answered

Sunday Snippets: Brace Yourself, Naps are coming

My job generously gave us off the week at Christmas. I leave early on the 19th and don't have to see my office again until the 29th. I'm so freaking excited for napping.

Powerful picture

Amazing!!

#BlackLivesMatter

DC Ferguson Protest Pics

REPOST: Anytime you hear someone criticizing black people for rioting, share this info with them.

Feels

I love this movie  (and not just because it was my husband and I's first date movie)

Nope, no entitlement/patriarchy at all

I love this woman

Whoah

Her face is giving me all the feels

Horrifying

BLACK WOMEN (ESPECIALLY TRANSGENDER) ARE GETTING MURDERED, RAPED, AND BRUTALIZED BY THE POLICE AND ARE BEING BLAMED FOR **THEIR** ACTIONS.

Self love and hugs

More #EricGarner protest pictures

Feels yes and yes

Every white person ever: “If they just obeyed the laws, they’d be fine!” Riiiiiiiiight

Oof, feels

Wow

Ooh, this truth

Mother Nature is spectacular

Eric Garner's daughter

Hell yes

Horrifying, awful and many other words

The adults were hollering out that we’re coming out, we’re bringing the children out. The children were hollering that they were coming out, that we were bringing them out. And we know that the police heard us. But the instant, the very instant, that we were visible to them, you know, trying to come out, they immediately opened fire. We were met with a barrage of police gunfire. And you could see it hitting all around us, all around the house. And it forced us back in to that blazing inferno, several times. And finally, you know, you’re in a position where either you choke to death and burn alive or you possibly are shot to death.

#Ferguson #blacklivesmatter

There are 10,000 words to say and none to say at all at the same time. America, founded by racism and it still continues to this day.

I saw the video of Mike Brown's mother sobbing at the press conference, when she heard that no one was going to held accountable for shooting her son. I saw the live feed of police hurling tear gas at people. When the fuck is this going to end? Sean Bell, Oscar Grant and countless others, the victims of racist police brutality.

This, however, gives me a small measure of hope:

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SIGN OUR PETITION TO SECURE JUSTICE FOR MICHAEL BROWN

Monday Night

Slate-Pictures

Solidarity, on a global scale

YES. THIS We have NEVER confronted the blood this country was founded on. What is past is prologue.

Also, this

From Rebecca Woolf

Verdict Summation: Between the Lines