Sunday Snippets: Just fuck

That fucking bill passed, ICE gets more fucking money and babies were swept away in Texas. Fuck.

It’s Time to Log Off

A Town’s Single Largest Taxpayer Is Also Its Biggest Headache

The Loyalist

Photos: Why it took courage for these women to pose for the camera

First Time in 100 Years: Young Kayakers on a Ride for the Ages

A charming cabin on Sweden's west coast becomes an inspiring retreat for its creative owners

Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported

Photos: Decades in, these women's love was 'Hidden Once, Hidden Twice'

He Made Gay Marriage the Law of the Land. Now He’s Fighting a Larger War.

‘Even if we stop drinking we will be exposed’: Parts of France have banned tap water. Is it a warning for the rest of Europe?

Scientists engineer mosquito STD to combat malaria

Photos: Texas grapples with devastation from deadly flooding

As women have far fewer babies, the U.S. and the world face unprecedented challenges

Sunday Snippets: Keep Calling, Keep Showing Up

Telsa stock is down, poll numbers down, we are making a difference!

A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it

Tucson lawyer receives letter from DHS, telling her to leave the United States

FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say

Is a Journaling Club a Brilliant Way to Make Friends?

The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights

Seattle officers who attended Jan. 6 rally ask US Supreme Court to keep their identities anonymous

U.S.-Born Doctor Speaks Out After Getting Email From ICE Demanding She Leave The U.S. Immediately

Photographer in disbelief after eerie beach discovery raises questions: 'I recovered clothing ... from different eras'

Last-minute change to human sexuality bill removes requirement to teach topic of consent

The Women Who Think the World Needs More Babies

Abrego Garcia’s Wife Forced to Go Into Hiding Thanks to Team Trump

Trump DOJ: Providing Basic Sewer Services to Black People Is Actually “Illegal DEI”

People have been dumping corpses into the Thames since at least the Bronze Age, study finds

“It’s About Him”: Renowned White House Photographer Pete Souza on How Trump Is Perverting the Presidential Photo Stream

Pete Hegseth says he will end a Trump-backed Pentagon program for women

Sunday Snippets: Birthdays

My son turns 7 this week and it's absolutely bonkers how weird time is.

These Palestinian and Israeli women are showing how to stand up for peace

We are stronger than we think

Snapshots: I spoke with 20 people in Gaza after the ceasefire. My heart broke 20 times

The world has probably passed “peak air pollution”

While we fight the good fight, take care of each other

An ancient Roman basilica has been discovered below London's financial district

Your anger is legitimate

11-year-old took her own life after classmates threatened to call ICE on her family, devastated mother reveals

When Your Only Job Is to Cuddle

Our Children's Bodies

Bison, not prison: Activists buy a prison site to rewild the land

Chaos erupts at Idaho legislative town hall, woman pulled from seat and dragged out

21 DOGE staffers resign, saying they won't help 'dismantle' public services

Israelis hold a mass funeral for Shiri Bibas and her two sons killed in Gaza

Withholding As A Conscious Act.

50 Black Heroes From Maryland You Need To Know

Sunday Snippets: Rest in Power

We lost two great ones this week. May they rest in power.


Civil rights icon Rev. C.T. Vivian dies at 95

Rep. John Lewis, A Force In The Civil Rights Movement, Dead At 80


Mo'Nique's Netflix Discrimination Case Moves Forward

Global Photos: Babies Of The Pandemic Bring Love, Light — And Worries

Moms are working dramatically fewer hours than dads during coronavirus. It’s a ‘red flag’ for what’s ahead.

Oh, you let your kids watch 'Sesame Street' while you cook dinner? Okay...

Risks & Benefits Matrix

The Protesters In Black Lives Matter Plaza Want You To Know They're Still There

Where Did My Ambition Go?

Scottish Lawmaker Goes Viral After His Cat Photobombs Zoom Meeting

Sunday Snippets: Shutdown

Domestic violence shelters are starting to close, schools are rationing food for lunches and lots of other bullshit because Tiny Hands Twittler is mad Dems won the House. Fuck him with a cactus.

Top 25 News Photos of 2018

The Special Misogyny Reserved for Mothers

Marie Kondo and the life-changing magic of just buying less

'Tidying Up with Marie Kondo' Is Inadvertently About Women's Invisible Labor

'Impromptu fight club' in Montgomery County has youths on edge

NYC Prisoners Go on Hunger Strike, Feel Effect of Gov’t Shutdown

Here’s an Idea: Do Not Ask Celebrities—Or Any Women, Actually—When They’re Having a Baby

Sunday Snippets: Anniversary

Yesterday was my 6th wedding anniversary!

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Great idea from Erin Boyle

Babies and Puppies!

Ugh, white men

White people

Neighbors stunned by San Jose couple's murder

A wonderful idea

We will miss you Prince

Beautiful poem

A powerful look at how right-wing calls for profiling hurt real people.

Sunday Snippets: Work Break

Starting 12/18 at noonish, I have a work break until the Monday after Christmas. I am so blessed to work for the amazing company that I do. Especially with the new perks they mentioned this month!

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Warms even the Grinchiest of hearts

Wow, yup, so oppresive

Welcoming refugees in Canada

And fuck you too

Ugh, fucking people

Examples of micro-aggressions: racism edition

Thank god someone's saying it If Trump wins, I'm moving to Sweden. Husband has some distant relatives there and they have banging family leave policies.

Baby and cat; some of my favorite things

Exactly, Bernie

holy shit

10 Things You're Saying When You Ignore Someone's Gender Pronouns

Japanese Women Demand Right to Keep Their Surnames After Marriage

Rock on, little man! Had that been my little girl, that kid would have been hog tied to a Santa pole.

Sunday Snippets: All the Things edition

Combined with my job needing more attention starting at the end of January and then every single weekend in April being booked, I'm ready for a nap. If all prevails, I will have downtime again starting in July. Oof.

Right, about that post racial America? Reading Shanesha Taylor's story broke my heart into pieces. But there is some good news.

To file under adorable I love puppies.

Shut up and take my money There may have been a time sophomore year of college where I skipped an evening class to watch this movie. And then proceeded to sob like a two year old.

Sobbing. So beautiful to read, but bring the tissues.

Beautiful artwork to remember a beautiful man I read Love in the Time of Cholera when I spent three weeks in Prague. I loved that book.

Can't wait to read her book

An appreciated honest approach to spawning tiny ones

I can't tell you whether having kids will be worth it for you. And that whole, "We are waiting until we're ready" thing? Right. You are never ready for this. When the tiny human cometh, all bets are off. And from then on, the question is never again whether or not it's worth it. The question is how you make it worth it for them.

This is disgusting (TW) I have been reading on this case as soon as Cecily McMillan came forward. Utterly awful.

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Welp, somebody better tell my partner this I've been doing it all wrong.

Since a woman prefers to marry a man who makes more money than she does, Schlafly argued, decreasing the gender pay gap would leave women unable to secure a husband.