Sunday Snippets: Almost Solistice

Halfway through the year and it's been a year for sure!

The nation holding back the sea

Morley Safer of 60 Minutes was my father. He would be disgusted by what Bari Weiss is doing to CBS

Inside and outside

The Spanish Exception

Why rescue donkeys are wearing donated socks from a pro soccer team

As floods get worse, Britain tries a new solution: beavers

Resistance is only half the equation

The ripple effects of organizing against data centers

Senate panel pans DHS plan to stop customs processing at blue-city airports

For Black Women in Abusive Relationships, Gun‑Control Loopholes Can Engender Deadly Disparities

Faster Slaughterhouse Line Speeds Are Increasingly a Climate Problem

Trump plan would reopen Western Maryland coal plant

Rising costs of fuel, other goods squeeze already strained abortion funds

This Heat

The Biggish Picture

As Capitalism Gasps for Breath I Watch the Knicks Game

Plans for Maryland vineyard, resort raise neighbors’ concerns

Sunday Snippets: No Kings 10/18

We must continue to speak out and make noise!

Resistance is respect for life

New single-dose, temperature-stable rabies vaccines could expand global access

‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

Community outraged after ICE arrest caught on video in Prince George’s County

Meet Dallas’s “Bubbliest” Wedding Officiant

How Jessica Reed Kraus Went from Mommy Blogger to MAHA Maven

How ‘The Pitt’ Gets Death Right

This Pennsylvania settlement could set the standard for preventing tiny plastic pellet pollution

Childhood Heat Risk is Rising

Chocolate City

Mahmoud Khalil and Nan Goldin in conversation

Demand Your Voice

Sunday Snippets: Stand with Ukraine

That shitshow of a 'great tv appearance' show how those morons were treating President Zelensky and how much they just played into Daddy Putin's hands. It was beyond shameful. We stand with Ukraine.

When is it time to have the courage to quit?

Trump allies circulate mass deportation plan calling for ‘processing camps’ and a private citizen ‘army’

Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the Americas, new discoveries suggest

Remembering Arlington’s long lost Black community of Queen City

UPDATE on town hall chaos: Woman who was dragged out speaks, police chief condemns security, name of security firm confirmed

Rare book dealer Rebecca Romney dedicates a book to the women Jane Austen read

Shoppers are avoiding certain brands over politics: poll

If you were rich, would you fold laundry?

Murmurations: Climate Solutions Require Black Ecology

The Craftsman

For one husband, caregiving came easier when he learned to 'shut up and listen'

How one community in Chile is blessed and cursed with lithium

James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died

People are calling into right-wing radio shows to voice frustrations with the Trump administration

Boycotts, Echo Chambers, and the Illusion of Power: Why Symbolic Resistance Falls Flat

GOP reps encouraged to do town halls virtually rather than in-person after fiery meetings with constituents

Ways to help/fight/not sob in the corner

I found some ways that one can help in these dumpster fire days. While marching is fucking rad and I plan to do more of it, I know I can't attend them all (work/anxiety) but I still want to make my voice heard.

Look for like minded groups in your area This is awesome. You can set search filters and find groups to work with. I already put a request in to a groups FB profile.

A Nervous Wreck’s Disabled Guide to Stepping Up WONDERFUL. As someone who realized that a) she can't stand for long periods either and b) she actually has mild claustrophobia in massive crowds, this list is a god send.

26 Ways to Be in the Struggle Beyond the Streets Another great list to help those marching.

5 Calls I get it, it's terrifying to call your reps. I hate being on the phone when I don't really know the person well. But through nervous farts, you can do this. Scripts are provided, along with your reps numbers.

Shy Person’s Guide to Calling Representatives