Israel is holding up food for 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza, the main UN aid agency there says

Today, I helped three of my neighbors free a deer who had gotten stuck in a wrought iron fence and I’m feeling pretty damned good about it.

I’m posting this everywhere because it’s been a tough… decade (so far)… and I a win is a win.

Informal social shaming raises the cost of bigotry and if the person is just parroting something they aren’t that invested in, they choose the easy thing. It’s not perfect, but it works?

Please help me interpret this augur.

In a Boxing Day miracle, a teeny tiny tree frog materialized in the reservoir of one of my (fully indoor) nepenthe pots:

My God, the mansplaining on display here. Lecturing you on your area of expertise! On the basis of what? He saw a definition in a magazine once? This is a great example of why a well-rounded liberal arts education is important.

And sodden, cheesy greetings to you!

Okay, I think I’m back now.

An ancient holy banger

Bluestockings Cooperative is an indispensible feminist bookstore in NYC. It's been a fantastic community space for as long as I can remember.

Now it's facing eviction because the store is providing Narcan — and they've actually saved lives!. Please do what you can to help. Details below...

🎶You better watch out
You better watch out
You better WATCH OUT
YOU BETTER WATCH OUT
Y̵͙̲̌͌̏O̵̭̺̕͝U̶̪̪̓ ̵̤̓
B̸͚̆̌E̶̪̘͆ͅT̸̰̬̍̂T̶̲̿ͅE̷̤̍R̸͇̈́ ̵͎̏
W̸̼̲̳̍̃͊̓́̾̆͛̅̑̓͑̉A̵̛̠͐̋͌̑͐̽̾̒̍͠T̸̨̨̠̦̝̦̠͖̱͚̟̱̬̙̦͎̆͛͑̄̇̈́̊͆͝͠ͅĈ̵̻̣̜̥̲̘̘̥̙̳͍̀͆͊̌̈́͆́̾̆̔͆̏̕̚͝Ḩ̷̜͚̘̪͕͍̳̩͎̬̘̐̈́̌͊̇ ̸̣̦̣̪͖̳̀͗̌̀̇̽́̌
Ỏ̷̳̬͖̬̝̫͚͈̻͓̓̀͂͒͌̄̂͆͘Ȕ̴̧̥̰̤͌̓̈́͂͘͜͠Ṱ̸̗̺̝̠̻̪̔̓ 👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️

One advantage of a solo Christmas Eve is that you can celebrate by eating lasagna in the bathtub.

I’m sorry. That’s awful — not even rice & yogurt! Yayla çorbası got me through 6 rounds of chemo when I couldn’t get myself to eat anything else. Hope it passes quickly.

“Possible first amendment activity” is such an unsettlingly dystopian phrase

Still here! I’ve just been moderately to severely depressed for the past two months for some reason.

Thank you very much! I see it as an accomplishment similar to finishing the Iron Man (cue the Iron Man people scoffing), except that your heart and lungs are in worse shape at the end.

Bless the DMV worker who could have made my day a lot harder and didn’t.

You put it perfectly! I get such joy out of watching him strut around the apartment, confidently sticking his little face into everything.

Way to rock a wrap dress — they can be treacherous!

I conveyed this and he responded with a little squeak. Bluesky desperately needs video so the world can see this impossibly cute little gremlin in action!

In the meantime, I’m on a photo-posting spree:

He will be delighted to hear this, thank you.

Please enjoy this photo of my kitten, Public Universal Feline (PUF) playing with absolutely wild disregard for his own safety.

*He is okay, despite his best efforts.

Finally, we can imagine Sisyphus happy