Shana Tova, everybody! Happy New Year 5786!
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Shana Tova, everybody! Happy New Year 5786!
Ya think?
Yes. I experienced it as a small rolling shaker, not strong enough to move the pictures on my walls. I went back to sleep.
Fascists also fear communities that they cannot control. A private school can be a closed system. It is not possible to control a public school, there is too much outside input, too many stakeholders whose needs must be negotiated.
Harjit Kaur needs to come home!!
Gavin Newsom has just signed a bill prohibiting ICE agents from wearing masks in California.
Wow, he's a cheap son of a bitch. I mean, if I sell my integrity on the street corner, I'm definitely holding out for $100,000./sarc
This is an agent of the US federal government, armed for live-fire combat against a modern army, slamming a passive and nonviolent female candidate for the US Congress into asphalt. Then walking away without checking if she has injuries, with his identity concealed behind a black facemask.
The knowledge that a prosecutor might well get sacked if they don’t find incriminating evidence in matters deemed politically important by Trump really makes you wonder about the incriminating evidence in ongoing matters deemed politically important by Trump
I recently discovered KJ Charles's books, and am having a fabulous time. Looking forward to the new one.
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
This is fascinating. If evangelical Christians really believe that God wants them to welcome strangers, as Scripture says, how can they tolerate Trump's immigration policy? Gotta be some heavy cognitive dissonance. religionnews.com/2025/09/18/e...
I would never ordinarily say this to anybody but you know what, Senator Lummiss? Fuck your feelings.
Tell me this is a very bad joke.
18 September 1932 | A French Jewish girl, Rosa Farber, was born in Paris. On her 10th birthday, she was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- The first two gas chambers of Birkenau - Bunkers I & II: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
Josh Marshall, today: "The question, as always, is: How do we conduct ourselves in the days we have?"
The announcement of health insurance companies that they’ll continue covering routine vaccinations is a huge vote of no confidence in ACIP's recommendations. It reflects a desire by insurers to avoid the cost of illnesses by having their customers vaccinated. Gift link:
Pritzger, Newsom, Moore, Mills: you need to read this, and then you need to do it! open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
Good.
This is correct.
Important: Gavin Newsom just announced that California, Oregon, Hawaii and Washington State released unified west coast vaccine recommendations expressly designed to counterprogram Trump/RFK's destruction of our public health system. This will gain momentum in blue states (see thread below).
Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years. Speaks for itself.
This. Start working on it now. Maybe do some targeted boycotts or one day strikes in the run up to 2026, just to get our folks used to it.
Chris Armitage is fucking brilliant today. Civility KILLS. Don't be polite. Don't debate the unacceptable. Get mad. Get loud. Boycott. Organize. open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
Worth reading. open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
Of course they want this. Being able to remove someone's passport at will with no review or appeal is Step One. Revoking citizenship for thought crimes is Step Two.
What an unbelievably stupid thing to say. Why would these workers EVER want to come back?
This is beyond shameful. I hope the international outcry and consequences are huge.
This is worth reading.
Reading Timothy Snyder's post this morning, I encountered this comment... "There must be a good reason why we humans, unless we are artificially sedentarized, are reasonably fast over long distances." "Artificially sedentarized." Thinking about that concept.
Nazi.
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
I attended this demonstration yesterday. ICE=GESTAPO www.ktvu.com/news/communi...
ICE has detained a 73 year old resident of my county. She is Sikh, in poor health, and in this country legally. She has not committed any crimes. John Garamendi, our local Representative, has been informed. There will be a neighborhood protest this afternoon. The press will be there. ICE=GESTAPO.
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
I don't have the stomach for this, but maybe you do.
The bishops pushed for renewable energy solutions, renewable agricultural approaches and simple technologies that protect biodiversity and respect cultural heritage. religionnews.com/2025/09/10/a...
Obviously, there's bigger news happening right now, but Senate Republicans just voted against releasing the Epstein files. Every Democrat voted to release them. Susan Collins was the deciding vote to protect Trump and others named in the files.
BREAKING via Sky News According to Ukraine’s air force, Russian drones have violated Polish airspace and now threaten the city of Zamosc. Poland is a NATO member.
Okay then.
What does it mean to be an ally? open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
Advice for activists: required reading. Protest is not sufficient. We need sustained, targeted organizing. open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
I got an email from Kaiser today, reminding me that it's time to get a flu shot. I think I'll do that soon, before Mad Duke Kennedy decides to get rid of them. I wonder, is he going to go after the shingles vaccine? (I'm up to date on that one.) Tetanus shots? (Make lockjaw great again?)
Wow. There's a guy who's in love with his own penis. Beyond creepy.
Even if you are not 65 or older, you may be high risk.
I want to give those of you who have not been exposed to this new strain of Covid a warning. It is very insidious. I have had it now for almost 3 weeks it does not want to go away. I thought I was getting better, but now having a problem breathing. Please be careful especially the immunocompromised.
Not a big kitty....
I'm not sure either. When you find out, please report!
Ah, of course. What does Charlie weigh?
Also, if the publisher did file copyright within 3 months of publication, said publisher is entitled to a portion of the money. Which seems fair, I guess, but I need it a whole lot more than they do.
Yeah, could be, I guess. Turkey vulture is big enough but they prefer dead things. Hawk?
Raccoon? My 35 lb dog (cattle dog and pit bull mix) insists on challenging the raccoons that visit the yard. So far they have not engaged, but oh -- those claws could rip him up. Best wishes to Charlie for healing!
Christopher Armitage: "You can't educate people out of beliefs they didn't reason themselves into."
From Paul Krugman's interview with Michael Mann and Peter Hotez today. "The corrupt wellness and supplements industry is now worth half a trillion dollars. It's almost as big as the pharmaceutical industry, and still gaining in ascendancy." It's worth reading.
open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
Stone cold racist and a complete dumbass.
Worth reading!!! defector.com/how-the-fuck...
Worth reading. I'm convinced. open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
I'm reading Elizabeth Bear's new book, Angel Maker. It's so good. You should read it.
One of my playmates died of measles. She was 7 years old.
Worth reading.
How do they have the power to do this?
Good news. Keep fighting for the libraries!!
I don't know if these specific numbers are accurate, but I know from conversations with staffers that legislators pay the most attention to phone calls and no attention to petitions (which is why I don't sign them). open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
I was at the street corner demonstration on Appian Way and San Pablo Dam Rd in El Sobrante, CA. It was awesome when the lowriders arrived. They came tooling down the street with banners and flags, pumping their horns in support. Those of us on the sidewalk cheered and waved our signs. ICE=GESTAPO!
LOVE LOVE LOVE
Farewell, Quinn. There was nobody like you.
More of this, please. Time to pass the torch, Democrats!
Lots more corruption to come! Wheee! Lutnick Family Angling To Make Astronomical Sums Off Court Nixing Tariffs talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lutni...
Agree! Every state should do this. But as we all know, red states are likely to make it MORE challenging for people to have easy access to Covid vaccines.
Okay.
Edgar Pangborn West of The Sun, 1953. It has some of the flaws of its time, but I think it is still worth reading.
I love my two burner induction cooktop.
As someone who hated old fashioned resistance electric stoves and always opted for gas, I'm here to tell you that induction cooktops are wonderful. So much more responsive than gas. I'm no chef, but I do cook.
No, no -- it should not be allowed to do that. If RFKJr believes that, he is dead wrong.
This is great. Governors and mayors stepping up!
I doubt it. It's way too literate and there are no extraneous capital letters.
While in San Francisco, I had the privilege of meeting with immigrant mothers working with Faith in Action Bay Area & our @cftunion.bsky.social local UESF. Together, they’ve built a network of parents & teachers committed to lifting students up & fighting to #ProtectOurKids. More to share soon.
I really don't want to believe this. I really want this to be doomster bullshit.
Thanks @ianbassin.bsky.social "To “fight the long defeat” is not to surrender to futility but to locate dignity and meaning in the struggle itself — and to recognize that what feels like defeat in one moment may seed the victories of another." What @sifill.bsky.social refers to as a time to plant
Insane.
Well, I was going to start exercising more, but I'm 56 and my BMI is 30.7, so, thanks RFK Jr., you've giving me impetus to hold off on bringing my weight down until I've had another COVID shot, that's some real good work there to Make America Healthy Again
Thank God someone is stopping the dangerous... uh... violinists in Utah. Entered the US with proper papers at 10, later graduated with a fine arts degree from the University of Utah and stayed. Invasion! There's evidence he's been part of the vicious gang known as The Salt Lake Symphony Orchestra.
This is - unexpected. (Perhaps the local Democratic strategists saw it coming, but what lovely news to get on a Tuesday evening when it feels like the world is sliding sideways.
It is a lovely book. It is among my favorites of your books. (The Sarantium duology takes first place for me, with Under Heaven close behind.) Thank you for all of them.
That's why there's going to be a special election, so that the voters can approve it.
So, Dictator Trump. King Trump. God-Emperor Trump. No.
Worth reading. It contains the transcript of Governor Pritzger's speech telling Trump NOT to send NG troops to Chicago, and some further useful information. digbysblog.net/2025/08/26/d...
Worth reading. "He was a child refugee. Now he’s a bishop navigating Trump’s deportation push." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Okay, Utah! (I don't know if it can be appealed, or what the likely outcome of an appeal might be. But today, it's good.)
"This is our country. We are not afraid. We will not submit." Lucian Truscott.
"We don’t use armed American soldiers against American civilians. That way lies fascism and dictatorship. If we don’t want a fascist dictatorship, we must loudly say so and stand up against Trump’s absurd attempts to cow us into submission using armed soldiers in our streets."
I don't doubt this is true. But I must express the hope that at this time, this place, this democracy will be the first. If it is not, I hope and pray that we find a way to fracture with a minimum of state violence. Goodbye to the United States. Hello to....
This brought me to tears. www.thehandbasket.co/subscribe?re...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/no-ki...
Really worth reading. www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
Sounds awesome.
I never play board games (except I love Clue, and I did spend a crazy year playing Diplomacy) but this is wonderful. I ❤️.
Please take the chance to do a mitzvah for me. The struggles have been tearing me up & anxiety is a constant companion.