It's time again as a notable Italian-American to note Christopher Columbus was an absolute piece of shit human who didn't land anywhere near this actual country so why the fuck should he stop the mail for the whole day

Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all

UPDATE from @jodiscohen.bsky.social + @jsmithrichards.bsky.social:

Following public outcry, the Department of Ed. has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an org that will provide funding to these students.

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

In the old days they called them the “Starvation Army” for their pro-police anti-worker stance. They are what the song “Pie In The Sky” by Joe Hill was about.

Imho he let Vance go on too long and should have interrupted him when he tried to pivot but this was probably the way to keep drama down and maintain the moral upper hand. So ?

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

And if the word stick in your craw, maybe that’s an indication you shouldn’t be recommending them (this was my experience with Marion Zimmer Bradley.)

It's striking that even in the defenses of Bari Weiss's broader thing no one ever says that she or her website does good work. Even the people that admire the success she's had selling lite reactionary shit to rich old guys top out at "people do seem to like it." You could defend Jake Paul that way.

The reason Mike Johnson is able to keep the House closed and not pass bills to pay the military or fund the government is because Trump is going to circumvent congress and illegally steal that money from other government programs. All to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

Definition of "antifa": An organization so extremely secret it doesn't even exist.

File under: I am easily amused.

Watching a friend listen to Jackson Browne‘s “Rosie“ and about 1/3 of the way in realizing what the song is actually about.

😂😂

Fantasy, mystery, multiple sub genres

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

As the Trump regime cuts federal workforce/services, people will turn to their state government for help. Some of the states are bracing for that, some…Are not.

To quote a friend, look to how states handled natural disasters in the past to predict how they’re gonna react to the one oncoming.

For folk outside the area, a 24 hour cam of the icestapo detention facility in Portland (you know, the one Trump is using as “justification” for his attempted invasion.)

katu.com/news/local/2...

It was 48° when I woke up this morning. I guess it’s time to close the windows before I go to bed.

#DelicateNorthernFlower

This morning’s dogwalk, my neighborhood feels like it has a hangover. It probably does.

If you’re trying to get me to argue that one government is worse than the other, I’m not gonna play that. They both have been committing war crimes.

…reading the Seattle Times writeup of the game and finding typos everywhere… EVERYONE is exhausted after 15 fricking innings…

I suspect many of them will get jobs…outside the US.

Holy shit, Mariners.

I’m working on a project, pen and paper. Cat is curled up at my feet, Foster Dog is sleeping at my hip.

My pen just ran out of ink.

Welp, guess I’m done for the night.

Well, it’s safe to say that the Mariners and the Tigers are making a lot of money for babysitters… 🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️