slj
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I’m a writer. I love to laugh. I’m artistic, inquisitive, and irrepressible. Irreverent at times. If I wasn’t a writer, I’d pretend to be one.
That’s…slightly messed up.
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
That’s…slightly messed up.
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It is hard to overstate how critical @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is to climate science in the US and around the world. It's the beating heart of our field. Generations of scientists have trained there, and almost everyone I know relies on deep collaborations with NCAR scientists. It's end is unthinkable.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
It is hard to overstate how critical @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is to climate science in the US and around the world. It's the beating heart of our field. Generations of scientists have trained there, and almost everyone I know relies on deep collaborations with NCAR scientists. It's end is unthinkable.
Dismantling our scientific infrastructure is counter to everything this nation once stood for: innovation, a spirit of inquiry, a belief that applied knowledge advances humanity, and is central to preserving our existence on this planet. Apparently none of that matters anymore. It’s all about $. 1/2
As someone not with NCAR, I use NCAR-based software everyday to help identify and track regions of excessive precipitation to help NWS forecasters protect lives and property. NCAR is extremely valuable and we need them.
December 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Dismantling our scientific infrastructure is counter to everything this nation once stood for: innovation, a spirit of inquiry, a belief that applied knowledge advances humanity, and is central to preserving our existence on this planet. Apparently none of that matters anymore. It’s all about $. 1/2
A weekend of violent acts that fracture our faith in humanity. And yet. We wake up, lead with kindness and compassion for others and try our best to live out our all-too-brief time on this planet with intention and humility. Some days are easier than others, but if we stand together, we are strong.❤️
December 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A weekend of violent acts that fracture our faith in humanity. And yet. We wake up, lead with kindness and compassion for others and try our best to live out our all-too-brief time on this planet with intention and humility. Some days are easier than others, but if we stand together, we are strong.❤️
This is important:
"The escalating frequency and damage of catastrophic [wildland-urban] fires are accelerating faster than social systems can adapt, presenting disruptive and systemic risks. Among the most pressing: the destabilization of the insurance industry." 🔥
Wildfires have created instability within risk transfer markets. Here’s a path forward | PNAS
Wildfires have created instability within risk transfer markets. Here’s a path forward
www.pnas.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This is important:
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This! 👇🏽
Focus might be on 8 Senate Dems, but do not forget that Hakeem Jeffries held the House, all 212 House Democrats!
The very House that will have to *open* to pass the CR and simultaneously sign the Epstein files into existence.
Good morning. ☕️✨
Focus might be on 8 Senate Dems, but do not forget that Hakeem Jeffries held the House, all 212 House Democrats!
The very House that will have to *open* to pass the CR and simultaneously sign the Epstein files into existence.
Good morning. ☕️✨
Just pointing out that Hakeem Jeffries got TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE House Democrats to hold the line.
Not one House Democrat cracked.
Not one House Democrat caved.
I’m going to remember that.
Not one House Democrat cracked.
Not one House Democrat caved.
I’m going to remember that.
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This! 👇🏽
Focus might be on 8 Senate Dems, but do not forget that Hakeem Jeffries held the House, all 212 House Democrats!
The very House that will have to *open* to pass the CR and simultaneously sign the Epstein files into existence.
Good morning. ☕️✨
Focus might be on 8 Senate Dems, but do not forget that Hakeem Jeffries held the House, all 212 House Democrats!
The very House that will have to *open* to pass the CR and simultaneously sign the Epstein files into existence.
Good morning. ☕️✨
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Well Prof. Super is a true expert on this stuff, so you can trust this. Governors need to fight.
I asked Georgetown law prof David Super wtf is going on with this latest demand for states to claw back benefits already sent out.
He says the law doesn't allow for this, and if the USDA is mad that states already sent out SNAP money, too bad—they were following USDA's own guidance. Full comments:
He says the law doesn't allow for this, and if the USDA is mad that states already sent out SNAP money, too bad—they were following USDA's own guidance. Full comments:
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Well Prof. Super is a true expert on this stuff, so you can trust this. Governors need to fight.
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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RFK Jr had slashed the CDC’s program to monitor and track food-borne outbreaks back in August. Fast forward to now… deadly listeria outbreak across the U.S. has now caused 25 hospitalizations and 6 deaths across 18 states, one of the largest outbreaks. These events are linked.
November 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
RFK Jr had slashed the CDC’s program to monitor and track food-borne outbreaks back in August. Fast forward to now… deadly listeria outbreak across the U.S. has now caused 25 hospitalizations and 6 deaths across 18 states, one of the largest outbreaks. These events are linked.
That sounds…evil.
BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Lawyers allege cover-up after fed shoots at man during D.C. traffic stop
Neither D.C. police nor the Department of Homeland Security have explained why the Homeland Security agent fired his weapon.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:47 AM
That sounds…evil.
In the days to come, lean into your empathetic self and support neighbors who need a hand and organizations on the front line.
We’ll get through this, together.
As for the“ballroom blitz” crowd and their mad king? Don’t hold your breath. Empathy is not in their DNA.
We’ll get through this, together.
As for the“ballroom blitz” crowd and their mad king? Don’t hold your breath. Empathy is not in their DNA.
October 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
In the days to come, lean into your empathetic self and support neighbors who need a hand and organizations on the front line.
We’ll get through this, together.
As for the“ballroom blitz” crowd and their mad king? Don’t hold your breath. Empathy is not in their DNA.
We’ll get through this, together.
As for the“ballroom blitz” crowd and their mad king? Don’t hold your breath. Empathy is not in their DNA.
Preach
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Preach
Thanks, all you deep-pocket sycophants who are funding the destruction of the White House! Pay to play and it feels so good, am I right?
a woman in a red sweater is standing in front of a shelf in a kitchen .
ALT: a woman in a red sweater is standing in front of a shelf in a kitchen .
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October 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Thanks, all you deep-pocket sycophants who are funding the destruction of the White House! Pay to play and it feels so good, am I right?
Apropos. 🫠
A 3,000-pound, 17-foot-long "DEMOCRACY" ice sculpture is melting away on the National Mall today, a statement from activists and artists on the weakened state of American democracy under the Trump administration.
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
A 3,000-Pound Ice Sculpture Of 1 Word Is Melting In Front Of The U.S. Capitol
“It's time for all of us to resist, speak up and save our democracy before it's too late,” artist Marshall Reese said of his 17-by-5-foot installation.
www.huffpost.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Apropos. 🫠
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🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2
October 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2
It’s a free-range, farm-to-table hellscape! Stay strong, Portland!
Signed, Everyone but the pro-fascistas who despise everyone and everything that doesn’t align with their agenda of hate and divisiveness.
Signed, Everyone but the pro-fascistas who despise everyone and everything that doesn’t align with their agenda of hate and divisiveness.
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
It’s a free-range, farm-to-table hellscape! Stay strong, Portland!
Signed, Everyone but the pro-fascistas who despise everyone and everything that doesn’t align with their agenda of hate and divisiveness.
Signed, Everyone but the pro-fascistas who despise everyone and everything that doesn’t align with their agenda of hate and divisiveness.
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In a cruel, showbiz move Hegseth preserves Medals of Honor for soldiers who massacred 250+natives at Wounded Knee 1890-Women w/infants & young kids—AFTER cease fire & as fleeing.Soldiers were expecting court-martial but got Medals of Honor instead! Read!👇🏽 apnews.com/article/indi...
Hegseth's decision on Wounded Knee medals sparks outrage in Native American communities
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has dashed the hopes of Native American communities that long sought the removal of military honors for the soldiers involved in the Wounded Knee Massacre.
apnews.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
In a cruel, showbiz move Hegseth preserves Medals of Honor for soldiers who massacred 250+natives at Wounded Knee 1890-Women w/infants & young kids—AFTER cease fire & as fleeing.Soldiers were expecting court-martial but got Medals of Honor instead! Read!👇🏽 apnews.com/article/indi...
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My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
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Do not look away. This is what devastation sounds like. I worked with some of USAID’s brightest, including many with disabilities, who built hope from nothing. That hope is shattered. The inhumanity of this regime is unforgivable.
October 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Do not look away. This is what devastation sounds like. I worked with some of USAID’s brightest, including many with disabilities, who built hope from nothing. That hope is shattered. The inhumanity of this regime is unforgivable.
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Chicago, Illinois, 2025:
"They had the Black people in one van, and the immigrants in another van."
"They was bringing the kids down, had them zip-tied to each other."
"I kept asking, 'What is the morality?' One of them laughed. He said, 'Fuck them kids.'"
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
"They had the Black people in one van, and the immigrants in another van."
"They was bringing the kids down, had them zip-tied to each other."
"I kept asking, 'What is the morality?' One of them laughed. He said, 'Fuck them kids.'"
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground
ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.
abc7chicago.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Chicago, Illinois, 2025:
"They had the Black people in one van, and the immigrants in another van."
"They was bringing the kids down, had them zip-tied to each other."
"I kept asking, 'What is the morality?' One of them laughed. He said, 'Fuck them kids.'"
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
"They had the Black people in one van, and the immigrants in another van."
"They was bringing the kids down, had them zip-tied to each other."
"I kept asking, 'What is the morality?' One of them laughed. He said, 'Fuck them kids.'"
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
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Experts took issue with Trump’s insistence that there is “no downside” to pregnant women avoiding fever-reducing drugs. In fact, studies show untreated fever in pregnancy is linked to risks of miscarriage and disorders including autism. @corinnepurtill.bsky.social www.latimes.com/science/stor...
Trump blames Tylenol for autism, dismaying experts
Trump echoed one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s major — and controversial — talking points that an environmental culprit is behind rising autism rates.
www.latimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Experts took issue with Trump’s insistence that there is “no downside” to pregnant women avoiding fever-reducing drugs. In fact, studies show untreated fever in pregnancy is linked to risks of miscarriage and disorders including autism. @corinnepurtill.bsky.social www.latimes.com/science/stor...
Amen.
September 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Amen.
Sadists.
Several anti-ICE protestors on the Ohio-Kentucky border.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
September 6, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Sadists.