This space would like me to place a short sentence here, but short sentences are contrary to my nature.
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Rebecca Solnit
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84% of Democrats believe abortion should be legal, as do 63% of conservatives (Pew, 2026). The NYT is inventing a debate where there isn't one, laundering reactionary fever dreams into what they want you to think is reality.
Terrific work and reading suggestions from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-golden-a...
Today we are wishing a Happy Birthday to Maurice Sendak, who was born #onthisdate in 1928.
If you've not read Where The Wild Things Are, read it today. Or if you've not read it for a while, read it today.
And then let the wild rumpus start.
Musk/DOGE brought Texas screwworm, but read the whole thread.
The right-wing "you're not allowed" means, Woe is me, I shall not be universally coddled and admired when I unleash the hideous ugliness of my prejudice and hatred.
See: Alito complained that “you can’t say that marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Now it’s considered bigotry.”
There's a golden age of literature – for us, not for them. That is, extraordinary work is being done in all genres of writing and the mashups inbetween them; extraordinary poets and prophets are at la...
When I look at the last five years of abortion rights, I think it is Democrats who must show nuance and compromise. I analyze American politics for a living.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o...
Dr Oz: "You're not allowed to complain about Somalians, because that's racist. And the worst thing you can be in Minnesota is a racist."
5/ Experts point to several factors for why it came back:
1️⃣Cattle smuggling outside control zones
2️⃣In early 2025, roughly 15,000 USDA positions were eliminated, and a USAID-funded monitoring project was terminated
3️⃣ The loss of specialized expertise as generations of entomologists retire
