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The big idea Biden backs filibuster exception to codify Roe vs Wade “Outrageous.” “Destabilizing.” “Mistake.” President Biden signaled Thursday he’s heard liberals’ mounting criticism of his resp...

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Facebook Is Banning People Who Say They Will Mail Day After Pill

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If you are protesting in a state where a ban is in effect, here are some tips. Immediately delete all digital tracking of your menstrual cycle. If you want to continue tracking, use a handwrit...

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My cousin asked this on fb “Anyone have any tips on how I can calm my mind? Even working in the garden isn’t helping because I’m too fucking angry. I’m angry that the work of all the women befo...

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Oklahoma lawmakers pass bill that would ban abortions from the moment of ‘fertilization’ The bill, which Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) is expected to sign into law, would effectively prohibit almost all a...

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The U.S Right Walks In Hungary’s Path By Ishaan Tharool with Sammy Westfall ~Washington Post In the summer of 2018, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared war on a generation. He foresaw ...

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Ukraine The House of Representatives yesterday passed a roughly $40 billion bill to deliver aid to Ukraine as it continues to face Russia’s brutal assault. The measure will next need to be passed...

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“The two couples lived next to each other. On the final day before the Russians left the village, soldiers knocked at one home. Valya’s husband, Pavlo Ivanyuk, opened the door. The soldiers took ...

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4/18/22 3:30 pm So. What’s up? My brain keeps glitching. Not just here, not knowing what to write , but in other, worrisome ways. Like. I’ll put the water on in the sink to get hot water, go g...

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4/15/22 6:18 pm Shit. Hold on. I need my coffee. I am so feckin’ tired! Yes, I could lay down, but there isn’t a TV in the bedroom here, so I have to set this thing up on the bedside table to w...

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As the war drags on, the parallels deepen. The Russian invasion has already spawned an enormous refugee crisis, hollowed out many Ukrainian cities and towns, and led to the suffering of countless...

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New Yorker article The Russians Fleeing Putin’s Wartime Crackdown Resisters are leaving Russia because the country they worked to build is disappearing—and the more people who leave, the faster ...

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I really really really need a subscription to the Washington Post In a dingy Russian classroom with worn-out rugs, elementary school students lined up to form the shape of the letter Z: the symbo...

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Washington Post The scariest site on the Internet isn’t lurking on the dark web, but hiding in plain sight at nuclearsecrecy.com. “Nukemap” lets you pick the size of a nuclear bomb, plunk it anyw...

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https://fb.watch/bNmI2JUk0v/

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I started this entry yesterday morning, but just deleted it, because … well, just because. I am trying like hell to avoid the news today. I got sucked into a horrible depression yesterday, and ...

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Washington Post From email newsletter on 3/9/22 The latest Two years into the coronavirus pandemic, many long-haul covid-19 patients who are unable to work are being denied disability benefits fo...

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Since the beginning of the pandemic, Dana Goldstein, who covers education for The Times, has been hearing from parents concerned that their young children’s language development might have been h...

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Chernobyl plant disconnected from power grid in what Ukraine called an ‘extremely dangerous situation.’ Ukraine’s closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant has been disconnected from the nation’s pow...

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Chipmunks on 16 speed. In the late ’80s someone pumped out an “Alvin & The Chipmunks” cassette tapes of ’80s new-wave and pop hits. 30 years later some guy found it, slowed it to 1/16th spee...

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3/6/22 1:16 pm This bullshit with Russia invading the Ukraine is making me feel nostalgic in a really fucked up way. Having grown up in the 70s and 80s, I went through the fear of the Soviets b...

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Maybe a real entry later. I have a question for my GenX friends. If you had to pick just one song to explain our generation to someone, what would it be?

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I know coming here to write is pointless. I have so much I could write if I … could. But I can’t due to the consequences if I do. I am not in a good place at all.

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Washington Post The pandemic has not been kind to many couples. Lockdowns have added strains to relationships, leading to a spike in divorces when they were lifted. Differences in opinion over va...

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