Tracy Burkett

Shout-out to the cat who left a hairball on my pillow tonight. I would have preferred a mint. #caturday

Hoorah! My inner 5-year-old is thrilled by the arrival of the first snow flakes.

Hurry up and snow already.

Why are 4-week-old kittens irresistible?

No Kings sign in live oak at Hampton Park

Thank you!

I appreciate Cory Booker.

It is almost like he doesn't have access to some of the greatest minds in epidemiology and public health.

Thank you.

I think you are going to have to change it to *hours* without an impeachable offense.

Good choice! That will last you a good long while.

What are you getting? That is exciting.

I don't think the Democratic Party is up to this fight.

As a Jewish faculty member at one of these institutions, I am saying right now, in the clearest tones possible: not in my name. This violent exploitation of Jews as an alibi for achieving Fascist ends is itself textbook antisemitism.

This is positive!

Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.

"a rapid unscheduled disassembly"

📌

Yes

Poor Heather Cox Richardson.

Speak up!

Placards with images of Russian atrocities.

The power of that.

I don't think this country has lost its soul. Not yet. But it's lost its way.

🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

I am so embarrassed and sad.

We're going to need to smuggle flu shots and other vaccines into the country soon, aren't we? I really hate FAFO.

I'm excited to be in Greenville for the South Carolina Sociological Association meetings. I'm nearly as excited to have a room and bathroom to myself.

The easier to end mail-in ballots?

I missed that! I called this morning and left a message asking them to call back.