The Maryland Democratic House majority leader says that he is well aware of the risks of federal retaliation for the state’s efforts to restrict local collaboration with ICE. “But nevertheless, we’ve got to do the right thing,” he says.
Take 2 min to write a letter today: EMERGENCY ACTION BY MARCH 5! Send a Public Comment to ICE: No Detention Camps in Maryland!. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/emer...
The Rumours album cover
Think of myself as a Tusk girl through and through, but sometimes you’re having a “follow you down ‘til the sound of my voice will haunt you” kind of day and only Rumours will do.
very very excited (& nervous! stage jitters!) to share news of a project that my person & I have been working on for so long now
we're starting a tiny artist residency here in Baltimore; say hello to The Doll House!
www.thedollhouse.studio
IF YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE ISNT ANY WORK JUST LOOK AROUND: A HOUSING SHORTAGE, CRIME, POLLUTION; WE NEED BETTER SCHOOLS AND PARKS. WHATEVER OUR NEEDS, THEY ALL REQUIRE WORK. AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE UNSATISFIED NEEDS, THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE. SO ASK YOURSELE, WHAT KIND OF WORLD HAS WORK BUT NO JOBS. IT'S A WORLD WHERE WORK IS NOT RELATED TO SATISFYING OUR NEEDS, WORLD WHERE WORK IS ONLY RELATED TO SATISFYING THE PROFIT NEEDS OF BUSINESS. THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT BUILT BY THE HUGE CORPORATIONS OR GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACIES. IT WAS BUILT BY PEOPLE WHO WORK. AND, IT IS WORKING PEOPLE WHO SHOULD CONTROL THE WORK TO BE DONE. YET, AS LONG AS EMPLOYMENT IS TIED TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROFITS, THE WORK WONT GET DONE.
the Black Panthers were right
Linocut print, black ink on off-white paper, showing a man in a button up shirt, hat and striped jacket holding an accordion and a piece of paper reading "If we workers take a notion we can stop all speeding trains, every ship upon the ocean we can tie with mighty chains, every wheel in the creation, every mine and every mill, fleets and armies of all nations will at our command stand still" There are biographical details about him in the background as well The bottom says "Sörj Ej, Organisera"
thinking about this print of Joe Hill by Carlos A. Cortez
americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/...
4” x 6” Analogue collage assembled on canvas from vintage book pages, sheet music and magazine and catalog scraps. Hues of pink and ivory. Images include a red heart and pink flowers. Text includes fragments reading “(broken) 2. Practice saying: I broke it. You broke it. He broke it. I have broken it. You have broken it. He has broken it”
Happy Valentine’s Day (?)
#collage
This week on the blog: Against the State! Another military theory primer, this time focused on groups that take on the state itself, both with violent and non-violent means.
Given the enormous disparity in force, how can they win? How have they won?
acoup.blog/2026/02/13/c...
How did I only learn today—as the episode played on a restaurant TV—that the classic Adam West Batman included an arc with a villain called The Bookworm, whose henchmen include Pressman, Printer’s Devil, & Typesetter??!!
Look at them in their printer’s caps!!! batman.fandom.com/wiki/The_Boo...
A screenshot of Lala and Po from the teletubbies. The screenshot is clearly taken from someone's phone, as the borders of the tv can be seen, as well as glimpses into the apartment behind them. Po is in bed wrapped up in a blanket. The text below them reads "I know you were high at my mother-in-laws funeral..."
More screenshots from the Teletubbies. Lala seems to be upset with a terrified Po. the text below reads "Did you kill the dog? Why would you do that?!"
A third screenshot from the Teletubbies, this time the same scene as before. Po is wearing an apron while Lala seems to still be upset at him. The text below reads "You're nothing but a failure of a man."
In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I’ve been wondering for months…what’s the ‘B’ stand for?
Not the best for skill-building, but I start dressing my 7-year-old while he’s asleep. Music helps him get moving. If he’s hungry a preferred breakfast food that is handed to him on his way out the door can also function as a reward (dopamine).
14th century painting of St. Margaret of Antioch attacking a devil woman in a virid dress hitting a demon with a hammer
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
And I highly recommend a bungee net with metal hooks (at REI) as opposed to the plastic hook ones that LBSs seem more likely to carry :/
Can’t remember the brand, but might be this: banjobrothers.com/a/s/products...
I do something similar, put stuff in one of those soft panniers designed to hold a grocery bag, tuck it in the alcove, and use a bungee net to hold it down.
Always like listening to Ship of Fools around Christmastime m.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Pi...
❤️ I’m sorry it’s so hard. Thinking of you!
Paul Kirchner
Read in a NY Times essay awhile back that happiness and unhappiness are not opposites, and felt that explained a lot about what this year has been like.
The box of a game called PigMania showing pairs of dice-like pigs that have landed in different configurations, each of which earns a specific number of points.
How charming. This brought back the memory of pig-rolling games that I believe were popular for a moment in the ‘80s!
"You make a cup once, you wash it a thousand times" is gonna stick with me
"Knobbed russet apple", green apples covered with brown russeting and knobby growths
Real pomological perverts know that if the apples look like this they're going to be mindblowing
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When I was a kid I would get carpooled to gymnastics in this exact gold T-top. Coming from a practical station wagon family, I didn’t know what to make of it!
Obligatory plug to move your money from Bezos to local, worker-led coverage—
I'm so scared of cities. All those buildings so close to each other. You can go to the movie theater and a restaurant and the park while walking, in defiance of God. There are people you haven't met before. Sometimes there's a dog in a jacket
