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Native Ohioan. Book nerd. Lover of dogs and tennis. Professional Aunt. Tech worker. Traveler. Writer.
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The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

In occupied France, people would drop their used matches folded into a V, as a secret sign of resistance. People who opposed the Nazis would see them, knew they weren't alone, & felt emboldened to take action. Some modern day equivalents here--small but powerful actions you can absolutely do:

Math is hard

I have totally done this. I’m done with Amazon. I’m now shopping local when I can, and a lot more at Costco. I won’t even touch a Tesla. If I have to uber and a Tesla comes up, I’ll cancel it and wait for another ride.

REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!

Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it. www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...

Holy smokes! 36 dogs adopted last week, we couldn't be happier for them. 🥰 Here's just a few! #AdoptDontShop cause #seniordogsrock 💥 muttville.org

we finally did it boys. we got our own freedom fries 🥲

Actual joy in the actual streets

Support local libraries. We’re witnessing censorship on a massive scale. Digital scrubbing is modern day equivalent of book burning Our ability to get accurate info about public health, science, history, LGBTQ & marginalized groups is under threat Libraries will be critical part of the resistance

My cosmic Canadian friends 🇨🇦: This man goes so HARD for his country. I hope to GOD, your next leader is as upstanding as this one! #RESPECT youtube.com/shorts/18hwY...

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

Never forget that he could have stopped this. In the aftermath of J6, he could have ensured Trump could never be president again by whipping votes to impeach. That failure is McConnell’s legacy.

It’s a long story but let me just say, Caroline Kennedy is a very blunt woman. She once politely DRAGGED me while we were both eating ice cream. I’m still shook tbh. This is my way of saying, RFK2 is one of the four horsemen. Caroline speaking up in that way is VERY significant. (Yes, I know.)

Just as Zverev is about to speak at the trophy ceremony, a woman repeatedly shouts: “Australia Believes Olya and Brenda! Australia Believes Olya and Brenda!” Broke through the silence. #AusOpen

@calm.com I'm a subscriber - is there a way to install a free app on my Roku? Looks like I need to subscribe to your Sleep Helpers app.

Gotta love the British press.

Gritty continues to be a real one

Folks in LA who need N95 masks —

Republicans are downplaying climate change in its role of the LA fires. Look, this is stupid. A high and low pressure system came together that created an extremely steep pressure gradient resulting in near 100mph winds. It's never happened in US history before. It's a result of a warmer atmosphere.

Mexico has sent hundreds of firefighters to LA. Turns out they ARE sending their best.

At least 11 librarians in LA lost their homes in the LA Fires. A thread of their gofundmes:

What you will feel grateful about/boast about changes, as you age. For instance, this Christmas, I had the PERFECT illness: www.thetimes.com/article/9dbd...

The CEO of Watch Duty used his skills as a software engineer to build the app to amplify fire safety information as a public service: “Techies are obsessed with going to Mars and inventing an AGI robot to do art. But I’m obsessed with time and life.” sfstandard.com/2025/01/09/w...

I wrote about my hometown of Los Angeles being leveled by fire, and what we can and must learn from all this for the literal and metaphorical fires of the future. As a 3rd generation Angeleno, I am devastated for my city. Just devistated. open.substack.com/pub/ambertam...

Canine Rescue Club in LA is another great charity. They're coordinating temporary foster families who can take in dogs from people who have been displaced from the fires. They could use funds to help feed and cover medical care for animals as many have been burned. Chip in if you can!

LA Fire Chief says the Canadian Super Scooper airplane (the kind that picks up water from the ocean to dump on a fire) fighting the wildfires that was hit by a drone yesterday is out of operation until Monday. "Flying a drone in the fire traffic area is not only dangerous, but it is illegal." SMH.

Here is an ongoing list of LA restaurants that are offering shelter, food, and support to first responders and evacuees: bit.ly/LAaid

I need say no more...

Merry Christmas, from Ohio.

didn’t see quite the same level of outrage about these pardons

Be careful out there.

Gumbo, my partner in crime for Thanksgiving ❤️❤️ #dogsofbluesky

Jessica is a great follow - a very talented photographer from the SF Chronicle. 💯

For real for real, please stop buying things on amazon (the quality is jack shit and you'd be surprised how much you don't actually save on the good and normal stuff) and shift your habits to buying local, going to libraries, etc. But if you can't do that, at least avoid them for the next week.

This seems like it should matter.

For my fellow tennis fans 🎾

if you don't know how Trump still has so many supporters just remember we as Americans need warning labels telling us not to eat soap

looks like the cable news anchors are finally asking minor questions like “what does a mass deportation actually look like” and “are you going to deport citizen children?”