Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlueVenerable magazine Harper's Bazaar is running its short story contest again, with the winner receiving "the chance" of publication in the magazine. Just one catch: per the wording of the guidelines, _just by entering_ you transfer copyright ownership of your story to Harper's parent, Hearst. 1/3
Today on Bready or Not: Almond Crinkle Cookies! These cookies are a must if you love almond flavor.
www.bethcato.com/bready-or-no...These Apple Pie Bars were fussier to make than an actual apple pie, but my husband will be happy about the surprise treat.
This is a deep and powerful study of a pivotal episode.
I was 12 when I first saw it. I understood the ep was about psychological manipulation, but the art of this depiction gets more disturbing as I age.
Picard's defiant shout of “There are four lights!” is now a meme, but it's his quieter confession to Troi that makes "Chain of Command" into a metaphor for domestic abuse, offering crucial insight into the experiences of survivors:
#StarTrek
There Are Four Lights: Star Trek’s Unwitting Allegory for Domestic Abuse - Reactor
The parallels are unmistakable, once you consider Picard's final confession.
Personally attacked... and I deserve it.
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Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
Ralph Lazo was a Latine teen who volunteered to go to a Japanese concentration camp to be in solidarity with his friends. When he turned himself in to authorities, they thought he was Japanese. “Being brown has its advantages,” he would later tell the LA Times.
www.history.com/articles/jap...
This Mexican American Teenager Spent Years in a Japanese Internment Camp—On Purpose | HISTORY
Ralph Lazo wasn’t of Japanese descent, but he spent spent two years at Manzanar in solidarity with his friends.
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Exactly. No one told me I was going to lose my job and be left behind if I didn't get a smartphone. I got a smartphone because it looked like it did a lot of useful things (and it does).
If the tech is good, you don't need to threaten people to get them to use it.
The Minnesota Star Tribune,
@mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com ,
@spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social,
@sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
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DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
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YOU TELL THEM ROSE NYLAND 😭😭😭💜💜💜
ICYDK, publishing is in a decline. Many authors who have had dependable contracts in the past are now scrambling to make ends meet and seeing lower advances and fewer sales than ever. If you see lots of book publicity posts, it's because we're scared and trying to keep our jobs during The Horrors.
by popular request i have turned the meme into a blog post, which explains how it works, links to the template file and includes a selection of examples from the thread
#KirbyFramingThe Kirby Frame
writing is a technology, frames are a frame. bespoke human content.
i made a helpful reference
This week on Bready or Not: Cinnamon Streusel Cookies! These unique cookies are crowned with cinnamon and chopped pecans.
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Still on sale!
Whoa! A House Between Sea and Sky is featured on BookBub today! 🤯This came as a total shock to me.
Grab the book while it's on sale for $2.49!
amzn.to/4lb2R73
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90 year old mystery solved …
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Yes. I have witnessed this since moving to Minnesota. There is a real sense of community here.
Whoa! A House Between Sea and Sky is featured on BookBub today! 🤯This came as a total shock to me.
Grab the book while it's on sale for $2.49!
amzn.to/4lb2R73
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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
Change a letter, ruin a film:
Gone with the Wine
Hey, authors on Bookbub: are you getting a flood of accounts adding you? I sure am, especially today. Most of them are named like bots, too.
Pam Bondi's conditions for Minnesota: 1) give us all your state data on your food programs, including SNAP 2) repeal all your sanctuary policies in the state (since it has led to "so much crime and violence") and 3) hand over your state voting rolls. Letter here:
www.fox9.com/news/minneap...
Minneapolis shooting: AG Pam Bondi gives Gov. Walz conditions for ICE to leave Minnesota
The first Minnesota murder, they refused to let a medical professional help the woman they shot. The second Minnesota murder, they simply shot the medical professional.
There is video circulating of a new ICE murder. Take heed of you don’t want to accidentally see it.
to turn off autoplaying video on the bluesky mobile app
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
Quote skeet a gif with a clue of where you’re from…
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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Much needed joy on a snowy day! My 1st cheese subscription order arrived from Lost Lake Farm in Iowa! Iowa Alpine, Herbed Quark, & Camembert.
the incredible snat
Today on Bready or Not: Cheesy Sourdough Crackers! This recipe is super simple: sourdough discard plus cheese, then add whatever seasonings you want.
www.bethcato.com/bready-or-no...Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
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Bless his heart.
Bessent: "Someone, maybe your parents for their retirement have bought 5, 10, 12 homes."
Happy National Cheese Lover’s Day to all who celebrate. 👀
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Even more, please request your local library carry your favorite authors' books! Those sales--and those readers--matter a lot.
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Cat wandered in front of the camera during the
#aurora long exposure
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Texas Freedom to Read is looking for help collecting data on book removals across Texas school districts AND you don't need to live in Texas to help! Fill out the form to get all the info!
Sign-Up to help Texas Freedom to Read Project collect data on book removals across Texas school districts.
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Me, having just watched a video clip that made me cry, scrolls down and clicks on this, thinking it will make me feel better about humanity.
It does not.
Happy 11th anniversary of me losing my fucking mind over this QVC clip
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