Watch this fire chief from a border town talk about his team getting overwhelmed with drowning victims and ask yourself why over 700 drowning victims at the border THIS YEAR gets ignored but your apolitical cousin is texting you about DeSantis and Martha's Vineyard. Ugh of course I meant to say over 700 deaths at the border this year (not all of them were drowning victims—many died from heat, etc).

The @CapitolHillFox saga should at least raise awareness to some important fox facts 🦊

First off: We're in denning season

Mamas give birth between late March and early April 📆

Coyotes hunt for dens to dig out and kill the kits—so THAT is why foxes den close to people...🧵 (Because coyotes AVOID)

That's why suburban folks find foxes denning under porches, sheds, etc—it might seem counterintuitive but she's trying to keep her babies safe

Great job @twittersupport keeping these extremely dangerous people off Twitter—everyone knows rhubarb is superior to blueberry in pastries. Misinformation!

https://twitter.com/TheTonus/status/1489664724891492352

I'm joking but this isn't a laughing matter: @NEAtoday asked Twitter to suppress users who expose how CRT is applied in K-12 public schools, then they suspended @chalkboardrev and their staff, suppressed @scottzipperle's video on CRT, and throttled @Heritage_Action's account 👇

After dinner my husband and I sat down on the couch and he turned on a TV show while I finished an email.

"Is... this the Mandalorian?"

"No this is Book of Boba fett"

"I'm sorry what"

It was then that I saw he was SIX EPISODES IN and I think we just had our first fight. “If you want this marriage to work you cannot watch anything in the Star Wars franchise without me”

“Do you even love me?”

“WHEN were you going to tell me?”

Those are all real actual quotes.

After a week with a suspended account I finally decided to cancel my appeal to @Twitter for one very simple reason: They already deleted the video anyway.

ICYMI: My account was locked because I *shared* a video clip of testimony from a CONGRESSIONAL HEARING @SenRonJohnson Twitter suggests I review their rules to prevent being suspended again.

Except I've never broken their rules.

I shared a video clip uploaded by another user who was never suspended and urged people to watch the clip. That's it.

Oh so y’all remember how my autoimmune disease came out of remission for the first time in 7 years soon after I got the Pfizer vaccine x2 and then my doctor wouldn’t prescribe me immunosuppressants to treat it until I got boosted?

I got boosted, symptoms got MUCH worse and now… … my insurance isn’t covering the immunosuppressants so I was boosted for nothing and my symptoms have never been this bad. 🥰

idk about y'all but watching @rweingarten try to revise history in real time pretending teachers unions were trying sooooo hard to reopen schools in 2020 and that it was THE ORANGE MAN who stopped them is PRETTY RICH

They got EVERYTHING THEY WANTED in the relief bills he signed @rweingarten REMINDER: WE KNEW the money wouldn't reopen schools despite their claims.

But they STILL got funds so excessive they're now spending it on equity programs in some districts. dailysign.al/3vxFUSc

The baby was up all night so my husband took her to the living room and told me I should stay in bed and take a nap this morning so now I’m scrolling through pictures of my baby what happened to my brain? Look at her tho

No it won't.

I'll never forget the fear that gripped me at the inauguration watching violence unfold with cars on fire and people attacked. I was chased down the street... then saw those same black bloc anarchists strolling through my lobby to their swanky airbnbs.

https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1300457366349996032

Of course if *Biden* wins all the black bloc anarchists will fade away. The inauguration will be packed *because people will know they can come without fear of bodily harm* - people would even be safe to bring their children—a luxury we didn't have in 2016

I started a new list item last week: one hour every weekday (not weekends) seeking to have good faith arguments and positive engagements with people who disagree with me on policy on twitter and IG.

Rules & Results so far 👇🏽 Rules:

- keep it strict—“chefs put your knives down” after one hour (you’ve got things to do)

- stop trying to engage with users who make personal attacks or quote retweet replies to encourage harassment (TL;DR - no Soledading) - say goodbye and move on; block if needed

Today I found a gorgeous 1924 Art Deco dresser on Craigslist for $20

TWENTY. DOLLARS.

Got it home. Restored the finish and hardware. Admired handiwork... and then noticed the vent above it was dirty and needed to be replaced... This is the before btw

I tried to think of an image that would inspire a conservative to tweet something like this and then get replies from thousands of high profile people openly making horrific assumptions/saying the worst possible things about strangers and I realized... normal people don’t do that

https://twitter.com/lifecreep/status/1248803979032776707

If a conservative said things like this (not that they would) these very same people would suddenly be very self aware and realize they were bullying and ascribing horrid things to a woman and family whose names they didn’t even know. Why @BrianBoucher?

Marriage Day 137; Quarantine Day 12: Decided to turn up the pressure by buying Scrabble. *intensifies*

Took a break to read back and see how the media covered Trump's 1/31 announcement barring entry into the U.S. from China and HOO BOY...

Many in the scientific community beclowned themselves because their hatred for Trump blinded them—and does to this day. Holy crap—flashback to @wapo quoting the Chinese FM slamming the Trump administration's 1/31 travel ban AND noting that WHO (still operating under Chinese disinformation about #COVID19) was against Trump's move to stop entry into the US from China.

Just got this from our apartment building and now I’m REALLY mad that our house closing was delayed a week because this is going to be awful... Is this a human rights violation?

Also is it okay I’m offended they said “difficult time” like... because you closed the gym and took away our free coffee station? We’re okay.

Also THESE SONG CHOICES. Who even knows the WORDS to Under pressure?

Just found out my brother and SIL have been going to work with coworkers as usual then going to visit my 90 year-old grandmother.

On a scale of 1-10 how extra do you think I am being? I have called a family conference call with the children and grandchildren; updates to follow.

My favorite workouts to do in hotel rooms are suddenly really useful for social distancing.

Usually I do @barre3 online but since those are limited access here are some go to Youtube pilates, barre, and body weight vids I love:

#1 best - it's 15 minutes! bit.ly/33ohFaX Not a workout but this is a great 15 minute "reset" if you're feeling stressed or anxious or worn down - also a great "warm up" if you're feeling stiff from sitting still too long: bit.ly/33fCdm3

@jacobinmag Yes, the starving and oppressed people of Cuba had to get creative to keep their cars running for decades because they lacked access to thriving free market economies and resources for innovation... @jacobinmag The children of Venezuela unleashed their creative potential by learning to hunt rabbits to keep from starving to death.

Matt gave me my Valentine’s Day present this morning and just left to go read and drink coffee downstairs so I’ve got time to write this.

You guys. He found books for sale from a retired couple downsizing.

It’s as if this couple curated these books just for me. Can you even?

Could God have really designed such a perfect husband for me because I have no idea how I’m going to wife hard enough to deserve this.

Yes, they smell amazing.

I already told him we have to write them a thank you note.

Unpopular opinion:

I don't like the popular pro-life-world practice of using she/her pronouns for unborn babies. I get why we do it (chiefly because we TALK OPENLY to each other about why we do it):

We think we'll set off a lightbulb in the brains of those who speak about women's rights to think ”oh wait—it's a *woman* with woman rights!”

Brilliant, except...

This book is full of such wonderful advice it’s sad to think we’ve stopped giving such clear and helpful guidance to young people.

Instead of sending them into the world anxious and confused, we once sent young people into it prepared and self-confident.

Why did we stop? Oh and for the revisionist historians who act like men were barring women from the workforce until 5 minutes ago, here is some very practical advice for teenaged girls in the late 1950s.

From Seventeen Magazine.