Kiki The Hamster

Now for some good news ... "Breakthrough vaccine for the deadliest skin cancer cut risk by almost half. The vaccine used against melanoma is based on mRNA technology that helped end the coronavirus pandemic." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Boosting for my homegirl

Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.

To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states

Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.

To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.

Yuck

As we suspected:

NEW: The Trump administration will start using passport records, which include the private data of everyone who has ever applied for a U.S. passport, as it hunts for noncitizens on voter rolls. The report comes amid pro-voting challenges seeking to block the creation of state citizenship lists.

Look Who Just Showed Up! 👀🦝 #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon

If you love Widow's Bay - here's your next read!

Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️

Guess we’ll have to remember the great lakes by the acronym SHAME instead of HOMES now 🙄🙄

gulf of mexico lake ontario national airport ha ha fuck you make me

Y'all come join us for the 11th annual @broadleafwriters.bsky.social writers conference! 😁 You're invited to join Van Jensen, C.O. Davidson, Piper Huguley, Kristine Rudolph, and all the other phenomenal guests coming! More info at BroadleafWriters.com #writersky

May ICE forget their shock gloves are on as they go piss.

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There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.

Good morning-I’m here until 4pm! Sally

Data shows that the mothers of Black newborns are more likely than those of White newborns to be referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy.

*taps sign*

Happy Independence Day, from the god Jack Handey.

Damn. I’m a Spurs fan and this made me tear up. 🥹

Bra strap is showing

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No idea

Summer is here, you know what that means! *turns the bidet temp down to cool*

"We're not forcing you to learn specific songs. We're forcing you to learn the techniques, but in songs you actually like, which makes it a lot more enjoyable, says Payam Khastkhodaei, creator of the “Payam Method.” Bill Whitaker says it’s a far cry from the rigid way he learned piano.

Is that butter? No it's ghee. Oh thanks for clarifying

I wrote this is 2019. When white people [men] are the law, they protect white rapists. www.patreon.com/posts/26650440

If you claim to be a “people-first” organization, but can’t listen to the locals you say you want to recruit, then you’re anything but.

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

I grew up with 'Roots' as a point of pride for Tennesseans because author Alex Haley was Tennessean. They're now banning it in Tennessee libraries thanks to a law passed by Republicans in the legislature in 2022. www.wate.com/news/educati...

My colleague Aaron Parsley just won a Pulitzer for this story, written days after he survived the July 4 floods that killed his nephew. It's one of the most gutwrenching and memorable things you'll ever read. Please do.

All we have to do is throw one billionaire into a volcano & the rest will fall in line. 😂

So many people urge us to vote if we are dissatisfied with our democracy. And yes voting matters. But as today’s Supreme Court ruling tells us, it’s not that simple. Not everyone who should have the right to vote can exercise that right.

BREAKING: Reporters Without Borders released its 2026 World Press Freedom Index. The United States fell seven spots to 64th out of 180 countries and regions surveyed, a historical low for the second straight year; its political indicator tumbled 21 spots from 41st to 62nd worldwide.

We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.

Guys... please, stay alive for the books you haven't read, the anime you haven't finished, and the stray cats you haven't petted yet. Stay alive for the smell of rain, your morning coffee, the songs that will become your new favorites, and the versions of yourself you haven't met yet

From a fellow librarian, trustee, and patron, sending solidarity to library workers across the world on National Library Workers Day Libraries work because we do ✊️

Inspired by the way so many classic songs fade out at the end rather than having an actual ending, in my next book, the text will just get fainter and fainter until you can't see it anymore.

I understand the myriad reasons why a lot of outlets chose not to make hay out of Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd's relationship. I, however, love gay women so I blogged about how happy it made me here: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

The eyewatering hypocrisy writes itself.

This is Chewy. He loves to help his grandma garden. She can’t kneel down to dig holes anymore, but that’s his favorite part, so they're a perfect team. 14/10 (TT: chewythenewfie)

Watching the trump disaster... It's like seeing someone you absolutely hate drunkenly driving away in their car and you hope they hit that near light pole to teach them a lesson before they kill someone... only to realize you are trapped in the back seat as well.