A weekend full of Get Out The Vote efforts, from postcard-writing parties to a courthouse rally. (Of course, this being SE PA, cries of 'Go vote' were interspersed wit 'Go Birds!' )

A very clear explanation - and infuriating.

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 3w ago

"If economists wished to study the horse, they wouldn’t go and look at horses. They'd sit in their studies and say to themselves, 'What would I do if I were a horse?'" -Ely Devons

I don't even know which specific new horror inspired today's quotation. There's just such a never-ending supply.

William Shakespeare@shakespeare.lol · 2mo ago

Then you perceive the body of our kingdom How foul it is, what rank diseases grow, And with what danger, near the heart of it.

A fabulous rewrite - what a shame we're still dealing with this nonsense so many years later.

Joe Keenan@joekeenan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🎶 "Sit Down, You're Blocking The Vote!"🎵 Six years ago the great Brad Oscar and I borrowed a song from Guys & Dolls to mock Trump's refusal to concede the 2020 election. Satirical ditties tend to date fast, but 6 years later Trump's more set on denying his loss than ever. To which we still reply:

Crack the lawyer’s voice, That he may never more false title plead

Say, Voltemand, what from our brother Norway?

I'm beyond enraged. And exhausted.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

May 19, 2026

Sigh. Another day when I so wish this account was not always so spot on.

William Shakespeare@shakespeare.lol · 4mo ago

Hark how I’ll bribe you.

Such stuff as dreams are made on...

Andy Marshall@fotofacade.bsky.social · 5mo ago

One of the best bookshops I've ever visited at the gradel I listed former Wool Exchange, Bradford - Built in the spirit of the great Flemish cloth halls — architecture not merely as utility, but as something capable of raising the human spirit.

This should be deeply concerning for all Americans, but absolutely frightening for those of us who work internationally. There is no good rationale for this.

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Absolutely shameful. 😡

I just can't wrap my head around this. So our MLLs are just supposed to acquire a new language by osmosis? What is the thinking here? #EduSky #EAL #ELLchat #MLLs

Larry Ferlazzo@larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Trump steps up a campaign against teaching English to immigrant kids www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Some days I wish this account were not so accurate.

William Shakespeare@shakespeare.lol · 6mo ago

Yet be well assur’d You put sharp weapons in a madman’s hands.

Finally back in #Chennai , with my favorite person, in our favorite cafe, playing our favorite game. #vinylandbrewindia

But kings and mightiest potentates must die, For that’s the end of human misery.

As we head out to the streets:

William Shakespeare@shakespeare.lol · 6mo ago

there is no king

Bleed, bleed, poor country!

2 headlines from this week

Some days my brain feels like it ricochets from one terrible news story to another. It is indeed 'woe’s scene, world’s shame...Brief abstract and record of tedious days.'

William Shakespeare@shakespeare.lol · 7mo ago

So many miseries have craz’d my voice That my woe-wearied tongue is still and mute.

Always on the nose.

William Shakespeare@shakespeare.lol · 7mo ago

Since thou wert king—as who is king but thou?⁠— The commonwealth hath daily run to wrack

What's the collective noun for knitters? A skein (?) of #melttheice hat makers came out on a rainy morning to protest an ICE lease in Chester County.

Confusion now hath made his masterpiece!

Even by cult standards, this is just bonkers.

A small postcard party today, trying to prevent ICE/DHS renting space in a local office park.

I wonder that you will still be talking, Signior Benedick, nobody marks you.

3rd #melttheice hat completed. This time I folloewd the pattern more closely, and lo and behold! It fits! Ready for the next round of protests.

My Lord Chief Justice, speak to that vain man.

Or perhaps they were just stage managers in a former life? I certainly don't have 'exceptional impulse control', 'consistent self discipline' or 'mastered anxiety management', but I'm a no doubt annoying 30 minutes early to everything. If I'm not half an hour early, I feel like I'm an hour late.

Joyce@joyces1.bsky.social · 7mo ago

siliconcanals.com/s-t-psycholo...

My 2nd #melttheicehat was also too big, but felted/shrunk nicely. I ran into at least 10 other hat makers! (And yes, citing sources on your poster seems to be a 'tell me you're a teacher without telling me' move - lots of other teachers commented 😄)

Whenever I'm home in Pennsylvania, I like to go to visit the Downiningtown Friends (Quaker) Meeting House.The 1806 building looks especially pretty in the snow.