I haven't seen Nolan's Odyssey. I'm just appreciating anew that New Line Cinema had Peter Jackson (who most people had never heard of at the time) do the Lord of the Rings. Grateful for that.
Andy Kostrub
@andrewkostrub.bsky.social
work on U.S. military training policy
Post a perfect album from the 90s.
Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · last wk.Post a perfect album from the 90s.
Beard's essay opens, "I want to start very near the beginning of the tradition of Western literature, and its first recorded example of a man telling a woman to ‘shut up’; telling her that her voice was not to be heard in public." My essay on the Odyssey, Andrew & Tristan Tate, misogyny then & now:
Listening to Cassandra: Misogyny, Classical and Modern
Last weekend, the film The Odyssey was released and the Tate brothers were arrested in Florida at the behest of the British government, which seeks to extradite them to face a long list of charges. An...
meditationsinanemergency.com
Oh word? And where do free markets and individual liberty come from? Does god run that personally, no paperwork involved?
Cato Institute@cato.org · 3w ago"The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus." — Milton Friedman. They were driven by individual liberty and free markets. And they always will be.
What I’m eating right now — a burrito stuffed with refried beans and covered in queso, guac, pico, and sour cream.
Sophia_Nyx 🏳️⚧️@sophianyx.bsky.social · 4w agoName your comfort food.
This is my lane. I went through the 194 Trump v Barbara opinion from yesterday section by section, noting what they got right about US migration and citizenship history, and what the dissents get wrong. Please share if you think it is helpful to others.
I Read Trump v Barbara So You Don’t Have To — Anna O. Law
As someone who took 16 years to research and write a new book, Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship , a policy and legal history, I paid keen attention to the oral arguments (April 1) ...
annaolaw.com
This has long been my view as well. Nerf the ambassadors. And be ready to fire the coordinators if they fail to deliver. Foreign aid and investment agencies also fall under the team.
Dark Laughter@darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 2mo agoReupping my pitch to create political appointee regional foreign policy executives and put each one of them over a geographic combatant commander, an assistant secretary of state with a regional bureau, and the head of a CIA mission center for the same region.
It's my 29th wedding anniversary, so let's learn about the bird most associated with loving monogamy, the Sarus Crane (Antigone antigone). They are also the tallest of the flying birds, with some individuals 6' (1.8 m) high. (📷: Renuka Vijay, @renukavijay4577 on YT)
Not sure who needs to hear this but admitting you're wrong doesn't kill you instantly
RIP to one of great voices of my youth. I was playing Peabo in the office earlier today to educate my younger colleagues.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2mo agoPeabo Bryson, the iconic singer-songwriter behind the Oscar-winning Disney songs "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World," has died at 75 www.tmz.com/2026/06/02/p...
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
Quote with a fictional band that is not Spinal Tap
Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️@napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 3mo agoQuote with a fictional band that is not Spinal Tap
Concerned that today's boys lack the masculine role models I had when I was their age
DC's only govt-funded wildlife rescue is under threat. It's a bad budget year with all the fuckery, but this is a relatively small line item that means a lot to people. www.popville.com/2026/04/city...
City Wildlife in Danger of Losing ALL DC Funding – Make Your Voice Heard! - PoPville
photo by Diane Krauthamer Thanks to all who tagged and forwarded to us from DC City Wildlife: "The mayor’s budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 will cut 100% of City Wildlife’s $200,000 funding, greatly i...
popville.com
“Training was key. The civil rights movement was often creative, but it was rarely spontaneous. Its members did not just take to the streets to roll the dice and see what would happen.” www.liberalcurrents.com/lessons-in-t...
Lessons in Training, Strategy, and Discipline From the Civil Rights Movement
Tactical excellence without a strategic understanding is a recipe for failure.
liberalcurrents.com
Wrote a piece about Martha and the Vandellas, civil rights, and their place in the history of Black women R&B groups. I also created a YouTube playlist (in the comments) with some of their hits
Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas not only recorded an anthem for the civil rights era – they fought for fair pay and proudly called themselves divas
Classic songs ‘Nowhere to Run’ and ‘Dancing in the Street’ captured the revolutionary spirit of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
theconversation.com
David Duchovny played a transgender woman, Denise, on Twin Peaks in 1990 and when greeting Cooper, the show's protagonist, she says, "I prefer Denise, if you don't mind" and Cooper responds with "OK" and her identity is settled within a couple seconds and was a non-issue, 36 years ago.
Call out to loving hearts and souls: come alive, rise & shine, help to bless this world free. Raise hope, serve liberation. Abide in peace. Bear fruit with care. Be filled with Spirit. Share mercy.
⚡NASA has shown the reverse side of the Moon — for the first time in more than 50 years The last time it was shown was in 1972 — during the Apollo 17 mission.
Time sensitive: this is the last day to submit comments opposing the Bureau of Land Management's clearcutting of Oregon's ancient forests. This is a tool that educates you on just how diabolical it is, and it helps you submit your comment. morethanjustparks.com/oregon-old-g...
BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests
There's a kind of forest in western Oregon that you feel before you understand. The BLM just gave the timber industry permission to tear it all down.
morethanjustparks.com
If you're ever feeling down you can always do an image search of Thompson Twins and remember what a real band looks like.
Burrowing Owl on the ground making sure visitors read the sign!!! #birdoftheday birds on the ground photo by David Chernoff
The world needs men to get out of the man box. The problem is that they have been conditioned to exist in a tiny, confined definition of masculinity that brings suffering upon themselves, their families, and their communities. There is a way out of the man box. It's grounded in healthy psychology.
Who COULDN’T use some good news? ‘ Scientists with the Yurok Tribe say that two of dozens of condors released to the wild in Humboldt County since 2022, to reestablish the endangered birds, have paired up, built a nest in a redwood tree and appear to be tending to an egg.” #californiacondor
