Jane B. Kulow
@cvlkulow.bsky.social
Reader. Advocate for books, libraries, democracy. Super-frequent visitor, @J_MRL. Knitter. She/her. Dual citizen 🇨🇦. And, oh yeah, Mookie Betts fan since 2014.
I suspect the real place for Democrats to solidify this win will be at the state and local level. That's where Ds have the chance of IMMEDIATELY making change and helping people in their everyday lives. Push your local pols to Mamdanify the shit out of the entire country, y'all. And BRAG about it.
The University of Virginia is planning to stop using coal as an occasional fuel source for the creation of steam and heat. To do so, they'll need to modify a permit that allows that use now. There's a public comment period underway. infocville.com/2026/11/05/u...
UVA’s replacement of coal at heat plan requires public notice for permit modification
A public hearing and informational will be held on December 1, 2026
infocville.com
When MN Demss gained a 1 seat majority in the state senate this is what they did. YOU. ACQUIRE. POWER. TO. USE. IT.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d ago"Now is not the time for-" i'm gonna stop you right there, it's the time for EVERYTHING
Black people in America have played the longest of “long games.” The resilience and persistence it takes to believe and to keep fighting no matter the obstacles.
yeah it turns out if you keep shooting people in the street and kidnapping children and making it impossible to get food or healthcare or education and then gloat about it, everybody hates you
Historic result in Virginia: AP has called victory for Amendment 3. This eliminates the state constitution’s exceptionally harsh policy of lifetime felony disenfranchisement, a Jim Crow relic that since 1902 has blocked millions from voting.
thinking about Patrick Stewart and Tim Curry and Dolly Parton and Catherine O’Hara and how many of the tributes shared after they died translate to something like “their art made me feel like I wasn’t alone in the world” it is hard to think of a better way to spend a life than that
If you want more Patrick Stewarts, then you publicly fund the arts and learning programs, so that working class kids can find their way into making a career in them.
He may be the leader of the Catholic church, but Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV is still a registered voter in Illinois and requested a mail ballot for the midterm elections. chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo will vote from the Vatican, by mail, in Illinois' midterm election
That mail ballot had to travel a long way — from Joliet to the Vatican City, where Pope Leo XIV has led the Catholic church since white smoke appeared from the Sistine Chapel in May 2025.
chicago.suntimes.com
“This is the way you beat fascism. It’s one plus one plus one. Together we will prevail and save our democracies.”
Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2w agoMy video on lessons to take from Lula’s victory in Brazil has blown up on YouTube, and the comments are full of fantastic advice from Brazilians, like this. Take note.
“In Trump’s case, the court’s commitment to unrestrained executive power amounts to giving a box of matches to a known arsonist.”
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w agoIn @nytopinion.nytimes.com President Trump “has initiated extensive maneuvers to personally profit as a private citizen while wielding the threat of his public power,” Thomas Edsall writes.
When they tell us "there is no alternative," what they mean is "stop trying to think of alternatives." To imagine radically is to move beyond the helplessness of prediction: a radical imagination dares to insist that history is what we make, not what happens to us.
There is genuine public rage about Musk, which is what Congress is responding to, so when he says he will come for the people pulling the strings, he means the voters.
Walker Bragman@walkerbragman.bsky.social · 3w agoElon Musk threatens Congress.
This is nothing less than a battlefield intervention by the US in favour of Russia.
The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com · 3w ago⚡️ 'Planned operation' — Zelensky confirms Ukraine's Starlink access not fully restored. Zelensky called the restrictions a "planned operation" targeting Ukraine, noting that Starlink speed limits remain in effect in Ukraine but not in EU countries.
Democrats need to run hard against Elon Musk. They need to warn the public that the world's richest man is spending $276 million to attempt a hostile takeover of our government.
Everything about the raid on Rep. Omar’s residence is shameful. Everyone involved should lose their jobs. For a start.
What an amazing essay. “Of course everyone is striving all their life. And no one wins against mortality.”
Annette Yoshiko Reed@annetteyreed.bsky.social · last mo.On the occasion of the news about Anne Carson 🏆 resharing her lovely little essay “Gloves On!” 🥊 www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amen! "I wonder why he thinks so little of readers’ ability to engage beyond their own experiences. Books don’t discriminate. You don’t have to be Black, Palestinian, or queer to enjoy literature created by writers who are, any more than you need to be a dragon rider to binge a romantasy series."
Kate Tuttle@katekilla.bsky.social · last mo.Bret Stephens is wrong about books. Here’s why. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/07/o...
Petition for Jamelle Bouie to replace all headline writers in the US.
“Collectively, these cases show that as the administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, federal agents have run roughshod over the constitutional rights of citizens too.” ProPublica with the receipts.
Philip Bump@pbump.com · last mo.ICE has detained more than 500 U.S. citizens.
Hey Cville folks! You, too, can get CDs at 50c, DVDs for a buck, loads of books at 1$ or 2$, at the JMRL Friends used book sale, 10am-7pm til Oct 11. Albemarle Sq, in the old Northside Library space. (Twice a year, Oct & April; proceeds support JMRL public programming)
Waldo Jaquith@waldo.net · last mo.Today’s CD haul, from the library’s annual fundraising sale of donated media. 50¢ each! I can’t even remember if “Supernatural” and “Tigerlily” are any good. But they sure were omnipresent.
“It wasn’t until April 1975 that women had a word for talking about what their male bosses were doing to them.”
Jacqueline Antonovich@jackiantonovich.bsky.social · last mo.In 1974, Cornell lecturer Lin Farley began recognizing a pattern in the experiences women shared in her Women and Work course: women were being pushed out of jobs by men’s sexual behavior. Farley coined the term, “sexual harassment.”
Future presidential debates should probably feature questions like "are you stupid enough to start a cold war with Canada" or "who pays a tariff"
Donate a book to Imagination Library: For those chained to their actual 9 to 5 job on Friday, sneaking away for an event may be challenging. Instead, you can channel Parton’s giving spirit.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2mo agoPour yourself a cup of ambition. It’s Dolly Parton Day.
I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
