Absolutely gutted. Hard to wake up to the this news.

Irish singer-songwriter and ‘Once’ star Glen Hansard dies in motorcycle crash

Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard passed away early this morning after a motorcycle crash in Dublin. He was 56.

rollingstone.co.uk

@morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social this morning is a lot of scarecrows building straw men arguments.

Saw this Nolan movie. Wondered why the title wasn't "One Trick Pony."

Notice how they never want the Beatitudes posted in the schools.

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2w ago

KEN PAXTON: "Schools, follow the Ten Commandments!" SCHOOLS: "You first, you adulterous bearer of false witness."

This is one ugly game.

I thought the ref in USA/BOS was bad, but this ref in FRA/PAR is just the absolute worst.

I was willing to roll with Disclosure Day for a long time, but then they put bath robes in that fleabag hotel and I was like, "That's a plot hole I cannot accept."

So, essentially, the Supreme Court gave the bank robber keys to the safe yesterday in Slaughter decision. They have thrown USA under the bus.

I did Nazi that coming.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · last mo.

Um.

This is a long read, but, boy, is it worth it. We are drowning in knowledge and ignorant of wisdom. Of Stoicism and Stupor open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Of Stoicism and Stupor

The Wars of Marcus Aurelius and Donald Trump

open.substack.com

Wonder how long it's going to be before this replicates in Russia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4kQ...

Doctor Zhivago (3/10) Movie CLIP - Stick Together (1965) HD

YouTube video by Movieclips

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World Cup only confirms my belief that the people of the world have more in common with one another than they do with their own leaders.

Just have to say, in the last 18 months I've had to reconsider my position on demon possession.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last mo.

Stephen Miller was reportedly the driving force behind the DOJ's recent memo authorizing states to institutionalize people with disabilities rather than fund community-based care

Don't think these folks can be accused of anti-Semitism. Maybe calling government to be accountable transcends bad faith attacks on those who want better for Israel. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Israeli former leaders and security chiefs threaten legal action over ‘Jewish terrorism’

Leaked letter to PM and military demands action to stop violence against Palestinians in occupied West Bank

theguardian.com

Democrats are going to need at least 51, probably 52 in Senate come November. Fetterman is not a reliable vote.

Hoping Trump works over Republican senators so much today they go to open revolt.

OMG, an emotional support prop? How long, O Lord, how long?

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · last mo.

They fenced in the Reflecting Pool and now put a tarp on it. 🥴

So glad they got a sketch of the guy. Shouldn't be too long now.

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝@sundaedivine.lol · last mo.

Police have released a sketch of the main suspect accused of defacing the reflecting pool.

Re-reading Reinhold Niebuhr's "The Children of Light and The Children of Darkness" for first time in 50 years and it's surprising how much of that I've internalized over the years. Speaks to the moment we're in.

The next time Republicans use "He's for they/them, not you" as a political slur, just counter with "I'm for us, all of us."

When do we get to the backing up trucks to Fort Knox and loading them up corruption stage? Feels like we're pretty close.

Someone tell JD we found the fraud.

Paul@boipaul.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This was more important than the American people.

Dunno, seems like work camps to me. Arbeit macht frei? Build the camps, find bodies to put in them, start slave labor. It's go time America. Contracts Show ICE Planned Detainee Labor at Warehouse Sites Slated as Short-Term Facilities open.substack.com/pub/projects...

Contracts Show ICE Planned Detainee Labor at Warehouse Sites Slated as Short-Term Facilities

Contracts signed before the government owned either warehouse described years of detention operations, and a program to put detainees to work

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So, Athens warns Sparta not to attack out of fear of Athens rising? That about it? Trump is out of his league here.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Xi told Trump that a major question for the two countries was whether they could avoid the “Thucydides Trap,” according to an official English translation of his remarks broadcast by CCTV. @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/05/14/t...

Three words I hope one day to never hear again regarding government: hottest, cards, deal.

I'm not sure there's a way out of this political struggle that allows USA to survive intact. It might be best to think about what a future of different nation-states looks like within boundaries of continental USA.

Could've been worse. At least it wasn't "(Don't Fear) The Reaper."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Trump is blasting "Live and Let Die" before he takes the stage to deliver a speech to seniors

I guess that whole "shining city on a hill" thing was not manly enough for this testosterone-poisoned doofus.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

Rep. Andy Ogles: "We're the dominant predator across all landscapes"

When he says "we," he means "I."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

BARTIROMO: Did you see Europe is drafting a plan to open up the Hormuz Strait without the United States? TRUMP: It's so sad. Look at Greenland. We should have Greenland.

Whew, talk about being weak on crime.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

BARTIROMO: We just heard from the FBI there was a major cyber attack from China. What response is under consideration? TRUMP: We do it to them. They do it to us, we do it to them BARTIROMO: So it's not gonna be addressed? TRUMP: Maria, I'll address things, but it is what it is. China is China.