I'm proud of the President when he remembers to turn off CAPS LOCK. #itsthelittlethings
There has never been enough of Tim Curry onscreen...When he's around, you can see why the choirgirls practically cross themselves at the sight of him. (1988)
Today in Chicago, Barack and Michelle Obama reminded Americans how we can be our best as a country, just as they did during their eight years in the White House.
The world's first trillionaire received 38 Billion Dollars from the US government. But, no, we won't have enough money to pay for school lunches for your kids. Or give you healthcare. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"list of the longest English words with one syllable"
To be racist is to see peoples of color as eternal immigrants . . . To be racist is to see White people as eternal natives. –Ibram X. Kendi (Chain of Ideas, 2026)
Pride Month starts today, and I’m thinking about the generations of LGBTQ+ leaders, activists, and everyday Americans who sacrificed to push our country forward. This month, we celebrate their courage and make clear we’re not going to let anyone turn the clock back.
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And as C.S. Lewis's charming devil Screwtape said: To get the man's soul and give him *nothing* in return-that is what really gladdens our Father's heart.
Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3mo agoTerrific polemic by one Texan, Michael Wood, about another, John Cornyn: "The difference is courage and patriotism. These men without chests, as C.S. Lewis would call them, are not nimble or smart. They are cowards, and I for one will not let them forget it." open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...
🗃️ In an interview in 1996, former President Jimmy Carter said that he would like the United States to be looked upon as the “foremost proponent of peace” in the world, in addition to the “foremost proponent and protector of liberty, freedom, and democracy.”
When the diminished head of the Executive branch sues an arm of the Executive branch and is then awarded a slush fund by another arm of the Executive branch, our civilization is crumbling. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/a...
The I.R.S. Thought It Could Fight Trump’s Lawsuit, but It Struck a Deal Anyway
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Gerrymandering can be difficult to understand, but this graphic helps illustrate how it can be used to pervert the intentions of voters. Say Team Blue wins 60%. Depending on who’s drawing the map, that could mean winning all 5 seats or winning only 2 of 5.
Tell the kids we use to go days, weeks even, without thinking about the president.
This is what tariffs were always all about for Trump. Not about revenue, trade, domestic manufacturing, GDP - it’s about giving himself the unilateral power to decide economic winners and losers on a case by case basis, with kings and CEOs coming to him asking forbearance..
Virginia just became the first state in the South to guarantee up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave. Elections have consequences—and some of them can be pretty great! www.12onyourside.com/2026/04/24/p...
Paid Family Medical Leave bill signed into law; what’s changing for Virginia families?
Virginia workers could soon have a new safety net for major life events after Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed legislation creating a statewide paid family and medical leave program that will provide up...
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i have never clicked "interested" on a Google News push notification except for on this and one other hummingbird migration–related article, and i'm hoping to train the algorithm to only push notify me with hummingbird content
Good riddance to Pam Bondi, who weaponized the DOJ against Trump’s political enemies and continuously ignored the law to protect the Epstein class from accountability with her botched release of the files. You won’t be missed! Of course, the real problem is not Pam but Donald.
BLADE RUNNER doesn't engage you directly; it forces passivity on you. It sets you down in this lopsided maze of a city, with it's post-human feeling, and keeps you persuaded that something bad is about to happen. (1982)
Is it too late for a career change? I want to be a librarian at the dog stick library... 🐶📖
AllMusic Staff Pick Daft Punk Discovery Four long years after their debut, Homework, Daft Punk returned with a second full-length (released 25 years ago today), also packed with excellent productions and many of the obligatory nods to the duo's favorite stylistic speed bumps of the 1970s and '80s.
Discovery - Daft Punk | Album | AllMusic
Discovery by Daft Punk released in 2001. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.” — Dwight Eisenhower, 1946
This is a time for coalition. We may not agree on everything, but surely the defense of liberty in the face of this administration's abuses can bring together progressives, libertarians, and quite a few conservatives in common cause.
Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.
In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
I have a white guy buddy who - in the space of ten years - went from conservative practicing Mormon to sharing Ibram X Kendi posts on Facebook, and that gives me a slice of hope.
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
