Indeed.

Zelenskyy's character can be judge more directly by how he treats others and whether you think he's protected his country. From what I've seen, he has treated Americans with respect. His attire is to remind people he's at war, not unlike Churchill wearing a siren suit to the White House in 1942.

Trump and Vance have repeatedly claimed that Zelensky has not been sufficiently grateful for U.S. support throughout the war. We compiled instances where Zelensky has publicly expressed gratitude to the U.S., its people, and its leadership for being Ukraine’s largest supporter.

Thinking today of Benjamin Franklin, who wore an old suit (and no wig) before the king and court of France, to represent his nation—while it was fighting for its existence

What’s the opposite of a Nobel Peace Prize? I think we have a winner.

Anna Duch @annamduch.bsky.social reviews 'Staging the Ruler’s Body in Medieval Cultures: A Comparative Perspective', ed. Michele Bacci, Gohar Grigoryan and Manuela Studer-Karlen @brepols.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

If you feel unsafe doing this, fly a Star Wars Rebellion Alliance flag instead—just tell people you’re a fan of Star Wars. ;)

Five things I achieved last week: - Naps - Snoozes - Resting my eyes - Dozing - Writing this list

Musk is pouring $1.5 million into Wisconsin’s upcoming Supreme Court race.

I have a victory in the field: my review of Staging the Ruler's Body, eds M. Bacci, G. Grigoryan, and M. Studer-Karlen has been published in The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social #medievalsky #history #medieval

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The resistance will bring down Musk and Trump. Congress, wake up before your power is gone. The GOP begging Trump to release money to their states is pathetic—stand up to this tyranny. Congress controls the purse strings.

The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky

State AGs are looking for federal workers who have just been illegally fired to stand as litigants in a new lawsuit trying to freeze further action by DOGE. DM me if that’s you and you’re interested and you’re live in one of the following states: NM, AZ, CA, CT, MD, MI, MN, NV, OR, WA, RI, or VT.

Trump's attacks on federal workers have led to a surge in union signups, according to AFGE. The union's goal was to hit 325K members by end of 2025 but they might hit it by end of this week. “I really want to send him an organizing award,” union prez says of Trump. www.huffpost.com/entry/afge-g...

Govt webpages about #LongCOVID are disappearing - but deleting webpages does NOT mean our ADA rights & protections are deleted! We'll be fighting harder than ever for Long COVID justice. Grateful to comrades @levin.bsky.social for the shoutout & @thesicktimes.bsky.social for everything, always!

get 'em Frank

Obligatory Superb Owl post. From the 1598 edition of Kreuterbuch, or herb book, at Chicago’s Newberry Library. 🪶

Trump has dismissed the director of the Office of Government Ethics. David Huitema, the former director, played a key role in vetting Trump administration appointees for conflicts of interest.

Even though my reps are Republicans, I am still sending something to them about Musk every day. I may be just a mosquito in their ear but if there's a hoard of mosquitos, maybe they'll start listening.

Two thoughts: 1) all these people are spineless jellyfish enablers, and 2) this is the kind of crack in the dam you see as pressure starts to build Let's keep it up

AND:

A 19-year-old member of Elon Musk’s DOGE was fired from an internship after he was accused of sharing information with a competitor

It's shocking how much information is disappearing from the web right now. If like me, you have found yourself relying on the Wayback Machine, please send them some $ to help sustain their work. web.archive.org

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Weekend! #medievalsky @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS Bodl. 264, f. 63r

GovWayback: access historical versions of U.S. government pages by replacing ".gov" in the URL with ".govwayback.com" https://govwayback.com/

This is not a U.S. Marshal, Federal Protective Service, or any other federal law enforcement officer. This is a private security guard from Triple Canopy. He has no authority to block members of Congress who have oversight of the EPA from entering the building.

Before folks start comparing this to European autocracies, pause and ask why so many folks - Black and white - didn’t know about the Tulsa Race Massacre. Or the Wilmington Coup. Or the Colfax Massacre. Or the Elaine, Arkansas massacre. Erasure has been a key tactic of white supremacy. Right here.

We join @historians.org & @oah.org in repudiating the recent Executive Order that grossly mischaracterizes US K-12 history education as “radical indoctrination.” The freedom to think, research, publish, read & teach as pillars of an open and just society. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Cshbqt

Seems that the Russian army has reached a new, qualitatively different stage of development, one that Putin had been promising. Due to a shortage of military equipment, the use of animal-drawn transport has increased, particularly DONKEYS, for transporting ammunition and performing other tasks.

"Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) on Wednesday rolled out the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy (ELON MUSK) Act, which would ban 'special' government employees like Musk from having federal contracts."

If you work for the federal government and are tempted to take Musk’s “buyout” offer please know that you’re never going to see that money.

Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care. Big counter salvo!

they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government

As a Star Trek fan and a scientist, I love this image, because Dr. Jemison is both a hero *AND* one of the few people for whom we can say "here she is doing her space job" in two totally different contexts. 🧪

Saddened to hear about the death of R. I. Moore. His "The Formation of a Persecuting Society" is an absolute classic. He was a great historian of ideas, of society, of religion & heresy, & was an advocate of comparative & global history.

Elon Musk’s staffers have gained unauthorized access to sensitive government employee data by installing a server at the OPM. They now have access to USAJOBS, the federal hiring portal where applicants submit personal details such as Social Security numbers, home addresses, and employment histories.

what Trump and Musk are doing is a constitutional crisis but it's worth noting a big reason they are doing it is that they're tremendously weak if they can't Republicans have a tiny majority and can't figure out a budget - minus illegal executive action, they can't accomplish any of this

JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington says she's concerned that the White House is still implementing the spending freeze that she and a Rhode Island judge have ordered temporarily halted. Judge AliKhan is inclined to issue a restraining order.