Six for V-Day open.spotify.com/playlist/7EZ...

Mt. Mansfield. On the way to Smugs.

Today in Essex #Vermont in my brave little state. Freedom and Unity.

Aren't we tired of these temper tantrums yet? Trump tries and fails to extort Canada open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

We no longer watch our local news (WCAX) because a lot of it is canned advertorials) or the network news. We do watch CBS Sunday Morning. www.mediamatters.org/cbs-evening-...

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

New music from The New Pornographers 🎵The heart is always here You forget it's beating The heart is always here You forget it's beating Like a gift that you didn't remember giving The gift you never remember giving🎵 open.spotify.com/track/6eTRME...

Virtual interviews are used more and more these days. Don't let 'em shake you. www.linkedin.com/posts/stevea...

Trump to #Vermont - 'Drop Dead.' FEMA denies disaster aid for 2025 flooding, leaving NEK towns scrambling vtdigger.org/2026/02/09/f...

All Creatures Great and Small, a/k/a All the Great Long-Leggedy Beasties...this should be the last series. If I want soap opera, I'll watch Coronation Street.

What's happening isn't new. It's American. thevpo.org/2026/02/08/w...

Every American needs to watch this:

Without naming your (day) job, tell me something you say over and over again at work: "I closed those tickets."

Didn't get the MMR vaccination as it is a live vaccine, and could cause problems for someone in the household.

A typical road in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. 📸Madeline Oulette

Forget the mission, just get out alive... youtube.com/watch?v=WkkG...

What ICE Should Have Learned from the Fugitive Slave Act www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Yeah, ICE should be abolished. But there is no chance of that, given the current congressional makeup. But here are the steps to reform. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-ways-t...

Translating Mark Alford: "We need to keep ICE safe and protected while they separate families, kill protesters, leave pets in locked cars, and compenate for small penises."

This *may* pass, but Governor Scott will veto, and there won't be enough votes to override. Fast food wage bill would raise minimum pay to $20 an hour in 2027 vtdigger.org/2026/02/04/f...

new nightmare to prep for

You can think it’s gross how Bezos is gutting WaPo without being gooey eyed about the harm the paper has done for decades in its political and world coverage.

One of the nicest things from the late 1960s. gizmodo.com/ancient-dial...

My brave little state. Fears of ICE Surge Galvanize Vermonters to Respond www.sevendaysvt.com/news/immigra...

Give me an iconic #StarTrek image.

“To me it seems H!tler has won. He’s changed us J€ws from being compassionate and caring…into this vicious, Genocidal, nationalist nation,” —Miriam Margolyes, an 84-year-old Jewish Australian-British actor publicly condemns Israelis

So, if this doesn't show you what the Republican party is, if this doesn't make you angry, you are lost.

Feds Identify “Leader of Antifa” SMH open.substack.com/pub/kenklipp...

So.... Michael Rapaport and Debra Messing are mad at Zohran Mamdani because the snow isn't completely cleared. They've hated and attacked him the minute he ran for Mayor. I wonder why these "celebs" hate him. Oh yeah -- Muslim. www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...

They want us working earlier and til we die to pay for their tax cuts for the rich. Supervillains.

Mercy. www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...

The 2026 Full Snow Moon is Sunday, Feb 2, 2026 appearing full in the sky from the nights of February 1-2. Named for the heavy snowfalls of February in the Northern Hemisphere, this winter moon—also known as the Storm, Hunger, or Bear Moon—symbolizes a time of quiet, introspection, and endurance.

So now Glen's flight AA5274 doesn't have a crew, doesn't have a jet. But it does have a gate. @americanair.bsky.social get your shit together!

this is f'n brilliant. it takes a page from the style of the other side and frames it all nicely...

Now, Glen's flight, AA5274, is at 8:05 this morning. But the passengers have been told there is STILL no crew! @americanair.bsky.social what is your problem??

Rabbit! Rabbit! White rabbit! It's February.

Glen was supposed to leave PHL at 9:27PM. Some crew didn't show up. They've been sitting in the aircraft all this time. @americanair.bsky.social The gate crew isn't offering accommodations, meals, etc.

Gay asylum-seekers set for deportation to Iran fear execution in their home country www.newsfromthestates.com/article/gay-...

Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.