Mr. Paul Simonon, the sweetest cat in the world, passed yesterday. Thank you to everyone who kept him in your thoughts. So many folks loved him; how lucky we were to know him. I will miss him forever. Please kiss your pets’ foreheads for me, and give them treats today in a toast to Paul. 💜

i'd given up hope being able to talk to Kim Thayil for this when I got an email while sitting outside Nats Park waiting for Springsteen: "Can you talk to him on Friday?" drove home thursday, spent all day friday speed-reading so I could talk to Kim at 7pm: www.salon.com/2026/06/09/k...

If anyone out there has a moment to think good thoughts for this sweet boy, I’d appreciate it. 💜

Cats have no idea how wonderful they are. They just walk around making the world a better place.

The kindness of strangers; in tonight to a message from a French family in Arromanches - the L'guens - saying they will light a candle for my dad, and all the other lads, tonight The Vielle Alliance still holds.

#OTD in 1944, my late dad was embarking to cross the Channel, to wade ashore on Arromanches Plage on D-Day +1. A skinny, speccy, fluent French speaking architecture student, he and his pals fought all the way, through Belgium and Holland, to the heart of the beast. Slainte, dad!

#TCMParty lining up for a chance with Mitchum. #OutOfThePast

On our hike this morning, a shadow pattern fell over me. I shouted to Husband (≈100 m ahead), “LOOK UP!!”

The Swiss National Team released a map of their training grounds in San Diego. See if you can spot the interesting bit.

Washington State Ferries says it now has boat souvenir food trays on board its vessels for $15 as an add-on purchase, or $20 on their own.

A Pride reminder: If you are in the MKE area and you/your kid have court for a name change, I'm happy to come and sit at counsel's table with you/them if I am available. Parents/support people aren't allowed unless they're lawyers, and the process can be scary even in the best of circumstances.

My neighborhood’s getting a major upgrade tomorrow.

This is where I first remember Anthony:

Never Forgotten . . . Today should have been a celebration of Breonna Taylor's 33rd birthday . . . #sayhername #BreonnaTaylor

Nope, can’t do this particular news cycle. Heading offline.

“Human nature is made for freedom. With this youth, we might have better days.”  For @ebertvoices.bsky.social, I wrote about the late, great Marjane Satrapi

Marjane Satrapi

Two Deer Lying Down by Franz Marc, 1912 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137725

To my Pride folks. You are loved. There ain't no other you. You are so fierce you got these wockaflockas shook and whatnot. Go on with yo' bad selves.

🚨🚨 Huge breaking news from Brussels: Hungary has lifted its two-year-long veto on Ukraine's EU accession. Ukraine and Moldova will soon be able to open the first cluster of the accession process. The saga is over.

Good.

What?!?!

There’s about 7-10 grams of protein in a single cup of frozen custard.  My Gen Z staff tell me I’m “protein-maxxing"…? I just call it June Dairy Month. 🤷‍♂️

Part 2

We lend our voices to the 150 detainees, including hunger strikers at the Adelanto processing center and read their letter in the “Petition of Writ” that we received from @chu.house.gov. Here are their words. (2 parts) PART 1

It was great to see this on the big screen again tonight. I wonder what the glitter budget was?

i'm thinking, this is great politics, this looks good, excellent, great endearing little stunt- then i'm thinking- oh this is excellent, this is showing kids what it looks like when an elected official is working for them, is doing their job i think a lot of us have forgotten what that looks like

The mountain is out. #MountRainier #Seattle

A couple of cornflowers in a field near Wicken, Cambridgeshire-these are sold to London florists. As ever my photos & videos are designed to dial down stress & lift your mood-a break from angst while you scroll 🌿

They're saying press who want to leave the kettle have to go a distance away. This conveniently means no one will have close up footage of whatever they do to the protestors.

Can I interest you in a moist owlette as a timeline cleanse? This is Sassafras the Eastern Screech Owl from the Cincinnati Zoo (@cincinnatizoo.bsky.social, but via their FB) and I love him very much. Eastern Screech Owls (Megascops asio) are native to eastern North America.

Ossoff: He’s trying to put his face on the money. He's building a monument to himself . But see, Atlanta, he's doing these things now because no one will honor him when he’s gone… because he's a failed president and a national disgrace.

May is NYC Small Business Month, but supporting our neighborhood businesses is a year-round commitment.   Whether you're opening a barbershop, ice cream shop, bodega, or anything in between, NYC SBS is here to support you.   Call the SBS Hotline: 888-SBS-4NYC (888-727-4692)
Visit: nyc.gov/business

In the last 48 hours, The New School has fired almost two dozen colleagues in humanities and social sciences, many of them tenured faculty of color, and multiple staff members, including in social justice.

Guys? Anyone have links to funds in NJ we can boost? Y’all showed out for MN, now we’ve gotta open our wallets for NJ.

Second night of Jersey cops attacking protesters who are there supporting hunger strikers inside a sadistic immigrant jail

Do you want to spend your Saturday reading 3,700 words about my surprising personal journey to voting for Tom Steyer for governor? Well my friend today is your lucky day: www.findinggravity.net/tom-steyer-f...

If you lost your stuffed hedgehog at the Sunset Rest Area off of Route 26 between Cannon Beach and Portland... it awaits your return on the little bridge at the back.

Making zine/sticker bundles for @netrootsnation.bsky.social. Our workshop is Thursday (6/4) at 1pm. #nn26 Also an example of a practical tactic organizers can adapt from arts spaces: the freebie (like at a k-pop concert) as an engagement tool; it's hand-crafted + just more fun than a business card.

You know what we don't talk enough about? Queen & Annie Lennox/David Bowie rehearsing 'Under Pressure' in 1992. So much going on! Everyone's clothes, Bowie with a lit cig throughout, where Annie PROPER GOES FOR IT, George Michael singing along in the background. The amazing vocals. Yes, please!

Minnesota GOP convention just voted to stand for and hold a moment of silence for… killer cop Derek Chauvin. Can’t make this up.

Love this video from @powells.bsky.social featuring @nan69.bsky.social, who has hand-sold so many books over the years for so many authors.

Closely related to the issue of "tech literacy" being an unclear measure that typically prioritizes instrumental knowledge over contextual knowledge

One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?

South Minneapolis friends: ICE activity is high today. Please keep your eyes out.

This Friday and Saturday May 29th and 30th, catch WKCR's Sonny Rollins Memorial Broadcast, featuring 48 non-stop hours of the Saxophone Colossus. Listen anywhere at www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/s...

I would relish seeing this happen in the USA.