"Interdiction doesn't work," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last month. "What will stop them is when you blow them up, when you get rid of them." abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-...

"His use of PCR, as the test is commonly known, sparked a movement that has freed thousands of wrongfully convicted people. Dr. Blake’s testing alone helped to exonerate more than 50, including several sentenced to death."

Seven years ago today, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was tortured, murdered and then dismembered. And any so-called comedian who can't stand up tonight in Riyadh and do ten minutes on that kind of hijinx and horseplay just isn't worth the Saudi blood money he's being paid.

"In the letter, the authors write: "This Committee was initially created during the McCarthy Era, a dark time when the federal government repressed and persecuted American citizens for their political beliefs." www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n...

"Mr. Meadows text, ‘We are under siege here at the Capitol.’” “Another, ‘They have breached the Capitol.’” “In a third, ‘Hey, Mark, protesters are literally storming the Capitol. Breaking windows on doors. Rushing in. Is Trump going to say something?’” Tough enough for these gangbangers Stephen?

"With fine dining, you’re cooking for such a small percentage of people that can afford to eat in such restaurants. With Brigaid, I’m able to reach thousands and thousands of kids.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"She Fell Nearly 2 Miles, and Walked Away "At 17, biologist Juliane Diller was the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Amazon. Fifty years later she still runs Panguana, a research station founded by her parents in Peru." (2021, author's favorite story) www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/s...

Nebraska Released on September 30, 1982 by Bruce Springsteen 'Maybe you got a kid Maybe you got a pretty wife The only thing that I got's Been botherin' me my whole life' State Trooper youtu.be/nU5MyNuBdhg?...

It's easy, our Democratic legislators need to find their balls on this one. All of them.

Better than spinach.

They seem to be actively testing the waters in preparation for not ethnic, but ideological cleansing, as a preemptive measure for the inevitable democratic backlash to fascist rule. The good news is, the assembled generals seemed unimpressed. The bad news is they will just oust them all.

The day in 1975 The Rolling Stones invited Elton John as guest (piano player?), to Keith Richard's chagrin. Elton John and the Stones: Honky Tonk Women (vid in article) americansongwriter.com/hubris-drugs...

“I got in trouble for touching my mom,” one 13-year-old said. “The lady [staff member] said: ‘You can’t touch her.’ And I said: ‘But she’s my mom.’ And she said: "You can’t touch her" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"The closest historical parallel may be the Cold War arms race for nuclear weapons, when the US and USSR stockpiled countless nuclear warheads knowing there was no point as a fraction of them would destroy the world."

"He compared Portland to a “war zone” and floated that the military should use “dangerous” American cities as “training grounds,” calling on the Pentagon leaders to “handle” the “enemy from within … before it gets out of control.” www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

If you're watching this and not rooting for the fellow on the bicycle, you're fascist trash.

'Retribution, not reconciliation, appears to be the prime motivation behind the new probe, with the Republicans behind it still bitter over the work of the panel’s previous iteration, which largely concluded President Trump was singularly to blame for the violence inflicted by his supporters.'

For movie buffs that want to know the inconsequential. Steve Hibbert played 'the gimp' in Pulp Fiction.

"More than 100,000 federal workers are to formally resign on Tuesday, the largest such mass event in US history, as part of a Trump administration program designed to make sweeping cuts to the federal workforce." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Photographer Captures Beautiful Moment Between an Elephant and a Bird in an Indian Jungle [Interview] mymodernmet.com/shaaz-jung-e...

Hendrix covers Sunshine of Your Love live at BBC sessions. He did not know that Eric Clapton had written the song for him after Jack Bruce had heard Hendrix at a local London venue. So they were both unknowingly playing a tribute of the same song to each other. www.reddit.com/r/jimihendri...

Black and White Blues youtu.be/nUJH6HOxzxI?...

With Yoko Ono on back-up screeches youtu.be/y40Yw9Lz2y4?...

Be loyal or be gone. Before becoming Secretary of Defense Hegseth publicly called for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General George Q. Brown Jr. dismissal. Trump followed through. Now it appears Hegseths job is to fire anyone not loyal to Trump. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Could Blazing Saddle’s be made today and still be thought of as funny? www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-XR...

"The photograph I call Soul to Soul was the first time all those elements finally came together. More than a single frame, it reflects years of practice in slowing down, watching, and trusting the process" petapixel.com/2025/09/26/i...

"The Wire creator David Simon worked as a crime reporter in Baltimore for years, so he had an advantage over every other writer working on a cop show. Simon had a wealth of first-hand experience watching police officers at work, getting to know them on the job and seeing how it was done...

The most fascinating thing about the disappearance of Amelia Earhart in 1937 is that Donald Trump and his Republican Party are doing everything possible to avoid the full and unabridged release of the Epstein files in 2025 and to make you think about anyfuckingthing else.

"The late Lowell George made quite a name for himself in his short life. He was one of those rare musicians whose artistry seemed to spring from a place both ordinary and otherworldly" www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/l...

This is the one we found stalking a dumpster behind a pharmacy drive-thru when he was about 6 weeks old watching one of his favorite shows.

"John Gillette on X called for ‘people like’ Pramila Jayapal to be ‘hanged’ in response to her video on anti-Trump protests" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

'The lawyer, Aakash Singh suggested a wide range of charges for prosecutors to consider against the Open Society Foundations. Possible charges included racketeering, arson, wire fraud and material support for terrorism, according to a copy of the directive.' www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

New Chandler papers found. "As I was wondering, apparently rather audibly, about the date set for my execution, the guard said to me, ‘After a bit you’ll get a letter with the envelope addressed in your own writing. That will tell you the date for your hanging," apnews.com/article/raym...

"We observed that, on average, the cities that make up the U.S urban system transform gradually but surely over time–from craftsmanship and manufacturing to services and engineering. Despite this, they maintain a constant level of coherence for nearly two centuries,"

BREAKING: Oklahoma Education Superintendent Ryan Walters says he is resigning. (Of course, he announced this on Fox News.) www.koco.com/article/ryan...

This is 1 of the greatest songs ever in my opinion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRLw...

"Let's stop letting politicians tell us what they want and tell them what we want." Jimmy Kimmel (tonight)

If politics is in some fundamental way a matter of sales, then anyone who actually valued real police reform and wanted to do it with that slogan was never going to close. Demilitarize police, yep. Change the mission? Sure. Spend less on the worst things. Great. "Defund The Police"? Dead on arrival.

"Many professors in the US south, particularly in Florida, South Carolina and Texas, are considering leaving their state because of the impact the political climate is having on education, according to a new survey by the American Association of Professors." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

'Louise Vincent was instrumental in helping promote wider use of needle exchanges, naloxone and tests to assist drug users in identifying dangerous ingredients.' “The idea is that we need to care about people who use drugs, whether they use drugs or not.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/h...

Unzipped Building Alex Chinneck in Milan, Italy A building façade transformed into a surreal zipper installation, where a corner appears peeled open to reveal a hidden white surface beneath.

Laura Schweigman, 1979-2024 A year ago today, we stepped her home. She was the best of us at Blown Deadline Productions. If you knew, you knew. And if you didn't, well, now you do. davidsimon.com/laura/

"They don’t just detect odours; they analyse them. They store information. They make associations. And yes, they can smell things we’ll never notice — including changes in body chemistry related to stress, fear, or even illness."

In Dog We Trust www.valleyvanguardonline.com/dogs-dont-li...

Too long for here, too good to be missed. Like the "Humongous Fungus," a subterranean organism--a single genetic individual, spreads as a root-like structure to connect trees & other plants underground and signals them. The largest organism on Earth, thousands of years old. youtu.be/RfI87ZdCb0Y?...

"DoW information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified." www.npr.org/2025/09/20/g...

Jimi Hendrix died September 18, 1970 “Manic Depression doesn’t get nearly enough respect for what a groundbreaking song it STILL is,” “It describes struggles with mental illness directly, not via metaphor. It was unprecedented in rock history” Vernon Reid Manic Depression youtu.be/9nnGtB-PSw4?...

'TV tonight: Jimi Hendrix gets inside our souls with one of his last gigs Part documentary, part concert, Electric Church sees Hendrix play to 300,000 people at the 1970 Atlanta pop festival.' www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

'Easy Blues' One of five instrumentals on Nine to the Universe, originally recorded at The Hit Factory in New York City on August 28, 1969. Improvisation with Larry Lee on rhythm guitar youtu.be/kblSgqnus7M?...

“People will be very surprised what really happened,” Borg told the AP. “For me to come out (after) all these years, all I went through — I went through some difficult times — (it’s) a relief for me to do this book. I feel so much better. ... No secrets anymore.”