EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life.

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social It’s astonishing that you would post something so goddamn stupid.

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social I noticed you haven’t reposted your Xeet in which you scold Zelenskyy for criticizing a country responsible for the drones that attack Ukraine. As a fan of yours, it’s not often that I see you look like a fool. Since I’m not on Twitter anymore I can’t see if you apologized

When you consider Easter, do you ever think "Yeah, but didn't the cross have a song to sing?" Memphis DJ Nick Charles did and he got Stax Records to lay down this batshit crazy tune. One of my favorite Easter carols. youtu.be/QHv2vNqbxNg?...

When I think of CBS News, how small it’s become and how fast it’s happened, I watch this clip to remind myself that giants once walked its halls. If there’s someone to blame for its current state, the fault is not in the stars but in ourselves. youtu.be/vEvEmkMNYHY?...

@audacityofdespair.bsky.social When the Sinners cast won the SAG Ensemble Award, I noticed that 2/11s of the people on that stage had worked for you. Although my math could be wrong.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

I don’t think any male who, like me, had their puberty training wheels attached in the late ‘70s/early ‘80s didn’t have a crush on Gilda Radner and Catherine O’Hara.

Today on Volts: I'm joined by the great @michaelhobbes.bsky.social to discuss "reactionary centrism," an intellectual tendency that's come to dominate US public life. You know the type: would never view themselves as conservative, yet finds voluntary pronoun use vastly more aggravating than fascism.

I’ve Realized that when I’m listening to music, I’m spending a lot of time with dead people. Big Joe Turner, Johnny Cash… i’m just glad that those crazy kids from Magdalena Bay will outlive me. Here they are singing a song by… well, someone else who is dead. youtu.be/mTN_Hxgaofo?...

As you head out to your local favorite indie bookstore this weekend (because of course that’s what you’re doing, right?!), here is my list of my 25 favorite books of the year: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/my-favorit...

My wife got a temp gym membership to deal with some medical issues. and, yes, I took her and when you get outside. She’s going to look great! I’m going to look the same.

@realalexcole.bsky.social Hey, where you been for the last 10 days? Did you move to a different country or something?

You, Again is the closest thing anyone will ever come to When Harry Met Sally fanfic. And it's pretty good. It's a very nice update. I say many more words about it here. #booksky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

My mother-in-law and I were discussing the fact that there weren't any listings of area liberal businesses. There's been Christian business listings for decades. I think I got it nailed.

Paula “the N-word” Deen, partying at Mar-A-Lago because of course she is. Judging by her shocked expression I think she just found out about the 13th Amendment.

@drbethany.bsky.social I am honored that a writing professor liked some of my posts! Now I’m worried about my sentence structure. And I was born in Tennessee! It was at the same hospital Elvis’s body ended up at… First Baptist Memorial in Memphis. Yes, I use ellipses… a lot! Please don’t grade this.

This woman called churches posing as a mother who couldn’t afford baby formula and needed help. The only one that offered assistance was the Islamic Center of Charlotte. All the “Christians” turned her down.

@rubenbolling.bsky.social Lichtenstein! Billy’s in Lichtenstein! Oh, those dirty Lichtenstinians… always up to no good! What’s the prize for being right and when do I get it?

@jbf1755.bsky.social As a Yale professor, how many times have you sat cross-legged on your desk? Or is that just a “law school” thing?

Living in the stupid version of the Third Reich Redux doesn’t offer many moments of laughter, but watching this blathering baboon attempt to pronounce “acetaminophen” is absolutely hilarious.

@audacityofdespair.bsky.social Happy anniversary to the evening I spent in a hammock, reading Homicide. Came inside, turned on the TV and there were cops chasing a white Bronco. It was a homicidepalooza kind of night.

In 1978 when everyone was shaking their disco booties, I was a preteen wearing out his copy of Endless Summer. Every time I saw American Graffiti (which was a lot), this song at the very end gave me chills. Won’t be long ‘til summer time is through. youtu.be/egB9gOf3mOI?...

Name a fictional character who you think would be an antivaxxer Hard mode: No villains

You won’t be afford a cell phone anymore but you’ll get all the spotted dick you’ve ever wanted!

@rilokileyofficial.bsky.social True confession time, because I'm sure the band spends hours each day reading your Skytes. Is that what they're called? I've been listening to A Man/Me/Then Jim for 20 years now and I just realized that JIM IS THE GUY WHO KILLS HIMSELF! I'm a bit slow.

@rilokileyofficial.bsky.social Thanks to Internet Archive I just watched you guys on Once & Again, the last great TV family drama. “Frug!” Please please come to Madison, WI! I know all the cool pinball places!

My essay "Putin’s Genocidal Quest for Symbolic Immortality" is the concluding chapter of the publication initiative "Russia's Project 'Anti-Ukraine'" that I launched in 2023. buff.ly/Q9C3ZmJ 1/2

@anntelnaes.bsky.social Congratulations on YOUR Pulitzer win! Much, much deserved recognition!

“Oh, you wanna wash your hands? Why don’t you do it in the toilet you won’t let me drink out of!” #caturday

If you spend your Sunday watching one super-depressing video, it should be Carole Cadwalladr’s TED talk. THIS IS WHAT A DIGITAL COUP LOOKS LIKE! I’ll probably go to jail for sharing it. www.ted.com/talks/carole...

Tonight in Wisconsin… indoor fireworks! Because it’s fucking snowing outside.

That’s my senator, giving Corey a break for a few minutes! I mean my senator who’s not a godamn potato with a Russian flag painted on it.

I’d never say that no one could buy my vote for $1 million because living at the poverty line can make a person do some desperate things. But no one gave me $1 million so Elon can go fuck himself. Here’s one for Susan Crawford

#booksky March Women Books. In the pre-Beatles ‘60s, girl groups were the only thing making Rock music worthwhile. The stories they tell are often triumphant, too often tragic but never boring. A must-read about a preeminent American art form.

@comicsinthega.bsky.social Fighting for truth, justice… and spanky-spanks for princesses who commit aggravated battery. I don’t think Supes has got that whole “justice” thing down.

Back in the Olden Times, folks would compare Nixon to a two-bit used-car salesman. Of course he never actually did a car commercial from the fricking White House.

I’d like to thank this guy for reminding me that I got my facts learned real good: Poor man wanna be rich Rich man wanna be king And the king ain’t satisfied Til he rules everything I thought they’d be more subtle about it, not so nakedly greedy. youtu.be/LzsAPhGpMkA?...

@comicsinthega.bsky.social This one may not be on your reading list since it’s about 50 years old, but if you ever find a copy, grab it! An indispensable look at the history of comics from around the world.

@somafm.bsky.social I was glad to see Dept. Store Xmas hit the most listened to Xmas station spot. I've been on that since it began. There'd be 2 listeners. Me and probably some guy in Lincoln, NE. Both insomniacs.

There’s a 40% chance I’ll go out the same way.

The kitten is me. The cat is 2025.

I lost both of my parents during the holiday season. I’m fortunate enough to have a therapist. So many aren’t. Please don’t be afraid to call these numbers.

Look at that thousand-yard stare! “Yeah, man… I had to wear a Christmas collar for a whole minute! I’ve never been the same!”

Librarians have enough to do shelving books. Do they also have to be the Thin Read Line between fascism and freedom? #booksky

audiobooks = reading I’ve been a chronic insomniac for decades. Reading every night only helped so much. I’d wake up to a light shining in my face, book on the floor and my place lost! Audiobooks rescued me, distracting my brain enough to get to sleep. They work great during the day, too! 💙📚

Post a book that was so goofy you can’t believe you actually read the whole thing! This one lies to people right on the cover! 1. It was not “the year’s most spectacular novel” 2. The photos were not “outrageous” 💙📚 #booksky #goofybookchallenge