recall those postcards made of lynching photos---entire towns of white Christian folks celebrating the horrific torture & death of a Black person. we don't want to think that entire towns were comprised of such monsters who look uncomfortably like us; & surely loved their grandchildren, pet dogs.

"Human beings can compartmentalize their humanity." that is probably the most terrifying fact of our lives. see "The Zone of Interest"--numbingly horrific film of everyday family life adjacent to Auschwitz. "They Have Blueberries"-- home videos & family snapshots of Nazis. Epstein island?

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Maybe not handheld devices, but Ray Bradbury predicted weird, parasocial relationships with characters on screens in Fahrenheit 451, with Mildred's "family" on screens.

Joyce, you have answered your own question. Several statisticians have explained the impossibility of DJT winning all six swing states in 2024 without "help" and Elon Musk has admitted that his participation made all the difference.

why is the very person who "won" the last presidential election so convinced that elections are rigged & that the next election requires ICE officers at polls? is he admitting that the last presidential election was indeed "rigged"?--that he was not fairly elected? odd.

I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside. What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there? I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.

always fascinating to see how the future was imagined in the past. did anyone in the 1950's foresee that "screens" would become so central to individual's lives? one day, teenagers would be staring mesmerized at small hand-held screens that are also telephones?

Fox Business: A new poll from the Pew Research Center shows 72% of Americans feel the economy is in poor or only fair condition.

Lovely poem!

What was the original reason for the extortion? does anyone even remember? The game is: replace president & administration with MAGA persons; fire “liberal “ faculty. Appropriate Harvard & turn it into Hillsdale College, Cambridge branch.

Oh. They were mannequins?

Joyce Carol Oates on Wuthering Heights: celestialtimepiece.com/2015/01/27/t... @joycecaroloates.bsky.social

So you won the House, the Senate, and the Presidency. You stacked the courts, the DOJ, HHS, the FBI, and everything else with loyalists. But you think you should be allowed total control of elections to make sure it's not "rigged". "Make America Stupid Again" because smart people dont like you. 🙄

At this point, some leaked videos might help.

“How a major national newspaper will carry on without someone on staff to summarize the plots of midlist literary novels is beyond me.” @roncharles.bsky.social faces the post-Post world:

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Still life in oil sold at a Cambridge Drawing Society exhibition in 2020. This one shows quite a bit of impasto built up during the process of composition. #stilllife #roses #studio

An old poem I love by Robert Bly. #minnesota #poemsoflove

Why does Barron need still need 'full time supervision' at the age of 19? What's wrong with him?

we assume that US justice has always been asymmetrical--favoring the rich & influential; but never have so many criminals been involved in something like a secret patriarchal community headed by one singular individual who was evidently videotaping & photographing them for purposes of blackmail.

beautiful!

Maybe the truth is even more shocking: that many of them were/are husbands & fathers & just led secret lives where their “good” selves were suspended. Human beings can compartmentalize their humanity.

Massive win for the people: a federal judge granted a restraining order in our Members’ lawsuit against ICE’s unlawful effort to obstruct congressional oversight. This is a big victory for accountability and we’re going to use our rights and keep fighting for all Members' right to conduct oversight.

Some excerpts on Roy Cohn -- Trump's tax-dodging, mobbed-up, media-savvy mentor -- from HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: www.hidinginplainsightbook.com

Sunday Competition which is more "challenging" to believe: Epstein "suicide" vs. "assassination attempt," Butler PA

Someone should tell him the Election Clause allows Congress to pass election laws and Executive Orders don't have to be followed by the States. Not that he'd understand it, but it would save the Courts a lot of time.

He is getting more and more scared of the public sentiments turning against him. He was always going to try to rig the midterms. It’s going to be bloodbath this Nov. He will be sending his ICE goons to intimidate voters at polling stations too.

Canada has mail in voting. So complete B.S. from start to finish. But don’t you love the smell of desperation on a Sunday evening!

that's it. pure & simple.

Bad Bunny at the Grammys: "Before I say thanks to God, I want to say ICE out. We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens, we are humans, and we are Americans."

in conversation with my favorite partner-in-crime, Jonathan Santlofer.

problem is, there is nothing to stop the student from forwarding the recommendation to a third party, or to add to a resume, without your permission. suddenly the confidential letter is public. this means that other students in the class will read it. hard to prevent jealousy, resentment.

yes, I think that many students, even graduate students, don't understand. it is a kind of self-sabotage.

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yes, of course I am. not to mention the great Winslow Homer. & our contemporary Matthew Daub-- he is quite wonderful.

how do instructors feel about writing letters of recommendation when students choose not to "waive their right" to peruse the recommendation? is this commonplace, or unusual?

It’s pretty fucking wild that the DOJ is releasing files that include accusations that the President of the United States raped underage girls, to distract from the fact that the DOJ is covering up murders of US citizens by their own government.

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

Musk spent more than $290 million to help elect Donald Trump in 2024. According to reports he is once again getting ready to spend massive amount in attempt to help Republican maintain their Congress majorities. Where is the concerted call/campaign from Dems asking Rs to give back the Musk $?

Don Lemon has been a longtime outspoken critic of T***p--- not that this has anything to do with his arrest of course.

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It's a tie But it's a great start with 95.3% of voters

Soft Thought 🤍🕊️ . (acrylics on recycled black mat board, 5x5”. prints available at size and larger. original is in a private collection.) . #ArtistsOnBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #AbstractArt #AbstractExpressionism #Painter #Art #WomensArtBlueSky #AbstractArtist #BlueSkyArt  #OregonArtist #Oregon