Starting a new read today.

A few weeks ago two women showed up at our house to clean. @thesassybirdie.bsky.social wasn't home and I wondered if she'd hired them and forgot to tell me. It turned out that they were at the wrong address. It never occurred to me to shoot at them. abcnews.go.com/US/cleaning-...

Exploring NE Alabama and MW Georgia on this beautiful morning. I hope y'all are having a great day. "Everybody needs beauty as well as bread places to pray in and play in where nature may heal and give strength to body and souls" John Muir

This is almost exactly what I would have written, if I were a writer. "'How come you don’t support Trump?' people ask me. How could I possibly do so? He is antithetical to many of the things I have always valued in the public arena, and the private one, too." www.nationalreview.com/2024/11/a-po...

I'm not the first to call this, but if y'all get surprised when JD gets caught with Charlie's widow it won't be because I didn't warn you

This is an especially worrying statement when facial recognition can be inaccurate, biased, and generally make mistakes. Basing whether someone should be in the US or not, and ignoring physical media like a birth certificate, is ripe for disaster bsky.app/profile/jose...

Yes, Lord of the Rings is about how you must trust the “hard men.” Just as Narnia is about an evil lion. And the New Testament tells a tale of a wimp who wouldn’t fight back. Next week on “fascists read classics,” we’ll meet tech visionary George Orwell…

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

Here's a gift link to this article: 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...

I miss this version of the Republican party

I'm listening to this while waiting for Costco to repair my tire, and man, the stories are heartbreaking

I've seen this fake quote shared way too many times on FB and it bugs the heck out of me.

"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. 1/2

Author Barbara Kingsolver has opened a recovery facility with royalties from her novel “Demon Copperhead,” whose plot revolves around Appalachia’s opioid crisis. The home offers a supportive place for people to stay while learning to live without drugs. reasonstobecheerful.world/appalachia-o...

Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through

The repeated use of art like this by the DHS for propaganda purposes is... not subtle. How in the world do (brown) immigrants threaten backyard football? What I remember is playing pick up soccer with our girls' team, and inviting a group of Hispanic men to join us, probably day laborers. 1/2

A Christianity that is known for its cruelty is a Christianity that no longer knows Christ. "By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." -Jesus

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

In case you need more books (and honestly, who doesn't), get yourself to bookshop dot org and get some free shipping today your life is already hard. treat yourself well

it's weird how many southerners are all of a sudden against states' rights

Really didn't expect MTG to take this MAGA heel turn

John the Baptist wasn't very seeker-sensitive, was he?

All I can think of is The Far Side, God help me

Is it really my fault that I enjoy riding in boats? That's not even a bad thing, is it?

I have two quadboxes working here. How's y'all's Saturday afternoon going?

I got some fun mail today!

My offspring embody this. I have learned much from them, and hopefully I have helped them too. I am grateful for them.

Kimmel’s writing staff doesn’t seem cowed by the events of the past week. @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social

Remember, if the rapture doesn’t happen, it’s not the end of the world.

We're at The Bar-B-Q Place in Fort Payne, AL. (That's literally the name of the place.) My accent is back.

Fantastic, sober, realistic thread. The James Baldwin quote deep in the thread is on point.

I might be in the minority but that's never bothered me before. I'm looking forward to this.

A gift link for your consideration: www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

I usually don't miss Twitter that much, but every once in a while I see a thread there that reminds me of when it was worth being there. x.com/dave_brown24...

Post a female character you love:

the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok

"... the demand for political violence exceeds the supply." What a society we've become. www.cato.org/blog/politic...

“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind

It’s ok to put the phone down.

We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.

Supposedly both of these teams are wearing orange

I wish I didn't need this phone for work

Good news out of DC. Vive la résistance! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

Overdue health update. TL;DR: Hopefully we're nearing the end of treatments, in a good way! www.caringbridge.org/site/1c40571...

Good morning, @thesassybirdie.bsky.social. I figured out what I want for my birthday.

They're playing One Last Breath by Creed over the P.A. at halftime. I love high school football.

I spent at least 30 minutes wandering around the Fort O Walmart Supercenter this morning, and I still don't know where they've hidden the Brachs candy corn.

It's mid-August, and the Reds are in contention. This is the time of season when every loss crushes my soul and makes me wonder why I ever started caring about baseball in the first place, and every win reminds me why I started caring about baseball in the first place.

One reason Doug has no good response to @PamelaBrownCNN question “Why marry off a pedophile?” is b/c the facts of Steven Sitler’s case are well-documented & very alarming (see below)🧵