The brothers are just fine today. 😊

It doesn't get much more fucked up than this. . . .

Some friends bet Ben Folds he couldn't write a song with a one-word chorus. This was his effort: music.youtube.com/watch?v=-oLk...

Monastery ruins in the snow https://www.wikiart.org/en/caspar-david-friedrich/monastery-ruins-in-the-snow

I live not too far away from the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. I've always thought the logo of this place looked like an orange juicer. 🤷‍♂️

I guess he's finally saying the quiet thing out loud... I bet if Iran promised to fund his stupid vanity ballroom they could get whatever kind of deal they wanted. 😐

I see... And the Epstein files are in the UFO reports? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/u...

@americanair.bsky.social a little more than 3 hours on the tarmac in Charlotte... Left the gate to park on the tarmac, returned to the gate but wouldn't let people leave and come back, the app told us we'd have a new plane, the pilot said stay on the plane... ZERO communication. Not cool, American

Looks like the president is pre-ordering tacos... Going into the midterms there won't be any tariff raising. 🤡

Recently, the New York Times published a list of the 30 top living songwriters. Bob, Dylan came in at number 24. Do you know how ridiculous it is when I tell someone, "hey, I'm listening to the 24th best living songwriter at the moment!" Just know we mock them remorselessly for such stupidity. 🙄

Weird bookends but on this day: 1789 - Louis XVI convenes the Estates-General to address France's critical financial situation. 1821 - the most infamous child of the French Revolution, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile on St. Helena in the South Pacific.

OTD, 1970 - Kent State Massacre. National Guard troops fired on anti-Vietnam war protesters killing 4 & wounding 9 at Kent State University in Kent, OH. Protests erupted at nearly 500 college campuses & five days after the shootings 100,000 protesters descended on Washington DC.

OTD, 1970 - Kent State Massacre. National Guard troops fired on anti-Vietnam war protesters killing 4 & wounding 9 at Kent State University in Kent, OH. Protests erupted at nearly 500 college campuses & five days after the shootings 100,000 protesters descended on Washington DC.

Probably a bit didactic here but in Scotland (& Canada) it's "whisky." Ireland & the US it's "whiskey." Does the "e" matter? It often differentiates production methods. The Irish, for example, use triple distillation while the Scots use double distillation. One more example of Trump's ignorance. 🤡

Democratic House campaign teams are circulating this image. This is a strategy a party employs when a President's poll numbers are sliding

looking forward to Oh No The National Debt becoming the single most pressing issue for the national media the second a Democrat takes office again, as is tradition

Current status.

I'm at an account doing open enrollment and Olivia Newton-Johns "Xanadu" came over the sound system. There's a blast from the past!

Let’s not forget the finer point - although other presidents have cost the taxpayers money to golf, Trump, by playing, sleeping, dining, entertaining at his own personally owned clubs, he actually keeps, banks, pockets all of these millions of dollars.

I'm never alone for long... This is Dumas and he's reaching out his paw in an affectionate way for some caresses. 😛 He and his brother Bessières were made possible through a kind donation from @adamreizner.bsky.social 😊

@stevescully.bsky.social Maybe it's wrong... But I still delight at Obama's skewering of Trump at the WHCA Dinner. 😛

As if on schedule... It's TACO Tuesday. Live updates: Trump says he will extend ceasefire with Iran until negotiations conclude | CNN share.google/cIFQL33pOku4...

This 👇

🚨 New episode🚨- General Desaix has arrived on the battlefield! Special guest Charles Mackay joins the show to discuss this close aide of Napoleon’s. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g... #napoleon #marengo #desaix #italy #generals

I mean, of course that’s what happening. It’s been clear the whole time

I am one of the more chill individuals you're likely to meet and not much gets under my skin. But this does: Gas station is packed. All the pumps are occupied, I queue up behind a car pumping gas to wait my turn. They finish pumping AND THEN WALK INSIDE WITHOUT MOVING THEIR CAR!! WHAT?!? 😳

@confusedraptor.bsky.social clearly, this cannot stand.

The Pointer Sisters doing "He's the Greatest Dancer." Backed by Chic band members Niles Rodgers (guitar), legendary bassist Bernard Edwards and future Power Station drummer Tony Thompson of this doesn't get your toes tapping there's probably no hope for you. 😛 music.youtube.com/watch?v=S0V7...

I don't mind paying taxes that go to good use, but paying when he's not paying is infuriating.

My Substack post this week is mainly about Napoleon and his strike north to Charleroi, the beginning of a short campaign that was to end at Waterloo. Next week I’ll be looking at what happened after Charleroi. Join the campaign now. substack.com/home/post/p-...

What a sad realization that we actually elected Uncle Walter. 😕 An absolutely banging song from Ben Folds Five. Robert Sledge's fuzz bass solo is perfect. music.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch6G...

As I swivel my neck in every conceivable direction and check multiple mirrors, I forget I have a backup camera... 🤪

Job alert! Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is hiring a tenure-track digital archivist. I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions. Please share widely! This is a great collection, full of hidden gems, in an academic library committed to students. apply.interfolio.com/184021

Sometimes TACO Tuesday is a good thing, and sometimes it's also a massive market manipulation.

Taco Tuesday, everyone! 😛

More people need to know this awesome song exists. The "Pretty Golden Hair" is from Al Stewart's first album in 1967, Bedsitter Images. It's got some trippy music and tells a great story of one man's descent into prostitution. music.youtube.com/watch?v=5KIQ...

To my Republican friends: how far are you going to let this go before invoking the 25th Amendment?

230 years ago, on the 4th of April 1796, Georges Cuvier delivered the first paleontological lecture. He discussed skeletal remains of Indian and African elephants as wel as mammoth and mastodon fossils. Cuvier is sometimes referred to as the 'founding father of paleontology'. #otd #history 🗃️

Today marks the 52nd anniversary of a massive tornado outbreak through the Midwest and a particularly devastating tornado in Xenia, Ohio. I was in that tornado. I was 6 and 1/2 years old and I lived in Centerville, a suburb of Dayton. The tornado formed over my house. Wind speeds topped 300 mph.

Kinda convenient the war with Iran will end about the same time the president unveils the new Republican health plan. Two weeks, right?

Come listen to me descend into research madness:

Today's No Kings rally in my little town of Kent, Ohio. There were more people here this time than there were last time which was encouraging.

Take a moment to appreciate how Bernard Edwards on bass makes his line feel so loose and light. This is NOT easy to do. Mad skills. He left us too early. 😕 music.youtube.com/watch?v=jdsq...

Happy St. Patrick's Day from Ohio. 🤪

Ohio weather: I had a tree come down on my house in a windstorm Friday afternoon. Sunday the high was in the 70s. Today it's snowing with a stiff wind. Jeez, Ohio... Mercy.

Happy release anniversary to all who celebrate! @bubblesvampire.bsky.social

Musical interlude: this will not be for everyone... This is Angine de Poitrine, a duo out of Québec. This recording was done last month at KEXP. They describe their influences as Gentle Giant (out there prog) and the Lounge Lizards. This shit ROCKS. youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?...

@stevescully.bsky.social Great segment with Doris Kearns Goodwin! Thanks for having her on.