@maklelan.bsky.social Very pleased 'Data over Dogma' won that Signal Award for podcasting! Congratuations

Anyone else reminded of Horst Wessel, or am I just old?

🍽️ What's Cooking ... ? Open-face fish sandwiches on homemade ruggebrød with remoulade and new potatoes.

@edwardphilips.co.uk‬ Someone doesn't do you as well as you do

Just thought this morning ... when was the last time I saw a WWJD bracelet? Was it the last time a Christian still cared about what Jesus would do?

My local coffee shop/refuge just announced that their last shipment of raw beans was tariffed, and that they cannot absorb the extra cost. Prices going up today.

Thirty-eight years ago, July 4 ... abcnews.go.com/US/deadly-fl...

Do doubt in my mind

‪@thegodpodcast.com‬ Dear God, this might be a good time to remind your oh-so devoted followers in the US Congress that they shall have no other god before Thee, especially the self-appointed diety bent on using his office to destroy the lives of the poor, sick and helpless.

I don't know who did this, but ...

Funny how we don't see Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Cook et al behind him on the dais today.

I'd say we were becoming a nation of animals, but animals don't do this kind of thing. Update: Democratic House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark have died after they were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park.

Thank you @maklelan.bsky.social‬ for a very engaging Q&A in Boston today!

Wouldn't it be interesting if Elon Musk went public with the truth about voting machine manipulation ... now?

‪@englishhistpod.bsky.social‬ This would have been a wonderful help when learning to speak American. Marian McPartland shared it.

Today I think the iconic Norman Rockwell picture 'Freedom of Speech' should be reworked to center a Palestian student. Make a nice 'New Yorker' cover maybe?

It's here! Two copies actually ... one's going to be a gift. @maklelan.bsky.social

@treasurymog.bsky.social #gladdersyoga I'm sorry to report that the mighty yogini Ohana slipped away today, after months of declining health and girth. She was of an uncertain age, having been found in a garbage can by my daughter some ten years ago. She was a good cat.

Could this be the begiining of the end for this hellish administration?

So, I had to look up 'squirrel grip' in terms of Resistance in Australia. You should,too.

Just came home from my granddaughter's induction into the National Honor Society. Of the 35, 3 were white girls, 2 were white boys, and 30 were Puerto Ricans, immigrants or children of immigrants from Africa, Haiti, Mexico, Cambodia and Vietnam. This is not DEI, this is merit. They are our future.

@hookland.bsky.social There may be an outpost of Hookland in New England, too. My husband found this curious stick in a stone wall as a boy, some 65 years ago. Look closely; you will see strange things. Eels, perhaps?Lizards?

@amahnke.bsky.social I loved the episode about Grace O'Malley's meeting with Elizabeth I, but it couldn't have taken place in Buckingham Palace -- it hadn't been built yet! The meeting actually took place in Greenwich.

A SuperbOwl for all of us who could not care less about the other thing.

I wonder if a three-day general strike by women, minorities and undocumented workers and allies, would make a dent in the situation.

I can only hope that the horrors of the past week will put paid to the gospel of the current administration that the most mediocre, deluded, imbicilic white man is superior to any woman or man of color. How much more suffering and death will we witness until.

Last night, Yahoo Mail, (where I direct newsletters, corporate shilling, etc) replaced my normal inbox with something controlled by AI. Not one of my regular morning newsletters was in the inbox -- no Heather, no Meidas, no Contrarian. Switched back to the old view, and there they were.

I'm completely lost with this gravestone (thought I remembered a bit of Irish ... ha!) Could anyone here help me decipher it, please? There was a large Irish immigration in my town with the coming of the railroad, but afaik, this is the only example of Irish on a stone hereabouts. Thanks

@greenleejw.bsky.social You might wish to pass this along to The Spaniel for future shaming.

@philduthie.bsky.social Are you and Ross okay?

Queue a remake of 'The Mouse that Roared', starring Don Jr.

Odd thought, but as I was wringing my hands at the thought of the United States being run by billionaires for the benefit of billionaires, it occurred to me that the Constitution was originally written by the land-owning, slave-holding class for its own benefit.

@crochetcat.bsky.social Oddly enough, I am crocheting cats right now!

And your red cabbage not the only thing delightfully pickled.

🍽️ Baking for a crowd tonight ...

Sweet afters await the family tonight

Quiet morning

Welcome solstice!

Zimtsterne challenge accepted! Meringue is a little too toasty, but the flavor is amazing. Something like lebküchen, heavy on the cinnamon. 🍽️

Zimtsterne challenge accepted! Meringue is a little too toasty, but the flavor is amazing. Something like lebküchen, heavy on the cinnamon.

Buns are just out of the oven, and Phyllis the Amaryllis is showing a tiny bit of red.

My favorite winter decorations.

Two appointments i'm waiting for ... Hannibal Lecter to FDA, and Loreena Bobbit, undersecretary for men's health. Shoo-ins.

Suddenly rethinking rash decision not to have a tree this year ...

I am renovating an old farmhouse in New England (pre-Revolutionary) and every day come across a wrought nail, a shard, a marble, a tiny corn cob or a button. Together on the mantel, they channel guiding presences. Who are perhaps whispering to one another, 'insulation. Good idea.'

I'm looking for Owl People here! #owls

Coronavirus is not done with us. Diagnosed yesterday and on a course of horse pills for the rest of the week. Take care, folks.

🍽️ There was never a better time for a pot roast.