Might have to get one to pair with my original edition. Happy. Birthday, @slangsonsports.bsky.social!

Professors Bowie and Renan will be joining us at the Chicago Humanities Festival Constitution Series in the fall.

“Two legs good, four legs better, six legs … best!”

Thanks to Mohaned Elshieky, who was in the audience, here's yours truly sandwiched between two Legendary Anchormen last night in San Diego. #stayingclassy

Honestly compels me to tell you that this photo was taken more than a decade ago. Current photo below.

How would you like to have your (or a loved one's) name used in NPR's "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me" Bluff the Listener segment? Win this auction donated by host @petersagal.bsky.social and your wish can become reality! new.biddingowl.com/item/your-na...

Bid on this instead and not only will you get your name mentioned on “Wait, Wait” but I will be happy to look at your manuscript and tell you it’s just fine as it is. new.biddingowl.com/item/your-na...

Bob And Carol and Ted and Alice and Grogu (Somebody already did this one, right?)

"We stand against the constant threat of the Federal Government creating the Torment Nexus." [gets elected] "BEHOLD, THE TORMENT NEXUS!" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

I have a terrible habit of not getting photos with our guests at our shows backstage, so have nothing to post here from our show last night in San Diego, but trust me, you'll want to listen in. Thank you, "City of the Whale Vagina" (German translation)

Bet against King Harold on Polymarket.

It's why I became a parent again.

Getting AI to read to your kids is crazy. Don’t you want to do the voices???

In 1964, when my father was 20 years old, he went to Mississippi to register voters as part of Freedom Summer. NPR interviewed us in 2021: www.npr.org/2021/07/14/1...

On the set of "Malcolm In the Middle," Bryan Cranston would sometimes hum a tune he made up during a scene, would be paid a song writer's royalty for its use, and then he'd spend the money on the crew. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuGj...

Here's @adamserwer.bsky.social summing up yesterday's decision with his typical clarity and historical perspective. Delighted he'll be joining us in Chicago, along with the equally essential @jamellebouie.net, on May 17th. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

FWIW: While on here he is History's Greatest Monster (Senate primary subdivision) I was in Maine recently and talked to some Dem-leaning voters and they were very positive about Graham Platner while well aware of his flaws etc. There may be no better current example of the Bluesky Bubble.

You may ask yourself, “Can the Supreme Court do that?” And you may ask yourself, “What was the purpose of the 14th Amendment?” And you may ask yourself, “What was the intent of the founders and is that even relevant?” If so.. May I recommend attending our sessions on the Constitution?

They asked me to do this, I shouted DIBS ON THE PREAMBLE! before they finished speaking.

A middle aged dad with a spare hour in San Diego is drawn here like a salmon back to the place where it spawned.

"Gender and demographic engineering."

We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.

Is there something wrong with the Supreme Court audio feed or is it just the wifi on the plane I'm on?

Did I walk halfway across O’Hare Airport and back before my flight to get a sandwich? Yes.

Like the weak SPLC and Comey cases, the best way to think about this is an attempt to sync up law enforcement with the right-wing media narrative machine.

Great work from NPR News. And the baby oil thing is as bad as you suspect.

Another indictment today of a villain in RW narratives, far less well known than Comey. It does make the Biden pre-emptive pardon of Dr. Fauci look prudent.

Here’s a brief explainer (from last year, when the incident happened) of why even if Comey really did suggest the President should be killed, it wouldn’t be a crime even under the specific statute criminalizing threats against the President.

(1/2) Watched Acting AG Blanche, along with the Acting USA and FBI Director, deliver remarks on Comey's indictment. They basically just repeated, A Grand Jury has indicted him for threatening the President's life. They did not offer any evidence, any context, or a timeline for the alleged crime.

The other day I mentioned that if even if you believe Mr Comey is in part to blame for our current predicament, he has paid a high personal price, and this is what I meant.

this would fix the website

There will be a lot of questions for historians to answer in the after-times, but one of my top ones will be (assuming I survive): who wrote these?

Just deleted a post because I was suckered into replying to an AI sex bot. Dammit.

This site being what it is, I can anticipate the reaction to this focus group, but I recommend reading it anyway. (Gift link.) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Put aside his tone: why is Director Zeldin constantly bringing up Loper-Bright vs Raimondo? Loper-Bright was a 2024 case in which SCOTUS decided Federal Courts no longer had to defer to Fed agencies in interpreting statutes, ending what was known as the "Chevron Deference."

One more Media Recommendation: "Predator: Badlands" was loads of fun. I don't know who had the wisdom to hand the franchise over to Dan Trachtenberg, but bless them. "Prey" was superb, and it would have been so easy to just ctr-C and do "Predator Vs Another Unlikely Warrior from History." He didn't!

One of the best things that happened to me in the last year or so was when a colleague just dropped Garrett Graff's "Watergate: A History" on my desk and said, I think you'll like this. He was right, and it allowed me to find him and his newsletter, which rocketed the top of my list of Must Reads.

So we all know what's happened to the Washington Post, and I'm grateful that so many of the heavy hitters who left have found new outlets. But the reporters and editors who remain, or recently joined, continue to do great work. Why? Because this is why you go into the profession.

Public media doesn’t ask permission to report the news. We bring you the news because you have the right to know the facts. 📰 With Public Media Giving Days approaching, it's time to support the independent journalism that keeps you informed. Make your donation today. ⏰ Donate here: n.pr/40VIDW3

This a huge issue that has gone pretty much unnoticed and I am always glad to see reform. Talking to Tayna Fogle, an ex-felon and advocate for the restoration of voting rights in KY, was one of the most powerful experiences I had making “Constitution USA.” archive.kftc.org/about/member...

I read the alleged shooter’s alleged manifesto and although lucid and clear it is still a suicide note and thus quite distressing. Do not recommend.

This is a very normal security protocol for a major event — and exactly how it has long been for WHCD. It’s a giant public hotel with multiple floors. The only secure area is the ballroom itself where the president will be.

Finished up the excellent "Death By Lightning" on Netflix at last, and as per usual, I have Thoughts: It's so great to see Michael Shannon play an admirable person for once, rather than his usual villainous weirdos, and do it convincingly. Chicago actor FTW.

Every single book, story, movie, comic etc that features encounters with aliens has to wave away the laws of physics with magic, called warp speed, hyperspace, FTL drive, etc.

It’s independent bookstore day today! Visit your faves! Last year I wrote about the indie bookstore that changed my life: dansinker.com/posts/202…

WAITER: would you care for dessert JEFF: i’ll have the jello GEOFF: i’ll have the geollo JEFF: jesus christ not this again GEOFF: geosus christ

Ridiculous. @stephenking.bsky.social isn’t Shakespeare. He’s Dickens.

One fun thing that will happen tomorrow at the WHDC: senior WH officials publicly scorning individual reporters who they are in fact leaking to on the DL

It may seem strange that a website so hostile to AI Slop falls so easily for faked images, but let us judge not that we be not judged.