We sat at the same lunch table in high school.

This is true and I apologize if I’ve contributed to this. My main motivation for skipping s’bucks is that I don’t like their coffee. And also, I am cheap and mostly drink coffee that I make at home. But if I were a person who went to *$, I wouldn’t cross the picket line.

Today’s wholesome content is this cat in a flower crown.

Shout out to the journalists who are combing through the Epstein emails because writing about sexual trauma can make for a very bad day. Take care of yourselves.

Reminder that Qanon went way beyond the reasonable position that human trafficking is a problem & claimed that multiple powerful people had been secretly arrested, tried and executed and then replaced by clones, and also somehow JFK Jr was still alive and also a cabal caused fires in California.

For Veterans Day, my grandfather with his brothers and mom. All three boys fought in WWII. My family's first antifa generation. All Republicans.

Your wholesome content for today is the @themartinpod.bsky.social , where Martin Sheen talks about life and reads poetry all in his Martin Sheen voice. themartinsheenpodcast.com

I’ve always wondered if McSorley’s final message “we’re holding our own” was his grizzled captain’s way of saying “we’re totally gonna die but there’s nothing you can do about it.” Anyway, here’s the Headstones covering Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. youtu.be/Y8LBkYjniTU?...

Finally some good news: Marriage is safe and Kim Davis is SOL.

I share the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald every year, and seems like this year it's finally caught on, so here it is anyway: youtu.be/lE2LOhs5jaE?...

Going to a family event meant as many people as possible rode in my Grandma's giant van. We always got up super early and she had her Maxwell House coffee, Dolly Parton on the tape deck. I saw so much of the world from that van. And she never went anywhere without her bag of Bingo supplies.

Wholesome content for today: tour of a family cabin in Isle Royale National Park with the BEST view from an outhouse anywhere. (Heaven is north of the bridge) www.uppermichiganssource.com/video/2024/0...

The thing about Marjorie Taylor Greene is that she’s much smarter than she’s been letting on. She hitched her horse to the MAGA train because she saw opportunity. Now she’s turning away from it because she sees opportunity. Let’s not fall for it.

Detroit will have a woman as mayor!

Your wholesome moment today is Juan Pablo Dos Santos, the final finisher in the 2025 New York Marathon. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpaVgTJ/

Your wholesome moment of the day is Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers drumming Hail to the Victors with the University of Michigan marching band while he was there to announce a scholarship for music students in need AND his kid is in the band. www.freep.com/videos/sport...

No, actually, they'd just shrug and say they still want you to have access to health care and education. They might tell you to fuck off, but that would be the worst of it.

No, Google. When looking up Italian Christmas dessert recipes I don’t want the Pioneer Woman. I want an old wrinkled Nonna who sits on phone books when she drives and carries a rosary everywhere.

A room full of people who didn’t read the book.

Has anyone actually looked at that photo of the moon landing? There’s a freakin rod holding the top of the flag. That’s not wind. Geez Louise.

Today's the day. Your governor and house rep's phones should be overloaded.

King Charles didn’t do this. Virginia Giuffre did this. www.npr.org/2025/10/30/g...

Tell your governor to demand the release of SNAP contingency funds. We have 33 hours and it takes maybe 4 minutes. 5calls.org/issue/snap-c...

My hometown newspaper closing is not the obituary my newspaper dork's heart wanted to read today. RIP, Dearborn Press & Guide.

Mom surveying my outfit this morning: I've noticed you like wearing a lot of black. Me: Have we met?

In case I run for office I should disclose that I used to call a lady grandma that I wasn’t related to because she was my grandmother’s bff and acted like I was one of her own. But the real scandal is that I hated my mom’s stepdad and stopped calling him grandpa and just called him Earl.

Watching the Perfect Neighbor and I’m sorry, but did this woman just say that she thought the n-word was used to describe someone who is unpleasant?

You know who doesn't have a nazi tattoo? Any of the other nine people running for the Senate in Maine. No one needs this guy.

People should not purchase a horse unless they a) can provide for that horse's needs for the rest of its life should it become unrideable due to an injury or illness b) have money set aside for the horse's final expenses so that the horse can have a dignified death if need be.

We’re not paying enough attention to the typhoon in Alaska.

Life of Pi at the fox: fantastic adaptation. Knew what was coming but was able to keep a stiff upper lip Until that tiger came out and roared at curtain call. Then I sobbed like an infant.

Me, Multiple times a day: need to put that on the Costco list. Me when husband asks what we need from Costco:

My shriveled newspaper dork heart has grown three sizes just by reading this. The kids at IU and Purdue are alright.

Somehow, I’ve spent years thinking Channing Tatum is Australian but he’s from Alabama 🤷🏼‍♀️

Nick Offerman wrote the @nytimes.com crossword puzzle? A true renaissance man.

The left has its share of little shits but the worst they want to do to a person is make sure they have health care, education and aren’t being murdered.

As a newspaper dork who considered WaPo and NYT to be my version of Yankee Stadium, this hurts. This physically hurts. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

Genuine question: does anyone think 47 is a serious contender for a Nobel peace prize?

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

I haven’t forgotten.

Diane Keaton dying is the definition of “Nobody asked for this.”

While comparing and contrasting music festivals of Lollapalooza, Woodstock 98 and Lilith Fair, I was able to pinpoint a very specific look on the face of my teenager. I call it “Oh no, they’re talking about the 90s again.”

Hey, @nytimes.com, please tell your crossword editors that No Bra Day is Not a breast cancer awareness day. This is the product of teenage boys trying to get teenage girls to take off their bras and you fell for it.

Exactly.

We cannot let anything happen to Dolly Parton right now. I could not handle losing her so soon after Jane Goodall and with all the (gestures around) happening.

Grateful that I have a healthy emotional connection to the Super Bowl halftime show in that I really don’t care who plays it and I don’t expect it to be tailored to my personal tastes every single year.

Thank you, Dr. Goodall, for all of your work.

Annual reminder: The reason it's called Pumpkin Spice (Insert Product Name), is because it's the spices you put on pumpkin, not because it has pumpkin in it.

Yes I will be fighting back against the unjust firing by @washingtonpost.com. I have filed a grievance and will be represented by none other than the amazing @katiephang.bsky.social and an incredible legal team. Journalistic freedom is a bedrock of a healthy society and is worth battling for.

Dang. Politically motivated or not, 5 years for Sarkozy is a big deal. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...