The only two pieces of news I want to see: 1) He’s dead 2) John Prine isn’t

This is a dance off! Post a dance or you’re eliminated.

Spotted yesterday while pausing at a stop sign. Just stuck my phone out the window and moved on.

A lovely little hedgehog in a basket carved by an Egyptian artisan some 4,300 years ago! 🦔❤️ Detail from a wall relief in the Tomb of Mereruka at Saqqara. 📷 by me #ReliefWednesday #Archaeology

A longtime Oscar-hater, I was happy to see 8 very good movies that overlapped thematically in interesting ways nominated for BP. These movies had so much to say to each other. But yeah, it's the Oscars which flattens every discussion into "Yes, but what was THE BEST?" racketmn.com/sorry-babies...

Marty Supreme immediately struck me as an interesting failure film nerds will watch 30 years from now and love. Sinners seemed too brilliant, and spot-on to be appreciated now at this level. One Battle seemed like an Oscar movie. I guess I sort of feel alright, like the Oscars are Oscarring.

Respond to this with an image from a movie that always cheers you up, but don't name the movie, just share an image.

WINGS (1927) — 12:00 am ET — 2h 19m (31 Days of Oscar: Oscar Goes Silent) Richard Arlen, Clara Bow, Charles Rogers; directed by William A. Wellman In this silent film, romantic rivals fly against the enemy in World War I. #TCM #TCMParty

What’s your sign?

History teachers: How are you contextualizing the U.S. war on Iran with your students? Consider covering the 1953 CIA coup overthrowing the democratically-elected Mossadegh government? Here is a good summary (with sources) from @zinnedproject.bsky.social. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ir...

Bollards save lives AND bring immense joy and happiness to the world. #WorldBollardAssociation

Actual quote, and you really can’t argue with his logic here.

Trump attacks Iran to preempt Iran’s imminent threat to America … on National Tooth Fairy Day.

Chicago has “It’s Cooler Near the Lake” — New York City has “But Still Pay the Parking Meters.”

Great piece by @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social on lost silent films, some of which don't leave behind much more of a trace than these eye-catching lobby posters!! 😍🎞️ oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/favorite-p...

Hopkins, MN, is truly a model of open government.

The bathrobe ICE news photo from Saint Paul reminds me of the Visby Window at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, depicting the Battle of Visby, Sweden in the year 1361

I’ve voted every two years in every election for over 40 years, and I don’t think I’ve ever voted anywhere that wasn’t a school or a place of worship.

Insurgency sticker at a Minneapolis light rail station

You know what it takes to get thrown out of Vegas for being too much of a cackling jackass? It’s the Official Animal of the State of Nevada!

Neben den großen Skandalen sind es auch die kleinen Dinge, die dir zeigen, dass du unter einer Diktatur lebst. Dem US-Militär wird angeordnet, ins Kino zu gehen und den Propagandafilm der Führergattin zu sehen.

One Battle After Another > One Damned Thing After Another (Marty Supreme)

I am currently on my way to another hearing regarding my federal charges for protesting ICE. When I say our leaders must be willing to put everything on the line, I mean it. And frankly, I see it as the bare minimum in this moment.

TLDR: It was what decent humans with a conscience and morals say it was.

Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. 📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Who in their right mind believes statements from the Department of Homeland Security? Who believes anything Kristi Noem or Stephen Miller or Trump might say about what has just happened in Minneapolis? They no longer have any credibility. That should be clear by now. They lie like they breathe.

live coverage at the scene where ICE murdered another person in Minneapolis this morning. (trigger warning for the contingencies of liveness) www.youtube.com/live/ASr1zVu...

Whipple is the Feds’ local ICE headquarters. A lesson for the next time you witness an ICE murder — GTFO immediately and take your evidence with you.

On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”

Okay, I wonder how many other “Tater Tate and Allen Mundy” veterans are on Bluesky?

It's STFU Friday. Refresh the script 👇

… aaaaannnnddd THAT’S what a tariff is, folks!

It’s ironic that they’re like “if we do ethnic cleansing we’ll have a high trust neighborly society” and then Minneapolis is literally doing high trust neighborly society and they’re like nooooo

Bde Maka Ska on the way home

A second installment of my “Bde Maka Ska from the Passenger Side” series.

For love of God, baptize your gophers, people!

She was dancing at the corner of Summit & Snelling, St Paul.

Some thoughts about the murder by ICE in Minnesota. This is the time for all of us to demand much better and to show what’s right.

We have cleaned up the crime scene and blocked a local investigation and hidden the perpetrator and invaded the state and that is how you know that we are acting in good faith and that everything was the victim’s fault. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

German poster for MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (1929) Directed by Dziga Vertov - BOTD in 1896

John Prine's The Tree of Forgiveness was such a great album — why do I just keep hitting repeat on Egg & Daughter Night? I took this photo 5 years ago this month …

Alright, AI. If you’re trying to butter me up so I’ll cut you some slack … well … nice work, actually. But I’m keeping my eye on you.

How I’m walking out of 2025

British Arrows Awards at the Walker tonight

if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄

Just received this pin which likely came from my great great aunt Mary who worked as a campaigner for women's suffrage in the years leading up to the passage of the 19th amendment. Feels so incredible to hold and feel the history, the visceral sense of how recent this was.

Wait … Pope Leo is replacing Cardinal Dolan with the Hot Priest from Fleabag???