Don't let this Jan 6th point get lost: Jack Smith testified to Congress he had "proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election." In other words, he could prove in court that Trump attempted a coup.

Churchill would *absolutely* drink and post....

Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists. Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election. Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot. It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.

“If a writer has any guts he should write all the time, and the lousier the world the harder a writer should work. For if he can do nothing positive to make the world more livable and less cruel and stupid, he can at least record truly.” ~Martha #Gellhorn, 1941 letter to Max Perkins #OnWriting

Winter Picnic Anne Meredith Barry 1994

Today, January 6th, is the day on which James Joyce’s famous short story “The Dead” takes place! The story was adapted for film by John Huston, starring his daughter Angelica Huston, and was the final film of his career. A perfect watch or read as the weather continues to threaten snow! K.H

How marvellous that both Robert Duvall (Boo Radley) and Mary Badham (Scout) are still with us… and that Duvall is 95 today. How much do I love this film? Let us count the ways.

Tim Walz dropping out of the race for a third term is the direct result of Republican threats to kill his entire family after they had already murdered one of his state’s representative and her husband. — Anyone still believe both parties are the same?

Tut, I came not to hear this.

I feel like I appreciated John Sayles plenty at the time, but I really underrated the value of someone like Nicole Holofcener making lowkey movies about how regular people live their lives and they seem like precious diamonds now

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

Jesus, send the meteor.

all this is both foolish and unnecessary

Mnidoo Giizis (Spirit Moon) Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe 2022

Many people -- but most notably, Epstein's victims -- told the truth about Epstein and were smeared and abandoned by both parties. The DOJ protects Epstein. Dem propagandists defended the DOJ under Biden. The GOP buried the case under Trump. Were all these people "distracted"? Or simply evil?

😢

Let's sing down the Nazis like they did in CASABLANCA.

I have neither thrown nor received a real punch in my life but I kind of think the root sin of the social internet is letting people just say and do things that in the real world would get the shit kicked out of them

After two modest snowfalls, the shoreline has altered radically. The dogs do not care. #Toronto

Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social

T is the front man. The architects of project 2025 are behind the invasion of Venezuela, deportations, plan to sideline Congress, dismantling of social services and civil rights etc. T is the distraction. He didn’t plan this. He can’t even figure out what’s the correct dose of aspirin to take.

Enshittification.

We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions

Sage advice from @elizmccrack.bsky.social. #AmWriting

WELP, I guess I’m awake now. Time to make some tea, read more of BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY by Nicholas Boggs which is just incredible, btw and then get back to writing. I’ll keep an eye on Trump’s moves, but I will not give my day over to him. He doesn’t get to plan my heart’s agenda.

Be a hand-written letter in a world full of text messages.

Jack Smith: “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power" www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR-b... (8:58)

I'm not NOT crying at Mandy Patinkin singing "Over the Rainbow" in the freezing cold with a chorus of Staten Island schoolkids.

A motorcade of taxis. Yellow cab drivers adore Zohran Mamdani like a brother. He spent 45 days camped outside of City Hall with them. He took all of his meetings and calls from the protest site. And, spent 15 days on a water-only hunger strike with them. They won and saved lives.

I wish you, and me, and all of us, strength & solidarity & joy in the new year as we find our way together: which we have done this year already, and will arise tomorrow to do again. /thread

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. As ever - sharing Tennyson’s exhortation to leave the old year dying in the night. In gratitude, fellow travelers. #everynightapoem

Meanwhile, Dorothy Parker reportedly wired Robert Benchley one New Year’s Eve: “YOU COME RIGHT OVER HERE AND EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE HAVING ANOTHER YEAR.”

It's a tiny, perfect, character-driven piece. #BlueMoon

“I’m honored to be your ancestor and believe that disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

We must protect Connor Storrie from that demon at all costs.

THE DAY CARES ARE LOCKED BECAUSE YOU MADE A GENERATION-LONG EFFORT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO KILL THE CHILDREN INSIDE THEM YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING GHOULS

A friend suggested Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li and I finished it last night. I don't have words. It was devastating, beautifully written, and a powerful example of how to write about grief without making it mainly about grief. Highly recommend. bookshop.org/p/books/thin...

Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research. A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans. futurism.com/health-medic...

You want to see a tyrannous assault on rights? Try to be a high risk person accessing basic society, medical care, work or school faced with a cultural regime openly saying they are absolutely fine with their infection killing you.

That brand new Dem George Conway is running for a safe Dem seat is offensive. If he was even remotely the hero he pretends to be (instead of a crass opportunist) he'd use his vast fortune as a mergers and aquistions lawyer to run against a GOP incumbent to flip a red seat to blue. #opportunist

Personally I draw the line at mocking the disabled reporter- and I don’t mean MY line. I mean anyone who proceeded over that line is unredeemable.

That was outstanding.

I hope Caroline Kennedy has a lot of people around her. My heart goes out to her and the entire family.

I bring most excellent news, in case you haven't heard. That dapper man in the New York Times photo after the Louvre break-in? He is a dapper 15-year-old. How did I learn this? He's a friend of my nephew (by marriage) who is also 15. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

That George Conway is running for a safe Dem seat is offensive. If he was even remotely the hero he pretends to be (instead of a crass opportunist), he'd be running against a Republican incumbent somewhere, trying to flip a red seat to blue.

YES, IT IS.

I am teaching a Billy Wilder class in the spring semester, working on the syllabus now, and you know what, every day of the new term is going to be blissful.

A Battle with My Blood - by Tatiana Schlossberg www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

An absolutely wonderful, versatile, powerful and powerfully funny actor who enlivened everything he was in, and a huge loss. I'm not going to say the word, but we're all thinking it in his honor. RIP Isiah Whitlock. deadline.com/2025/12/isia...

The thing about “Somali Fraud” is that Donald Trump raped and sexually abused girls within Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring.