Though sad news, she is an inspiration to us all. Hers is a life well lived

For some hilarity, go check out HUD.gov

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Pope Leo yesterday: “Someone who says ‘I’m against abortion but says I am in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life, someone who says that ‘I’m against abortion, but I’m in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States,’ I don’t know if that’s pro-life.”

So being against racism and fascism and standing with one’s community for self-defense is now considered a crime? Shame on UNC. This is Dwayne Dixon. I know Dwayne and the students testifying to how great of a professor he is in the comments on Instagram are as shocked as I am.

Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.

Happy bday poet W.S. Merwin, b.1927, NYC. “On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree” “We are asleep with compasses in our hands. ” “come back believer in shade believer in silence and elegance believer in ferns believer in patience believer in the rain”

My advice to Democrats today and assuming the government shuts down at midnight tonight? Don't cave! Tell the public what’s at stake. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/senate-dems-dont-cave-and-explain

Reminder: The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize is usually announced the second Friday of October.

I just ate the best pizza of my entire life in Portland. It was like eating art. All the patrons, ourselves included, ate our art pizza on the floor behind turned over tables, to avoid the battle just outside. We threw on our flak jackets, clutching boxes of pizza, we barely made it to the car…

happy bday English writer Elizabeth Gaskell, b.1810. “Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used--not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless.”

happy bday Spanish writer Miguel de Unamuno, b.1864. “That which the fascists hate, above all else, is intelligence.” “Warmth, warmth, more warmth! For we are dying of cold and not darkness. It is not the night that kills, but the frost.”

The toad could not think of a story.

Shouldn't Schumer and Jeffries tell Trump: Sorry, can't make it to the White House to chat tomorrow! You say a major city is so 'war-ravaged' as to require deploying federal troops authorized to use 'Full Force' against U.S. citizens. So we feel a responsibility to head to Portland to take a look.

Occam's Razor always rules. Always.

The correct answer is no, it violates the posse comitatus act.

“Once upon a time,” said Frog, “there were two good friends, a frog and a toad.”

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They're going to try to overturn Obergefell and end marriage equality. Eyes wide open, folks. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

My understanding is that the UN was headquartered in the US post WW2 because a) we were the dominant world power, along with the USSR, but b) unlike them, we could be trusted to allow free discussion, debate, and collective action.

2011. Probably not his viewpoint anymore.

Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen: In recent days, Denmark has been subjected to hybrid attacks. Drones have been seen in several places near critical infrastructure, both military and civilian. These are attacks we must expect to see more of.

NEW: Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families. But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes. With @theassemblync.bsky.social

You got fired for paraphrasing Yoda, dude That's just wrong

On this day in 1962 Rachel Carson's Silent Spring is first published. “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature...

Mordor on the Orient Express

BREAKING: Per MSNBC, Nexstar has ALSO CAVED and will stop preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live! Way to go, everyone!

RIP Spanish-born writer/philosopher George Santayana, died this day 1952. “The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter; and in these, the spirit blooms timidly,...

We like big butts and we cannot lie. This is our new water butt which will be installed out front so that we can collect rainwater to water the flowers of our new Interactive Flora Trail. orkneylibrary.org.uk/interactive-...

Quinnipiac in recent poll asked: Do you think that the way people talk about politics these days is contributing to violence in the United States, or don't you think so? 82% of voters agreed with this including majority of Dems, Independents, and GOP. I said basically this and got fired.

Wow. Let’s not blow past this. The administrator of the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY says that climate change is a hoax/con job.

In 1935 German leadership called a surprise meeting and informed their previous oath to uphold the Weimar constitution was now void and they instead must swear a personal oath to the Führer. Many claimed they didn’t like the order, but they did it anyway. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Toad knocked at the door. “Hello,” said Frog. “Look at my list of things to do,” said Toad. “Oh,” said Frog, “that is very nice.”

Democratic candidates in swing Senate races should come out and say they will not vote for Schumer to be majority leader under any circumstances. It will help with both the Democratic base and Independent voters.

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

They swam all afternoon. Frog swam fast and made big splashes. Toad swam slowly and made smaller splashes.

Pete Hegseth announced that members of the US military who need a shaving exemption for more than a year will be forced out of the service, tossing out a decades-old policy created mainly for Black and brown troops with pseudofolliculitis barbae.

"This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this" - Jimmy Kimmel

@indivisiblealbany.org time to boycott WTEN and all advertisers as they will not be airing Kimmel

Hey, 518 - WTEN will not be airing Kimmel. Let them and their advertisers know how how much you think they suck.

Local ABC affiliate owner Nexstar says the talk show will not return after it was pulled due to comments about host's reaction to Charlie Kirk's death.

WTEN has a story from The Hill on its homepage about Nexstar's decision to pre-empt Kimmel that mentions Nexstar owns The Hill but doesn't mention Nexstar owns WTEN. www.news10.com/video/nexsta...

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“The Dark Frog tied one end of the rope to a tree. ‘Turn for me!’ he shouted. I turned the rope for the Dark Frog. He jumped twenty times. ‘I am beginning to get hungry,’ said the Dark Frog.”

For years, Black troops fought for policies that allowed them to thrive in the service—including around grooming. To Hegseth, that’s the whole problem: a military with Black leadership and without obstacles to a diverse corps is one in which white men have to take orders from the wrong kind.

On this day in 1923 The Prophet by writer Kahlil Gibran is first published. “Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself” “And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair”

Jimmy Kimmel returns to air! A win for free speech. Don’t ever let them silence you. The only thing scarier to Trump than a punchline is the truth.

He watered his plants.

Fall color unfolds across the Adirondacks https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/explorer-news/fall-color-unfolding-across-the-adirondacks/