Nobody involved in this should draw a free breath for the rest of their lives

I'm already in bed.

In case you're wondering whether faculty still run universities in any meaningful sense:

Y'all in New Orleans pay 'em a visit. I sure wish I could go. Gonna peruse the wish list.

"Volunteers are collecting food for families that have suddenly gone into a COVID-level lockdown, and almost everyone who is out and about has a friend or coworker who abruptly went into hiding when they heard Border Patrol had targeted New Orleans." www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...

Someone sent us an Amazon gift card and didn't bother to include who it was from, so the guessing game among our family & friends begins...

Pretty much.

I need help. I'm thisclose to getting back to MYFT-ing and UberLyft. I need $80 for my phone and $65 for my license. Thank you in advance and if I don't thank you after my phone is cut off. PayPal: @AmandaHiern Venmo: @Amanda-Hiern Cashapp: $AmandaHiern72

Chicago PD with the help of the FBI murdered Chairman Fred Hampton 56 years ago today. His ability to galvanize people and build cross-cultural coalitions had J Edgar shook. This book is a great primer for anyone who wants to start learning more about Mr. Hampton. Rest in eternal power.

My interview with @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...

This is such a great book. It pains me Yasmin Khan had to go through this.

Opus Discovers Home #bloomcounty #billthecat #opus #goodmorning #comics #oliver #outland #SteveDallas

We've been watching Taskmaster New Zealand and it is keeping me laughing in these insane days. taskmaster.info/season.php?i...

First Grace can be counted on to put solidarity front & center

Inside you’ll also find a zine on how to report ICE along with instructions on how to fold it together. We keep each other safe.

I really really want someone to just bring me food in bed 'cause it's been that kinda week and it ain't over yet.

So sorry to hear about this. A lovely guy and a trailblazer. variety.com/2025/music/n...

"the unknown unknowns are in fact very much known...: Epstein lawyers, certainly; some FBI agents and current and former federal prosecutors; Epstein’s paid enablers; his pals and playmates in the nationless, borderless elite, and..the trafficked women." www.americanfreakshow.news/p/the-french...

Not to mention this one.

If this is anything like his recent live shows, well...this li'l bit is fantastic. He's always known how to gather first-rate, kickass musicians and this is no exception. www.npr.org/2025/12/01/g...

Good read on New Orleans now. www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

I hate this fucking state so much.

I used to when I worked in a small retail shop around the hollerdays.

Last weekend, I had a mega blast talking with @joshfeit.bsky.social and @ericacbarnett.bsky.social about alt weeklies and the Village Voice. Josh has done me a kindness and written about the book here. He calls it a "must read" and a "heroic civic lift."

Aging gracefully.

BREAKING: US judge blocks Trump from cutting Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states reut.rs/48JkN4t

OMG it me. subversivecrossstitch.com/products/pro...

My toes have been achy since last week, but now my hip has joined that chorus. Don't get old, kids.

"The talons of bargainhunters tore ruthlessly through stacks of silk blouses and left a tangle of unpleated garments upon the earth. The man knelt to comb through the castoffs like a haruspex searching for truth in the entrails of a slaughtered animal."

I've talked about it before but the AIDS Quilt and the project of memorializing queer stories through tangible physical objects is fundamental to how I want to make art and the methods and mediums I choose. This is such a loving interactive digital archive, and I am so sad and glad for it.

Gallery Halll, represent.

That section of Coliseum Street may look like it's sinking but it's really rising to greet your vehicle's suspension in the best possible way.

Fuck em up, Costco fam!

These photos of the father-daughter dance held at Angola, Louisiana's largest maximum security prison, are sort of overwhelming. I dare you not to cry. Story from @apnews.com apnews.com/article/loui...

I wrote about Benny's, where Mick Jagger and Bruce Springsteen sat in with some of New Orleans' finest bar bands in the '80s and '90s. A beloved 13th Ward institution, it was derailed by an over-zealous drug raid and ultimately shut down by the City. acloserwalknola.com/places/benny...

Playing the hits

www.bbc.com/future/artic... Protomolecule, is that you?

"It’s a running gag how antiquated I am. I get the physical newspaper. I pay my bills with checks. I still haven’t forgiven Germany, and I probably never will." adamcaytonholland.substack.com/p/normalize-...

Freezing my kishkes this a.m. Brrrrr.

Happy Birthday to Viviane Katrina Louise "Viv" Albertine, guitarist for the English punk group the Slits and member of the Flowers of Romance, born on this day in 1954, Sydney, Australia Photos by David Corio #punk #punks #punkrock #punkrockhistory #womenofpunk #vivalbertine #theslits

It's...sizeable.

“We represent the idea that you can tell the world to stuff it and you can determine your own destiny...Young people see us as badass girls, not caring what the world thinks” english.elpais.com/culture/2025...

So I've made this turkey gumbo recipe after Thanksgiving for the past few years whenever I get the chance, and this is the first year I've added any hot sauce to it. Just 1/8 cup Tabasco, which I've found is more than enough. www.epicurious.com/recipes/food...

So my book about Howard Zinn’s outsized life comes out August 2026. That’s now official. If you want me to come to your bookstore/library/community center/house party to talk about Zinn’s life and and what teaches us about how to beat back the bastards, please email [email protected]

happy holidays from the belle chase breaux mart

WWJD? Not this.

In high school, I had a choir director who was very fond of John Rutter's music. (Haven't met a choir director who isn't, TBH.) He would have us trot out A Gaelic Blessing at many concerts, which we performed so much we called it A Garlic Dressing. My parents objected to it over one line in it...