Sometimes I don’t even know what to say.

Interesting.

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” - Ferris Bueller

Just watched an Amazon delivery person drop their clipboard thingie and GALLOP down the sidewalk to join a snowball fight with the kids across the street 🥹

Ye gods, this photo! What a sky!

Well said. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Thinking tonight about the many thousands of ordinary Iranians who lost their lives in the recent protests. It is grim reading:

This is great.

Mayor Mamdani is truly an elite-level political communicator. It is so hard to be this sharp when the cameras are rolling. Most politicians just can’t do it.

What a time.

Republican former member of Colorado's statehouse.

Impressive that he's dropping, but also fascinating that he's dropping because he feels he can't be a Republican state officer while the national party is acting this way.

Ironically, the history of agenda-setting theory is a perfect example of framing: McCombs and Shaw, coining the term agenda-setting: 21,793 citations on google scholar Funkhouser, having the cooler name and studying the thing in better fashion: 1,023 citations on google scholar

“A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”

#skybirds is a thing. Some amazing photography here.

I’m going to miss seeing the Bo Nix Broncos this weekend. They weren’t always good, but they always were exciting, and their luck held for so long… It’s not a great time to have to play the backup QB! (But what a story if they pull it off!)

Democratic politicians have, though, pursued growth in GDP at the expense of other values. One response to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com pessimistic scenario is refocus on those values, combined with egalitarianism, sufficiency and quality of life. Not "it's the economy, stupid" but "it's the the society"

Gorgeous winter light in Edinburgh yesterday #bruntsfield #edinburgh #architecture

I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place

The Hall has seen over 243,820 sunrises. Today’s cold and calm one is up there with the best.

7 years / 700 pages a v good book; a v long & complex task of translation The World in Flames: a Global History of the Seven Years' War (Columbia U.P.)

I thought this was going to be Shakespeare-inspired, but… boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27...

On this day in 2019, the splendid @dimitrinakassis.bsky.social posted this photo of Delphic double rainbows 🌈 on Twitter (taken by Ross Nichol and shared by the Archaeological Museum of Delphi). And I think it’s the only thing I want to repost from Twitter anymore.

Barnwell is great—a real sportswriter in the best sense.

I couldn't be more thrilled with the cover art for my forthcoming book with @uncpress.bsky.social. Lindsay Starr and the rest of the art production team knocked it out of the park. Thank you to everyone involved. It's starting to look like a book.

The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar. “There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...

“Very few Americans (4%) say it would be a good idea for the U.S. to use military force to take possession of Greenland from Denmark; 71% say it would be a bad idea.” www.ipsos.com/en-us/americ...

Thinking today of the people of Iran who are struggling in the universal cause of human freedom.

It is really hard to know or guess how this all ends.

I have a tough time believing people can't get their sports fix on Bluesky. There are so many starter packs. NBA: bsky.app/starter-pack... WNBA: bsky.app/starter-pack... NFL: bsky.app/starter-pack... NHL: bsky.app/starter-pack... MLB: bsky.app/starter-pack... Soccer: bsky.app/starter-pack...

This was not hard to anticipate. krcrtv.com/news/nation-...

In standing up for themselves and for freedom, Greenlanders are also choosing America—the best version of America, anyway, and the one worth fighting for here, too. There is a good idea in America, even if it is buried under a more complex past and present. 1/2

Mike Tomlin is a great #NFL head coach. His career win % (62.8) is just below Bill Belichick (64.7) and Andy Reid (64.0), on par with Sean Payton (63.0). My favorite coach, Mike Shanahan, did not do as well (55.2). Fans that want the guy fired are nuts.

This newly discovered Iron Age instrument may have been played in the Celtic resistance against the Roman Empire

Hilarious to see in the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...

crazy how hard the administration is pushing on this

Trump and the regime are way out of position on what ICE is doing. Dems need to see this as an opportunity.

Agency termination is not all that unusual. Democrats can say that ICE is a lousy agency and that they want to do immigration enforcement through other or new agencies.

News --> Senator Mark Kelly just filed a lawsuit against Pete Hegseth, alleging that his campaign of retribution violates the First Amendment and is designed to silence congressional criticism of Trump. He calls on the court to end this harassment. Strong stuff here:

Here are my most anticipated historical board games to be released in 2026! cliosboardgames.wordpress.com/2026/01/11/m...

Denmark to Trump: you shall not pass!

It’s like the president is drunk. This morning, the insane thing was threatening war with Denmark. This afternoon it is upending Federal Reserve independence. Who knows what he will do at 4 in the morning.

What has been lost in public service: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

What Trump is doing with Greenland and Denmark is absolutely despicable—bullying a smaller country which has been nothing but a good friend to the United States. This is going to cause lasting damage to American national interests as well. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

A favorite of mine. I played the game long before I read the books or saw the show—the game really stands on its own.

A US general compares the White House to "teenagers playing... Risk." The people destroying the international order and undoing the security alliance that has protected American security since World War II. The holders of the nuclear codes.