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So far this Ides of March has been a huge disappointment

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107. 12 days of work in 107 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

So, the misogynist, homophobic, racist white Christian nationalist was shot by another misogynist, homophobic, racist white Christian nationalist because he wasn't misogynist, homophobic, racist white Christian nationalist ENOUGH?

We should probably just acknowledge the fact that we (U.S.) are, indeed, the baddies. ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-venezu...

Elon Musk bought and paid for Brad Schimel. That tells you all you need to know, Wisconsin. Vote Susan Crawford today.

And Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5. I'm all veklempt over here.

Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings. Gets me every time.

Me. My day. No work will be done today.

There is a cat curled up purring on my keyboard and OMG the world is a better place

Kendrick Lamar: I'd never seen or heard him, knew nothing about him and Drake. Everything in his show came at me without context. But, dang, what a show! That was a lot of fun to watch, and I got just enough background to know I need to learn more.

Everything is beautiful and nothing hurts

"I AM your Christmas present."

I don't post here very often, but today was a rare event - my supervisor visited me at my workplace! Here she is, considering my job performance

Bloody well about time... #MythicQuest www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okxn...

Please please please . . . somebody primary John Fetterman in '28

At this point, shouldn't Trump just come out wearing a swastika armband? You know he wants to.

Just putting this out there so I can look super smart in a week: it's gonna be Harris by a surprising margin. Landslide-esque. Hyuuuuge.

#Book blurbs from my library: “A larger-than-life folk tale set in an alternate universe version of the present where issues of exile, belonging, identity, nationality, freedom, and destiny are examined through a funhouse mirror that render them opaque and recognizable all at once”

#Book blurbs from my library: “Important novels leave deep cracks in our beliefs, our prejudices, and our blinders. {Title} is one of them.”

Going to San Antonio for a long weekend in a couple of weeks. Any recommendations for tourist stuff to do? Cool museums? Good restaurants? #SanAntonio

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,104,118!

#Book blurbs from my library: “{Author}’s stories are alive, rich with humor and unpredictable but ultimately credible turns, keenly observed, and told with a savvy narrative drive. One can feel in them the love on the part of the author for the strange, the grotesque, the eccentric . . . 🧵

#Book blurbs from my library: “In writing against the limits of psychiatric narratives, into the space where language has failed, {Author} paradoxically finds language for the most ineffable registers of human experience . . . " #reading #books #authors

I dunno, man . . . I think that kind of blurb would seal the deal for me.

#Book blurbs from my library: “Like Kafka hosting Saturday Night Live, {Author} mixes humor with existential dread . . . {Author}’s characters, driven by yearning and obsession, not only get in trouble but seek trouble out - to spectacular effect.” #reading #books #authors

I flew to Brazil once for business, 'way back when the world was young. Economy, middle seat for the return leg to Miami. When I told the exec who had sent me what a LOOONG flight that was, he said "you didn't know we have a policy that business class is allowed for flights over 5 hours?"

#Book blurbs from my library: “The most fascinating and learned study of the biggest wild goose chase in history - the quest for God. {Author} is a genius” - A.N. Wilson #reading #books #authors

#Book blurbs from my library: “Only {Author} could have written this swirling cocktail of church, sin, and caper . . . {Title} is . . a brave and spirited examination of faith, and of the fraud we perpetuate not just in the world but in our selves.” - Haven Kimmel #reading #books #authors

#Book blurbs from my library: “Damn impressive, a layered, rich, sweaty accomplishment of massive proportions, a novel whose first three pages are nothing short of perfect . . . a mammoth portrait of humanity in conflict.” - Entertainment Weekly #reading #books #authors

#book blurbs from my library: “If Carlos Castenada had created his Don Juan with a greater sense of humor, the result would have been {Title}. A fascinating trip.” - Patti Davis #reading #books #authors

Books feed, am I doing this write? @literaturedawn.bsky.social

#Book blurbs from my library: “Powerful . . . . a book brimming with a sense of wonder, a sense of humour, and a sense for the weirdness we’ve all been experiencing.” - Locus #reading #books #authors

This cartoon is, imnsho, far and away, the most accurate Trump reporting ever published.

Since the last time Congress raised the minimum wage, the maximum limit an individual can donate to a Congressional election campaign has been raised 7 times. Congressional donation limits are indexed to inflation. The minimum wage is not.

again, I think Times-bashing is generally unproductive but this is actually fair and accurate