A successor to the defunct World Fact Book. Thank goodness regular people step up to preserve information sharing. openfactbook.org

If your response to Rep. Al Green's sign is to "well akshually..." please log off the internet forever for the good of humankind.

Sometimes, I remember the pre-internet world and I miss it. I was only an adult a few years before the dot com revolution but there was a sense of mystery and excitement and a desire to unmask it. Maybe I'm just getting older.

Same! I was busy enjoying a home cooked meal of chicken and farro. Basically, the classic Black dish of chicken and rice but with farro instead. Trying to get my grains!

Flavor Flav is the real hero we need. I'm so proud he stands up for our athletes.

New solution for a case of the crankypants: a hot bowl of gumbo.

Time to face this fact. Nothing is more weak than needing women to be submissive to make up for the fact that you are.

It's taco Saturday! I'm so hungry!

Fact. When I studied at Universitetet i Oslo, we did the math. Americans are getting hosed with terrible ROI.

Two dollars for each time the spelling is in text right in front of them when they do it.

Whomever decided to use this photo chose violence! 😂😂😂

Black history month fact!

Dreampt that I was sat next to JD Vance twice on separate flights. Not surprised that I woke up feeling sick.

Robert Duval had such an amazing career. My favorite role of his was the lead in The Apostle. A criminally underrated film. As a PK, myself, this film felt so accurate to what the world of evangelicals is like. youtu.be/fQe1Kehx110?...

No doubt this is the type of person who thinks Black folks get into colleges they didn't deserve to.

Btw, this does not mean ICE is shutting down. They have billions. This means agencies like the TSA won't send out paychecks.

This. I feel like tearing out my hair.

What's the point of being the most rich and/or powerful people on the planet if you aren't going to even dress well?

There is nothing special about red velvet cake. You can put cream cheese frosting on any cake you want.

To all the "I came here the right way" immigrants of color, this admin doesn't care. Don't say you weren't warned. The weapon you help them form for others can be turned on you.

The Librarians is now streaming in full on PBS' Youtube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywQO...

And here I've been just making typos naturally like a sucker.

I am not one to shill for products, but I started ordering meals from Everytable.com and I haven't had one bad meal yet. This is my 3rd week and man, this food is tasty, fresh & local. Best is that it's really affordable too. I hope they can expand their delivery area so my SF friends can try it.

I don't want to see any complaints about not understanding what Bad Bunny was saying from the people who don't even know the correct lyrics of songs they like.

Welp, I got a lot of work done today and I even managed to put a final coat of polyurethane on my nightstand during my lunch break. Another work week in the rear view.

It's once again time to recommend this essential read if you want to know how gaming is connected to what is happening right now. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/763392...

Yeah, it has been obvious. Over a decade ago, a techie I knew pretty much told me I was not imagining it. No algo suggests an Oreck vacuum right after I pass a store on accident. No algo pushes tix to The Cure immediately after I mention them on accident.

Let Walder Frey and his whole family be a lesson.

I'm heartbroken. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

EVERYTHING AMERICANS HAVE ALLOWED THE GOVERNMENT TO DO TO BLACK PEOPLE IS NOW BEING DONE TO EVERYONE. WE TOLD YOU THIS WOULD HAPPEN.

If you're a Republican who is struggling to reconcile with what your party is doing, if you struggle to sleep at night, if people you love are feeling resentful and you want to make things right, it's time to part ways with the GOP. You're late to the party, but the door is open for you.

Never give up hope. In every city and town, everyone who fights this darkness is a hero. #Minneapolis

It might be "chop my hair off" day.

Here I am, agreeing with Bill Kristol. Democrats, pay attention! This is the position.

And here I was, ready to have a nice weekend like a fool. I just wanted to spend time with my son & touch up a nightstand. But feds are murdering in the streets so they can brutalize and kidnap Black & Brown people with impunity. We are & have been in the midst of a white nationalist takeover.

Well deserved! We will see if the Academy makes good.

People are kidnapping preschoolers and macing fully restrained protesters because they like the power to make others suffer, and I need us all to burn into our memories what they’re doing now because they’re definitely going to be asking for grace and forgiveness in the not too distant future.

You know, I love Oakland. Every weekday, between 3-5, retirees line the sidewalk near Grand Lake Theater with protest signs. I can hear the honking when I'm home. Today, a brass band joined them. Oakland is magic. Oaklanders are solid people.

Nationwide ban on leaf blowers in city limits now! Noise pollution is far worse than some leaves on the ground easily raked or swept. Sorry, I'm a middle aged busybody.

When I was a business manager I was given a definition of effective communication that holds true. It's effective when it has the desired effect. That's it. Is the desired effect for people to think he's senile?

Infuriating. "You'll just have to get used to us shaking you down despite it being public knowledge that you have less money all the time."

I truly appreciate my transit options but this is the kind of thing that drives me bonkers. Escalators are always going out. There are limited elevators and stations are already long. For those of us with disabilities, it's hard.

The biggest miscalculation of the Trumpists is about human nature. They assume we're all selfish and cowardly and can be cowed into silence or submission or surrender, which is to say they seem to base their version of human nature partly on themselves and partly on their scorn for the rest of us.

I've watched The Flux multiple times. Sometimes I enjoy it, other times, extremely frustrated. This needed to be 10-12 episodes to flesh out the story lines & develop the characters. We didn't get nearly enough Prof. Eustacius Jericho, Kavanista, Bel, Vinder or background of Division. #Doctorwho

I'm getting really concerned that my goal of doing some field research in Norway is going to be hampered by my nation's recklessness. How long until we aren't allowed in even more nations? It's already begun.

Happy 50th anniversary to Joni Mitchell's album, Court and Spark! youtu.be/otPQDEbVsc4?...

"With each modest advance, the white population promptly raises the argument that the Negro has come far enough. Each step forward accents an ever-present tendency to backlash.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

I have been feeling sad I had to miss the Karl Ove Knausgård talk tonight but this almost makes up for it.

It's not advisable to communicate unsubstantiated information to someone you know is a librarian. We are going to try and verify those claims, bud.

"In any civilized society, it is every citizen's responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time, it is every citizen's responsibility to disobey unjust laws." Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.