I really missed this after the Twitter Anschluss! Will revive my participation when I teach Solutions Journalism this fall

I'm going to guess Bluesky -45

Why is this an improvement to education? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

New Washington Post slogan about to drop after Jeff Bezos's layoffs: Democracy Dies.

We need to start asking all candidates which is more important: order or liberty.

And now your moment of Mila. Quoth Little Miss Mila, "Leeve da berries. Tayk da yogurz!"

A disturbing read. I hadn't heard of administrative subpoenas before. Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Normalize expecting Punxsutawney Phil's prediction to apply only to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Let a thousand weather-predicting animals bloom!

I am reminded of vigilance committees formed by anti-slavery Northerners to protect fugitive slaves as well as their own civil liberties in the decades before the American Civil War. bsky.app/profile/minn...

Q: Why did the Leninist chicken walk along the footpath? A: Because the central committee told it that crossing the road was a syndicalist deviation!

In light of the overlong and awkward new name "The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts," I propose we just refer to it as "The The Center." www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

This is heroic. But what about everyone else who isn't yearslong buddies with their police chief or sheriff? What about everyone who doesn't have a favor to call in? www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Happy Gotcha Day and Caturday Eve! This is the 10th anniversary of Mila and Looie's adoption into the Fuhlhage Pride! Mila was initially apprehensive to come out of her kennel when we were getting acquainted at the Humane Society of Macomb. But she and Looie-loo settled right into their new home.

Inside Hitler's Germany History of Multinational Corporations: The Role of Money and Power Propaganda and Public Opinion Power in American Communities Environmental History of North America

Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning I was sent this video of agents at her door:

Ashé Ashé Ashé. And so many others… Charlotta Bass survielled and harassed by the FBI for her reporting, A Philip Randolph and Chandler Owen arrested for writing an editorial that Black men should resist the draft. It is why I write that Black journalists are canaries in the coal mine in my book

Most of my students yesterday didn't know and weren't impressed that Bruce Springsteen made an Alex Pretti song. From a Gen X prof's perspective, what if the current generation of college students views Springsteen the way we viewed Perry Como, Guy Lombardo, and Lawrence Welk when we were their age?

Happy Kansas Day! On this date in 1861, Kansas joined the Union, and just in time to protect the new commander in chief. When Lincoln arrived in Washington in March 1861, the Capitol was fortified as if anticipating a siege. 1/

And now your moment of Mila, who is OBSESSED with this brazen squirrel and its nut.

And now your moment of Looie-loo, wherein Mr. Loo has a close encounter of the squirrel kind.

What if the real reason ICE agents conceal their identity is to keep the public from finding out the vetting process disregarded that their backgrounds make them unsuited for this work? What if the real reason is to protect Noem, Miller and company from public outrage about what those people do?

Three cheers for Philip Glass, whose Solo Piano record has been my boon companion for decades whenever I'm painting. (I notice that Glass didn't use the current administration's name for the center in his letter.)

Trump aides declared 16 DHS shootings since July justified before probes completed www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Mila and Looie's Gotcha Week! I lined baskets with towels and flannel to give them warm beds in their basement bathroom nursery for their first few days before introducing them to the rest of the house. The baskets were perfectly sized for them at 9 months old.

Oh, you know, just a metro daily newspaper running a service journalism roundup of munitions the government has used against its own people

12:45: restate my assumptions

man the stuff i am seeing on IG from the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different

No, our country was founded on standing up to tyranny.

If the Mafia were doing what ICE is doing, we would call it racketeering.

At this point, in any other country where an authoritarian regime was terrorizing its people, the United Nations would be sending peacekeepers.

What are some good albums to play to embrace the cold and snow? My nomination is "Life's Too Good," by Sugarcubes. You?

Inspired by the polar chill, I am baking banana bread. I'm using the Trader Joe's mix, but adding freshly toasted pecans, sliced banana, semisweet chocolate chips, a little vanilla extract and a splash of rum. Temp now: 2°F, -10° wind chill

“You can only preach against ICE for so long before God calls you to get out of the pulpit and get to the streets.” — Father Joshua Shawnee, pastor at the Parish Church of St. Jerome in Tulsa, Oklahoma religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

Welp, TikTok just jumped the shark. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...

Moments of Mila and Looie-loo are going on hiatus because of *gestures widely* all this going on. Maybe they'll return when conditions in this country improve.

I'm so glad that Football Team won while I was watching "Selma" on MLK Jr. Day.

How many of those stupid, low-quality microdrama/playlet/short drama creators do I have to block before the algorithm quits puking them onto my fyp?

And now your moment of Mila, who needed just a little extra insulation this subzero wind chill morning.

@medialawprof.bsky.social Did you just follow me on Mastodon? Because the first post from you looks suspiciously bland

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Just got this text message from HollywoodDemocrats.com, which since 2023 has raised more than $200k and spent $0 on candidates or IEs. What it does spend money on: consultants. Folks, this ain't it. www.fec.gov/data/disburs...

ME: Who's a good Balrog? BALROG: [Brandishes flaming sword menacingly] ME:Who's a good Balrog? [Tosses it an orc skull] BALROG:[Rolls over on back and plays with orc skull like a catnip toy] ME: Who's a good Balrog? [Boops his snoot] BALROG: [Chuffs and purrs] ME: YOU are!

I just noticed a continuity error in Dazed and Confused: It's set in May 1976. A kid wears a Kiss Rock and Roll Over album cover T-shirt, but that album didn't come out until November 1976. 🙀

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And now your Caturday moment of Looie-loo, who is keeping a close eye on my email for confirmation that Chewy accepts the prescrription I sent for his bougie Rx kibble.

The Washington National Opera should stage Wozzeck and make the title character an ICE agent at its first performance away from the Kennedy Center.

And now your moment of Mila and Looie-loo. I hope this lightens things a bit. Events are making the world way too heavy today.

Why does "Something went wrong. Please try again later" feel like metacommentary on world events?

I think Dad figured out why Looie-loo and Mila like their new toy so much: It looks like it has its guts hanging out, which appeals to the predator inside them.