Great song! Was just listening to this the other day

Is it bad for a country when news organizations are doing video analyses of how many times the country’s elderly racist leader falls asleep in the middle of a meeting?

There are children from Afghanistan in my son’s school, so this is a worrisome development www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Saag paneer pizza

Roy is officially in (and will win) *DEMOCRAT ROY COOPER FILES TO RUN FOR US SENATE

“I believe that the majority of Republicans would vote for new leadership. It’s that widespread.” www.wsj.com/politics/eli...

This is racist and dangerous. Last I checked, Somalians are Black and Rep. Omar is a colleague. Where are the @housedemocrats.bsky.social? The @blackcaucus.bsky.social ? Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.

"In Footloose, tolerance and shared humanity (and dance) prevail. In the world at large, the forces trying to turn America into one big Bomont (or Gatlin) were only warming up." Good essay from @kphipps3000.bsky.social on an 80s classic thereveal.film/the-80s-in-4...

Busting this out #NowListening

The Christmas season is fully upon us, but I took some time to catch up with a 2016 Thanksgiving movie, Krisha. Some might say Blood Rage is the definitive Thanksgiving horror film, but I think it might actually be Krisha, a harrowing depiction of an aunt with substance abuse problems reconnecting

The party of free speech

🚨👀 Pope Leo who spent years of his life as a cleric in Peru asks the Trump admin not to deploy military for regime change in Venezuela. "It is better to search for ways of dialogue, or perhaps pressure, including economic pressure".

Abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia on December 2, 1859.

A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social

"Together, Lizza and Nuzzi are keeping the fire of their incinerated reputations going. Rarely has scandal looked so much like performance art." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...

I will shovel the sidewalk in front of our house later

The right's now hegemonic argument that cocaine is actually a chemical weapon and that mere suspicion of having it on your boat justifies an order to kill everyone aboard is astoundingly insane

The Night I Swam

"The child was doing wonderfully. People loved him. People are heartbroken to know that that’s why he didn’t come to school today — because he was detained." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/01/m...

Was honestly just thinking this. No reason at all to be bombing boats in the Caribbean. There's a pretend reason - drugs! - but it makes no sense and pretty much everybody knows it.

For Christmas, a friend gave me a calendar of paintings of the Erie Canal by Lockport artist Joe Whalen. Here’s December.

The snow has arrived

"If we were to lose him, this would not only stagnate our current project, but it would drastically impact UAB‘s ability to remain at the cutting edge of AI integration into healthcare systems." One consequence of Trump's draconian immigration policies is brain drain www.al.com/news/2025/11...

Kitty by the fire

If you voted to confirm Pete Hegseth, the murders are on you.

Less than two weeks after saying it would resume naturalization ceremonies in upstate NY, USCIS is once again cancelling them — this time claiming a lack of candidates. As with our previous reporting, the agency isn't answering questions. Maria Silva reports.

Just learned my son’s elementary school is setting up a food pantry. I’m glad they’re doing this, but sad it’s necessary.

"... it has been many months since Trump hosted a full-on campaign-style rally. He has opted instead to travel abroad, golf at his private clubs, and dine with wealthy friends, business leaders, and major donors." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Rosa Parks was arrested for violating a discriminatory municipal code about bus seating in Montgomery, AL 70 years ago today.

Watched the 1995 Serbian film "Marble Ass," a raw, boisterious and radical depiction of trans sex workers in Belgrade. The plot is loose, but it concerns an old friend returning from the Yugoslav wars and bringing chaos and violence with him. This movie is a blend of documentary and fiction,

Pretty clear that the Jan 6 crowd was filled with creeps and degenerates www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Looking forward to a worsening doctor shortage!

"But we owe Specialist Beckstrom more than sorrow. We owe her remembrance—clear-eyed, grateful, and honest. At a very young age, she chose to serve others before she served herself." www.thebulwark.com/p/rememberin...

Strong floor, no ceiling.

Catching up on my New Yorkers. Thought this Jon Lee Anderson article about Cubans, Trump and the current state of the island was pretty interesting. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Wait, I was told 19 kids dead in a single month didn’t matter.

Beach

Bald eagle Grizzly bear Black bear Puffin Alligator

WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.

Introducing my son to Mary Poppins

"The fact that she chose both to enlist in the National Guard and to work at a community behavioral health center is testament to her passion for helping others." This young woman was only 20. Just a terrible tragedy. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Checked out the Minibar in Portland, Maine, for some lunch and indoor minigolf. Lots of references to New England sports.

The children’s museum in Portland, Maine, is pretty cool

New Gallup poll shows Trump's approval hit a new low for his second term: -36% approve -60% disapprove His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...

🎁 link to the WSJ editorial that made Stephen Miller so mad. "It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees... "Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer." www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

My brother-in-law makes maple syrup