If Bob Fosse directed “Cats”

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Okay, I did not expect this...

Leonard Cohen in "Miami Vice" www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTOk...

Steven Spielberg cameo in "The Blues Brothers" www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8MA...

In french he is called Donald Trompe. It translates very clearly. #trump

This made me laugh so hard... www.youtube.com/shorts/cZa5o...

I had that dream again.

This makes me feel the passage of time a little more vividly. Same actors, same scene from "Jesus Christ Superstar," 50 years apart: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzcA...

Footage on the news right now yet again of children being led out of building where shootings took place. This time it was the Islamic Center in San Diego. No children harmed, thankfully, but no doubt traumatized for life. Three staff killed.

The Thucydides Trap The Herodotus Hazard The Polybius Ploy The Livy Lure The Arrian Ambush The Seutonius Subterfuge The Cicero Cheat The Tacticus Trick The Vegetius Violation The Plutarch Pitfall The Epictetus Entrapment

If you're a certain age, some photos are seared into your memory and require no context. Is it really more than 50 years ago?

this headline belongs on America's tombstone

The way to avoid the Thucydides Trap is to seize the Metternich Moment and find Bismarckian Balance through Tordesillas Tradeoffs, thus avoiding the danger of a Sarajevo Surprise that leads to the Macedonian Mastery of a Standby Successor from outside the Pacific Peloponnesus.

the prodigal son returns

We hope this post about orphaned negatives makes you gruntled. An ‘orphaned negative’ is a word that SHOULD feel like it has a related word, but doesn’t. ‘Nonchalant’ is an orphaned negative because there is no ‘chalant.’

I know this has been said before but this is Handmaid's Tale levels of insanity.

For the Monty Python fans out there:

Speaking of hantavirus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tqd...

Not now, Large Transequatorial Negative-Polarity Coronal Hole!

Holy shit, this is flat-out-truth-telling

Scientists have finally figured out how fast the universe is expanding. So adjust your 401(k)s accordingly. www.wsj.com/science/how-...

excellent memeage

"ease a monk shortage"

Cool: Tulip lamps

Do you believe *this world* we are in?

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Finally unfollowed someone who was often interesting but also often petty and disdainful. Life is too short.

Getting older is a weird thing. I'm finally getting around to watching "Leon The Professional" tonight -- very good movie, BTW -- and I thought, I know who would really enjoy this, then I realize that person passed nine years ago. That's not supposed to happen. Jarring.

*something enraging happens* *I draft a screed* *I think twice* At dinner: “Something enraging happened and I was gonna say something but I figured no one needed to hear my opinion about it.” Husband: “You’re the first person since the internet was made to do that. Hang on, lemme get a medal.”

"As warped as it may seem, Moscow assumed Russian forces would be greeted as liberators. The invasion was structured around that set of unworkable assumptions." - Michael Kofman responds to my critique of Ukraine war predictions. And my rebuttal.

The post below is from a year ago. May Day is Friday. There are things to be done. And not. “no school, no work, no shopping” indivisible.org/get-involved...

How done are we? This done. ‘the AI industry is “building AI-agent integrations into production infrastructure faster than it’s building the safety architecture to make those integrations safe”

So the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Amazon is discussing the possibility of bringing back "The Apprentice" -- with Don Jr. as host.

A scary but very plausible scenario: (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

This is interesting: The Supreme Court is currently looking at "geofencing":

All the news that's fit to -- ah, never mind. www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

Well, I guess Trump's going to double down on the blockade... Of course, this could just be a carefully crafted leak designed to put pressure on the Iranians -- oh, who am I kidding, when was the last time Trump "carefully crafted" anything?? (gift link) www.wsj.com/world/middle...

I could spend all day watching productivity videos.

Would be interesting to see a version of "Godspell" updated to the Trump era.

This is an interesting, informative, fun interview with author I. S. Berry; highly recommended. open.spotify.com/episode/2kth...