Hochul suggests @bradlander.bsky.social might be faint of heart, and endorses Dan Goldman, the milquetoast imcumbent. Did she not see Lander putting himself on the line for immigrants, and getting arrested? Has Goldman marched in any No Kings rallies? gothamist.com/news/hochul-...

can't help but wonder if he's carved DJT into the resolute desk

I asked Virginia State Senate leader Scott Surovell why Republicans always seem to find a way around such procedural obstacles whereas Dems are so often stymied by them. The exchange got interesting: newrepublic.com/article/2102...

JUST IN: The Trump admin was hit with a lawsuit this morning for painting the Reflecting Pool blue. The Cultural Landscape Foundation claims the admin violated federal laws by altering the historic site without first having its plans reviewed. www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

Is it by any chance delivered by IV to the back of the right hand?

“Say … what’s a mountain goat doing way up here in a cloud bank?”

As former Sec. Noem acknowledged in testimony to me, it is illegal to deport people with active asylum cases. Yet ICE continues to ignore the law and due process. Sec. Mullin, follow the law and stop this un-American deportation dragnet that is intended to sow chaos and fear in our communities.

How many Americans are under-healthcared?

Slightly increase a band Todd Sprintdgren's Utopia

Finally saw Woman of the Year yesterday; I liked it a lot but hated the ending and would like to see it re-done with Spencer Tracy's character being more compromising. It kind of reminded me of Sweet Dreams, too, and Ed Harris's character (Patsy Cline's husband) having to cope with Cline's success.

I don't know who needs to read this, but if you need to read this maybe I don't want to know you? www.fodors.com/news/news/an...

Wow, THIS just made my entire week bsky.app/profile/newm...

Greg Abbott is a professed Christian, a Roman Catholic. It's just amazing how quick and happy he was to throw the Golden Rule out when he decided to push Texas's redistricting.

One thing I learned when I wrote a book called THE SWAMP is that when I look out my airplane window on a sunny day in May, the Everglades is not supposed to be on fire.

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Vermont has about 645,000 people. Texas has about 31,710,000 million people, about 49 times as many. I just do not see how it's equitable that Vermont's two senators have as much say as Texas's two senators in passing laws, approving cabinet secretaries and judges. Nor how VT determines a Senate

So grotesque and awful. And these companies won’t stop until there are genuine consequences for their depraved indifference to the harm they cause.

"It was a glittering event and an impressive achievement – but unfortunately, detectives claim, the award itself was entirely fake and part of a complex international hoax worthy of a film script." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

folks, the idea is out there. Virginia Democrats are talking about it. this could happen. gift link to the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/u...

M is for the many things she gave me... www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0X_...

There aren’t enough Maisy books

Haven't had hot water in a month in my apartment, frmly owned by Pinnacle, now owned by Summit Properties. Have alerted management multiple times to crickets. So much for Summit's promise to the bankruptcy judge that they would address maintenance issues! citylimits.org/judge-approv...

There is real rising antisemitism in the US right now, including on the left, as even left-wing Jews will tell you. Meanwhile, this editorial spends most of its time complaining about Democrats voting to block weapon sales to Israel, which is not antisemitism. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/o...

"A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure" www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

M is for the many things she gave me... www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0X_...

Patriots. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Good morning! Go be the author you want to read.

Literally looks like they dropped a thousand toilet-bowl cleaning tablets into the Reflecting Pool. Sad.

Watching the Tearing Down of the 3rd Avenue EL https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/156517

Just astonishing that in 2020 the NYT endorsed both Warren and Klobuchar for President. There will never be "Still, she persisted" Amy Klobuchar t-shirts.

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Incredible turnout at the Black Zine Fair in Brooklyn. Still two more hours! blackzinefair.org

NYC PLAN is at the Black Zine Fair in Brooklyn today talking to New Yorkers about our demand to dedicate 0.5% of the city expense budget to our library systems Come by and say hi!

Tales of Punch. (Gift Link.) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/w...

And you thought poffertjes were the only reason to love the Dutch! "[T]he Netherlands will evacuate non-European citizens whose countries cannot send planes" www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/w...

Lies & Cigars. #photography www.flickr.com/photos/frank...

FYI, if you're in the US, you can watch Suffs on the PBS app--even without Passport--this month.

Just astonishing that in 2020 the NYT endorsed both Warren and Klobuchar for President. There will never be "Still, she persisted" Amy Klobuchar t-shirts.

The GOP has a big problem with answering one simple question

If Oreos are so good, why do they need to come out in so many weirdo varieties? Hydrox just is; Hydrox > Oreos.

BTW, this British system is how Dan Goldman got the democratic nomination for his NY-10 House seat in 2022. Leading percentage in a fractured primary, he got it with only 26% of the votes. This year he pretty much faces only one opponent, @bradlander.bsky.social, and I hope Goldman loses.

God she never f'ing misses.

Prior presidents built interstate highway systems, huge dams, and established national parks. Sent us to the moon! Trump, the visionary, wants an outsized arch and a blue reflecting pool. His is the Chintz Presidency.

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So. I guess I should tell you all my Dad’s no longer with us. When he got up to the pearly gates, St. Peter looked at his resume, and said, “you golf? Fantastic, we need a fourth for our foursome, tee time is 8:04 tomorrow, can you make it?” Dad did kind of an aw shucks thing, holding in his joy

Prior presidents built interstate highway systems, huge dams, and established national parks. Sent us to the moon! Trump, the visionary, wants an outsized arch and a blue reflecting pool. His is the Chintz Presidency.

May 8, 1973: Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs managerr Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, technically becoming baseball's 1st African American manager.

Juan Gris, Grapes, October 1913 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134910

Equivalent to a racial slur. Hilarious: were you born this rich, a situation which you couldn’t get out of? Did being rich ever hurt your opportunities? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I doubt the GOP could survive without the crutches of Senate structure and Citizens United.