Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

"We will not vote to finance a war against Americans." "We will not be complicit in the abductions of neighbors, the stealing of healthcare from elders, and the snatching of food from kids."

My trans students (and former students) are funny and nerdy and brilliant and boring and hardworking and anxious and occasionally lazy. In other words, they are exactly like all of my other students. Human and lovable and worthy of that love. I love you all.

Discworld QOTD, from A Hat Full of Sky “You couldn’t say: It’s not my fault. You couldn’t say: It’s not my responsibility. You could say: I will deal with this. You didn’t have to want to. But you had to do it.”

Advance copy just arrived in the mail!!!! This book has been a long time coming- doesn’t feel real.

On Thursday, NPR invited CPAC Chair Matt Schlapp to pay tribute to his friend, Charlie Kirk, which he did, at length.. But he ended up getting angry and cutting the interview short. This is what angered him: www.npr.org/2025/09/11/n...

Because people in 2025 place a lot of value on their leadership attending formal dances

I would like to take this opportunity to remember Melissa Hortman, a serving Democratic politician assasinated by a right-winger.

I think it is always worth mentioning that Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed with their beloved dog Gilbert: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.

This administration is like an abusive husband

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Tom Lehrer’s comedy holds up at a le el that few of his contemporaries csn mstch and he put a large chunk in public domain. RIP to a ridiculous comedy talent. tomlehrersongs.com

The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”

It’s been a long time coming but you can now preorder my book on Amazon. www.amazon.com/Funnier-New-...

One hopeful/bleak thought I'm having is the combination of Trump collapsing the health care system, and the money mostly going to the rich is going to create the hybrid of a health care reform/Occupy movement big enough actually to reshape this country. Odds all against it! But gotta have hope.

Republicans are blowing it all up for tax cuts that give more than twice as much to the top 0.1% than to the bottom half of America combined. They aren’t breaking Senate rules to like provide health care or child care or education, but for tax cuts that disproportionately go to the rich.

Asta would like to wish you a good morning and hopes you also have an excellent toy crate.

"Down there," he said, "are people who will follow any dragon, worship any god, ignore any iniquity. All of out a kind of humdrum, everyday badness. Not the really high, creative loathesomeness of the great sinners, but a sort of mass-produced darkness of the soul.

We think it's important to gather peacefully. In the face of this horror, we will mourn and mark our determination for a peaceful, just, democratic future. Our leadership team is in touch with authorities at the Capitol and will share any updates. 2/3

“No civil police force could hold out against an irate and resolute population. The trick is not to let them realize that.” - Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

Trump’s stablecoin is shady and a national security risk. He’s cashing in on foreign crypto deals—and weakening guardrails that protect our advanced technology. The Senate shouldn’t greenlight this corruption by passing the GENIUS Act without fixes.

Just…wow, terrifying

I’m on the radio talking Monty Python- www.npr.org/2025/05/05/n...

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

Finally got my NYTimes subscription situation handled after exhausting all of the online options/chats and then spending over an hour on the phone. I cannot think of another business that made it so hard to give them money.

Just used up the last bandaid in the house and realized that in my head bandaids are an ever renewing resource.

On this last day of 2024, I’m focusing on the good in the world and the promise that hope brings. I’m taking comfort from Howard Zinn and his encouragement. Happy New Year!

Just saw the matinee of the 1932 Scarface at the MusicBox. Highly recommend seeing the original of something iconic the way it was meant to be seen.

It says something about my family and how we raised our children that my husband and I were just trying to remember the details of the Gaddafi impression my daughter did when she was six.

Peter Sellars 4+ hour production of Merchant of Venice at the Goodman Theatre - easily, over half of the audience left before intermission. Apparently it was worth it if you stayed to the end, we did not.

A thing about grief, you will replace the fridge 5 years later and suddenly be very sad because it is not the one you had when “they” were there.

Sometimes I look at my life and realize that I have achieved a job title(and honestly) circumstances of a character in a romantic comedy. Day to day, I don’t feel it but sometimes I look at what I do and feel ridiculous.

Is it possible that the number of sexual predators among Trump’s cabinet picks just means that he wants to hang out with people who share his interests?

My college students informed me in class today about this “new”social platform Bluesky and I was quite smug about having been in this site for over a year.

As a Minnesotan and a human being who cares about families, I cannot be more excited to have Tim Walz as the VP nominee!!!!

So Trump is the poor man's idea of a rich man and Vance is a rich man's idea of a poor man?

I hope no one forgets that Trump did, in fact, try to prosecute Hillary Clinton www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/o...

Dear businessmen at the airport, why are your phones, the ones in your hands, audibly ringing?

Donald Trump’s new shared fund-raising agreement with the Republican National Committee directs a portion of donations to the political account he has used to pay his legal bills before any money goes to the party itself.

Just to reiterate, Trump wants to cut Social Security and Medicare — supposedly to address the debt — yet supports extending his tax cuts for the rich, adding $3.5 trillion to the deficit. This isn't about the debt. It’s about doing the bidding of his wealthy donors.

Moon Lander is all of us!

This. I keep thinking about all of my trans and non binary students. The very least one would wish for them “anonymous, unremarkable, and safe.”

That thing, where in an otherwise terrifically crappy day, your touring company nails the sketches you spent the last week rehearsing especially the original piece that includes huge amounts of choreography and started as a bit.