On the language of Homeric Greek, and the language of a certain forthcoming film: here are a few simple observations.

Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them

When people ask me if I have any good stories from when I used to interview rock stars for a living my mind often goes a bit blank, and to be honest a lot of it was quite ordinary and unremarkable, but on the other hand there is this.

Trans rights are human rights always and forever.

This story is about the Kings Road Merch warehouse. Punk artists work there shipping punk merch. Last year, it was acquired by Sony Music. One month ago, workers voted to unionize. On Tuesday, before the first bargaining session, Sony Music announced they’re shuttering the Minneapolis warehouse.

Umberto Eco on the value of reading

NEW: Seattle might declare a civil emergency to help LGBTQ (mostly trans) people fleeing red states, so I looked for a Texas angle. An organizer told me that Texas is #1 among trans people looking to relocate: "The baseline hostility to their existence is unbearable." www.chron.com/culture/arti...

This is how Hephaestus receives her when she comes to ask for the armor. Everywhere she goes in that book, she’s honored because of how much help she’s given to everyone.

Every time Achilles was sad, he cried for his mom and she came and tried to do whatever she could to console him. And she would use the fact that he was going to die to ask for favors. Once he makes his choice, she doesn’t resist the fate but tries to make him as comfortable as possible before.

Zeus even chides Hera for questioning why he would help Thetis. And when she arrives at Hephaestus’ forge, they announce her as a goddess that is beloved in the house. For all the wrath and war of that book, and being about sons and fathers, she’s the heart of it all.

One thing I love so much about the Iliad is how much Thetis does to soothe and protect Achilles while knowing that he was doomed to die. And how the gods, from Zeus to Hephaestus, give her what she asks for because she had taken care of them when they were in need.

A beautiful tribute to Nedra Talley, the last living member of The Ronettes How the iconic girl group formed and recorded "Be My Baby." A short history of 3-part harmony. The madness of Phil Spector. And Nedra's late in life turn to gospel. By DJ Short www.powmag.net/p/the-ronett...

I wish there would be another Frightened Rabbit record to look forward to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBdsY_zsv_U&ab_channel=FrightenedRabbit

Anarchism’s principal target is the authoritarian State (capitalist or socialist); its principal moral-practical theme is cooperation (solidarity, mutual aid).

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

AI is never going to break your heart and most of these dunce geniuses aren’t human enough to even understand why that’s something you should want.

The Portland Association of Teachers and Asian garment workers have launched a campaign seeking funds for public education and better factory pay.

Why did the old Persians hold the sea holy? Why did the Greeks give it a separate deity, and own brother of Jove?

And the iceberg broke/and the Okies fled/and the Great Emancipator took a bullet in the back of the head… Happy Ruination Day to all who celebrate!

The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself.

When he found that the administrators were upset, he laughed. “Do they expect students not to be anarchists?” he said. “What else can the young be? When you are on the bottom, you must organize from the bottom up”

Bruce the band perform "Purple Rain" in honor of "The Maestro" Prince for the opening night of the Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 31, 2026. Filmed by Chris Hilson Edited by Thom Zimny & Sam Shapiro Recorded by John Cooper Mixed by Jon Altschiller

To make a thief, make an owner; to create crime, create laws.

It's always easier not to think for oneself. Find a nice safe hierarchy and settle in. Don't make changes, don't risk disapproval, don't upset your syndics. It's always easiest to let yourself be governed.

Holy shit these two photos from Artemis II that were shared just a bit ago.

today. i wasn’t a very good dog april fools. I was so good

Travel writer Rick Steves on Washington's newly signed "Millionaires Tax"

my god this is amazing

It is a weakness of our system that the murder of 160 schoolchildren does not result in an immediate dissolution of the government.

“The indispensability of a liberal education is the freedom from being tied to the zeitgeist of one’s age or situation to love what is true, good, and beautiful, and to be initiated into the world while cultivating a love for it.” www.liberalcurrents.com/upholding-li...

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republicans have literally made everything worse and harder and more terrible over the course of my entire life and somehow* they keep coming back to power bc of our feckless corporate press and a weak willed opposition 😒 *sob

just thinking about how USAID was dismantled under the rationale of cost savings but there's an unlimited budget for war

Members of Oregon’s largest teachers union will not endorse any of the current candidates for governor, including incumbent Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek.

I think if I'd gotten away with attempting a coup, suffered no consequences for it, then won an election four years later, got away with executing citizens in the streets and foreigners in boats, and successfully abducted a head of state, I too might think I could just bomb my way to regime change

This guy gets it.

Wholesome punk rock content.

Although The Simpsons is famously set in the fictional town of “Springfield,” the creator of the satirical animated series, Matt Groening, grew up in Portland and sought early inspiration for some of the show’s characters in the local landscape.

“We weren’t on the streets to 'riot' but to stand up for justice and dignity, the core of what labor solidarity means. Yet, chemical agents rained down in retaliation—volunteers acted to protect the elderly but there was no escape from the choking clouds.” labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...

DOOM offering a moment of silence for Dilla

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

They are cutting school funding in Oregon…but billionaires are trying to get handouts. Fuck off.

ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...

It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.

In times of crisis, we must all decide again and again whom we love. –Frank O’Hara, from Meditations in an Emergency (1957) #everynightapoem #fragment