People losing jobs, Dow rises…all you really need to know about the ethics of finance capital.

How many times can the actual Speaker of the House, the third in the line of succession, claim he has no idea what’s happening in this country?

I’m no fan of Chelsea, but it’s interesting to see what Garnacho can do when he’s on a team that knows what it’s doing.

Admittedly, I didn’t pay much attention when past presidents were having the weekly televised adulation meetings, but were they always this sycophantic?

Michael Oliver finally pulled out a yellow card. I thought he’d left them at home.

To the absolute surprise of no one… apple.news/AcMDxurLLQQe...

On this day in 1917, Thelonious Monk was born. youtu.be/KshrtLXBdl8?...

Totally normal here. What's up where you live? President mulls use of insurrection act as national guard deployment faces legal issues www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Trump news at a glance: President mulls use of insurrection act as national guard deployment faces legal issues

"Once he has been deciphered and digitalized, once he has become transparent and operational, what better destiny can we invent for man?" - The Perfect Crime

No wonder China was so willing to agree on the TikTok sale…

Not excited by the Isak signing because I question the professionalism and commitment of a player who refuses to play when he’s unhappy.

The announcers on Peacock have been up Bruno Fernandes’s jock all game, excusing every foul and talking him up. Now that he actually made a penalty they’ll be insufferable

“Giants.” Someone needs to tell CBS it isn’t 2013 anymore.

Straight out of the terrorist playbook: bomb civilians and then bomb the first responders.

I know it’s early going, and I hope West Ham pull out of the bottom three, but the relegation field looks pretty sweet right now.

Here’s Trump explaining how he was manipulated by Putin. And he still doesn’t know he was bamboozled.

The “how” of this article should begin with the simple acknowledgement that one of these two is a blustery ignoramus sliding swiftly into dementia. www.ft.com/content/2866...

The whole goddamn world is enthralled by the nonsensical ramblings of an old paedophile with delusions of grandeur and blatant dementia. When the history books are written on this period, Christ it’ll be embarrassing to have lived through it, that’s if we live.

The District showing up.

Looking for all those “don’t tread on me” folks as Trump deploys the National Guard in DC and tries to take over DC MPD. Actually, I’m not looking for them; I know where those bootlickers are.

I spent the weekend in DC. It was so dangerous that people were taking shelter at sidewalk cafes ordering brunch. Safety in numbers, I suppose.

“The papers were bad reading. Everything was going very badly everywhere. I sat back in the corner with a heavy mug of dark beer and an opened glazed-paper package of pretzels and ate the pretzels for the salty flavor and the good way they made the beer taste and read about disaster.” -E. Hemingway

That Germany v Spain match left me thinking both Italy and England played better, more cohesively. England looking good to repeat. #Euro2025

Tremendous Euro25 match Italy v England. Too bad the ref decided it with a soft penalty.

I have to go to NYC today (love NYC, not complaining), but that means I’ll be on the road when US v Mex Gold Cup final is on.

I’m always taken aback when I realize someone can graduate from a university and still be as stupid as Elise Stefanik.

Why is Ron Johnson so stupid and why do the people of Wisconsin keep re-electing him?

Yet another reason I canceled my @washingtonpost.com subscription. I can imagine the headline in 1941: “How Tojo and his inner circle threw the US and the rest of the world off guard before they struck key naval sites.” Worthless rag.

Says the guy whose “Defense Forces” have bombed every hospital in Gaza…

I suppose I could look in the archives, but I sometimes wonder if @npr.org wasted lots of air time in the 1970s letting the Pol Pot regime explain why their mass starvation and killing program was necessary to ensure the regime’s security.

Tell me you don’t know anything about the LoC without saying you don’t know anything about the LoC.

They’re Nazis. That’s what we’re facing today. American Nazism. They have no commitment to the rule of law or the Constitution. They want to use the state to commit violence against their scapegoats and enemies. Prepare.

Just when you thought the clown show couldn’t get clownier.

Color me entirely unsurprised.

Poor Carney having to pretend he’s talking to a serious person capable of adult reasoning.

Reminder that the Israeli government is attempting to starve a civilian population in Gaza.

The cruelty is the point. apple.news/Ad_t6lYb9Tm2...

i cannot emphasize enough that if you thought trump would bring the war to a close or even make headway on a peace agreement then you are among the dumbest people alive www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

“Ozymandias” comes to mind.

It’s a cult.

If you’re anywhere near College Park on March 11, you should attend this event.

Join me, The Five Demands Film Director Andrea Weiss, & 1969 Student Activist James Small for a Film Screening & Discussion hosted by the @blkstudies-podcast.bsky.social — TOMORROW, Tuesday, March 11, 4-6pm at the Univ of Maryland — come hear the past, present, & future of @blackccny.bsky.social!

Russian asset says what? apple.news/AhEORjV-nRL2...

The @blackccny.bsky.social Annual Langston Hughes Festival is honored to award the 2025 medal to @roxanegay.bsky.social, Thur, Feb 13 at 6pm — the medal ceremony & reading includes a Conversation with Edwidge Danticat in Aaron Davis Hall— Free & Open to the Public www.eventbrite.com/e/langston-h...

Happy Birthday, Langston Hughes!

What I’m reading. Picked this up from the Two Lines Press booth at MLA2025.

Ten more colleges are introducing "integrated majors," which combine two existing degrees—say, English and computer science—into one, in the hopes of both satisfying workforce needs and increasing diversity in STEM fields. @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/news/student...