I kind of sense that the lesson tonight for the Democratic Party isn’t whether to run radical or progressive or moderate candidates as much as it is to run candidates who listen to their voters and reflect their concerns. And maybe open up and fund a few hundred field offices in reliably red areas.

Apparently I’m not the first to notice this, but Honda EVs sound like the Bb6 on the vocal opening of Bohemian Rhapsody when they drive by.

@kenwhite.bsky.social Je Suis Le Frog Popehat. I am riding this til I die.

My favorite sign today.

@kenwhite.bsky.social 30-50 feral hogs hat

Re: THE ABUNDANCE DELUSION in The Atlantic today. Mike Solana takes all his smarmy anti-woke/Peter Thiel/Founders Fund vitriol and spews it on the only people in the country trying to effect the changes he advocates. Luigi Left? Go fuck yourself.

@kenwhite.bsky.social disgustingly infer something nefarious hat (even though it should be “imply”)

I'm groping toward a personal set of ethics governing my online presence. I know I will miss some important things and re-state others, so I will crowdsource better phrasing.

Thousands of demonstrators in Ventura.

@kenwhite.bsky.social goddammit I was about to say City of Criminals Hat.

“A big celebration of the country’s armed forces…could familiarize civilians with their armed forces and, in doing so, draw talented young Americans to serve.” —The Atlantic I just can’t shake the mental image of Brezhnev smiling at T-62s passing in front of Lenin’s portrait.

Pomsky Local 711 is ready to negotiate today’s treat/activity contract.

“The national-security system of the West is led by two men who cannot be trusted to defend America’s allies—and who deeply sympathize with the world’s most aggressive dictator.” —David Frum

Oxnard winter berries. Shown actual size.

Using Mattel’s My First Protest kit.

From deep in my childhood I remember my mother dashing off Debussy’s fiendishly difficult Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum like she was doing a crossword. Turns out her copy of Children’s Corner is a 1908 original edition.

EVIDENCE THAT COLERIDGE WAS HIGH WHEN HE WROTE KUBLA KHAN #1 Rhyming “fertile ground” with “girdled round” (lines 6/7).

Artists "keel over like canaries in poison coal mines long before more robust types realize that there is any danger whatsoever.” --Kurt Vonnegut William Bell doing the artist thing. Great track. music.apple.com/us/album/str...

So if you've been a fan of big band music at any point in your life give this a listen. music.apple.com/us/album/my-...

Eight songs instead of the usual four this week. Lots of good stuff. music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

I don't make my Best New Music playlists to please anyone but me. But damn, there's some great new stuff this week. music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

Humanity: “an immensely powerful anthology intelligence with a profoundly disordered soul…” —Brad DeLong (who is here on bsky)

Pomskys in alert mode.

Smitty and Rikki are concerned that everyone is exercising some kind of self-care.

Kinda jazzy this week. But this Claire Martin track is really special, worth several listens. music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

Final tally: 520 pieces, handed out individually. First little ghoul at 5:40, supply exhausted by 7:35, lights off and door locked. Then a short tour of the neighborhood, finally Young Frankenstein in honor of Teri Garr. And remember, put the candle back.

Some great new music this week. Never heard of The Wild Feathers before, they've been around since 2010.

For decades I thought the lyric in We Are The Champions was "no flesh accrues". I still think it has a certain poetry.

Just workshopping this, but how about LOTR with a quirky sense of humor? #OnlyMordorsInTheBuilding

It’s a nice place to hang out.

Ummm...this is brand new and amazing. music.apple.com/us/album/fou...

Very sad he's gone. Treasure that I got to work with him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSDj...

Best new music of the week: Middle/The River Runs Both Ways-Aoife O’Donovan and Hawktail Chanson Pour Maryline-André Ceccarelli Wildflowers In The Sky-Sara Jarosz Jingles-Jocelyn Gould music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

Dentist used a torque wrench to tighten my uppers. I felt like a '65 Mustang 6-banger getting its head gasket replaced.

Great new music this week. Give a listen. music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

I love how they fixed the audio disaster on Sous le ciel de Paris for the prime time rebroadcast.

Rikki on the left, Smitty on the right

Pretty sure I'm on Team Walz. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Haven't done one of these in a while. No new music I liked, I guess. But this week, six. music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

I mean it was right there.

Just to clear up any confusion.

This here is The Enigma Quartet by Larry Lockridge. It's funny, human, and different from any other novels you've read. You could do worse than getting and reading all four.

If I haven't said so before--if you spent your formative work years doing food prep at any Disney property and wondered wonder coring and halving an entire flat of breakfast strawberries meant anything to anyone, I can assure you it meant the world to us. And still does. Thank you.

@kenwhite.bsky.social I admit my current re-reading of Shirer’s Rise and Fall is mostly about parallels with Trump, but after Monday’s ruling I’m truly wondering if this is the first stage of the US version of the Enabling Act of 1933.

WTF is mutualan and why has it taken over my feed

WTF is going on with something called “open followback” and why has it suddenly turned my feed to shit?

Perfect. OpenAI news will be trained on content from the organization that *checks notes* settled a lawsuit for lying, and paid $787 million in restitution. What could possibly go wrong?

This week's playlist: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

If you miss listening to an entire album by a single artist, Keb’ Mo’ Good To Be Here…(2022)