I called them both! New Yorkers, so should you (To reach your state's senators, you can always go through the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121)

Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office. If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.

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Typo of the day: _instrwad_ (where I intended to type _instead_). Instrwad is obviously some kind of instant wad (possibly trademarked as Instowad!™). What kind of wad is involved I decline to speculate.

About 6.5 million Americans have peripheral artery disease, caused by fatty deposits that block blood flow to the legs. Doctors have likened outpatient vascular care to a Wild West in need of more oversight. Here’s what experts say you need to know.

Sidney Herbert Sime ‘Mung and the Beast of Mung’, from “The Gods of Pegana” by Lord Dunsany, 1911 archive.org/details/gods...

A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...

“The regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.” --Mariame Kaba

Great news, Kentucky. We’ve been notified that the @USDA will fully fund SNAP benefits for the month of November. These funds help feed Kentucky families who need it most, and they should never have been delayed.

In which I flex my etymological muscles, or mussels. jamesenge.com/2025/11/07/e...

While we do not agree on all issues, I want to publicly thank UNC-CH Chancellor Lee Roberts for clearly stating today in Faculty Council that UNC cannot and will not sign Trump's Compact, because it raises irresolvable issues of academic freedom. That was important for faculty & students to hear.

apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe

things that arent the future of civilization - chatbots - crypto - robot butlers - cars that sorta drive autonomously as long as youre paying attention for when they fail and almost kill a bunch of people things that actually are the future of civilization - free clean energy

ELRIC OF MELNIBONÉ (1976) Oil on Canvas Board - 24” x 18” Originally published in 1972 as THE DREAMING CITY, this novella was later reprinted by DAW and would be the first of my Elric covers. 1/2

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

Peter Paul Rubens - Prometheus Bound 1611 (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

Even more roads than expected led to Rome. www.scientificamerican.com/article/anci...

1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad 2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."

No fewer than 28 billionaires donated at least 100k to beat Zohran Mamdani. Their overt attempt to buy the election provided Mamdani with perfect talking points. From @ryanlcooper.com: trib.al/LEnjMCa

Ron Walotsky's cover art detail for Michael Bishop's brilliant collection Catacomb Years (1979) #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

Would We Rather the Humanities ‘Be Ruined Than Changed’? Yes, the humanities are in crisis—but enough with the hyperbole already. https://bit.ly/4oMgsTa #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Following victories by progressive parties in Moldova (September) and the Netherlands (October), progressive candidates won yesterday's elections in the US. Let's seize this momentum to fight far-right parties with renewed energy, because it's not billionaires, but the people who should govern.

The second in my trilogy on Mamdani & the NYPD. The department’s mass surveillance programs and intelligence division may face their first serious reckoning in decades - or not, if the De Blasio/mainstream Dems climbing onto Zohran’s bandwagon have their way

This may interest some of you: The first space opera by a Black Author, John P. Moore's THE MARTIAN TRILOGY, is now available, thanks to the work of Dr. Lisa P. Yaszek and others. Originally published in THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION in 1930. www.amazon.com/Martian-Tril...

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike. Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%. Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.

I don't know enough about polling and statistics to assess the blog post this comes from, but I hope it's right. If so, Trump's gains among younger and Hispanic voters in 2024 have not carried over to this year.

I've got another interview out! @stevewestenra.bsky.social talks to me about his upcoming novella THE BARBARIAN AT STAR'S END, which, like, look at that artwork. I know you wanna read it.

A pretty short ballot in the Swamp this election day, but I never miss voting if I can help it. If nothing else, there’s that one guy I will always show up to vote against.

A new adventure begins! Goblins & Galaxies #1 mailed out a few days ago and will be arriving in your mailboxes throughout this week!

I’m not in NYC, but I am in New York, and hope someone with decent skills and insights primaries the wildly disappointing Schumer and Gillibrand.

A yearlong investigation by The Frontier and ProPublica reveals that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission did not mandate that responsible companies clean up the pollution belowground, as state law requires “when feasible.”

Thersites’ Body: Description, Characterization, and Physiognomy in Iliad 2 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/04/t...

Typo of the day: _oncline_. This happened when I was changing the filename of a syllabus from “oncampus” to “online”. Because Latin _in_ can mean “in” or “on”, this looked both right and wrong to me, and I had to swim through some confusion before I fixed it. 1/2

Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo! I know how hard you worked for this.

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future. Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre" www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

Every once in a while I check in on this stunt, which was widely reported, to see if there are any updates. AFAIK, there are none. Maybe they dropped out 😮‍💨

While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI: At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.

HEY SEATTLITES DON'T FORGET we have a slew of progressive candidates on the ballot this year! and you can vote for them tomorrow!

NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work. Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours. She was later released with NO CHARGE. A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”. You decide…

I Never Thought It Would Happen To Me: Below is the final line of a judge’s tentative ruling denying an opposing party’s motion. We had pointed out that some of their cited cases did not seem to exist. The judge noticed. I leave it to judicial watchers to evaluate the tone of the comment below.

UVa has reported an "active attacker with a gun" in the area of Shannon Library. Those in the area have been instructed to "RUN HIDE FIGHT."