Discuss: These Are the Only Acceptable Karaoke Songs www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

George & Martha & friendship www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/m...

The first known use of 'wicked' was in the 13th century.

We hope everyone flies free this weekend. BTW, the name Elphaba is a reference to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" author L. Frank Baum.

The Dave Koz & Friends Summer Horns concert at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga was outstanding! This was our 1st time at this venue. Great place to enjoy great music. We will be back!

“You should think of your energy as if it’s expensive, as if it’s a luxury item. Not everyone can afford it.” - Taylor Swift

Here’s to community journalism in Silverton, Oregon, Mt Angel & Scotts Mill 🎉🇺🇸🥂 www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati... #democracy #journalism

“If history teaches us anything, it is that you can’t wait until the United States is ‘ready’ for civil rights: You must advocate, educate and litigate to help the country get ready for equality.” -Kevin Jennings @lambdalegal.org #giftlink wapo.st/4lHaT7g

“The best arguments in the world won’t change a single person’s point of view.The only thing that can do that is a good story. Good stories are a kind of benevolent Trojan horse. You let them in, and they add complication….” - Ken Burns

Will we be able to see the northern lights here in the South Bay? (I'm in Mountain View)

Worth a read: “In Springsteen’s protest, a fitting Memorial Day plea” by @mattbaidc.bsky.social #giftlink 🇺🇸 🎶 #music wapo.st/43AI9Wk

NEW: How a little-known Japanese American battalion freed Jews from a Nazi death march 80 years ago wapo.st/44x0Ig6 #nisei #ww2 #heroes #history #neverforget news article by @ellenwapo.bsky.social

1. The Supreme Court has allowed a military ban that calls transgender people inherently "dishonorable" to go into effect. This is a devastating ruling that opens the door for much worse. I detail what this means for trans servicemembers in my latest. Subscribe to support my journalism.

So glad I got to work on this cool story on an unusual surgery. Terrific photos by Marvin Joseph at The Post. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

#AI #medicine www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...

Inspiring! 🎉 Breakthrough multiple sclerosis therapy by UCSF doctor transforms treatment for millions www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic... #research #innovation #science @sfchronicle.com

but the one of the major ways the civil rights movement fought against lynching was *through the court system*. because in the end, lynching is violating people's civil and human right to a fair trial. it is putting the right to decide a crime was committed in the hands of a mob-

The Washington Post is out with a nice profile of my friend @acyn.bsky.social

1/ Undocumented immigrants pay $26 billion into Social Security each year, with little expectation of receiving any benefit. 2/ It won't just be immigrants: "The potential for errors can be very consequential" said a Bush era Social Security official

April 8 = birthday of award-winning illustrator Trina Schart Hyman, the most creative person I’ve ever interviewed. Take a look medium.com/@LKhere/on-f...

Since it apparently needs to be said: As a Jew who works on a university campus, I am safest in a country that protects academic freedom and liberal values of due process of law. Anyone who supports extrajudicial detention of students for "wrong" ideological opinions is not doing it for my safety.

Trump is fast dismantling the free press. All of us -- journalists, media owners and the public -- need to fight back -- now. My latest column (gift link): wapo.st/3Dq7VU1

Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project www.thetrevorproject.org

With another set of news headlines about political elites using “””Roman salutes””” I just want to note that the Nazi salute means “I want to murder your family” and the n-word means “I want to lynch you.” That’s what they mean, they make me righteously angry, and I won’t let anybody minimize them.

If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.

So I got this book coming out in February . . . #firstgen #smartgirl

On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.

In troubling times, people experiencing high stress or crippling anxiety deal with it in different ways. Some have a therapist, some have a deep breathing exercise & some even have a personal mantra. I have a Mabel.

Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.

“Heat pumps sound almost too good to be true.” Great report on the hot heat pump market and one writer’s experience making the switch to this energy-efficient, comfort-making machine. evanstonroundtable.com/2025/02/03/w...

FYI from writer Anne Lamott wapo.st/4aEGlP3

The campaign against trans rights is also about stripping away everyone’s protections against discrimination, reviving, as Douglass put it “the moral blindness” of those who “persuade themselves that they are safe, though the rights of others may be struck down.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

winter on the river Thames

It really warms my heart to find science "Twitter" on here. I've really been missing everyone!

Thank you for posting this; and I found a follow up story www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/28/m...

Most likely a fairly ordinary story in this country circa now, but an extraordinary one in the telling as lived by Patrick Fealey, a former Boston Globe and Reuters journalist and art critic. (ht: @brian-goldstone.bsky.social) www.esquire.com/news-politic...

Fun interview, especially if you grew up eating at Chef Chu’s, loved Wicked on stage, Crazy Rich Asians onscreen, appreciate behind-the-scenes stories - Interview w/ Jon M. Chu #Wicked www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pxh...

Good line: Theater kids of all ages will die & think they’ve gone to “Hamilton.” wapo.st/4fDiroL #wicked #giftlink

Bluesky people, for the definitive # of women in US politics, the authority is Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers University

The AP just called the race in Oregon's 5th Congressional District, and current Oregon State Representative Janelle Bynum (D) will become the first Black woman to represent Oregon in Congress.

Bluesky has passed Threads in daily web visits and is also no. 1 on Apple’s App Store. 🙌

Tip: If you’re trying to share your Bluesky handle with someone, the URL convention is like this (with no spaces) https:// bsky . app / profile / username . bsky . social

Did you see Usher & friends rollerskating in the Super Bowl halftime show? Fun behind-the-scenes story of a cool Atlanta skating rink. Enjoy this gift link wapo.st/3SLOjh0

Tip: If you’re trying to share your Bluesky handle with someone, the URL convention is like this (with no spaces) https:// bsky . app / profile / username . bsky . social

Bluesky is officially “open” now (no more invites). So just a reminder to not engage with trolls and bad actors, there is no algorithm here to promote or spread them, replying to them is what puts them on everybody’s timelines. So block and give no oxygen.

Happy Birthday, Edvard Munch. When in Oslo visit the Munch Museum! Enjoy my article. #thescream #December12 #Munch #Oslo #Norway medium.com/@LKhere/in-o...

“If you believe in what you’re selling, to a certain extent that belief is infectious.” - Andrew Wylie, negotiation

Mom, can you come pick me up? The best lack all conviction and the worst are filled with passionate intensity

“What you appreciate appreciates” ~ Lynne Twist, The Soul of Money (thanks, Wisdom 2.0!)