"We'll take our stand for this land & the stranger in our midst..." Powerful. Brutal. Inspirational. A loving tribute to Renée Good, Alex Pretti & the good people of Minneapolis. Plus, it name-checks all the villains: the Puppy Killer🐶, Pee-Wee German🇩🇪, the Orange Atrocity🍊💩 & above all: ICE🧊🚫 1/

Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...

If this doesn’t tug at your heart, make you well up with sadness, you are not human.

There is no good military option with regard to Greenland, because the whole idea is insane. ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3LuoB0O

I want the world to know how ashamed I am. This is not what Americans want. I recognize Greenland's sovereignty and their right to remain independent. If Greenland was ever threatened, the real America would show up to support them and leave when it's over. That's what real allies do. I'm sorry.

Republican Senator Thom Tillis slammed Stephen Miller: “…You don’t speak on behalf of this U.S. senator or Congress. You can say it may be the position of the president that Greenland should be a part of the US, but it’s not the position of this government. Because we are a co-equal branch.”

I don't want Trump or the United States to be "in charge" of the Western hemisphere. I want The United States to be a part of a rules based International system where we respect borders.

It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason

I remember when they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty.

Trump just handed Russia and China all kinds of pretext and precedent to take illegal, unilateral action. We are headed into very dangerous times.

The 1st #CupOfJoe of 2026 goes to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy & Olena Zelenskyy. They believe in the sanctity of their country, & work tirelessly towards a free Ukraine. Their indomitable spirit is admirable. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

my latest is on the odd confluence of unitary executive theory with a president who is mostly AWOL from the business of governance (gift link)

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

"As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free," goes harder than any Civil War song has any right to go.

just for the record, I would much prefer to live in a time where all it takes to support hundreds of good local jobs is to wake up every day and buy a newspaper for a nickel from a legally employed minor with a cool hat

Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱

Today marks 160 years since the ratification of the 13th amendment, which abolished legal slavery in the United States. We honor those who fought for freedom and rededicate ourselves to advancing justice, equality, and civil rights for all.

highly recommend one of my favorite 2024 reads "Brought Forth On This Continent" by Harold Holzer for anyone interested in Abraham Lincoln, his views on immigration, and how we're very clearly repeating America's past in endless circles

We went to visit the New Bedford Whaling Museum today and I saw a great response to the claim that we can’t have DC statehood because it would make the flag look funny.

A watched pot never boils, but let me tell ya, a pot full of potatoes will boil over the moment you take your eyes off it.

As antidote to current US government's reprehensible erasure of Black soldiers' WWII contributions, here's Jacob Lawrence's "Beachhead," 1947, a work in his larger War series. Lawrence himself served in WWII as an artist on the US military's first racially integrated ship whitney.org/collection/w...

Once again, @mcsweeneys.net does not miss. ------------------------------------------------ "In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.' Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.' In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

Clair de Lune | Debussy Maria João Pires live at Jardin Musical youtu.be/Ch2mrPm1JnM?...

what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.

Aerial image of one of my favourite glacier rivers in Iceland. Image taken just few days ago.

“I think writing a novel is also a project in becoming a completely different personality.” Hua Hsu profiles the 29-year-old author R. F. Kuang, whose new novel, “Katabasis,” satirizes academic life.

I’ll be joining DJ Annella for some vinyl sets at Modernman Brewing this Friday, June 27 / 4-7pm. Live broadcast on WMPG from 5:30-7pm. Local brewery and community radio! Hope to see you there! 📻 🍺 @wmpg.org

The idea that carrying a meme on your phone could factor into your treatment at the border is a sign of how authoritarian things have gotten, here. And the fact that the image is not a threat, makes it all the more chilling. People used to joke that autocracies fear humor and now it’s true.👇

The exhausted nation that found itself forced to side with Harvard is going to be fucking shattered if it has to rise up to defend Gavin Goddamn Newsom.

Writers on Film homework. It’s a biggie.

"It was really delicious, and healthy too." This roasted broccoli with a vinegar-mustard glaze has a cult following. nyti.ms/431lVO2

Diary of Anne Frank, 1943

"A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." ~Thomas Mann

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

Well it’s true that we shredded our alliance with the entirety of Europe, our historically successful trading relationships, our role as leader of the G7, but at least we built strong ties with El Salvador, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, so it could imprison our people

“Nine million children, 17 percent of all 5- to 17-year-olds, live in a U.S. household with at least one noncitizen adult who could be affected by immigration enforcement” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...

The WMPG documentary, An Extraordinary Place, will be screening again on Tuesday April 1st (6pm) at USM. Check it out! @wmpg.org #communityradio #collegeradio #portlandme #documentary anextraordinaryplace.org/screenings-f...

More accolades for the WMPG documentary and Tom Bell’s vision for great documentary storytelling! www.pressherald.com/2025/03/24/y... @wmpg.org @tombellmedia.bsky.social

My feed is increasingly looking like the pre-credit montage of headlines in a post apocalyptic action movie.

BREAKING: Senate just UNANIMOUSLY restored $1.1 billion for DC local govt that was eliminated Why? Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY

"Since November, four people have been killed by cars in Portland, and the council has faced mounting pressure to act. On March 3, members unanimously passed a last-minute resolution to commit to ending pedestrian deaths in the city. " www.pressherald.com?p=7434698&uu... @pressherald.bsky.social

“Gloating Galore” in Russia

Jesus Christ. What a monster!

I wondered if there was a sign with the single worst insult a Vermonter could hurl…and there it is! Hahaha