In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

The "soccer moms" becoming "wine moms" tells you a great deal about how dire the situation in the US is right now.

The Dutch got a copy of Trump's crazy letter too. www.dutchnews.nl/2026/01/dutc...

From the Canaries to the Caribbean by sail in just under 5 days. Amazing! rorctransatlantic.rorc.org/argos-record...

Which Democratic leaders will stand up and say this clearly and loudly and repeatedly? Yes, it's hard to do, but your constituents and Americans generally will reward you for it. Do it. You'll feel better.

Vigil for Renee Good, Baltimore, McKeldin Plaza

Ehem...

My first Queen Bee of 2026!

Be merry, be merry.

James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.

Slop vs reality

I was due.

Two of our giants of poetry--Charles Wright & Mark Strand,conferring in,& toasting,the late light. Masters of the line,masters of the image--(& if Merwin & Simic had been there that Oct 9,2014,you'd basically have the corner on the"deep image"in the mid 20th C).We miss Mark, gone 11 years. Read him.

Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.

"Let me tell you about the time I hit for the encyclical."

beautifully said

Seems likely to backfire as Kelly is widely admired and respected both professionally and for standing by his wife when she was horribly injured in an assassination attempt. Also, can we drown the Dept of War in the Gulf of America?

While Trump reverses US climate initiatives, the world moves on without us. www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/neth...

Well, OK!

The Dutch aren't putting up with the Trump administration's anti-DEI crusade. www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/mayo...

👏👏👏

A National Votes for Women Trail plaque in front of the former Women's Industrial Exchange Building on N. Charles St in Baltimore. The NVWT "seeks to recognize and celebrate the enormous diversity of people and groups active in the struggle for women’s suffrage."

Halloween treat:

It's been a while...

Scenes from the peaceful, joyful No Kings Dance Party in Baltimore last night. #NoKings

How humiliating. www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/dutc...

#NoKings eve, Baltimore.

Complex PTSD, no insurance.

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Woo-hoo!

Rare "S" today...

As Trump threatens to send troops to Baltimore, it seems like a good time to remember this Moore-Trump encounter. The consensus was that Wes more than held his own. baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/moor...

Billboard at North Charles Street and North Avenue, a prominent Baltimore intersection.

Again so soon?!

"US Customs has not provided clarity on how to process these packages." We ask once again, US Administration malevolence or incompetence or both? www.dutchnews.nl/2025/08/postnl-to-stop-shipping-parcels-to-us-over-tariffs/

Beautiful evening in downtown "so far gone" Baltimore. (s/o @lauralippman.bsky.social)

The All Mighty Senators were in fine form last night at the 8x10 in Baltimore.

Violent right-wingers in the Netherlands? This seems to be happening all over the world. www.dutchnews.nl/2025/08/far-...

It's "golfo de México," I see. Glad The New York Times en Español is holding the line against Trump's efforts to rename the gulf.

New poem out today. www.cgreview.org/magazine/dea...

Yes, MAGA is a cult. patch.com/maryland/gle...

who thought they were only mad when Baltimore gleamed in supernatural ecstasy,

It's been eight years since my 2017 Camino and I still smile when I spot the scallop of St. James in any context. #CaminoTuesday #Camino #CaminodeSantiago

elpais.com/us/economia/... Trump admin's new law hits truck drivers not fluent in English with $10K fines and loss of license. They deny they need to speak English to do their jobs. Funny, no one tested my German or French when I (white) was driving around Europe in a rented car.