After the sun returned, walked across town to Convention for a movie.

Visited the Musée d'Orsay this morning before the crowds. A great experience while it's still quiet.

Leonard McCombe (British/American, 1923–2015) what a fabulous picture.

Interacted with someone this week who slapped (executive) MBA from Harvard all over his profile and it went as imagined. The MBA part was bad enough but good grief the HBS part makes it so much worse. A triple red flag of bullshit.

Watch till the end.

The Republican message for Thanksgiving - let them starve while we build a gold encrusted ballroom.

The notion that tariffs are being borne by foreign governments is dying — quickly. 🇺🇸 $TREE

Trump and Hegseth murdered innocent fishermen, bus drivers, taxi drivers.

Blini is happy to be a Blini sandwich.

Today's reminder to stop using Facebook and their associated companies. Besides destroying democracy around the world, Zuckerberg is screwing over everyone with financial scams and pocketing the money.

It seems that European leaders still haven’t found their backbone and, as usual, lack a vision of their own - apart from regulating what they failed to understand before the rest of the world did.

Have to admit I'm shocked anyone pays for the NYT at this point. What a mess.

Whenever I see the billionaire-friendly media cranking out bullshit distraction stories, I'm reminded of this classic. They will do anything to change the subject from the reality of the billionaire greed.

CNN: "A brand new report is out showing layoff announcements hit their highest level for October in over 20 years. It's painting a picture of a job market that is really hurting. US-based employers announced 150,074 job cuts in October, more than any October since 2003."

The French media's latest attempt to distract from the necessity of the super rich paying their fair share. Yes, despite mountains of paperwork with the French bureaucracy, Americans have somehow found a secret portal to free healthcare in France. Uh huh, we should all believe this is widespread.

Amazing how many legal problems have vanished once these guys give money to Trump.

Oh it's on fire alright.

I love how stupid assholes are demanding Zohran Mamdani deliver on every promise instantly, as if corporatists always deliver on their promises, much less make any promises worth wanting. As if the entire billionaire establishment isn’t going to do everything they can to stop him. Just STFU. 😂

Someone please primary Schumer.

LOL someone looks like he was up all night watching Fox News and is still tired.

Looks like I'll be heading to Edinburgh for the first time, later this month. Sunny and warm weather, right?

Having a good message and also a brilliant campaigner is a path to success. Maybe difficult to repeat without both, but I hope it catches on. Europe’s left flocks to New York to take notes on Mamdani’s meteoric rise www.politico.eu/article/zohr...

Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't. Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.

Kicking off the day with the insurance claims guy, who is scoping out the work needed to replace the latest water pipe that cracked. Thankfully he's suggesting copper pipes which I already wanted. In this section of the building, there have already been 5 cracked pipes on only 3 floors since '94.

Huge night in the US showing that the Trump agenda is toxic and very unpopular across the country. It may not translate into immediate results right away but it's a great way to head into the 2026 midterms.

The benefits of a Mamdani victory keep coming.

Democrats defeat Republican attempts to push out Pennsylvania state supreme court justices. PA had shifted to the GOP so this win was huge. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Vance's brother was crushed in Cincinnati, Ohio mayoral elections. Democrats were already in control of the city and rolled last night. eu.cincinnati.com/story/news/p...

By my count, as many as 12 VA House of Delegates seats flipped to Dem. Wow.

Nearly every county in Virginia has shifted blue in a massive statement against Donald Trump.

Glad to see California vote in a big way to say fuck you to Texas and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Musk also stuck his nose in and promptly saw it cut off.

Brilliant thread.

Waking up to Democrats rolling including an immigrant, Democratic Socialist in the heart of capitalist USA is one hell of a way to start the day. Hell yeah.

@aoc.bsky.social says of Mamdani victory: "A lot of people...are willing to talk about party unity when it serves them, but not party unity when it serves everybody." "We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind."

Somehow the AP forgot to include the names and photos of the hundreds of thousands who died for his unnecessary wars.

Tough day at the office for the girls.

this is how i will remember dick cheney.

Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter. He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.

Picked up these beautiful beans at Aligre over the weekend. Forgot what they're called but the actual beans aren't speckled like borlotti beans so no idea. I'll figure out something plant based this week.

A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif.

Whatever Blair supports is almost sure to be bad for society but financially good for him. Not sure what it is about Western politicians of his era but they're hardcore grifters. Schröder is perhaps the worst but Blair and Clinton aren't far behind.

These guys all love Trump and have nothing but disdain for everyone else.

Enjoyed this lentil and roasted leek salad last night. Lots of herbs (dill, parsley and tarragon) plus lemon. Definitely making this again.

Re: being able to downvote here at Bluesky, this is a good example why it's not needed. Some clown who knows very little about the US makes a stupid post and gets ratioed by people who actually are American. They call out his arrogant post and everything works. Downvoting isn't necessary.

Sorry but this is a terrible idea. If people don't like something, they can ignore it and this will discourage a lot of posts, making this place a lot worse.

Obviously I was shocked and had strong words with Mimo about this. You can clearly hear me firmly telling her "absolutely not Mimo." ***

Very pleasant autumn evening tonight.