“I am inspired by gratitude, by understanding that I am so privileged to do the work that I get to do. There are so many people, in particular Black women throughout history, who didn’t have the opportunity,” said Jackson. dailyprogress.com/news/local/e...

I've been trying to understand why this isn't generating as much fury as it should, and i think it's because there is a fundamental belief among many americans that the military can pretty much do whatever (which isn't entirely inaccurate.) that said, what the actual fuck.

Things I didn't know about my own county until recently: Mississippi has a large Native American population. In a few places, they're the majority of the population.

What a headline: France to recognise Palestinian state as Hamas health ministry says Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 61 www.bbc.com/news/live/cp...

The gulf between the Pope & (most) American bishops is as wide as ever. Keep your eye on this. For instance, Cardinal Dolan of New York called Charlie Kirk a "modern-day Saint Paul." Keep your eye on this.

OMG.

When I was young, Soviet dissidents were celebrated in the West for their courageous defense of human rights in the USSR. @nhannahjones.bsky.social is right. We've entered a period in this country that calls for American dissenters. (Not for the first time.) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_...

“I will end my career writing dissent, that is my future. And you understand that you’re writing for a future society. That dissents are not about today. Dissents are writing for a future society that will take that dissent, that will be ready for that dissent, & enact it” @nhannahjones.bsky.social

Princeton area friends, join us for “Divestment & the Boundaries of Conscience” on 9/23 @ 630pm w/ Robert K. Massie ‘78: What challenges do activists face when invoking divestment? What can divestment accomplish? What are its limits? Where can it work & where not? aas.princeton.edu/events/2025/...

In The Short Fuse Podcast, host Elizabeth Howard talks with @setonhawkins.bsky.social, the Director of Public Programs and Educational Resources at Jazz at Lincoln Center, about Jazz at @lincolncenter.bsky.social Orchestra’s “Mother Africa” season. artsfuse.org/317187/short...

Very cool. The fez was common men's headwear in the Cape Town Muslim community well into the middle of the 20th century. I'll be sending this to friends there.

This. (Except for the holding back. 😄)

the funny thing about the constant misappropriation of MLK is that the guy left a massive body of writing specifically aimed at explaining his views of those of the movement he represented to the broad public. it is extremely easy to know what the guy thought on a variety of subjects and yet

I'm old enough to remember when people criticized the 1619 Project for exaggerating the depth & persistence of American racism. Good times.

"Hear this, you who trample upon the needy!" (Amos 8:4-7). A reflection on this Sunday's readings, which focus the Christian response to the poor, to money and to God. outreach.faith/2025/09/hear...

so "the common good" is actually a v powerful framework in social justice/social gospel Catholicism, which in its inception meant things like "what if everybody had enough to eat and a place to live, no matter what religion they are" it's not the idea's fault that Douhat is a theocratic asshat

<stage whisper> She's not baffled. She knows what kind of people run the NFL.

Not sure what’s worse about @schumer.senate.gov: The brainlessness or the spinelessness

A Hayward man who left Central America with his parents at 3 years old could face deportation after the U.S. government put an end to a humanitarian program for people from Honduras.

"Why do athletes have more daughters than sons?" "A Franco-Swiss team of researchers reveals that the stress caused by intensive physical activity influences the sex of children."

The late Tucson folklorist James "Big Jim" Griffith had a chapter in one of his books tracing the lineage of lowriders back to the Spanish baroque. This newspaper piece is a short version of the history. tucson.com/news/blogs/b...

OPINION: "I found solace and friendship in the women who worked in the composing room under what seemed to be the draconian hand of the chief compositor. Oh, how he hated Black people," Paul Krause writes.

One of the coolest slices of American car culture. (In case you're wondering, they're mostly not people's daily drivers &, when they're driven, they're driven slow.)

President Johnson, in a November 9, 1968 letter to the Smothers Brothers: “It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”

C-ville, friends. The new-ish Afghan restaurant in the old Fellini's has a very good lunch buffet. I especially liked the hummus, the tomato/cucumber/onion salad, the braised eggplant, & the chicken kebabs (very similar to tandoori chicken). At $15/person, it's priced well. Great staff, too.

Meanwhile Trump is enjoying his license to kill. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I'll be damned. Ted Cruz? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Imagine you have a neighbor who is trying to kill your baby and is buddies with the guy who just got you fired AND you have to deal with bomb threats to his house! Welcome to Georgetown

I'm making progress with French. I'm finally getting some of the jokes in a book of musical humor that I bought in Paris. E.g., « Porgy and Bess, Ce n'est guère swing. » « Un organiste qui suffoque connaît-il un orgue-asthme ? »

"Stonewall." 😑

You might not think it was brave of him knowing he died not quite 2 weeks later, but you’d be wrong.It did spotlight AIDS and for many people he was the first person they “knew” who had AIDS.Shortly before his death, Hudson donated $250K to recently-founded American Foundation for AIDS Research. 1/2

The thread makes excellent points on a variety of topics.

The Democrat party as it's known right now needs to go as well. With Democrats like this, who needs Republicans?

Friday Noir: Only The Lonely #Photography #Writing jerseystylephotography.wordpress.com/2025/09/19/f...

reminder: Jimmy Kimmel is enough of a mensch that he devised a segment on which actors who are just short of having enough work to qualify for union healthcare come on his show and deliver a single line of dialogue deadline.com/2024/07/jimm...

Ok. It's pretty easy. Look around n settings until you find "Feeds." Clicking on that gives you various options where you'll only see accounts you follow, in chronological order. Cool. @andrewsehmann.com

Help! I've just taken over the Holsinger Studio Portrait Project's Facebook account. My first time on FB. What a horror show. On the homepage, ads & posts that I'd never want to see overwhelm posts by accounts we follow. I know we can't get rid of the ads. But can we cut or reduce the other dreck?

VIRGINIA: Today is the first day of early voting. I cannot overstate how important this year's state election is—for Governor, Lieutenant Gov, & maybe even especially Attorney General, as well as all 100 seats of the House of Delegates. Find your polling site info at acluva.org/voters-rights

A first-semester freshman at Auburn -- who has not even experienced one month as a student -- is demanding universities purge faculty members who dared to be critical of the man who created the Professor Watchlist. Calling college presidents & donors ... as one does their first month in college.

lol this honestly hits surprisingly hard

Thanks so much, @pemalevy.bsky.social and @motherjones.com, for the time and care you all took with this important story.

Two pieces of context: 1. Cardinal Dolan has also been warm to Trump and sits on the president’s religious freedom commission. 2. Kirk *within the last year* criticized Catholicism at length and suggested the late Pope Francis was a heretic: religionnews.com/2025/09/12/i...

Black Baptists are different. Most of them anyway.

In @nytopinion “Trump is the first president in our history to invert Lincoln: He speaks with malice toward all and charity for none,” Bret Stephens tells Frank Bruni. “He makes Nixon look like Churchill.”

"What really kept me strong was my anger." In his first extended broadcast interview since being released from prison, Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier talks about spending five decades behind bars for a crime he says he did not commit.

It feels good to know that, being old & cranky, I'll never own a smart appliance.

By night, by day, people in #Gaza are forced to flee for their lives. They have nowhere to go. Most shelters are operating at full capacity. Some displaced families are sleeping outdoors and in unsafe areas. No place is safe. #CeasefireNow

Uganda is one of the countries that's greatly affected by the reduction of U.S. foreign aid. Here's how the health care system is responding — with trepidation, innovation and resilience.

Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2026 class of fellows! Apply by 9/20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq