The contractors knew it was illegal too, they should be charged with criminal damage 🤬

Lest we forget the dangers of fascism. Juno, Sword, Utah, Omaha, Gold ... Thank you for your sacrifices, so long ago.

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I could not believe the gasoline prices when I got back to the San Francisco Bay Area. Up north, in Mendocino, gas was $5.89/gallon. In San Francisco and points south, it was $6.39/gallon. #inflation #gasprices

#sentenceoftheday #northsun #ethanrutherford #amreadinghistoricalfiction #whaling #booksky "The whalemen they have come to like are the old hands, sun-colored, with wild beards and roosters tattooed on their feet."

Why is it so desert-like hot one day, blustery the next? Weather is stupid. #weather #SanFranciscoBayArea

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I think I actually finished a novel -- my 1st! It's set in the 16th century & it's about First Contact between the natives & the Spanish on an island in the Philippines. Don't ask me why I had 2 do it -- but I think writing Residents of the Deep, my recent story collection, gave me lots of practice!

Lesley Stahl should quit. She says she's staying on at 60 Minutes because she doesn't "want to see it die." It's already dead. Bari Weiss will pressure her to put a slant on her stories, same way she did to Scott Pelley. If she resists, she'll be fired.

There is no word in the English language to adequately describe the anger and frustration and disbelief that Americans are feeling….

The Senate passed a bill in the middle of the night that gives ICE and CBP $70 billion to fund President Trump’s mass deportation campaign. They’re already sitting on an extra $100 billion.

Greetings from Kyiv, where the wind carries poplar fuzz. I’ve been researching and writing all day long. Now, a lecture on colonialism and culture. Hope your Friday is (or was) gentle for you.

The President of the US runs the government, sues his own government and then settles with himself. Tell me again how that's "not" corruption?

Yesterday, on npr, I listened to a clip of Donald saying, "We are going to build coal plants all across this country." I thought: IN WHAT UNIVERSE (Who of his friends are in the coal mining industry, I wonder)

#sentenceoftheday #northsun #whaling #adventurestory #amreading #booksky #ouch "At home, Arnold Lovejoy finds neighbors who don't recognize him, a wife who won't touch him, and two children who, though fair and considerate, have not missed him at all."

Even tho the 1.776B slush fund idea is dead, Trump still insists "I love the idea." Of course he does. He loves anything that involves giving away OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. Todd Blanche better not be confirmed.

#welcomehome #twokitties Home after over a week up north. A grey cat (w/ a collar) stared fixedly at me while I was watering the backyard. I'd seen this cat b4, but it looked so thin suddenly. I was just wondering how it got so thin in a week when another cat, exactly the same but bigger, passed me.

#amreadinghistoricalfiction #whaling #northsun #seafaring #booksky #sentenceoftheday Page 23 of North Sun is really something else! "A captain without a ship is a flightless bird."

Last on the Card: May 2026 This challenge is hosted by bushboys world. The last picture I took in May was taken the morning of 30 May: I was trying to select which movies to see at the Mendocino Film Festival. Sooo fun. There were 81 films, which included documentaries, narratives, and shorts. In…

#sentenceoftheday #booksky #historicalfiction #ethanrutherford #novel #seafaring #whaling #amreading "Some ships I knew caught and ate seal, but I myself have no taste for that tricky creature."

MacFarlane: His loss is a loss that transcends just Scott Pelley. It's going to impact people far and wide inside the network. And respectfully, nobody wins. Nobody benefits if 60 minutes gets damaged. Not the news industry, not politicians, not our better angels as we seek truth in America

The reason you see the outpouring — print, wire, broadcast — is because 60 Minutes writ large and Scott Pelley, in particular, are the gold standard and the real deal. It’s journalism as we dream of it. Bang on the door, go to the war zone, spend time, get to know the people. Tell *the* story.

I can't stand the way Trump and Rubio are all for freedom of Speech in Iran, Venezuela, etc but here at home their minions are destroying American journalism, one network at a time. DO NOT LET THEM EXPORT LIES.

Am spending the week up north, in Fort Bragg, California -- my happy place. It's the kind of place where the bookstore is called The Bookstore and a clothing store is called The Clothing Store. LOL Love it so much. The understatement. Also for the made-fresh-daily clam chowder #happyplace

I love the way elites use language. Bari Weiss calls Scott Pelley's firing 'unfortunate.' OK, is that saying he forced her hand? Or is that saying she's committed to being a hypocrite till the end of time? Or is that her trying to play 'both sides' even after the horse has left the barn?

While families struggle with healthcare costs at home, we keep funding unauthorized wars abroad. Congress must pass the War Powers Act resolution today and redirect our priorities. No more blank checks for war. Retweet if you agree: #FundHealthcareNotWar

Abasement, much, Rubio?

“why are liberals so angry?” idk man maybe because basic human decency keeps getting treated like some radical fringe ideology

"If Donald did one sit-up for every time he posts on social media, he'd look like Jacob Elordi right now." - Jimmy Kimmel #latenight #jimmykimmel #quoteoftheday

#sentenceoftheday #residentsofthedeep #shortstorycollection #readmorewomen #speculativefiction #mariannevillanueva #booksky "The water itself had a strange gray cast that made it seem more mineral than liquid." -- A 19thc ship's captain thinks he may have discovered Atlantis.

All these developments being handed to Democrats on a silver platter. If they still can't stop the steal in November (I mean, we're halfway to yet another GOP majority in Congress w/ the collusion of the Roberts Court), then I will switch party affiliation to Green or Independent.

It is truly delusional to think you can deport all the brown people and make America white again. Project 2025 is a work of FICTION. And yet, millions swallowed the lie, over and over and over.

John Lewis hasn't even been dead that long!!! He's definitely rolling in his grave. His life's work, the Voting Rights Act, is over.

Scott Pelley has his pride. It's so dispiriting, the damage that's been done by people who can't look beyond their own noses.

Pelley: "New management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story...The collapse of values at the top has become untenable...I pray for a day when sanity, competence, and courage return."

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The journalists & TV pundits who lost their jobs after Trump came 2 power: Don Lemon. Jim Acosta. Terry Moran. Stephen Colbert. Katie Phang. And Scott Pelley (There are more, but these r the ones that come immediately 2 mind) I'm so angry about this authoritarian regime & its hijacking of democracy.

I'm fascinated by the sea & seafaring stories. My story Residents of the Deep is abt a Scottish sea captain who may or may not have stumbled on the lost city of Atlantis: "... I ordered my men to drop anchor at a spot that turned out to be almost directly on top of the city." #speculativefiction

#amreading #northsun #booksky #sentenceoftheday #historicalnovel "The letter he carries is dated March 1878 and brings the news that there is nothing to be done: the whaleship Dromo has been crushed by the ice in the Chukchi Sea."

Can there be a lower human being than Todd Blanche, who exists only to carry Trump's water, who is collecting a salary to be nothing more than a presidential mouthpiece? Well, there may be lower human beings, but not many.

REP. DEAN TO BLANCHE: "The president lied about being on Epstein's plane, and the unredacted files prove it. It's all covered up. The 🇺🇸 people are not stupid.” (H/T @atrupar.com )

First we closed USAID offices, and left infectious diseases experts who were working with local populations in Africa blowing in the wind. Now the US wants to open a medical facility in Kenya TO TREAT AMERICANS EXCLUSIVELY? Kenya broke out into a riot. This is making America great again, right?

Immigration in San Fran has suddenly increased the # of cases it's processing by 300% (npr). They want all those people to head to court for their hearings. Abt half of those given notice show up (Too afraid of being seized outside the courthouse by ICE) If u don't show up, ur application is denied.

Today I wrote about the bravery of Scott Pelley and why independent media is essential in this moment. Please consider subscribing to Democracy Docket for free or becoming a premium member if you can. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

NEW: Rep. Jamie Raskin is calling on Todd Blanche to resign. "[W]e must demand that Todd Blanche resign. An Attorney General who has disgraced himself by settling a bogus lawsuit with a $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded bonanza payout to convicted cop beaters."

Air defense working in Kyiv . Shooting down Russian drones and missiles . So loud