A referee is the hero …

The past isn't dead; it isn't even past. 🗃️

Like so many other PhD students in the '80s and '90s, I was deeply influenced by Gordon Wood's scholarship. Not just what he wrote about, but how he wrote. He was a model historian, and his legacy will live on. May his memory be a blessing. 🗃️

Some heroes don't wear capes

BREAKING: Dr. Annie Andrews will challenge Lindsey Graham for his U.S. Senate seat in South Carolina in November.

Gabby Williams and 1, she is clutch! #WNBA

Artemis III crew has been announced, with details of the 2-week mission. The plan: 1) Blue Origin lander launches to low Earth orbit 2) Space Launch System w/ Orion capsule & crew launches 3) Orion docks w/ Blue Origin 4) SpaceX Starship launches 5) Orion docks w/ Starship Launch target: late 2027

The Old Man and Death, by László Mednyánszky, 1895-1900 (flipped)

Listen to the end. I’d go to war with this man by my side. A real American if I ever heard one.

The USA have blocked the Somali Referee Omar Artan from entering the USA, the Referee who is rated the best in Africa was blocked at entry, so he got the Somalian embassy to give him a Diplomatic Passport. But the USA still refuses to let him in. The USA need to be disqualified

Hello FIFA, anybody there? FIFA? FIFA? Anybody?

this is the way

When your sister @julieh325.bsky.social gives you a ton of basil from her garden, makes pesto and Thai basil chicken! #DoctorsWhoCook 🍽️ #goodlunch

Yes, while LDS get concierge attention, UUs -- the faith of John Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Alexander Graham Bell, Emerson, Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Longfellow, Horace Mann, Herman Melville, Theodore Parker, and Paul Revere -- gets canceled altogether.

As I recently wrote, the Trump administration can put together a framework, but it struggles to ink a comprehensive deal. Gaza is an example. Iran may prove the same: politi.co/4df84sC

Antifa Day 1944

“I saw everything,” said Frog. “You did very well by yourself.” “I did not,” said Toad. “But there is one thing that I can do all by myself.” “What is that?” asked Frog. “I can go home,” said Toad. “Winter may be beautiful, but bed is much better.”

In both Iowa’s First and Second Congressional District primaries yesterday, more people voted for Democratic candidates than for Republican candidates. #IA01 was the district which Republicans won by the slimmest margin in 2024, winning by only 801 votes.

I used to be in meetings with administrators and managers and afterward colleagues would constantly wonder why they didn’t seem to understand they were making things worse. But they did. And this administration understands. It’s a smash and grab operation. Wholesale theft.

Also, people usually aren't asked if "preventing the consolidation of a dictatorship" is one of their issues. I expect it ranks pretty high for D voters - especially those in Yankeedom and Left Coast -- and probably pretty solid with Indies.

No one really knows what AI is, do they?

Beacon Street Bloom Boston, MA. 2026. #BlueSkyArtShow Theme: #Growth #josephmaxwellphotography #photography #colorphotography #flowers #spring #city #cityscape #boston #massachusetts #photographersofbluesky #creativesunited #photographersunited #artyear #urbangaze

Judge says Congress enacted a statute to name Kennedy Center to honor President Kennedy, and only Congress can change the name. Trump’s name must come down in 14 days.

Exclusive look at the finger pointing meme recreated for the ‘SPIDER-NOIR’ series.

NASA announces plans for three uncrewed missions to the moon later this year that will serve as early steps toward the goal of building a permanent base on the lunar surface.

I just watched video of 5 ICE agents abducting a guy from a courthouse in my area of Massachusetts. Periodic reminder that ICE hasn't gone anywhere. They are still here and still terrorizing immigrants.

Dear Republicans in Congress: Will you finally learn a lesson from the latest of you to be betrayed by Trump, John Cornyn? Just because you kneel down to shine his shoes, that doesn’t mean that he won’t kick you in the face when he gets mad or bored. You’re not his friends. You’re just the help.

Just paid $17 for fuckin potato salad in this stupid apocalypse the world has become

Inside the Great Hall (aka the refectory) at beautiful Bushmead Priory, Bedfordshire, this morning. I was there to look at various necessary repairs, but always have to spend a few moments taking some photos of the building more generally, because it’s just so interesting! 🤩

Phone booths

Sounds like there are people in critical condition and possibly some fatalities. #longview #wa

An English Bluebell a day (and Summer the oak) until I run out of photos #18

Very funny because it's true. As with this one! bsky.app/profile/brit...

Thread.

Who has really been mistreated by a weaponized Justice Dept? Abrego Garcia

Abrego Garcia should apply for compensation from the weaponization fund

Just more evidence that it was never just about illegal immigration: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...

Good morning! Sunset in Nova Scotia photographed by Eve Raymond. Amazing clouds and color..

We had a pod of white pelicans visiting Bainbridge Island today!

Hi Bluesky 👋 I finally deleted my X/Twitter account today after years of going back and forth about it. Walking away from nearly 4k followers was honestly terrifying. Washington photographer obsessed with wildlife, ferries, storms, and dramatic Pacific Northwest light ❤️

And so it begins….

The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

THANK YOU David Letterman & Stephen Colbert for a lifetime of smart satire, laughs, speaking truth to power & sending us to bed with a smile on our collective faces. You will be missed. 🙏 #EndOfAnEra

Here’s an underwater flower for all you mommas out there. #stunday #happymothersday #floralfriday #bloomscrolling #photography #eastcoastkin #photohour #submerged #flowers

Count Me In National Day of Action for Voting Rights Selma and Montgomery, Alabama Saturday, May 16 blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction

This dog was a three term mayor of Whoville.

I am a content creator, and today this is the content I have created I will also become a content consumer 😂

Look at these cuties enjoying the sunshine in #Portland Thursday! 🐥

Egon Schiele Port of Trieste (1907)

After a day of relentless rain, the skies put on a surprise show for us before tucking in for the night. We were lucky to be right there when it happened. #ldnont #canada #sunset #cloudspotting