I’m on here every day and I don’t see 20 replies that make me consider leaping off a bridge, but I do always see at least one reply that makes me want to go live in a luxuriously appointed cave

By popular demand, the USPS has reissued a 2018 postage stamp featuring Mister Rogers. “In national Stamp Encore polling, the stamp honoring the television host...rose to the top spot from a varied ballot of 25 previous stamp issuances.” ❤️ [kottke.org]

This would require all federal grants to be approved by Trump's political appointees, who must ensure that the money would “demonstrably advance the president’s policy priorities.” They also want to impose highly prescriptive and political criteria, like the biological reality of binary sex.

Happy 250th, America

guess which agencies doge made a bunch of cuts to!

“.. The U.S. is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure, according to new Census Bureau figures out today.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A decade ago, Michigan had high rates of parents not vaccinating their children, so it required them to attend an in-person education class to get an exemption. It worked — until things got ugly. n.pr/49xDSqp

lol Scott Pelley and the old guard at 60 Minutes eat people like this alive for breakfast.

This is just fantastic. When corporate media management wants to push something in the newsroom, they often overlook that they'll be delivering their BS to actual reporters, who are not here for it.

"At what point does it make sense to ditch a gas car for an EV?" NPR listener Guadalupe Higuera of Phoenix asked this question and worked with Climate Desk reporter Jeff Brady to answer it. n.pr/49xli1G

Ossoff: They tried to run Kemp, but he refused. So we're left with the congressman who's only a congressman because his daddy was a congressman and the coach, who's only a coach because his daddy was a coach.

Sen. Andy Kim: "It's a choice. Delaney Hall is run by GEO Group. GEO Group is getting a nearly $1 billion contract to run Delaney Hall. They tell me there is one full-time doctor for 800 detainees. They could have more doctors if they wanted to, but that's cutting into their profits."

Minnesota GOP convention has moment of silence for Derek Chauvin www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Reality shows are an escape with characters who can be larger than life. But some stars use the experience of fame as a stepping stone toward another challenge: running for political office. n.pr/4dVhlFc

The goal is twofold: 1) Create a permanent spoils system in which all considerations of merit are eliminated, and science is administered by politicians. 2) Eliminate all funding for any science that contradicts Christian fundamentalism

You guys. You guys. You don't have to do this. You can simply not.

Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem have withdrawn from the Freedom 250 Celebration

Literally 5 minutes into a tour of Porto, you will learn about how much of an international city it has been since at least the 14th century!

the clear takeaway here is that the administration wants to unlawfully seize the smithsonian and make it a temple for white supremacist “history” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/a...

Amazing helmet, ucla. Props where it’s due.

Interim @uwbadgers.bsky.social AD Marcus Sedberry expects a new AD to be announced before football season. He also calls the Badgers "a different football team" from recent seasons. isthmus.com/arts/sports/...

Sure. But regardless of the deal (if there ever is one), he's going to cast it as perfect.

MIT closing three of its four libraries is shocking and appalling and underscores that the source of so much of the crisis in higher education comes not from attacks from the far right or the collapse of public trust, but rather from the university administrative class itself.

This is an extraordinary story, and like a lot of extraordinary stories about wrongdoing and corruption, will become much harder to report if the Trump administration succeeds in requiring NDAs of all federal employees. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-want...

Donald Trump has decided to use his DOJ lickspittles to try to intimidate an 82-year-old woman whom he owes $88.3 million after a trial jury found he sexually assaulted her three decades ago. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/u...

An icy Spotted Cow on the Memorial Union Terrace on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Yes, it's #1 on the tourist checklist and it's there for a reason. Heresy: a Wisconsin Old Fashioned is a bad drink. Sickeningly sweet with bad brandy and cloying garnish.

From a June 1996 issue of @isthmusmadison.bsky.social: Everything But the Girl at the Barrymore Dan Hicks at the East End The East End? Ask your dad.

An update on Lee Atwater's Southern Strategy:

Fitchburg! www.channel3000.com/news/fitchbu...

My husband just had the pleasure of watching crowds heckle this monstrosity as it passed through our neighborhood. “Words cannot describe how vulgar it is.”

I am curious about the effect that almost everyone I know, even people who are doing relatively well, thinks they would be more successful economically if they sacrificed their ethical principles and just became a grifter of some sort.

American politics is bananas. I can’t believe there is a whole generation growing up to think that it’s normal for known criminals to win party nominations and public office.

Lewis Grizzard said he suffered from "Heinekenitis" and "PBR Syndrome." He wrote that in the paper, and they published it.

Went to Cincinnati this weekend for the first time. You know I had to make this my priority: Cincinnati Union Terminal (1933) by Roland A. Wank of Fellheimer & Wagner and Paul Philippe Cret.

Last year, people worried about the fate of the Washington Post sought out Robert Allbritton, a DC native best known for cofounding Politico, hoping he'd buy the paper. Instead, he's hired a bunch of Posties and rebranded his new outlet as The Star. www.cjr.org/feature/star...

Can’t believe that Andy Kim is in two of the most haunting pictures of the last few years.

In case you have forgotten who Andy Kim is, he’s the rep who came into the Capitol building after Trump’s J6 goons had trashed it, got down in his hands and knees, and cleaned it up. And ICE have gassed him. They have peppersprayed the true patriot who thinks American ideals are worth defending.

An NBC News investigation finds dozens of examples of criminals imitating ICE to rob and attack people www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

There's really no reason to pay any attention to the Fox studio analysis of the World Cup. The action on the field will be fantastic, but nearly every aspect of this event outside of that is going to be hard to take.

'Gone from public view are links to lists of dozens of “Notable Graves” at Arlington of women and Black and Hispanic service members who are buried in the cemetery...other “Notable Graves” lists remain highlighted on the website, including lists of politicians, athletes and even foreign nationals.'

Luke Kornet getting blessed by nuns

Love these Saints powder blues

"who was president from March 2020-January 20, 2021?" is one of the most fiercely contested questions in American politics

Baseball is the best 😂

JFK completes mostly successful Dallas parade.

an extreme cautionary tale for any newsroom leaders who are convinced AI has a place in theirs:

The federal agent charged with pointing his gun at a Twin Cities driver and their passenger must post $200,000 bail if he wants to continue using his service weapon while remaining employed by ICE, a judge ruled.

Fox news actually posted this interview so I wanted to see it www.foxnews.com/video/639604...

Abrego Garcia should apply for compensation from the weaponization fund