Kavanaugh looking to find the "end point" when the Court no longer has to worry about the intentional use of race to create black districts. I'd say "WHEN WHITE FOLKS STOP INTENTIONALLY USING RACE TO DECREASE BLACK VOTING POWER" but he thinks white people doing that is cool.

*settling in*

Making plans with (adult) daughter to make monster cut-out cookies for her D&D campaign. So excited!

“If someone hurts you, it’s okay to cry a river. Just remember to build a bridge and get over it.” 🌉🌉🌉🌉🌉🌉🌉 Wise words.

“We don’t need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful” I don’t love Taylor Swift as much as D. (I also certainly don’t hate TS — good lord those haters are weird and not in a fun way.) Tay would not approve being disrespectful of someone with different taste in music.

Good times at the grocery store!

“People are going to judge you anyway so you might as well do what you want.” Eyes open during a kiss? Sure! Wearing my son’s favorite cow print mask? Sure! Listening to whatever musician I want? Sure! Posting dumb shit on Blue Sky? Why not! 😆😆😆😆

“you are not the opinion of someone who doesn’t know you.” Got that right, Taylor. D thinks she knows me, but she’s delusional. She knows some made-up character named Charli (current nickname). I, however, know D doesn’t know me, and I laugh at her gobbledy gook opinions.

I have been talking about my sourdough bread today like I am Taylor Swift or something. Here’s my first attempt at pesto sourdough. Looks kinda normal when finished, no green swirl, but man oh man, it tastes amazing.

My junior year economic history paper was on this exact topic. My professor loved it.

Dreaming up our next Europe trip: Parma (northern Italy between Milan and Bologna) Gorgonzola (near Milan) Gouda, Netherlands Cheddar England (near Wales, Bath, Stonehenge and Jane Austen sights) [random cheese town] near Hadrian’s Wall

Wooo hooo!

Tidbit for today: flamingos and flamingoes are both acceptable plurals. Weird

That Venn diagram is delulu 😆😆😆😆😆

So proud of my husband today. For reasons.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink Tulip, Brooklyn Botanical Garden

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink Flamingo socks

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink Flamingo statue, Las Vegas, Nevada

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink Flamingos, Palm Beach Zoo

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink Flamingoes, Busch Gardens, Tampa, Florida

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink The pink brick of the Doge’s Palace, Venice Italy

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink A four foot tall stuffed flamingo left on my porch by friends #flamingo #pink

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink A rum drink, Royal Palm Beach Florida

I literally learned to read during the Watergate era, while living in Washington DC. I have memories of sounding out words of a Watergate story in the Post, my parents trying to explain the story in terms a 5 year old could understand. Newspapers are dying; the Post can go die faster.

Stay hydrated!

“Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.” Jerome Lawrence (often credited to the character Auntie Mame)

No, the protesters aren’t being paid. Believe it or not, lots of people are genuinely upset about authoritarianism! paulwaldman.substack.com/p/ahead-of-n...

An original member of Antifa, my grandfather (on right) receiving his Bronze Star for bravery on Iwo Jima. (He was not injured on IJ. The arm in a sling was due to getting drunk and falling out of a jeep later. Hence awkwardly shaking hands with his left arm.)

Post you from a different era. Im the little one. I’m now older than my grandmother (on left) in this photo. 🤯

While my husband and I are temporarily living 4 hours apart to help our son, we each are baking a fresh loaf of sourdough bread for the other’s arrival when we visit. Now that’s a love language! It’s my turn to start a loaf tonight so there’s fresh bread by lunchtime Weds.

This is BRILLIANT. I thought it was real games to play to kill time. But no these are fun, silly, smart, protest-relatable. I want to go to a protest just to do these! www.protestgames.org?fbclid=IwdGR...

My afternoon break would be complete if I had digestive biscuits.

There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?

Also, a lot of the people who get mad at "virtue signaling" also seek to impose their values on others. They're not mad at the signaling; they are mad about the values.

RIP CBS News

The Columbus myth isn't true. It whitewashes a sickening chapter in human history and, whether it intends to or not, comes off as a celebration of cruelty inflicted on one group of people by another. But inside, way, way down, is a call for all immigrant people to take pride in where they're from.

Truth

People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Here are five, practical next steps you can take to make a difference. https://youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?si=3QsGs2oX7VZngdJh

#IndigenousPeoplesDay “is not just a counterpoint to Columbus Day—it’s a declaration. A refusal to be erased. A reminder that we are more than what happened to us. We are who we have always been.” “Today and every day, it’s a good day to be Indigenous.” nativenewsonline.net/opinion/we-r...

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand. Tomato Love Actually Tom Sawyer

Happy getting lost on your way to the spice aisle day!

Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend is not well. Vance, Miller, Vought, Johnson, Noem, Kennedy, Hegseth…. These people are not popular and are not charismatic. Things are gonna crumble. It’s not gonna be pretty. Vacuums are dangerous. It’s going to be an interesting year.

Looking forward to spa day! Soon…. Two more days of tax season.