1956 / 2026!

so much winning!

important news:

was that Melania speech one of Iran’s demands

BEIRUT (AP) - Israeli strikes hit several dense commercial and residential areas in central Beirut Wednesday afternoon without warning, hours after a ceasefire was announced in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. @apnews.com

Cornish Mazraa Beirut just now. Israel is bombing throughout Lebanon

ok.. going to the book party !

Tonight we learn the true meaning of ART OF THE DEAL, or we get a surprise announcement that the hit show has been extended for another season! Either way I am STOKED!

Tbh this is the line that always haunts me

going back and forth between "this is the end" and "this is just a crazy guy ranting"

This is a far simpler answer than people would like to believe. Trump issues the order via the National Military Command Center to the commander of Strategic Command, and then STRATCOM carries it out directly. There is no second vote, no veto, no check-and-balance.

Mil Bluesky (such as it is) says that preparations to target Iran with a nuclear weapon would be multi-day / complicated by refusal of overflight by allies / would probably have sparked rumors. Maybe that’s reassuring. Doesn’t change the fact that the insane old man is threatening genocide

Comforting myself by thinking this is just one of those high drama episodes of the Apprentice and not a preview of nuclear war.

F-bombs are easier to ignore than A-Bombs

Really terrifying to see how many people believe he is going to order a tactical nuke.

If he croaks tomorrow, does that mean Jesus is paying attention?

The last bits and bobs of the Village Voice were hauled away by a dumpster. I grabbed one framed cover, a key plot point in the story of paper's demise!

the Barbara Walters clip got me... Wish I had a bunker!

Jesus' Train dreams.

Sunday listening www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGu8...

The @wsj.com coverage of no kings beats a lot of the other BUT like all the other sites - the report is hidden away and buried... www.wsj.com/us-news/crow...

Haha @lrb.co.uk has incredible ads!

The difference between these two is racism

Y no hay remedio (And it cannot be helped). https://collections.artsmia.org/art/57871/

Listening... @equatormag.bsky.social: Positive aspect of this moment: "We Can see more clearly who the enemy is" Reading... @wsj.com Negative aspect of this moment: New ICE detention centers will have no windows.

‘The dialectic in her work is not between high and low, or naivety and knowingness, but what a character from 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 calls “finding significance through insignificance”.’ Leo Robson on Nicola Barker’s transcendence. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I have always felt weird that I share a birthday with Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern but today I just found out that @camanpour.bsky.social is also January 12! The day has been redeemed!

here is an AI generated image to go with all the terrible articles like this one about how we have escaped the apocalyptic dangers of the escalation ladder. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Had another nightmare where I was being chased by Soldiers screaming into their helmet mics: "GROK IS HE REAL!?!"

def the right question

Bullshit tacos are a real thing?

ARCO, is great - even though I prob should have watched the French version but these clowns were fantastic!

Sometimes you need to bet Grandma's house in order to get Mom's house back.

Golden Escalators for everyone!

Every golden escalator that goes down must come up the ladder of escalation.

Written by the one man in history, Who's own death will become a world wide official holiday...

This one actually out Black Mirror's Black Mirror

New Unruly Subjects! April Lee on family policing, survival, parenting, and what real community care requires — plus a stop at Black Dragon in West Philly, and a call with Professor D Noble on Jack Harlow’s “getting Blacker” comments. Listen wherever you get podcasts. pod.link/1849696769/e...

if there's one conclusion that the study of both labor history and imperialism converge on, it is that the richest people in the world are happy to burn money on control, power, impunity. and the "everything is about profit" version of anti-capitalism does not survive serious contact with either

Just finished the Carey Bio, so this Golding letters book sounds amazing.

Thinking back to being taught Lord of the flies in 8th grade. Main memory is teacher insisting that the story was an alternative WWII and that a WWIII reading was wrong. WTF was this about?!!!

another amazing issue

Some Journalism schools teach proper scapegoating. Some don't.

We're implementing the largest expansion of Sammy’s Law in city history: lowering speed limits to 15 MPH at all eligible school locations by the end of our first term. And we’re not waiting to start. In 2026, we’re reducing 800 locations to 15 MPH, for a total of nearly 1,300 School Slow Zones.

Reading John Carey's Golding book, can't put it down! www.theguardian.com/books/2009/a...

My two favs were Eddington and Sirat

This war makes it easier to see just how much an air bombing campaign has in common with posting photos of atrocities online. Both assume someone else will "do something." 2

Good morning! Since Trump was re-elected, Forbes estimates— 💰His net worth is up $2 billion, to $6.3 billion 💰Eric’s is up 10x, to $400 million 💰Don Jr.’s is up 6x, to $300 million 💰19-year-old Barron is worth $150 million And Jared became a billionaire last year. Have a great day!