Happy bday José Saramago b. 1922, Portuguese writer won the Nobel Prize for Lit. in 1998. “Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.” “...in matters of feeling and of the heart, too much is always better than too little.”

happy bday Czech poet Karel Hynek Mácha, b.1810. "Time yet to come? Tomorrow's day? Still, still some dream will time repay, Or sleep too deep for dreaming? Perhaps this life which here I live Is but a sleep, and dawn will give Only another seeming?...

Today is International Day for Tolerance! "Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human." Let us "continue promoting dialogue, empathy, active respect for differences for peace & human development."

I did indeed walk across the piano keys over and over at 3:00 AM. Why do you ask?

I was very happy to see a lovely Wood Duck couple noodling around on Central Park's Harlem Meer this morning. The Wood Duck is the only North American duck that regularly produces two broods per year. Good luck with that, guys! 💚💙🧡 #ducks #CentralPark #birding

Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I can disagree with the president at times, especially this past Monday, on the Marines' 250th anniversary, when he honored the new Syrian president who is an Al Qaeda terrorist and was wanted by our government for years."

How much of a moron do you have to be to STILL, after all the shit that has gone down, remain an enthusiastic shill for this obviously incompetent con man.

Don't be evil? "Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..." www.404media.co/google-has-c...

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US Citizen Violently Detained, Window Smashed During Morning Stop in Charlotte, NC

What Bongino does here is address this story by going after this Daily Mail headline. But this story was broken by ProPublica, and it said that Bongino was able to skip the polygraph portion of the background check, which was highly unusual. He chooses not to respond to that.

Workers in the Soledad area are harvesting celery. These workers often develop chronic back pain due to the repetitive motion. "Raul" shares, "We don't have time to rest or stand for more than two or three seconds." #WeFeedYou

Trump & Vance have sent Bovino's Border Patrol to Charlotte, which happens to be home to St. Matthew, the largest Catholic parish in the United States. Even 8 years ago it was already averaging 12,000 people at its weekend Masses. www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/0...

“.. Ingrassia made a number of racist remarks in a text message chain from 2023 and 2024. In one of them, he remarked, ‘I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it,’ according to the texts.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

In a healthy White House, it would be disqualifying for a radical official to acknowledge his “Nazi streak.” In this White House, Trump personally rewarded Paul Ingrassia with a promotion. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign. We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.

The scale at which the President is profiting from his post is staggering. Perhaps past presidents and their self-dealing snuck out with a million or so — a briefcase full of cash. This time, it's billions, which you should visualize as a fleet of school buses filled with Benjamin Franklins.

It's too easy to be distracted by the economic story of the day. The more important story is of our system fraying: The rule of law is decaying, Bribery spreading, crony capitalism normalized. It won’t show up in next quarter’s data, but when our kids try to build their lives.

Texas A&M police says it has removed this trooper from his game day assignment following this:

No crypto! Just old-fashioned corruption www.propublica.org/article/kris...

"What another slap in the face." Amanda Roberts, sister-in-law of Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre, responds to the GOP un-redacting Giuffre's name to defend Trump. "It is just beyond reprehensible of this White House, of the Republican oversight committee to do that, to violate her in that way."

Rep. Ro Khanna shares there will be survivors speaking for the first time at his press conference next week.

Here is the searchable database of Epstein emails that Jen just mentioned: couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...

"Analysis of documents released this week by Congress shows President Trump was mentioned in more than half of the messages" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Pro Publica: Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts www.propublica.org/article/kris...

OMG, Trump pardoned another January 6th rioter this morning—a woman named Suzanne Kaye WHO WAS SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS FOR THREATENING TO SHOOT FBI AGENTS.

CNN: Trump in Epstein files NBC: Trump in Epstein files ABC: Trump in Epstein files FOX:

🇪🇺🇺🇦 Kallas: Ukraine will need more funding next year. Using frozen Russian assets is the most obvious way to ensure the sustainability of Ukraine’s defense and show Russia that time is not on its side.

THANKSGIVING RECIPES THREAD 🧵🍁🦃 I’m Head Chef at this year’s Bower family Thanksgiving. The soup season thread was a hit, so now I’m turning to Bluesky for your best Turkey Day recipes. What’s the one dish you can’t live without? Drop recipes and tips in the replies ⬇️ (Photo: my fave appetizer)

More on this story: this 29 yo CBP agent died in August from a drug overdose, possibly suicide. He also complained his family had been doxxed and said “everyone fucking hates us [CBP].” That $50,000 bonus is not worth selling your soul

The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD

Some undeniable truth about misinformation coverage, from @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

After upending the officer's life, The Blaze has now added the denial in graph four, under the "They were fucking in on it" pull quote.

I’ve reported on so many regular people being threatened and villified by conspiracy theories and hatred for people, many times spread by MTG. It’s awful when anyone has to deal with harassment and threats and I wonder if the congresswoman can look inward, too

MTG: “.. “I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world. .. The man I supported and helped get elected.” @mediaite.com #GA14 www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...

Happy Saturday! It's the weekend! We had an incredible presentation this morning that was not only colorful but huge – look at the person walking on the beach for scale (the leaning was an artifact of the iPhone ultra wide camera). Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

I spotted a Great Blue Heron circling Central Park's Harlem Meer early this morning. In this silhouette, you can just see the morning sunshine illuminating its face! 🥰🥰🥰 #Herons #CentralPark #birding

No, Venezuela Is Not a ‘Small Latin American Country’ www.thebulwark.com/p/no-venezue...

WITAOD hat spotted in the wild thelawfarestore.com/listing/4316...

Last week the right was embroiled in a passionate debate about whether the MAGA tent included neo-Nazi Jew-haters.1 This week, the question du jour ponders whether Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile or merely an ephebophile — and whether that makes any difference. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

WeRateDogs turns 10 years old today! A very silly idea to numerically objectify dogs has become one of the kindest and most powerful online communities ever. Thank you for joining us over the last decade. I never knew what this could be until you all showed me. Here's to many more good dogs ❤️

I still remember how bad a state every single one of these dogs were in when I found them in various bad situations in Thailand. This was a surprise from the @happydoggo.com team. Talk about emotional just 3 hours before the Marathon!

Here's my latest podcast interview with Matt Lewis where we discuss my new book, Ties That Blind. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U2B...

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This is me at 15. I’m a child. I’m a CHILD.

TENNESSEAN: “Ethics complaint filed claiming 8 Senators ― including @MarshaBlackburn & @SenatorHagerty ― violated conflict of interest rules by supporting a provision allowing them to sue the government for millions…” (Finally they cover this story! 👏🏽) www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...

Did she really go there? “What country.” Has MTG gone deep state Russia, Russia, Russia? 🍿