Happy Shoulda Finished The Job Day

Just to underscore a point: Israel does not "keep Jews safe." Iran is home to one of the largest Jewish populations in the ME outside Israel, yet Israel is bombing the very neighborhoods where most Jews live. This week they bombed a *synagogue on Pesach.* www.newsweek.com/israel-react...

You may wonder why the Europeans aren't responding more forcefully to JD Vance in Budapest 1/ Because Orban looks set to lose & any EU intervention could be counterproductive 2/ Because the US is so far beyond the pale - Greenland, Iran, Ukraine etc. The EU is quietly moving on

1980s leg warmers still de rigueur in darkest Rutlandshire.

A very must-read thread regarding Iran’s Hormuz tolling, crypto and the regime’s focus on Bitcoin.

BREAKING: Iran told mediators it will only join planned talks with the U.S. in Islamabad if a cease-fire is reached in Lebanon. Source: WSJ

If only there was a website with all the info parents need to find child care in New York City, including a map with every licensed provider in each neighborhood… Oh wait! Now there is: nyc.gov/childcare

Hegseth: "God deserves all the glory. Tens of thousands of sorties, refuelings, and strikes, carried out under the protection of divine providence. A massive effort with miraculous protection."

Lrp I am once again humbly recommending everyone to read these two novels.

Francisco Goya, "Tristes presentimientos de lo que ha de acontecer" ("Sad forebodings of what is going to happen"), first plate from the Disasters of War series, published 1863 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Trump is escalating an illegal war, threatening massive war crimes and targeting civilian infrastructure in Iran. In the last 48 hours alone, the rhetoric has crossed every line. Pete Hegseth is complicit. I’ve called for the 25th Amendment and am introducing Articles of Impeachment against Hegseth.

This week in the poetry blogs with @alinaetc.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social @pearlpoet.bsky.social @billymills.bsky.social @beckyltuch.bsky.social @mayacpopa.bsky.social @salenagodden.bsky.social @robin-gow-poet.bsky.social 1/4 www.vianegativa.us/2026/04/poet...

More extremely tasty curations from @davebonta.bsky.social - again delighted to find myself in such good company. #poetry #nature

Just how small and harmless can you make your 'protest'? How many waves can you make in a goldfish bowl? And do you ever regret giving Trump a free ride while you were shredding Biden? Lots of other people do.

bug or rabbit, who can say they drift in a creek and seek the Way

Octopus hauling ass on the sea floor: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/Romania_mi...

Iran released another LEGO inspired video. This one is specifically for Pete Hegseth.

Odes to mushrooms, the greenness of grief & more with @jannoble.bsky.social @samrasnake.bsky.social @lisamariebasile.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @aempoet.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social @djvorreyer.bsky.social 2/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/03/poet...

NEW: The Pentagon today invited more than 3,500 employees to attend a Good Friday service at its in-house chapel. Except it’s only for Protestants, not Catholics. www.huffpost.com/entry/news-l...

I've always liked it when total strangers show up and submit artwork done in media that have never been represented in previous books. Or when they feature rarely seen creatures. If you know an offsite friend or two, let them know and help to diversify the art book please? 🥺

Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.

And now we get the first explicit mention of Ilan Wurman, with the SG citing to it response to his amicus brief and claiming that Wurman is a good source for historical practice of domicile and birthright citizenship.

If Trump announced he'd signed a mutual defence treaty with the King of the Potato People, we'd get dozens of articles and tweets about what it means for NATO, Ukraine and tariffs. A brave few would note in the final paragraph that some people doubt the treaty's existence.

No sitting president has ever appeared before the Supreme Court during oral arguments in the history of the United States.

One of the lessons from Vietnam is that when they start bombarding you with numbers like these -- ordinance used, targets struck, so many killed and wounded -- there's more we're not being told.

Phong Bui Practices Meditation Through Art | Art & Object

Limes 🍋‍🟩 #oilpainting #art

This week in the poetry blogs with @jntod.bsky.social @loriaustex.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social @billymills.bsky.social @mayacpopa.bsky.social @dominicrivron.bsky.social @victoriamoul.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/03/poet...

How have I never heard about the fact that a racist president candidate in Parable of the Talents literally said "Make America Great Again"

I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...

Social movement scholar here again. So, why protest? Nihilists were out yesterday arguing that "protests don't do anything." A short 🧵:

“Everything continues. I am not interested in endings. What is important is transformation. Every substance, every thought, passes into something else. There is no death in this sense — only metamorphosis.” ~Joseph Beuys,1985

Nope Nope #NoKings #Michigan

Gresham and Winco users www.kptv.com/2026/03/13/g...

there is no king

LICE protesters at #nokings DC

Social movement scholar here to comment on No King again. a 🧵: These protests are important b/c: 1.) as sustained image events, protests offer evidence of continued disapproval of the direction the country is going and disavowal of the country's leadership.

Two students wrote haiku about the 1700 Cascadia quake and orphan tsunami: A phantom forest Destroyed by a violent force Signs of the Megathrust With an unknown source, Japan’s orphan tsunami, From Cascadia

As seen on yesterday’s dog walk. #portland #spring #flower

The year is 2030. I now own a home in every walkable US neighborhood, which I've paid for by selling rubber stamps that say "refused to release the Epstein files"

What did I see while I was out walking? A wishing tree! #Portland #creativity

This week in the poetry blogs with @shawnalemay.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social @loriaustex.bsky.social @jwikeley.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social @pearlpoet.bsky.social @billymills.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social 1/4 www.vianegativa.us/2026/03/poet...

Cannon Beach Oregon, photo by Vidn Taylor

Every time I’m in Union Square I think about how Tammany Hall, the seat of power for New York for decades, is now a Petco

The Twisted Leaf Liverwort (Frullania apiculata) is a scalewort, which is a type of leafy liverwort. Indigenous. Waikahekaheiki, Puna, Hawai‘i.

Pigeon milk.

ICE has been hacked! And you can explore the data, which includes every DHS contract, in this convenient new tool micahflee.github.io/ice-contracts

HANDS OFF: 1300 events NO KINGS 1: 2100 events NO KINGS 2: 2700 events NO KINGS 3: 3000 events and counting Let’s make history. Again.