so. watchin' the brewers advance to the nlcs led to a nostalgic dive into the sconny archive. these are some autumn selects from bayview, captured during a gloomy november 2008 shakedown cruise with my first digital slr (nikon d60 12mp aps-c). #414forever #414elburrocámara

BREAKING: china purchases last surviving copy of art of the deal

christ on a cross. why does self-congratulatory idiot frank luntz always look like some lost normie walking out of the infamous brady & farwell walgreen's at 4am?

hahaha. this would also signal the full circle path of 'abundance' as ezra klein was once a principal of young dc journos (also matty y.; spencer ackerman; kay steiger; etc.) who were foodies via the internet food association, an independent wp blog formed in klein's tap years.

Kirk is not a modern day St. Paul, despite what Cardinal Dolan says. The only thing that such myth-making achieves is fomenting resentment, curtailing dialogue, and stifling action to otherwise prevent this tragedy from happening again, says John Grosso.

Canadians have been protesting the failed state (America) for 8 months and we refuse to be gaslit about what it really is: a post-coup fascist corruptocracy. We've taken our ball and gone home. And if Americans come looking for it, they'll learn exactly what WWII Germans came to know about us.

On this day in 1895, South Carolina officials met to rewrite the state constitution. Their work resulted in a new constitution that successfully disenfranchised Black voters for nearly 70 years.

On this day in 1913, eight Black men at a Texas prison farm suffocated after they were placed in an underground cell as punishment for not picking cotton fast enough.

this unfortunate, demented soul –among the royalty of election subversion/denial– arrived at epistemic closure at precisely the position most inverted from any subset of demonstrable truths regarding election process. i wouldn't piss in her ear if her brains 'twer on fire.

so. ifn you believe in widespread voter fraud you're probably racist. who's gonna tell cleta mitchell? tinyurl.com/bdffmhnh

'excuse me general, but up there ... why does that vindicator group appear to be past it's fail-safe point?'

On this day in 1959, Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Jim Johnson told a state-wide segregationist rally to “do what needs to be done” to fight the proposed integration of schools in the state.

I wanted to know whether Russia truly meddled in the 2016 election to aid Trump. So I asked Grok, and then kept asking Grok again and again because it wouldn't give me the answer I wanted. by Matt Taibbi

sconny/'sota suspend out of state fishing licenses for ohioans.

oh gawd. frank luntz is the sebastian gorka of frank luntzes.

On this day in 1919, a mob of white men moved through a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., gathering weapons and beating Black residents, starting a campaign of terror that would continue for days.

NPR had a quick, upbeat mention about how farmwork could function as healthcare with people "prescribed" to do it and it feels maddening that a significant swath of elite opinion seems to be trying to soft relaunch serfdom.

LOL.

On this day in 1829, officials in Cincinnati, Ohio, enforced laws to drive out Black residents—forcing hundreds of Black people to seek asylum in Canada.

too little. too late. #dickdustbin

so. what serving of debasement of the united states of america in our global political economy would you prefer? [apologies to the legendary bill mauldin for repurposing his june 1963 editorial cartoon.]

so. page a7 of the sunday nyt ...

On this day in 1908, nine Black men were lynched while the entire Black community was terrorized by white residents of Sabine County, Texas.

#OtD 21 Jun 1908 "Women's Sunday" took place in London when 300,000 women descended on Hyde Park to demonstrate in favour of women's suffrage - the largest political gathering to date in the park stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9395...

Every argument from Robin Vos to Chris Rufo to Trump arguing that universities need more "viewpoint diversity" is, implicitly or explicitly, a call to normalize & tolerate stuff like this in the classroom. It's fundamentally incompatible with running serious universities. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

is this now america? an authoritarian game show. a wheel of misfortune. no constitution. no rule of law. no protection against irreparable harm. no education, science, truth or beauty. no aspiration to the wings of our better angels. no distinction between plausibility, credibility or veritability.

is this now america? an authoritarian game show. a wheel of misfortune. no constitution. no rule of law. no protection against irreparable harm. no education, science, truth or beauty. no aspiration to the wings of our better angels. no distinction between plausibility, credibility or veritability.

During the Tulsa Race Massacre, as many as 10,000 white residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma, launched a coordinated, military-style attack on the Black community of Greenwood. More than a century later, the city unveiled a $105 million reparations package.

dandy cilliza will forever be resentful of being driven off the glasses frames playing field by katelyn polantz

gawd. don't report that trump "won't fire fed chair powell"; report 'trump concedes he doesn't have the authority to fire fed chair powell'.

from google's ai just now ...

discount goebbels: we will recall all ice, bp, nat'l guard and dod personnel; and deploy riley kittenhouse. kittenhouse: mama! '... and the angelinos fell upon him with a great gnashing of teeth'

so. before the end of the century children will be asking 'so what did you do during the peace grandma?'

History repeats itself….real photo from 1937 LA found in the LA Times Collection at the UCLA Library

so. can hospitality images from your personal archive be relevant to national politics? why yes. yes they can. #ldubelburrocámara #ldubinthecanman

Imagine putting on all this tactical gear and latching onto a military assault vehicle so you can storm a minimall on Sepulveda and apprehend a line cook at family restaurant.

The U.S. Postal Police are reportedly conducting immigration raids alongside ICE. We asked USPIS for communications, directives, and training materials regarding immigration enforcement responsibilities. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

It's funny how corporations were extremely keen to support Pride when it helped them, but are now not doing it at all because they're scared of repercussions from Donald Trump and the far-right. And by funny, I mean disgusting and pathetically sad.

Dorothy Parker's cruel but famed line on hearing that Calvin Coolidge had died: "How can they tell?" If she were around to see this headline on a WSJ editorial ...

itza two mule parade. spread the word.

so. hey. the trump springsteen thang iz all about born in the usa ...

The government tried to use law enforcement privilege—typically used to shield info that could cause harm to people or investigations if released—to withhold the fact that it is violating confidentiality promises by sharing addresses with law enforcement. americanoversight.org/heres-what-t...

On this day in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled segregation in public education was unconstitutional under Brown v. Board of Education. The decision sparked massive resistance among white segregationists and leaders across the South.

there's ya boy, sconny ...

It’s not just a technicality — DOGE claims that it is not an agency subject to FOIA and the Federal Records Act is an effort to avoid transparency and accountability and to conduct its work in secret. americanoversight.org/dont-believe...

so. men should have fewer barbie's.

so. blush 'nd blue b4 the squalls raked through now. back to the battle #saynogo

I don't believe I've seen a company confess to bribery in an SEC filing before but I do tell my students, the securities laws don't care about your crimes as long as you're honest about them.

The academic study of religion is antithetical to the project of imposing a state vision of religion, because religious scholars historicize religion and so call its universality into question.

anybody else seeing larry summers on cnn now slurring his words at 9:23am?