Theophrastus never fails when I teach #Rhetoric. Now the WSJ puts him to use with #Trump. www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Look at this turnout in Charlotte! #NoKings (via Marco Foster/Threads)

This again shows that national Democrats could learn a lot by studying NC the only southern state on here. It's on here despite ruthless Republican gerrymandering because they can't gerrymander state-wide elections like the governor.

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys. "I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man." It's a must-read:

Happy Day! White throated sparrows are now singing in Greensboro for Fall and Winter! #Birds

No doubt the #SupremeCourt will ignore this inconvenient bit of #Originalism. #News #Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/u...

Thank you our wonderful neighbors to the north. We definitely need your help to protect ourselves bc our government doesn’t care, they want a lot of us to just die. No healthcare, no disease info. ICE hunting and locking folks up. That’s not democracy. Fascist thugs.

It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows. (1/n)

Well this should remove any doubt how the Court will rule. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

If you wonder how bad the Epstein Files are for Donald, he had the federal government shut down so you wouldn't find out.

Farewell to the sublime Dame Patricia Routledge.

The Queen of the Night - Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1815

"[Trump's] 'mental state,' according to Justin A. Frank, a former clinical professor of psychiatry … , 'include[s] so many psychic afflictions' that a 'working knowledge of psychiatric disorders is essential to understanding Trump.'"

Gifting so all can enjoy #Music #News #Hope #EpiscopalChurch www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/a...

This government shut down is all about whether Republicans will get away with raising health care premiums by 75% for 20 million Americans and throwing 15 million people off their health care. We can't allow that to happen.

Congratulations to liberal arts @davidsoncollege.bsky.social for ranking 10. A solid liberal arts education is an unquantifiable treasure. www.wsj.com/rankings/col...

"It was a difficult and heart-rending conversation, grappling with how his daughter’s classmates could admire a man who’d said such hurtful things." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...

Gifted "preview of the seismic changes" coming from "more than $900 million in expected cuts to Medicaid" Don't respond with speculation re who these tragic people voted for in this VERY PURPLE GERRYMANDERED state. Respond by sharing what Republicans have done www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/h...

Brutal.

A replica of Polina Raiko’s house, reportedly lost in 2023 after russians blew up the Kakhovka Dam. At 69, self-taught, she painted every wall and ceiling of her home after a series of personal tragedies. Seen at the exhibition Ukraine WOW.

Just taking you on a short walk in Taras Shevchenko Park, Kyiv. A sunny, calm, beautiful day.

Gifting so all can read. Fostering reasoned dialogue in search of truth? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Excellent piece on Russia's decline. Getting this through to Trump is how you end his Putin worship. thehill.com/opinion/inte...

Jimmy Kimmel captured a 23% share Tuesday night—a feat last achieved by Johnny Carson.

#Asters, JardinsdeMétis / #Reford #Gardens, #Quebec - Sept 23 #flowers #bloomscrolling #blooms #FlowerSky

Clarence Thomas sneered at Tom Homan’s $50,000 cash bribe. “Pocket change. Don’t drag down the market rate for Supreme Court justices.”

Gifting so all can read. Trump says things were different in the 90s and this should go away. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Disney could start trying to make amends by assuring that Kimmel streams for free on abc.com as long as local broadcasters boycott it.

Check out Justice Eddins’ complete repudiation of the Roberts Court here. It’s worth reading in full. It’s quite brave—and exceedingly rare—for a sitting judge to speak so candidly and scathingly about SCOTUS’ partisan contortions of law, history, and fact. www.courts.state.hi.us/wp-content/u...

Why does it take a BRITISH newspaper to break a story like this? Where the hell is the American media? 🤨

A town hall like this is SUPPOSED to be a chance for working-class people to share their concerns with each other and with their representatives. Any politician who refuses to hear those concerns, sends a clear message that they're not fit to lead. #ncpol https://bit.ly/4mnFBC0

Oh. Kash Patel told Fox News that the text message evidence had been destroyed but the FBI was able to recover them from “steps taken at the apartment.” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash. Pam Bondi knew. Kash Patel knew. Emil Bove knew. And they made the investigation go away. A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.

I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition. www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...

Rule of law holds again. First time seeing a Rule 8 smack down like this (and sua sponte).

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

The Democrats have grown a spine?! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/u...

Never had to happen. Economy is "slowing largely due to the combination of tariffs & Trump administration immigration policies." thehill.com/business/550...

Nobody likes changing clocks twice a year. Standard time is healthier. Congress please fix this so November is the last time we have to bother with this. thehill.com/homenews/nex...

"Georges de La Tour: From Shadow to Light" until January 25 at the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com/en/georges-t...

Some timely Aristotle: The greater the mob is, the more distant the view.

"Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect." Jonathan Swift warned us about the state of the discourse.

Corvids are amazing

Nice brief overview of law and #semiotics Once had a student interpretation course review that said "Now I see signs everywhere!" politicsrights.com/law-interpre...