My final piece on Graham Platner and the US Senate race. At almost 5000 words, it's long but based on several meetings with Platner and others. I'm not arguing with people online, so there are no comments. Life is too short to be stressed. open.substack.com/pub/shaystew...

Well, this was a depressing read.

The Vatican went and made infographics for the encyclical 👍

It’s the second anniversary of our tenth anniversary here at Flight Through Entirety. So happy birthday to us, I guess. 🍾 #DoctorWho flightthroughentirety.com/tenth/

Chicago Pope to Peter Thiel: look no further, punk, you’re the AntiChrist

One of the many sources cited in the new papal encyclical is... Gandalf

They called it the “night of terror.” Force feeding is a very violent practice as Alice Paul knew well, having gone on hunger strike and been force fed during her imprisonment for suffrage activism in England in 1909. www.loc.gov/resource/rbc... #hatm #suffs

While the banner “how long must women wait…” was the first one, the one that really got them in trouble (and started the violence against them) was the Kaiser Wilson banner which compared Wilson to the German Kaiser #HATM

In the 1910s US women who married immigrants forfeit their birthright citizenship by law which SCOTUS upheld. Historically the court upheld at least congress’s right to limit birthright citizenship. Makes me nervous to see the 14th in front of current SCOTUS. #HATM #Suffs #PBSGreatPerformances

The costumes are fantastic in this show. The red sashes for the Deltas. The stars on the sash and hat for Ida (photo from The Crisis) #HATM

"Since when does a radical roll over for bigots?" Ida B. Wells, Suffs #HATM

I mean, why not let mother vote? #HATM

And welcome to Historians at the Movies! Tonight we are live posting SUFFS the broadway musical streaming on the PBS ap under Great Performances Season 53 Ep 18. It’s about the suffrage movement, civil rights, voting rights, & sisterhood! #HATM #SUFFS #PBSGreatPerformances 1/

This week Historians At The Movies is singing about the history of suffrage in America. Join us on PBS this Sunday, May 24 at 8pm eastern for SUFFS. If you like a little different side of history, then share this post and keep #HATM growing. See ya there.

I love going big for Pentecost Sunday.

"The section grew, not just because guys love being dudes, but because isolation sucks and togetherness rules and, for one night at least, the barrier to connection was pretty damn low." open.substack.com/pub/thewhite...

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you've seen live! -Tina Turner -Rolling Stones -Def Leppard -Paul McCartney -Adrian Belew -Buddy Guy -Keb' Mo' -Sting -Merle Haggard -James Taylor

I live in a little blue dot in eastern KY. At a Democratic Senate candidates forum here Charles Booker was by far the most inspirational of the candidates, with up & coming Logan Forsythe a close 2nd. Here's hoping Andy Barr's extreme unlikability give folks even more incentive to vote for Booker.

This reminds me of when GHW Bush wanted a new particle accelerator built in Texas rather than expand Fermilab in Illinois. ipmnewsroom.org/these-seed-b...

I have the best and wisest neighbors! Go vote, Kentucky!

Kentucky, let’s do this.

I need a little help from my friends! I suddenly lost a huge chunk of paid subscribers and could really use your support in spreading the word about my newsletter & my recipes. Please share, read, and bake my latest - a fabulous tarte au fromage blanc. 💜 jamieschler.substack.com/p/tarte-au-f...

Re-upping this with a gift link: slate.com/life/2026/05...

Raising the Flag Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com

Anyone thought of immigration as the solution?

Under President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” food stamp applicants are fighting to prove eligibility and facing questions about birthday gifts sent over Zelle. A crisis in Arizona offers a warning for America.

"students brought objects 'representing the blessed memory of academic freedom,' to place in the carriage during a morning 'wake.' Students, some dressed in black and wearing veils...placed books no longer allowed to be used in classes and other objects into the carriage." pen.org/texas-tech-a...

73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need: -Paid family leave -Equal pay -Universal childcare -Universal healthcare (But get your mom flowers, too)

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

FOUR RUNS SCORE! The @Cardinals clear the bases and take the lead!

been thinking a lot about James Baldwin recently - from a 1970 documentary

we need to talk about what Louisiana Republicans are doing to Calvin Duncan, who deserves so much better than this ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Zoomers at work informing me that Kurt Loder turned 81 today

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

A big study that was cited as evidence that text generators are good for students has been retracted: www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-wi... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today. We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.

The Stillaguamish Tribe in Washington state has been buying land in its traditional territory and removing levees. The goal is to turn farmland into wetlands with the hopes of restoring Chinook salmon. n.pr/4tciGx0

This ruling amounts to a nationwide abortion ban. Mifepristone is safe, full stop. This isn’t about science and protecting women, it’s a calculated plot by Republicans obsessed with controlling the private health care decisions of women in America.

"Before I end my Letter I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof." upon the newly constructed White House from a letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 Nov. 1800 if only...

The night felt warmer. She could feel greenness in the ground, uncoiling. The year was past the edge, heading away from the dark … Of course, dark would come again, but that was in the nature of the world. Many things were beginning. — Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett #Beltane

If you see it, share it. #8647

A new Banksy sculpture appears in central London….people are saying it is depicting "a politician or other official blinded by patriotism and walking directly into danger" 🔥 Banksy confirmed the work is his by posting this video on his IG👇

"Diminishing the power of minority voters may also allow the Republican Party to continue on its path from reactionary color-blindness to more overt racism, safe in the assumption that it will not have to answer to constituents who oppose such racism because they are its targets."

www.reuters.com/sustainabili... Trump administration rejected all four women farmers chosen by their peers to represent them in an industry group called the United Soybean Board earlier this year, a rare intervention by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

No sugar-coating the Court’s decision today. Real talk. @allinwithchris.bsky.social

Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us.

Hadn't appreciated before how the Nixon White House nailed the whole Wes Anderson aesthetic

Darn those Facebook memories...from 2013. At three years old he'd figured out how to open the back door by himself! Lol Miss that little stinker.