What hath God wrought

Whenever I feel guilty about my disassociation from ::gestures around:: all this, I remember that there are people who think it’s not alarming at all to text war plans in emojis to journalists.

I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but maybe if you use and love libraries, don’t vote for the guy who’s going to make them unable to stay open.

Hey 💙 📚, what great modern, female Irish authors should I be reading who are NOT Tana French or Sally Rooney?

It’s here! All the way from Ireland! #beerbooks #scholarlydrinking @braciatrix.bsky.social

In a normal timeline, "Kanye used Superbowl ad time to sell swastika t-shirts" would be a top news story but here we are in the hell universe

The new #PhiladelphiaUnion away kit looks like a washed-out version of the Simpsons kit.

The Eagles winning because of DEI (a white cornerback)

My top Super Bowl memory is when Musk tweeted “Go Eagles” in 2023 from the game and then deleted it after a similar tweet from Biden got more engagement. Then he flew to Twitter HQ and demanded his workers find out why his posts were doing poorly, starting a multi-day fact finding mission.

Life as a Philadelphian has not prepared me for coming out ahead for a team I root for.

Great rule of thumb: if Trump is putting it in all caps, then it’s certainly a lie.

I know pointing out hypocrisy doesn’t matter anymore, but if there’s one person I wouldn’t want to be the judge of who goes into locker rooms, it would be the man who openly boasted about walking into dressing rooms of underage girls

“Valarie Plame… if that really is your name….”

He did save his sister. He also immediately asked if he had missed the Super Bowl. I guess I have a reason to root for Philly now, because I just want this kid to be happy. abc7.com/post/daddy-d...

I ordered my copy!

Elon Musk now has access to your Social Security number. The world’s richest man has gained access to the confidential personal information of every taxpayer in the United States.

I do defy him, and I spit at him

I think Americans, blessed with relatively stable government for a long time, assume there is someone, some adult, who will step in and make things right before the President does anything REALLY bad. There’s not.

A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼

I want to stress something important. I know about the Times’ owner, and his interference in the Ed page (and maybe more). But without the LAT, you would only know what the White House told you about this. Support journalists and journalism. www.latimes.com/environment/...

So. The Potomac Crash It wasn't DEI. It was DOGE. Not your first crash, right, Elon Musk?

Cooper DeJean, save me from my problems.

RIP to a Philly icon www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/s...

sons of bibliography

A database detailing Jan 6 crimes and convictions has disappeared from the Department of Justice website. “This is a huge victory for J6ers..." www.cnn.com/2025/01/25/p...

Go Birds!!!!! Fly @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social Fly!

Updated list of companies committed to DEI Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Fascinating thread klaxon

So…how cheap are the eggs in the Gulf of America?

Hillary Clinton laughing at Donald Trump babbling about wanting to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America is every sane person's response. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Who’s old enough to remember “freedom fries”?

We are a week away from “Sure, Elon is a Nazi but he makes the spaceships run on time.”

"Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day today, haven't we?" "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow though." - Grant and Sherman after the disaster of the first day of Shiloh, April 1862. They won the next. Today is one of the bad days in American history. Better days will come.

Doubt conservative media will even blink at this. To them, it’s a feature, not a bug.

Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025

I have seen the dumb men throng to see him

And the Philadelphia Eagles

Their research found that patrons experience refuge, joy, connection, purpose, and expansion through their library use. Is this why libraries are such a threat? bookriot.com/innovative-s...

Watching the dignity of President Carter’s funeral before we brace ourselves for the Trump clown show feels like a somber memorial for American decency.

If you ever lost a book in the mid-‘90s and want it back, get thee hence to Baldwin’s Book Barn in West Chester, PA. 📚💙

Merry Bookmas! 💙 📚

Merry Christmas!

Hyperzeller from Human Robot - the description says it’s brewed based on a technique outlined in a 1914 brewing text. I know I’m nerdy about these things to begin with, but I would love to know more, maybe even see a digital copy of the text.

SIMPLY HAVING A

I think the last time I was huddled around the radio, waiting to hear what’s next, I was listening to KYW, trying to find out if my school was closed for a snow day. #xpncountdown

Boom there it is. Capping off the #xpncountdown with one of the most recognizable bass riffs in music history. #1: Seven Nation Army, The White Stripes

ALL HAIL BRANDI CARLILE! The Story is a beautiful song that stands out among her whole catalog of beautiful songs. #xpncountdown

Ok, am I the only person who has never heard of Wilco’s Impossible Germany? I mean, it sounds nice, but not sure if it’s Top 10 worthy. #Xpncountdown

Bruce is one of those artists that have been around forever and can still release quality stuff. I remember when The Rising came out. Absolutely captures the mood of a post 9/11 world. #xpncountdown