When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies. Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE. Funny how that works, huh?

For my autistic beings here -- in Bill Bryson's book on Shakespeare : are you like this? "He had a kind of assimilative intelligence which allowed him to pull together disparate fragments of knowledge " I've tried to explain how I think in these very words ... You??

Join great poet Jimmy Santiago Baca Feb 21-23 at Upaya. ONSITE www.upaya.org/program/the-... ONLINE www.upaya.org/program/the-... WIth poet Jane Hirshfield, artist translators Ian Boyden and Kazi Tanahashi, and Roshi Joan.

What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to spend an hour watching red pandas eat crunchy snacks? youtu.be/UBcVbAFntQo?...

I knit strips of leftover Paton wool and made the cardinal sin of not testing the yarn I used to stitch them together. noped. acrylic. I think I can fix it with any wool yarn even if I don't felt it again??

just stumbled on a real jaw-dropper of a line in an essay -- “The corollary of being interested in a great range of things is to have sympathy with a great range of outlooks” -- and that, my friends, is why reading is so important.

Idiom Origin “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible. A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on. This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.

I first read this quote about 35 years ago and it has shaped my life .... thank you Ursula K Le Guin 🙏