2026 better be boring as hell, I swear to God.

President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR

Nothing says 'Merry Christmas!' like 65°F and bombing another nation. Just like Jesus would've wanted, I'm sure.

Merry Christmas! The President of Peace just bombed Nigeria.

It's Dec. 23rd and I'm opening the windows. Madness.

Just finished the documentary on Action Park, "Class Action Park". Described as 'somewhere between Ayn Rand and Lord of the Flies', I'm now an ever greater proponent for a regulatory state, and perhaps for the dissolution of New Jersey as a whole. JFC.

Garland wore the dress while singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."

I'm pleased to report that Fairuza had a successful surgery last week. She's got blankets and a heating pad, as many of those cat treat tubes as she wants (all of them), and her very own Uggs. #BootsWithTheFur

Tragic news. This program helped to bridge a very real digital divide, one that should never exist in an urban environment where infrastructure and opportunity are largely policy decisions. This was originally in response to COVID-19; can ARPA funds help bridge a funding gap?

This is fantastic — one former student of mine on the podcast of another former student of mine. Check out @m-r-glass.bsky.social chatting with Dylan Gottlieb on Who Makes Sense?

Conspiracy theory: Trump isn't just raising prices for Americans with his tariffs; he's lowering prices for other countries who are benefiting from the overstock.

What do you want when money is no issue? You want to be a god over countries and men, buying your way through any barrier to being a technocratic king. It's The Most Dangerous Game: 2025 edition. Of course he wants to unilaterally execute people. Probably can't get it up otherwise.

We must, we must, we absolutely must impress this upon our Digital Native generations. This world is all they know, which is in and of itself a tragedy. Yet a worse tragedy is to normalize this because we allow them to only see this as they way things have always been.

Can confirm this assertion. All I would add: please remember that politicians, especially local politicians, are humans, too. Yeah, there's some supremely shitty ones! But there's those of us who really do give a damn and try to make your life better.

Honestly, it would be more useful to me if it was actually intended to be a joke.

This image is a gross erasure of Johnson's Great Society, wherein the guy got something like over 200 bills passed through Congress, including the Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Medicare/Medicaid... Like, holy hell. How do you omit Johnson here? We're still living in Johnson's America.

This will get you an A at Oklahoma University. OU removes instructor for student’s Bible-based essay grade | News | oudaily.com share.google/A1MFP1twAi72...

I don't know why, but I feel like I need a cigarette. I was never a cigarette smoker, but these days I can see the appeal.

Huzzah! Casey found the missing story and citation! And — huzzah! I was able to reclaim the lost and affected pages because of it! Sadly, writing is the last thing I want to do right now. But other than that, huzzah!

James F. Conway, who fought to stem the exodus of residents and businesses from St. Louis, died Tuesday of prostate cancer at Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur.

PHOTOS: St. Louis sees its first fall snow

Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

Here’s a hot take: I don’t want to see lawmakers posting holiday pictures from their mansions — I don’t care which party. Keep that shit to yourself.

"The radical left lunatics circling Biden took the Presidency away from him." Holy projection, Batman!

Frustrating day. -Lost an entire page due to being unable to locate the source of a story. -Have to rework at least one other page because of it. -Worried that I've focused too much on what I'm not writing instead of my argument. -Need to draft SOPs. -A recommender hasn't submitted yet. 🫠

In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.

He is risen

This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.

When we begin the work of rebuilding our society, can we pinky-promise to establish a medical sector that believes women? Especially women of color? I don't need a vagina to understand that IUDs, pap smears, pregnancy, general maintenance, etc. hurt. Come on now. Believe women. (Also: pockets)

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If caring for residents was of chief concern we wouldn't have to risk our life to cross gravois, imo

Cracked Foundations is phenomenal and has done quite a bit to expand my understanding of the "other side" of my subject area. I definitely recommend it for anyone curious about the intersection of federal policy, capitalism, and the American Suburb!

Ms. Swift has been replaced by Goldie Boutillier's Cowboy, Gangster, Politician. Obsessed!

Hot take: Elected officials and planners should dismiss complaints about the aesthetics of new housing projects and counteract that we have a housing affordability and homelessness crisis. That said, this looks like a a great paper

Brilliant piece from 2002 on why we needn't modify Humanism with adjectives, such as the one I've used for years: 'secular'. If it's good enough for the American Humanist Association and Humanists International, it's certainly good enough for me!

There's been an uptick in power outages in South City as of late — it almost feels like a weekly occurrence, if not more frequent. What in the world is going on?

After massive tornado cleanup, new trees are being planted in Forest Park

Accidentally discovered The Fate of Ophelia by Ms. Taylor Swift last night and, anyway, guess what's making my Spotify wrap-up this year?

Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks: “Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”

Delaying my writing today by diving into Michael Glass's new book "Cracked Foundations: Debt and Inequality in Suburban America" and let me tell you, the Housing Act of 1949 really has done a lasting number on just about every facet of society. Truman was so proud of it, too!

Nothing quite so chilling as your carbon monoxide detector suddenly going off! Luckily, it's just notifying us that we need to replace the unit — a separate, newer unit moved to the same spot hasn't sounded, and five beeps apparently means that it's time to replace. Nevertheless...! 😱

Good Lord, is tonight a full moon? I've felt off all day, the food processor decided not to work right as I added melted chocolate to wet ingredients(!), and then I sliced the absolute hell out of my finger getting saran wrap, flinging just as much blood as expletives at the walls. Mercy me!

I wrote one-and-a-half pages, as per my writing schedule. Can I have that doctorate now? Or at the very least a cookie or something?

Some Americans don't know HRM Becky, Queen of Carpets, and thus cannot have yet lived full lives. youtu.be/ucN0Gu_7NZ8?...

A couple years ago I worked on 12 grants in my role as a task force director at the Library of Congress. This year, zero. We are going to lose a lot of our public memory. Which is at the crux of fascistic mobilization.

Unfortunately, the audiobook I was delighted to dive into uses two different voice actors. Terrible news.

I've seen some scholars postulate that SCOTUS could move to build upon State Department v. Muñoz (2024) by taking away the legal privileges of marriage in lieu of overturning or dissolving it. At the very least a reminder to remain vigilant in the defense of our rights.

I'm not sure this was so much a "yay Gays!" decision as it was "this will be a logistical and legal nightmare, which we hate more than the gays!" decision, but I'm nevertheless pleased for the rejection.