About halfway done with Earthlings by Sayaka Murata. The writing is a little simplistic and stunted. Perhaps it's the translation or that I'm coming from McEwan's What We Can Know, which was the opposite. Liking the theme so far so hopefully it finishes strong. #booksky

Suboptimal start for Leahy. #stlcards

#stlcards media team is crushing it this season

NYT headline when the economy added 266,000 jobs under Biden vs. NYT headline when BLS says the economy added 172,000 jobs under Trump.

Staggering levels of corruption. They’re using every possible lever of power to enrich themselves and their friends and families. And the “party of fiscal responsibility” simply doesn’t care.

Interesting. There's a magic associated with restricted testing windows that doesn't seem to be true in practice. I feel like I can control calories better sometimes eating more frequently vs restricting and then being more likely to indulge.

Finished! 4 out of 5. It was my first McEwan novel and I did appreciate his grasp of the English language. The prose is dense but not superfluous. Will definitely add something else by him to the queue. #booksky

Have JD do more things please!

Amazing that it was at surface level when it opened. Hopefully the renovation will restore some of this perspective.

This would be the stupidest thing ever for baseball's imbalance. Looking forward to the strike.

Losers

Fuck you #cbs

Compelling perspective and a call to action. Will Democrats be able to figure this out?

This will go well.

Not good. "The U.S. ranks 64th globally in 2026, down from 17th when the index began."

@snchalmers.bsky.social you have the best handle on Bluesky. Literally the best random line uttered in passing in the whole of The Simpsons!

Still raining but that wave that just passed through #stlcity was incredibly heavy. Yeesh. #stlwx

Great game!

Yes!

Soon to be a #nottheonion headline.

Nice analysis. We'll see what the off-season holds but could be a fun team on the cusp of playoff contention next year. #stl #stlouisblues

Not going to be the last one to do this unfortunately.

James Talarico: Ken Paxton is morally unfit for office. He’ll lie to you with a straight face. He’s failed the character test. He’s the most corrupt Attorney General of our lifetime. Those aren’t my words. Those are the words of Ken Paxton’s fellow Republicans.

BREAKING: Federal court blocks Alabama’s congressional map that creates an additional GOP-friendly seat, finding it ‘intentionally discriminated based on race.’

Of all the curiosities I've had in life lately, that's up there.

Opted out of going to the theater because of this sentiment. Will catch it at home.

The title of this article is so simple but so great!

Is he a known douche or you hate the quote too? He's been on my reading list for a while now and I will have to say, I am really enjoying the book and his writing style. Of course a lot of artists are ugh people so . . .

In the middle of "What We Can Know". Not sure I agree with his view. Hard to be optimistic about vast changes to our ecosystem and the issues they will cause.

I don't like the Golden Knights but I like the Avalanche even less. Let's get this sweep over with and have the Canadiens or Hurricanes take it home. #nhlplayoffs #letsgoblues

I like this site and I think people who have a really hard time here are kind of babies. Sometimes I get yelled at on here and some of those times people don’t have a point, but who cares? If anything, I should evangelize for this site more as the last place on the internet I still learn stuff.

More coffee is always a good thing!

I don't even know how to react to this piece, and maybe that's the point she's making. Are the aggregate economic gains really making it to most people?

They are trying to delete history, piece by piece

A most prescient quote.

Trump bought more than $1 million in Dell stock. Nine days later, he told a Georgia crowd to “go out and buy a Dell computer.”

NESTERAK: President Trump has granted clemency to numerous individuals who have stolen hundreds of millions in Medicaid funds. Can we expect any of these folks to be shown the same mercy? McDONALD: I'll take a different question

BREAKING: In a win for Maine and Wisconsin voters, federal courts ruled that the DOJ cannot obtain access to the states’ unredacted voter data. The DOJ is now 0-8 in its legal effort seeking access to such information. Full story to come.

BREAKING: The House of Representatives just voted to require teachers to forcibly out transgender youth against their will. Censoring "gender ideology" does nothing to advance the basic promise that every child deserves the same opportunity to thrive, and that includes transgender students.

Love it!

After finishing some brain bending non fiction (The Laws of Thought) I'm on to What We Can Know by Ian McEwan. It's my first McEwan book though he's been on my to read list for a long time. I'm 10ish chapters in and so far, so good. #booksky

I love The Atlantic but holy shit is this a dumb take.

WTF. It definitely pays to be a criminal is this timeline.

Donald Trump just stole $1.7B from us — and he's creating a slush fund to reward his political allies. I've never seen anything like this in my 50 years in politics. It makes Nixon look like a boy scout. www.cnbc.com/2026/05/18/t...

Maybe Democrats should, you know, impeach Trump for brazen corruption and profiting off of war crimes and now stealing OUR money to pay off January 6th insurrectionists.

Sometimes the little things can make a big different. Kudos to this group for improving our neighborhoods! #stl #towergrovesouth

Alex Haley grew up in Tennessee. He traced his family tree back to his original enslaved, African ancestor, then wrote 'Roots'. He received a Pulitzer Prize for it. Knoxville just banned it 'cause it might make white kids sad.

More of this please.

I just heard of these things called plants. They have protein, fiber and all kinds of things that are good for you. Probably a scam.