Cold and colder mornings in Iowa.

The snowfall is pretty, just please stay safe

The last time Indiana played in the Rose Bowl, their opponent was OJ Simpson.

Ronald Reagan walked so Trump could run.

So a few things: 1) The initial boat strike was illegal; 2) The two survivors were trying to continue their drug run by clinging to wreckage?! 3) The initial boat strike was illegal.

Can a boy dare to dream?

Chomping and cheesing

Gutenberg Bible

I just think it would be neat if turkeys used the same technique to draw us

Hey look, it's these assholes

We love our free busses in Iowa City. Stress free too www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

The Hallmark Channel presents: A COLD OPENING.

Trump’s comments are vile. I am just as angry at the media outlets that bothsided Jamal’s murder, wrote puff pieces for MBS (Atlantic). And, the Washington Post opinion page that dismantled the platform that Jamal wrote for, ended the fellowship in his name, and purged its human rights writers.

Wedding mode activated

Special guest at double reed day today. #GoHawks

Family Has Strict No Smartphone Rule While Eating Dinner In Front Of TV https://theonion.com/family-has-strict-no-smartphone-rule-while-eating-dinne-1819577215/

Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.

Iowa city

Northern lights over the extremely light polluted near east side of Iowa City.

In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last. The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes. Why? It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.

i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.

Dusting off my ordination to perform a wedding next weekend. Last one I did was in 2009.

Sick.

this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028

Results are in, and I did not win. Grateful for everyone who supported my campaign, and I have nothing but high hopes for the future of ICCSD.

Polls are open until eight in Iowa--still plenty of time if you haven't already voted! Huge shout out to the precinct election officials and Johnson County Auditor staff for all their hard work today!

Hit those "-ai" keys any time you can.

Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage. The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn. No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.

Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the same day and neither became a gold glove shortstop. #MissedOpportunity

This is what the Democrats have been raising hell about.

Just a reminder if you're in the Iowa City area, you can already vote at the Johnson County Admin building. ICCSD school board, IC city counsel, and coralville city counsel. @dbsiowa.bsky.social is running for school board!

Thank you, Greg! littlevillagemag.com/letter-to-th...

Should you vote for me? Watch this and decide. I appreciated this opportunity to share my values, my experience, and my passion. I am running for school board to support all of our students and all of our educators. That's it. www.youtube.com/live/fee61RD...

Check out my City Channel 4 video! Short version: I'm a teacher, union leader, and father of two ICCSD students who is running to use my experience in service of all students and all educators in the district. youtu.be/ENql_5mUKOM

So incredibly proud to earn the endorsement of the ICEA. Education and unions mean everything to me, and I am humbled by the opportunity to support the students and educators of the Iowa City Community School District.

New square logo. Hopefully optimized sharing on social media.

Eggplant parmesan from Smitten Kitchen.

It's official! I am grateful for the support of so many as I seek to support and advocate for all students and educators in ICCSD. You can learn more about me at danstevenson.org and contact me at [email protected]. I would love to hear from you, and would love to bring you a yard sign!

Almost forgot, today is my 24th Iowa Citiaversary! Moved here on the KLR, and never looked back. Except when I moved away and then came back.

Clearly I am getting through to my students.

We are entering the time of year when the car heat gets turned on in the morning, and by afternoon, we are using A.C. again. This is a strange land I live in.

"When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty-to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic]."--Abraham Lincoln to Joshua Speed, August 24, 1855

I braved the terrorscape that is downtown Iowa City and had a great time at the farmers market. Maya is starting the social studies education program at Iowa!

I implore all white people in the US to stop saying " I’m an eighth, ninth... Nth generation Iowan, Texan, and whichever other state your family of white settler immigrants settled in a long time ago" as if it is some badge of honor that gives you a special right to live in that state.

will taeheung kim, a korean american scientist and doctoral candidate with a green card, is still being detained by ICE. he's been in detention since July 21, first at SFO for over a week and then in various ICE facilities all over the country.

Just got our second shipment of yard signs, and I'm hoping to get them up around the community. Let me know if you or someone you know would like one!

Greg (COGS/UE) and I (WLEA/ISEA/NEA) joined the VA picket today. Solidarity means everything when our state and federal governments are actively working against the common good.

My brother sent me this, but for the record @joelbrandhorst.bsky.social beat them to it 20 years ago in a comment on my Flickr post with a kid at a pirate's game about continuing the cycle of abuse theonion.com/pirates-unde...

Got a call this morning about possible ICE staging in Tiffin, and headed straight there. A number of vehicles out there, waited and was told no ICE activity, "all drug stuff." They are cleared out now. If you see something, say something. We need to stay hyper vigilant.