“Look for your friends, but do not trust to hope. It has forsaken these lands.”

They are also American values, by the way.

Heh.

Stolen from elsewhere but very much to the point: The same people who think that transgenic mice are transgender mice want to get ride of the Department of Education.

the push within evangelical circles to get people to except the lie that empathy is a sin and musk, and the techno fascist obsession with calling empathy a darwinian failure should make it clear that these people are interested in only one thing killing as many nonwhite nonwealthy people as they can

We all better get out ahead of this. He is dead serious. I am American and I OPPOSE THE IDEA OF AN IMPERIAL CONQUEST OF GREENLAND by the United States government. I OPPOSE THE IDEA OF AN IMPERIAL CONQUEST OF ANY COUNTRY by the United States government.

Been a long while since we were over here. Everything right where we left it. A good one.

Rewriting modern history: they outlasted and outplayed us.

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

Zelenskyy: "It's not just that the war began somewhere between our countries. The war began when Russia brought this war to our country. They're not right. They didn't respect our territorial integrity. They brought the war to our families. Ukrainians want to hear a position of the US on our side"

Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the heroes. Death to Vladimir Putin. Death to cowards.

@timothysnyder.bsky.social has been using his calm, rational, well-articulated expertise to try to warn us. It's about time we pay attention.

Second time in a week he's gone after Trump's public lies. Has Mike Pence belatedly found something that resembles backbone?

Little late on this share, but this is the kind of fermented glory our friend Giovanni and his family have brought into our lives. 😅 Right @meredithgranieri.bsky.social? #therealdeal #formaggidisardegna #nomnomnom

You guys. Look at Jupiter and try to catch your breath.

Antidepressants save lives. I'm all for a program that encourages exercise and meditation to combat depression, but not in exchange for live-saving drugs. RFK Jr. is not a doctor and is not trained in psychology. He has no schooling in any of this beyond a decade-long personal battle with heroine.

Roses are red Violets are blue

“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”

Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.

Said every tyrant and dictator in human history to justify his actions.

Ah yes. This all seems very normal.

Solid idea, @democrats.org, @housedemocrats.bsky.social, and @senatedem.bsky.social. I'll tune in.

Doug Mills is one of the greatest to ever do it.

And there it is. Buckle up. The innocuous term that political scientists use for what is about to befall-- "a constitutional crisis"-- always seemed to me too academic and genteel for what it described.

I spoke at DePaul University this evening with a group of amazing, politically engaged students. The professor who invited me showed me this 1894 newspaper clipping about Italian immigrants eating cats and dogs. I had never seen it before. The more things change...

What an incredible season. What a wonderful night among friends and loved ones. And what a fantastic win! Congrats Philly-- national champs! And thanks to all who came and shared work tonight, who brought food and wore green, and who filled this place with joyful noise. #GoBirds #SuperBowlLIX

#SuperBowlLIX MVP- Jalen Hurts 🏆🦅

🏆 Presenting the front page of tomorrow's Inquirer, memorializing the Eagles' second Super Bowl win.

This popped up on a global Tolkien fan page that I follow. There was rigorous debate about its meaning. I was Pippen-levels pleased with myself to be able to parse it.

BIRDS coming to US in Louisiana for SuperBowl LIX. But I'd give my left hand to be in Philly tonight... I expect all of weirdness, Philly!

Updated DEI list Companies publicly committing to continue their DEI initiatives include: Costco Meijer Kroger Giant Grocery Ben & Jerrys HEB Ulta Macy’s Old Navy Nordstroms TJ Maxx GoTo Foods (Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba Juice, Cinnabon) Dollar Tree Walgreens Wegmans

Okay humans. Risking a cultural heresy, drawing on a decade of immersive research, given the snowy conditions in Acadiana, @meredithgranieri.bsky.social has undertaken to do a thing. It feels like a big deal.

The aftershocks of the Bayou Blizzard continue. Supermarkets are all closed. There is a 6pm curfew in effect. Schools are shuttered for the week. But it sure is purdy.

30 minutes well spent. My journey, once upon a time, was different, but it shared in common with this...

Been a minute since she was out in a serious snowstorm... 2013, 2025.

The Nazis think this was a Nazi salute, but, hey, what would they know?

Delighted at this moment to have the distraction of artificial stakes and friendly, city-themed competition. GO BIRDS. 🦅

What a pleasure to be present for the start of this process tonight at UL-PFAR! Artist in residence Giovanni Solinas, our BFA students, and the Theatre programs's wonderful faculty collaborators are about to make some Commedia dell'arte magic! #servantoftwomasters #stagincajuns