The wind turns like a dagger The rain falls like a hammer The sky has grown dark but it’s not too late #SongOfTheDay youtu.be/f_ILfIoH60U?...

It’s a sad day. Rest in Power, Rep. Scott.

F*ck Spirit Airlines. Nothing personal, just, our entire lives and the future of democracy are at stake at the moment.

Come for my defense (sort of) of Elbridge Gerry. Stay for my praise of the citizens of Virginia. "Two Cheers for Gerrymandering (For Now)" open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Walt’s up to no good. Best if you follow close.

Looking in at the shop-windows in Broadway the whole forenoon .... pressing the flesh of my nose to the thick plate-glass,

Hey, dreamy time is becoming easier for me to access! Hope is arpund the bend for reining in the worst of my chronic insomnia, maybe. Thanks to the usual sleep hygiene methods plus what I have learned by tough lessons along the way. Added bonus: much dream material to build lucid dreams on.

It is, in fact, time for some game theory

#SongOfTheDay belatedly for #ArtemisII This kept playing in my head as they came back around the moon and all the skippingly way to splashdown, as nervous as I’d ever been. Don’t know why this song. Feel free to speculate. youtu.be/gka_km9gb5c?...

#SongOfTheDay The Beach Boys played this at a crucial moment youtu.be/A0rLdU4f0_k?...

As long as he is in office, this will keep happening. Don’t relax because he didn’t blow up the world *this time.* He has to go, for the whole world’s sake.

Never neglect the School Board elections. Total commitment bottom to top for as long as it takes.

The vocal #TonyBennett does on this beautiful standard is magical! ringsidereport.com?p=134520

In every generation, we arrogantly think we will do so much better, and then just as we discover how hard it is merely to hold on, our children start blaming us. Oh well. Ça recommence.

#SongOfTheDay only because I couldn’t find the Janoon song I wanted to link, but this will do very well for the time being. Sayonee, by the Pakistani-rooted band Janoon. youtu.be/-8anr6et3Lw?...

It’s hard to remember, but people have different memories (including extent, duration, and depth) of what they’ve lived through. For an oldie-but-goodie like me, the past week has been loaded with images the likes of which we never saw before the Apollo missions.

There is no good reason the US media doesn’t publish articles like this. Only bad reasons.

Everyone accusing American Jews of having "dual loyalty" should probably sit this one out...

OK, things look bleak. They also looked bleak in 1968, until the year-end moon shot by Apollo 8 offered words and a timeless photo to remind us of hope, and a shared humanity Did Artemis II, which feels like a relic from a lost America, do the same? My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

Song of the day #MutualMusic “I don't feel safe in this world no more I don't want to die in a nuclear war I want to sail away to a distant shore And make like an apeman” youtu.be/BBVAS8qNZZI?...

Gotta tell you it's going to be a long yom tov not knowing what happens from sundown tonight through Thursday night

While Trump should be impeached, at this point, every Democrat–along with every American who cares about our country–also should be calling for his resignation. This is explicitly advocating for war crimes.

"It's not easy being green..."

Moths are excellent pets as they ask for nothing and all you have to do to acquire lots of them is open a window and switch on seven lamps and put a classic early Leonard Cohen LP on at a pleasant volume.

Mimi and Richard Farina - Bold Marauder [Folk, 1966] https://redd.it/592u7x https://youtu.be/6KbSMYRMbDE

huge murmuration of starlings,

Spring is in the air

I love that in all of this, there is something for almost every type of nerd to sink their nerdy little teeth into

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🎵 Where the moon's dark and plain Like a rock slick with rain That's a mare

Interdimensional portal of the week. www.tom-cox.com/the-20-best-...

Aotearoa Rugged individual Glisten like a pearl At the bottom of the world The tyranny of distance Didn't stop the cavalier So why should it stop me? I'll conquer and stay free www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSGp...

What would we no longer have if fireworks were banned? Terrified pets, yet more pointless plastic released into the environment, antisocial moronic noise. Call me crazy but I reckon we can just about cope with that kind of loss, as a species.

Happy 57th birthday to the talented Paul Rudd.

I've saved my favorite video for last. The Bryant Park Timberdoodle doing it all on a recent visit. For a moment, I thought it might take flight! 🥰🥰🥰 #Timberdoodle #BryantPark #Birding

Effrenate [eh-FRIH-nayt] (adj.) - Unbridled, unrestrained, unruly, or excessively wild. From Latin “effrēnātus” (let loose, unbridled) Used in a sentence: “He is an effrenate nuisance, ungoverned in habit, unfiltered in speech, and utterly unacquainted with the concept of restraint.”

Celebrating First Contact Day with my favorite holiday movie

Ich see trees of grene Redde roses too Ich see them bloome For me and you And Ich thynke to myselfe What a wondirful worlde Ich see welkin blue And cloudes of whyte The brighte blessid daye The darke sacred nighte And Ich thynke to myselfe What a wondirful worlde www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen,

Tom Jones meets the Queen of Soul — and the result is electric. Watch Aretha and Tom groove through “It’s Not Unusual,” duet on “See Saw,” and close it out with “Spirit in the Dark.” History never sounded so good. zurl.co/PgHrw

To rebuild our democracy, we need to bring voters and representatives closer together. Here's my science-based dive into one way to do it: increase the size of the U.S. House. samwang.substack.com/p/rethinking... The comment section is open!

Absolute dart 🎯

On this day, 49 years ago.

Do horses want cake? We conducted an investigation into statements published by @bencollins.bsky.social in the print edition of @theonion.com.

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