Blue Sky restaurant near Huntington Beach St Pk South Carolina from our van-life x-country trip.

“It’s a scary thing to be in [prison] & get released to nothing.” In CA, 50,000+ inmates have received prerelease services paid for by medicare, many with chronic, addiction, or mental-health conditions. But it's complicated by new work-requirements to Medicaid. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/h...

"Trust is the actual asset underlying America’s ability to borrow cheaply... Every signal that America no longer considers itself bound by the rules it wrote chips away at that asset. When it goes, the costs hit at home..." @kyla.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/o...

The Wealth of Nations - 250 years today "imports are source of real benefits to consumers & trade expands the division of labor, raising productivity." "kept the focus where... it belonged: on improving the lives of ordinary people." @jasonfurman.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/o...

Why didn't Obama take out the Ayatollah? @benrhodes.bsky.social says chaos would lead to refugee crisis. But Israel is "also creating a lot of chaos & instability as almost a strategy of giving themselves freedom of action." Chaos is inhumane. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/o...

Crypto critique w a mild snark I enjoyed it immensely (despite owning some) 👍 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/o...

Hope is not a promise & not faith. Marc provides a valuable perspective but names it "hope" & contradicts Obama & MLK. It led to some lively discussion.

"...a new path in American justice, one that takes the rich quite literally beyond the reach of the law." steal $660M, give tRump $0.1M, and you're free & clear! @brendanballou.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...

Hidden language in the Constitution allowing Trump to impose voter ID. Crazy nonsense 😱 @rickhasen.bsky.social electionlawblog.org?p=154326

Help turn state legislatures BLUE 💙🗽 We support The States Project. statesproject.org

Planned Parenthood @ppfa.org Valentine's Day message: These men are openly hostile to & determined to take away access to abortion... They have led the attack — from "defunding" health centers to rolling back protections for LGBTQ+ communities, immigrants, and more.

Brazen Trump Says He Approved Racist Obama Video—and Won’t Apologize www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admits...

NYT Autocracy index updated today to reflect increasing stifling of dissent. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"The President is trying to summon our country’s darkest demons to further divide us. Our nation’s spiritual rot is coming from the White House. I’m calling on... people to condemn this unabashed racism. Push back on hate, let love abide." @warnock.senate.gov www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Non-citizen voting investigations in red state find TRIVIAL AMOUNTS OF FRAUD. Summarized by AZ GOP election official. AZ 2 / 2.5M Maricopa cnty UT 1 / 2.1M ID 36 / 1.0M LA 79 / 2.9M MT 23 / 0.8M GA 20 / 8.2M MI 8 / 0.7M Macomb cnty www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o...

DeAdder today from substack. @deadder

Canada Resists on substack

I figured out how to make Bluesky usable again: • Use “Keep Me Posted” for ~20 active accounts that matter • Play the follower game, if you choose, but mute aggressively • Treat the home feed like a casino floor - fun, busy, loud The signal lives in threads from “Keep Me Posted”.

Clever dissent in Judge's decision to release 5-year old Liam Conejo Ramos. "It’s a passionate, erudite and at times mischievous piece of prose." ** quick read ** www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Oregon Ducks 🦆 🏈🎉 are far ahead in early predictions for next year's NCAA football championship. NYT Athletic surveyed writers & editors to get early predictions. @oregonducksnews.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...

Hyde Park in Chicago's south side is an NYT "52 Places to go in 2026". As an U of Chicago grad, I second this nomination 😀👍 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Listened to Chris @chrislhayes.bsky.social read his book on our Tofino BC vacay last Fall - to keep from being bored 🤣 Great insight/foresight into arguably the greatest issue as individuals, parents, citizens. Well written, researched, organized & not repetitive or fluffy. #books #sirernscall

Chris' show/reporting from Minneapolis has been outstanding.💯🎉 @allinwithchris.bsky.social

Mark Carney honoring International Holocaust Remembrance day at the National Holocaust Monument near Chaudière Falls. We found the memorial dramatic & emotionally intense. Well worth a visit if you're headed to the falls.

This International Holocaust Remembrance Day, California mourns the six million Jewish lives brutally taken and the millions of others horrifically murdered by the Nazis. We must tell the truth about this atrocity and fight antisemitism and all hatred — without exception.

DeAdder today @deadder.bsky.social

EYES ON ICE We watched it last night. Well done presentations by ACLU, NDLON, et al. Happy to hear from Pablo Alvarado of NDLON. We support their work. @indivisible.org @ndlon.bsky.social @pabloalvarado.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/zqka9fU...

"This week, with the world watching, Mr. Carney pushed back against Mr. Trump, not once but twice. And it had the effect of heating both their rivalry and Mr. Carney’s global political stardom." @ianausten.bsky.social (Article describes Carney from reporter's POV.) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/w...

Please support Planned Parenthood @ppfa.org We do 💯 Despite their health clinics being forceably closed in many states, they remain a key actor/voice supporting reproductive health care, women's health, teen sexual health,...

Rex & 3 related dogs were poisoned (one died) in 2022 in retaliation by a gaffer for a producer exposing his affair w coworker. He was not arrested, and it was hidden from the public. Must have devastated the actors who love those dogs. #hudsonandrex #dogs #canada share.google/CCYSJ2fiV3qa...

TACO on Greenland <== yes ... BUT ... Mark Carney's declaration on Tuesday remains true; the world order has been ruptured. "American hegemony” provided benefits at a cost, but the cost now is subservience to our mad king. As Carney made clear, there's no going back. www.youtube.com/watch?v=flsg...

What value is a human life? None, in cost benefit analysis by EPA. Lives saved by limiting deadly air pollutants is no longer considered, but only the costs to companies for complying with regulations. No benefits, only costs. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/c...

Remember "Axis of Evil"? Are we becoming the "Fulcrum of Evil" leveraging racism/sexism/xenophobia to advance inhumane policy/actions.

Fukuyama's "The End of History..." ideal form of political organisation: liberal democratic states tied to market economies. our regime is headed in exactly the opposite direction. is this the NEW end of history? @deadder.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-... theconversation.com/the-end-of-h...

Blue Marble: Next Generation Cloud-free, global mosaic available at up to 500m per pixel spatial resolution. free and open to use. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...

MATA <-- Robert DeNiro from insta (what's his handle on bsky?)

MLK day is Monday, but remember, tRump replaced free NPS entry w his own birthday. @revoltnews.bsky.social

Jimmy made this joke about the Nobel Prize being a pacifier. @deadder.bsky.social posted this earlier the same day. @jimmykimmel.com @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social deadder.substack.com/p/trump-gets...

well said. 💯

Todd Maffin is positive & highly active in prompting Canadian health care, contrasting Canada our regime, and generally clever/fun commentary. We subscribe to his newsletter. todmaffin.com @todmaffin.com

Shooter The Globe and Mail Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social Jan 12

In otter news... @in-otter-news.bsky.social river otters are the bing desktop image of the day!!!

@chrislhayes.bsky.social on Wed night's Colbert show repeatedly use "pretextual" to describe admin's response to murder of Renee Good. Why "pretext" instead of "excuse"? From the Latin, it literally means "to weave" & "in front of", or "woven in front to hide what's behind". Awesome word!!!

@thedailyshow.com John Stweart (not Seth). www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

@sethmeyerspencil.bsky.social "Look, this is all exhausting &exposes the Gulf of America – not the body of water. The real Gulf of America is the gap between the high aspirations that embody the founding of this country and the thuggish gangsterism that this Maga crew thinks makes us great again.”

Eiffel Tower & Champ de Mars blanketed in snow.

DUMBroe doctrine (not DONroe doctrine) 🤣

@raskin.house.gov It’s been 3yrs since that plaque (to commemorate sacrifices of police on 1/6) was to be put up... It took them 24hrs to put up a new ...name of the Kennedy Center... And that was illegal.... They have a legal requirement to put the plaque up. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Gamification of Bluesky? "Amass followers" game is supercharged by the rise of conversation "links" & automated subscriber lists. IMO this assumes quiet from most and is contrary to empowerment. Is this swamping good content or is this just an alternate use of lists by a clique? @bsky.app

I do NOT agree entirely w @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social but he has a point about our narrow echo-chamber. But I expected a comment on the degradation of blue-sky into a follower-chasing game at the expense of good content. www.ms.now/opinion/blue...