With a pressure of 892 mb, Melissa is tied for the 3rd most intense Atlantic basin hurricane on record (by pressure) and if it holds at 185 mph through landfall in Jamaica, it would tie Dorian in 2019 as the strongest landfalling Atlantic basin hurricane on record.

Mainers: my new book, Nations Apart, has its "exclusive, worldwide premiere" in Portland the evening of Nov. 3 at Mechanics Hall, a ticketed event co-hosted by Longfellow Books. The subject: how we got here as a country and what we can do about it. Register: mechanicshallmaine.org/events/colin...

Dementia Haiku Tiger. Elephant. Giraffe.questions are easy. Not an IQ test. It’s easy to laugh. Except dementia is cruel. Sad for him and us. He thought it was hard, That others couldn’t pass it Naming brown women. The old can be mean. This one is racist, in charge The bad is now worse.

Cuz we all need a random thought: Was anybody else poor enough and unsupervised enough as a kid to use the washing machine as a “stand and spin?!?Anyone?

Pls watch the replay, if you missed the livestream :)

Apropos of nothing. geriatrictoolkit.missouri.edu/cog/MoCA-8.3...

Cat 5 Hurricane Melissa’s sustained winds are now roaring at 175 MPH, and air pressure in her searing eye has sunk to 906 MBAR. "Storm is starting to take northern turn towards Jamaica, and if it intensifies any further, it will begin to approach mathematical limits of how strong a storm can become"

@unauthorizedbeast.bsky.social I approve this message!!!! harponthetruth.blogspot.com/2025/10/soci...

If you’re in DC, there will be a vigil on Wednesday 10/29, 6pm to light candles for lives lost in the wake of USAID dismantling.

Ann Arbor: On Tuesday at 6:30pm, at Literati Bookstore downtown, Gil Seinfeld will interview me about my new book, *The Oldest Constitutional Question.* literatibookstore.com/event/2025-1...

In another lifetime, I wanna be neighbors with Ms. M.

I will livestream it between 7-9pm ET

@bartenderresists.altgov.info This is another conversation to have as a multiracial nation. youtu.be/P_XdtAQXnGE?...

So much this. 💔

@wolvendamien.bsky.social any insight into this?

Putting into the listening queue. fragilestatesindex.org/2025/02/18/a...

Most Americans have no idea about the sinking of the MS Estonia — a Tallinn-Stockholm ferry that sank in 1994. 852 people died — the Titanic of the Baltic Sea. People agonize over piecing together what happened still. Using it for military exercises is a dance in a graveyard — a semi-sacred site.

I recommend adding this account to your feed. Tropical storm coverage is concise. bsky.app/profile/mich...

So, yeah. That whole “We’re not going back” thing??? Read this book, y’all. Calling the USA a republic is code for some DEEP bullshit! Whew, boy! We are NOT GOING BACK.

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The Civil Servants Coalition, which authored the letter asking Congress to support a shutdown if the legislation to end it did not include reigning in the illegal actions of the administration, has put together this Google doc of resources. Please share it widely so Feds can hold the line longer!!✊✊

One more time, for the people in the back of the room. Eyes wide open. Knowledge is power. www.commondreams.org/opinion/livi...

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FLARPers is kinda catchy. Effing FLARPer for emphasis?

PAY ATTENTION

Wow. There will be phoenixes arising. Democracy Ascendant! 💕

We need a class action injunction since we own the house and he's just a tenant. He does not have our permission to destroy our property. 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

The core claim is that "They’ll hand Trump’s team the opportunity to smear other candidates with the charge that Democrats are cop haters who despise rural voters." If you disagree, please say why. Let's discuss this. For the record, I think Collins is right about this. #mepolitics

@patrickwyman.bsky.social I hope you get your figurative flowers! Listening about Clodia this a.m. Your gift, time and again, is revealing the thread of humanity that ties us to the past. Subtly addressing contemporary events and issues in moving ways. Bravo, Mr. W.

UPDATE: Trump is freaking out about the (very effective) anti-tariffs ad Canada 🇨🇦 is running in 🇺🇸 (during baseball playoffs), saying trade negotiations are now “terminated” — so here it is again 👇🏽 Reagan’s audio is, of course, VERY REAL. He is lying: www.youtube.com/shorts/Mj6N-...

@democracyprof.bsky.social Hi Prof. There is so much hurt about the desecration of the White House East Wing. Is there a path for the People to sue for damages? I can only imagine that many citizens would be moved to step up in a class action effort. TY!

If the FBI shows up at your door, and doesn’t have a warrant, you are permitted to refuse to answer questions until you talk to your lawyer. You are not required to let them in the house without a warrant.

We often hear from Oath and Office listeners: where are people fighting back? This week, we found it. Brown rejected Trump’s “Compact,” defending academic freedom. And at the No Kings rally gave that slogan new life With @johnfugelsang.bsky.social g.bsky.social 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

WTAF Tell me that this is not narcissistic abuser behavior. Go ahead. I’ll wait.

"She comes from the working class... She knows what it's like not to have any money and she’s going out, fighting for working families all over this country."

Y’all do realize the poetic justice in the Portland frog becoming iconic, right? www.bbc.com/news/world-u...

I need this reminder of my open declaration to the WH: America has strayed from the path to making a more perfect Union in the past. But when this administration came to the fork in the road that led to either authoritarianism or a thriving constitutional Democracy, you took the wrong turn.

#heartsandhabits Lovely thought, “sea to shining sea!”

The new $20 bill:

Going into my listening queue. FWIW, having a “clean mind” is a goal. Brain washing is welcomed on that premise in a nonzero part of Christianity.

@50501movement.bsky.social Seems like a rapid response protest scenario.

www.youtube.com/live/H1VL5Po... Sixth hour, or so. Hat tip to the good Senator Merkley.

@jennycohn.bsky.social so if I understand, we are now in the comic universe that puts to shame every other comic universe’s villain cadre. “Theil universe”for want of a better description. I know you are screaming into the void. It’s really hard to filter through the chaos to see the cause. TY.