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Sunny by nature but no need to push it.
Pinned
I was finishing E. Jean Carroll's new book when I a firefly lit up next to me. Just as I was thinking, "How wonderful," Simon leaped up, grabbed it in his meaty paws and ate it. It's a cruel breed.
"Winter: The Story of a Season" new from the great @valmcdermid.bsky.social is a perfect read for a snowy day in NYC... and Edinburgh... and anywhere. Just one more great offering from @groveatlantic.bsky.social. groveatlantic.com/book/winter-2/
January 26, 2026 at 3:29 PM
"Winter: The Story of a Season" new from the great @valmcdermid.bsky.social is a perfect read for a snowy day in NYC... and Edinburgh... and anywhere. Just one more great offering from @groveatlantic.bsky.social. groveatlantic.com/book/winter-2/
"Too Many Goliaths" (not enough Davids), from singer songwriter Bill Gordh. www.facebook.com/reel/1651607...
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"Too Many Goliaths". a new Bill Gordh song
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January 25, 2026 at 5:52 PM
"Too Many Goliaths" (not enough Davids), from singer songwriter Bill Gordh. www.facebook.com/reel/1651607...
Brilliant.
The media should cover sport the way they cover the state murder of civilians:
‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’
‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’
January 25, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Brilliant.
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Chief Strategist for Rand Paul.
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Chief Strategist for Rand Paul.
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The Nazi SA - Sturmabteilung, or Storm Troopers - were often recruited from the dregs of society: barely literate failures incapable of holding down a job and only fit for murder and terror. The scum of Germany. Hitler gave them free rein to vent their rage on their betters. Sound familiar, America?
January 24, 2026 at 5:42 PM
The Nazi SA - Sturmabteilung, or Storm Troopers - were often recruited from the dregs of society: barely literate failures incapable of holding down a job and only fit for murder and terror. The scum of Germany. Hitler gave them free rein to vent their rage on their betters. Sound familiar, America?
"If it was your son
you would fill the sea
with ships all by the millions
acting as a bridge
to get it through.
But don't worry,
He's just a child of lost humanity,
of dirty humanity,
which makes no noise.
He is not your son.
Sleep peacefully,
it's not yours."
— Muhammad Najem
you would fill the sea
with ships all by the millions
acting as a bridge
to get it through.
But don't worry,
He's just a child of lost humanity,
of dirty humanity,
which makes no noise.
He is not your son.
Sleep peacefully,
it's not yours."
— Muhammad Najem
January 24, 2026 at 5:29 PM
"If it was your son
you would fill the sea
with ships all by the millions
acting as a bridge
to get it through.
But don't worry,
He's just a child of lost humanity,
of dirty humanity,
which makes no noise.
He is not your son.
Sleep peacefully,
it's not yours."
— Muhammad Najem
you would fill the sea
with ships all by the millions
acting as a bridge
to get it through.
But don't worry,
He's just a child of lost humanity,
of dirty humanity,
which makes no noise.
He is not your son.
Sleep peacefully,
it's not yours."
— Muhammad Najem
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We had 50K people downtown yesterday, no ICE and zero incidents. ICE is the fucking problem.
January 24, 2026 at 4:20 PM
We had 50K people downtown yesterday, no ICE and zero incidents. ICE is the fucking problem.
This smart, good human, teaching kids construction/design skills and what it means to use skills to build community. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/r...
The Man Who Saw School Buses as Vehicles for Possibility
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January 24, 2026 at 4:33 PM
This smart, good human, teaching kids construction/design skills and what it means to use skills to build community. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/r...
Timely brilliance from Bill Gordh. Too many Goliaths; Not Enough Davids. www.facebook.com/reel/1651607...
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"Too Many Goliaths". a new Bill Gordh song
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January 24, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Timely brilliance from Bill Gordh. Too many Goliaths; Not Enough Davids. www.facebook.com/reel/1651607...
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“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”
-Edward R. Murrow
-Edward R. Murrow
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”
-Edward R. Murrow
-Edward R. Murrow
Diane Roberts on why Lillian Smith remains essential reading. “Her work showed that there was a way to live in the South...to become part of the resistance, refusing to acquiesce in our unthinking religiosity and conservatism.” Beautiful piece. @oxfordamerican.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yp2a72v2
Stay and Resist
“This is the South I knew as a child. Swamp and palmettos and ‘sinks’ and …
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January 23, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Diane Roberts on why Lillian Smith remains essential reading. “Her work showed that there was a way to live in the South...to become part of the resistance, refusing to acquiesce in our unthinking religiosity and conservatism.” Beautiful piece. @oxfordamerican.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yp2a72v2
Nothing short of idiotic. This is madness.
This is an elected member of Congress & the GOP saying that he welcomes a war against another nuclear power who is literally our oldest ally & with whom we have a formal treaty military alliance.
Congrats again on that National Conversation™️ about which party has moved further from the center 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Congrats again on that National Conversation™️ about which party has moved further from the center 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Rep. Greg Steube: "You see Macron and the French sending troops to Greenland. I would love to see the US military up against French troops in Greenland, because it would not last very long. It would be a very small skirmish ... we don't care about what Macron and the French want."
January 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Nothing short of idiotic. This is madness.
Anyone else think of the absurd "Commander" Greg Bovino every time Sean Penn is onscreen in One Battle After Another?
January 23, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Anyone else think of the absurd "Commander" Greg Bovino every time Sean Penn is onscreen in One Battle After Another?
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COLBERT, on the so-called “Board of Peace”:
“.. Paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just 16 million."
@latenightercom.bsky.social #$PSKY
“.. Paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just 16 million."
@latenightercom.bsky.social #$PSKY
January 23, 2026 at 10:50 AM
COLBERT, on the so-called “Board of Peace”:
“.. Paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just 16 million."
@latenightercom.bsky.social #$PSKY
“.. Paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just 16 million."
@latenightercom.bsky.social #$PSKY
Nobody covers the child care beat better - with both facts and nuance - than @ehaspel.bsky.social. His latest explores leveraging state constitutions to establish a fundamental right to child care. www.the74million.org/zero2eight/w...
What if States Made Child Care a Constitutional Right?
As families struggle with rising costs and access to early learning, states have an opportunity to reframe child care as a fundamental right.
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January 22, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Nobody covers the child care beat better - with both facts and nuance - than @ehaspel.bsky.social. His latest explores leveraging state constitutions to establish a fundamental right to child care. www.the74million.org/zero2eight/w...
The @nytimes.com headlines are frequently bad, even disconnected to the articles. Today's print front page headline called his unhinged Davos rant a "Brash Speech," which I would label journalistic malpractice. Why do they continue to normalize this ill man doing global damage?
Trump Says He Has Framework for Greenland Deal as NATO Mulls Idea of U.S. Sovereignty Over Bases
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January 22, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The @nytimes.com headlines are frequently bad, even disconnected to the articles. Today's print front page headline called his unhinged Davos rant a "Brash Speech," which I would label journalistic malpractice. Why do they continue to normalize this ill man doing global damage?
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Another proud day for America.
January 21, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Another proud day for America.
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No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
January 21, 2026 at 2:49 PM
No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
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KRUGMAN: “.. How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the world’s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one man’s dementia?”
@pkrugman.bsky.social
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@pkrugman.bsky.social
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January 20, 2026 at 12:11 PM
KRUGMAN: “.. How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the world’s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one man’s dementia?”
@pkrugman.bsky.social
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@pkrugman.bsky.social
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Trump ends free entrance to National Parks on MLK Day + Juneteenth because, well, he's a white supremacist. He adds a free day for his birthday because, well, he's a narcissist. Also 34 felonies. www.facebook.com/watch/?v=156...
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January 18, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Trump ends free entrance to National Parks on MLK Day + Juneteenth because, well, he's a white supremacist. He adds a free day for his birthday because, well, he's a narcissist. Also 34 felonies. www.facebook.com/watch/?v=156...
Faith leaders are stepping up to the horrors. tinyurl.com/y3b423as
Amid ICE clashes, New Hampshire bishop urges clergy to prepare their wills
The Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire told priests protesting ICE to get their wills and affairs in order. Some praise the bishop, while other priests say they never signed up to be martyrs.
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January 18, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Faith leaders are stepping up to the horrors. tinyurl.com/y3b423as
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NEWS: Canada just checkmated the United States.
Breaking with the U.S., Canada has struck a major deal with China: Ottawa will cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for dramatically lower tariffs on Canadian farm products.
Breaking with the U.S., Canada has struck a major deal with China: Ottawa will cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for dramatically lower tariffs on Canadian farm products.
January 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
NEWS: Canada just checkmated the United States.
Breaking with the U.S., Canada has struck a major deal with China: Ottawa will cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for dramatically lower tariffs on Canadian farm products.
Breaking with the U.S., Canada has struck a major deal with China: Ottawa will cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for dramatically lower tariffs on Canadian farm products.
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#BREAKING Lionel Richie has given me one of his Grammys. Mr. Richie told reporters he had made the presentation “as a recognition for Patrick’s unique commitment to dancing on the ceiling.” I in turn called it a “a wonderful gesture”
January 16, 2026 at 3:05 AM
#BREAKING Lionel Richie has given me one of his Grammys. Mr. Richie told reporters he had made the presentation “as a recognition for Patrick’s unique commitment to dancing on the ceiling.” I in turn called it a “a wonderful gesture”
Quiet, Piggy.
January 16, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Quiet, Piggy.
Look, I'm not saying that these are one and the same person, but honestly, have you seen them in the same room together?
January 16, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Look, I'm not saying that these are one and the same person, but honestly, have you seen them in the same room together?