This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.

I don’t know how else to say it…

Go to hud.gov and use the website feedback button to tell them the website is for all Americans and to take down this partisan propaganda.

#ThisIsTrumpsShutdown

Ernest Hemingway wrote this in 1935…

I’d like to announce my forthcoming US history book, covering a decisive but tumultuous era in that country’s history, titled “The trade policies of the United States: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on Friday, March 7, 2025” It will be 400 pages.

The fact that it wasn’t will forever be America’s shame.

If we can’t read passages from our favorite classic novels aloud to one another whilst enjoying dark chocolate tiramisu and a bottle of Château Margaux in front of a crackling fire in a Victorian mansion during a full moon on a cold winter’s night, then what’s the point?

Religion does NOT belong in our schools!

Agreed? ✋

So refreshing to be here after watching that other platform take a sharp turn for the worse! Anyway, here's my favorite JWST image, Webb's First Deep Field. Nice to meet you, @bsky.app!