"The Lion in Winter" is the best movie. Period.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has omnipresent dreams about the weird things people do.

Hell is for children. It made a difference.

This was so powerful for me:

Anyone who expected anything different has not been paying attention.

Are any of these people holders of EU passports ? Because that would mean Musk just went afoul of the EU data protection act.

Snyder: “The federal government has immense capacity and control over trillions of dollars. That power was a cocreation of the American people. It belongs to them. The oligarchs around Trump are working now to take it for themselves.”

Again?

You can link your Bluesky account to a FB account. Bluesky itself has nothing to do with FB, and if you don't link your account, neither do you. Likewise the others. It's all your choice. Bluesky is more like Usenet was, with less organization.

Another reason to wear a mask to the grocery store.

For the last few years, my goto has been "I didn't kill anybody today, and I didn't quit my job". That's been good enough. Some days have been iffy.