Andy Pond
@andypond.bsky.social
Retired leader of nonprofit human services organization. English major. Social worker by training. Musician by inclination. Reader of mysteries, thrillers, history, biography, science, and science fiction.
Honestly George I don’t know when or how this will end. But I hope it does. These sycophantic cowards in institutions that should be standing up to Trump—I hope that they pay a price in thei careerrs once the orange one is gone.
January 2, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Honestly George I don’t know when or how this will end. But I hope it does. These sycophantic cowards in institutions that should be standing up to Trump—I hope that they pay a price in thei careerrs once the orange one is gone.
Lord protect us from more of this “both sides are equally wrong” nonsense.
February 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Lord protect us from more of this “both sides are equally wrong” nonsense.
Pitiful. I hate that I’m in the position of hoping the economy tanks in order to win the House back. But I guess what I’m really saying is that I hope Trump and his supporters reap what they sow.
February 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Pitiful. I hate that I’m in the position of hoping the economy tanks in order to win the House back. But I guess what I’m really saying is that I hope Trump and his supporters reap what they sow.
Everything but hellmans
February 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Everything but hellmans
Vance Mr C: Mr. C is a brilliant and embittered intellectual. He was a poor white-trash Southern boy, a scholarship student at two universities where he took all the scholastic honors but was never invited to join a fraternity…..but they have seldom invited him—or his wife—to dinner.
January 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Vance Mr C: Mr. C is a brilliant and embittered intellectual. He was a poor white-trash Southern boy, a scholarship student at two universities where he took all the scholastic honors but was never invited to join a fraternity…..but they have seldom invited him—or his wife—to dinner.
Literal jackbooted thugs.
January 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Literal jackbooted thugs.
I reinstated my Costco membership after the WSJ story on this company.
January 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I reinstated my Costco membership after the WSJ story on this company.
Geez. I should be shocked. But the given the number of groups, companies and individuals selling their souls to suck up to trumps I guess I ain’t.
January 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Geez. I should be shocked. But the given the number of groups, companies and individuals selling their souls to suck up to trumps I guess I ain’t.
Yep. I saw what I saw. This apartheid-raiser motherfucker was as clear as he could be. We need to inglorious basterd this fascist
January 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Yep. I saw what I saw. This apartheid-raiser motherfucker was as clear as he could be. We need to inglorious basterd this fascist
It ain’t a secret. It’s a fact.
January 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It ain’t a secret. It’s a fact.
Gary Cooper they ain’t.
January 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Gary Cooper they ain’t.
Reading Wineapple’s book now. It’s terrific. It’s depressing, in the sense that the religious right still holds sway over too many things. But also reassuring, because in the end there has been some progress; things are not quite as awful as they were in the good old days.
January 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Reading Wineapple’s book now. It’s terrific. It’s depressing, in the sense that the religious right still holds sway over too many things. But also reassuring, because in the end there has been some progress; things are not quite as awful as they were in the good old days.
100 true. I’ve also been impressed by the few companies (like …Costco!?) that are keeping their efforts alive. They see it as a business issue, to compete in a shrinking and more diverse labor pool, they need to reach out to diverse communities—demonstrate why they are a good choice for a career.
January 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
100 true. I’ve also been impressed by the few companies (like …Costco!?) that are keeping their efforts alive. They see it as a business issue, to compete in a shrinking and more diverse labor pool, they need to reach out to diverse communities—demonstrate why they are a good choice for a career.
It’s excellent. And its themes are all too familiar today.
January 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
It’s excellent. And its themes are all too familiar today.
I can think of three:
January 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I can think of three:
No kidding. Anyone looked at BOA?
January 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
No kidding. Anyone looked at BOA?
I see a book called “Chapter 7”. Sort of a horror/literary fiction mashup.
January 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I see a book called “Chapter 7”. Sort of a horror/literary fiction mashup.