“They were careless people, … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made"

- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

new podcast ep with @minakimes.bsky.social available now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

One of my favorite poems since childhood, and a poem I share every #autumnequinox.
By the 12thc warrior poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾, sidelined during peacetime, demoted, drifting through a decade of minor posts in remote lands.
Poetry, then, is that which is left unsaid.
“My, what a cool and lovely autumn.”

I have been raptured! I am writing this from heaven! They gave me a phone bc I got bored and started chewing on the halos

If you think Tylenol is bad for children, wait until you find out about guns.

A statement from Tylenol

Look at this Back to the Future 2 backpack wearing…

Funny, but a choice for sure.

I said what I said.

So…Aaron Glenn’s sideline celebration is 🔥🔥🔥 with Earth, Wind & Fire attached to it.

#Pretext

One of my aunts showed me a picture of my dad when he was young and it’s crazy how much I see of him in my son, now.

Last week @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social and I put out a provocation & set of suggestions on how influence has changed and why institutions (& funders) need to change their thinking on shaping public opinion and connecting w/audiences. The old way no longer works.
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

@tomking.bsky.social Your always unexpected Alfred stuff is such perfection.