Michael Blevons
@mblevons.bsky.social
"If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity."
President John F. Kennedy, Commencement Address at American University, June 10, 1963
Today is International Day for Tolerance.
President John F. Kennedy, Commencement Address at American University, June 10, 1963
Today is International Day for Tolerance.
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity."
President John F. Kennedy, Commencement Address at American University, June 10, 1963
Today is International Day for Tolerance.
President John F. Kennedy, Commencement Address at American University, June 10, 1963
Today is International Day for Tolerance.
“While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.”
Chinua Achebe, “Anthills of the Savannah”
Chinua Achebe, “Anthills of the Savannah”
November 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
“While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.”
Chinua Achebe, “Anthills of the Savannah”
Chinua Achebe, “Anthills of the Savannah”
Farewell, troubadour.
Rest easy now.
Rest easy now.
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Farewell, troubadour.
Rest easy now.
Rest easy now.
“The human race sleepwalked to oblivion, thinking only of the corporate logos on its shroud.”
J.G. Ballard, “Kingdom Come”
J.G. Ballard, “Kingdom Come”
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“The human race sleepwalked to oblivion, thinking only of the corporate logos on its shroud.”
J.G. Ballard, “Kingdom Come”
J.G. Ballard, “Kingdom Come”
"Ignorance is nothing to be ashamed of - until you find out you've got it. Once you realize you're ignorant, if you don't do something about it, then you have the right to feel ashamed."
Daniel Pinkwater, "Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars"
Daniel Pinkwater, "Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars"
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"Ignorance is nothing to be ashamed of - until you find out you've got it. Once you realize you're ignorant, if you don't do something about it, then you have the right to feel ashamed."
Daniel Pinkwater, "Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars"
Daniel Pinkwater, "Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars"
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“There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.
Herman Melville, Moby-Dick”
Herman Melville, Moby-Dick”
November 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
“There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.
Herman Melville, Moby-Dick”
Herman Melville, Moby-Dick”
New reading material…
While I eagerly await the program’s broadcast beginning Sunday and running all next week.
While I eagerly await the program’s broadcast beginning Sunday and running all next week.
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
New reading material…
While I eagerly await the program’s broadcast beginning Sunday and running all next week.
While I eagerly await the program’s broadcast beginning Sunday and running all next week.
"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people."
Robert Louis Stevenson, "Kidnapped"
Robert Louis Stevenson, "Kidnapped"
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people."
Robert Louis Stevenson, "Kidnapped"
Robert Louis Stevenson, "Kidnapped"
Reposted by Michael Blevons
“What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.”
Roland Barthes, “Mythologies”
Roland Barthes, “Mythologies”
November 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
“What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.”
Roland Barthes, “Mythologies”
Roland Barthes, “Mythologies”
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“The nicest veterans...the kindest and funniest ones, the ones who hated war the most, were the ones who'd really fought.”
Kurt Vonnegut, “Slaughterhouse-Five”
Kurt Vonnegut, “Slaughterhouse-Five”
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
“The nicest veterans...the kindest and funniest ones, the ones who hated war the most, were the ones who'd really fought.”
Kurt Vonnegut, “Slaughterhouse-Five”
Kurt Vonnegut, “Slaughterhouse-Five”
Mose Allison - Everybody Cryin' Mercy (Later Archive 2005)
YouTube video by BBC Music
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November 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Reposted by Michael Blevons
Refusing to vote to reopen the government unless the ACA subsidies are extended is maybe the single most popular thing Democrats have done since…jeez, I don’t even know when.
luciantruscott.substack.com/p/dont-lose-...
luciantruscott.substack.com/p/dont-lose-...
Don’t lose sleep over the shutdown deal
Do not pass “Go.” Do not collect $200.
luciantruscott.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Refusing to vote to reopen the government unless the ACA subsidies are extended is maybe the single most popular thing Democrats have done since…jeez, I don’t even know when.
luciantruscott.substack.com/p/dont-lose-...
luciantruscott.substack.com/p/dont-lose-...
Allen Toussaint - Yes We Can Can
YouTube video by KUT Austin
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November 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
“Nothing which is worth while is easy, nor in my experience is the actual doing of it particularly pleasant. The pleasure arises from completion and from the knowledge that one has done the right thing and has stood by one's convictions.”
John P. Marquand, “The Late George Apley”
John P. Marquand, “The Late George Apley”
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“Nothing which is worth while is easy, nor in my experience is the actual doing of it particularly pleasant. The pleasure arises from completion and from the knowledge that one has done the right thing and has stood by one's convictions.”
John P. Marquand, “The Late George Apley”
John P. Marquand, “The Late George Apley”
“The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.”
Carl Sagan, “Pale Blue Dot”
Carl Sagan, “Pale Blue Dot”
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.”
Carl Sagan, “Pale Blue Dot”
Carl Sagan, “Pale Blue Dot”