Last night I had dinner with a 20+-year friend, and it was really sad to see her turning into a Trumper. The worst moment was when she said that "of course" President Biden had dementia, and she didn't understand why I found that insulting. She said she had "read that" in several places.

The man in charge of social media platforms used by billions should show some moral courage, writes @jemima.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/682c...

Happy Kiss-a-Ginger Day to this cutie.

Instead of Khloe Kardashian talking bullshit about Mayor Karen Bass, people should be talking about how she and her sister used an excess of over 300,000 gallons of water in just one month during a drought. How about the water waster just STFU.

@rorycj.bsky.social Sophie from Romania's story has made it to Arizona, USA, where Marlowe is contemplating it.

Will tRump be heading to California soon to toss paper towels at them?

I just learned that one of my mother's neighbors has been moving her newspaper from the sidewalk to closer to the front door. It's a small gesture but it means my 86-year-old mother doesn't have to negotiate the front path/steps first thing. Kindness still exists. Thanks, anonymous neighbor!

Once upon a time, we lived in Gainesville, Florida, while my father did a postdoctoral degree there. Then he got a job in NYC and we escaped to the Northeast. I sometimes wonder how my life would have been different, growing up in the swamp of central Florida.

Leave me alone, Mom