Bill Ross
@wlybgr.bsky.social
Feral academic, commonly found roaming the wilds of New Hampshire and, when possible, the streets of New Orleans.
For charity's sake, the "tech bros" moniker is obsolete. Call them what they are: "tech billionaires."
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
For charity's sake, the "tech bros" moniker is obsolete. Call them what they are: "tech billionaires."
"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'" Charles M. Schulz, born November 26, 1922.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'" Charles M. Schulz, born November 26, 1922.
"My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference." Jimmy Carter, born October 1, 1924
October 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference." Jimmy Carter, born October 1, 1924
"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest." Elie Wiesel, born September 30, 1928
September 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest." Elie Wiesel, born September 30, 1928
"Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion." James Fenimore Cooper, born September 15, 1789
September 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion." James Fenimore Cooper, born September 15, 1789
“Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.” Ruby Bridges, born September 8, 1954.
September 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.” Ruby Bridges, born September 8, 1954.
"Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact." Lyndon B. Johnson, born August 28, 1908
August 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact." Lyndon B. Johnson, born August 28, 1908
"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." Jorge Luis Borges, born August 24, 1899
August 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." Jorge Luis Borges, born August 24, 1899
"To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival." Poet and farmer, Wendell Berry, born August 5, 1934.
August 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival." Poet and farmer, Wendell Berry, born August 5, 1934.
“There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind.” Louis Daniel Armstrong, born August 4, 1901.
August 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
“There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind.” Louis Daniel Armstrong, born August 4, 1901.
"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." James A. Baldwin, born August 2, 1924
August 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." James A. Baldwin, born August 2, 1924
"Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions." Primo Levi, born July 31, 1919
July 31, 2025 at 12:19 PM
"Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions." Primo Levi, born July 31, 1919
"My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people." Norman Lear, born July 27, 1922.
July 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people." Norman Lear, born July 27, 1922.
"Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact." George Eliot
July 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact." George Eliot
"When I die, if the word 'thong' appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I've screwed up." Albert Brooks, born July 22, 1947
July 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"When I die, if the word 'thong' appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I've screwed up." Albert Brooks, born July 22, 1947
On July 7, 1928, the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri, became the first bakery to package and market what it called "Kleen Maid Sliced Bread." Before then, no one ever said that something was "the greatest thing since sliced bread."
July 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
On July 7, 1928, the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri, became the first bakery to package and market what it called "Kleen Maid Sliced Bread." Before then, no one ever said that something was "the greatest thing since sliced bread."
You need things are bad at the Pentagon when these are the guys advising Trump on Iran.
June 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
You need things are bad at the Pentagon when these are the guys advising Trump on Iran.
Trump failed to get the military parade he dreamed of, so he's joining Bibi's war with Iran instead.
June 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Trump failed to get the military parade he dreamed of, so he's joining Bibi's war with Iran instead.
A fascinating, truly American story, highlighted by slavery and diversity.
We Traced Pope Leo XIV’s Ancestry Back 500 Years. Here’s What We Found.
Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.
www.nytimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A fascinating, truly American story, highlighted by slavery and diversity.
Reposted by Bill Ross
🍻 Norm: “It’s a dog eat dog world out there, Sam, and I’m wearing Milk Bone underwear ...”
🍻 Cheers, George Wendt, and thanks for the laughs.
🍻 Cheers, George Wendt, and thanks for the laughs.
May 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
🍻 Norm: “It’s a dog eat dog world out there, Sam, and I’m wearing Milk Bone underwear ...”
🍻 Cheers, George Wendt, and thanks for the laughs.
🍻 Cheers, George Wendt, and thanks for the laughs.
While the MSM focuses on Biden's mental acuity.
It’s still hard for me to believe that after so many years of deranged posts like this, we’ve still never had a serious national conversation about this man’s mental health.
May 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
While the MSM focuses on Biden's mental acuity.
Painted bunting. Folly Beach, SC.
May 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Painted bunting. Folly Beach, SC.
"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what." Harper Lee, born April 28, 1926
April 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what." Harper Lee, born April 28, 1926