A lot of good words in those books!

@sarifordham.bsky.social has a fun little reprint essay today in Short Reads. Just a couple of minutes of delight to freshen your day.

www.short-reads.org/in-grover-cl...

Tomorrow's my birthday. Here's my wish list.

Like any good wish list, I have some big asks and some small ones.

I would have guessed some terrier for Monte as well. The pet rescue suggested Hula was chihuahua/cocker, but we've never been convinced of either. It seems Monte and Hula both must have some Rabbit Defense Hound in them.

He is a handsome guy! Any idea what Monte's breed is? He's a ringer for our (also gray-faced) Hula, who we adopted from a rescue years ago, but we've never been able to figure her breed.

Took me a second to realize there isn't supposed to be a comma after "Man." True either way!

All those MAGAs who ran out and bought a Tesla after Trump's White House lawn car sale are now out there slapping "I bought it before Elon went crazy" stickers on their cars.

Salvia pachyphylla is a stunning plant both when in bloom and not, and it's the plant I miss the most in my garden since leaving California.

PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.

They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.

Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.

I think he sits like this just to trip me out.

The Whim-a-nomics program at Wharton must be top-notch.

Tariffs will be lifted on penguins who agree to be completely white.

by Stephen Miller

This is the most romantic thing Trump has ever said in his life.

in all seriousness: one of the most important philosophical questions of our time

Txt STOP to opt out of updates on war plans

I once watched one of those foxes raise its leg on a guy dozing outside his tent in Scorpion Campground then trot to another site and puncture their water container just for giggles. I wouldn't doubt they have Tren de Aragua tattoos.

Dr. Frankenstein mutters platitudes to sooth himself as he watches his monster marauding.

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

Republicans: [hands giant piece of their constitutional authority and dignity to Trump]

Trump: [cackling, starts to walk off]

A DOOR SLAMS OPEN. The DEMOCRATS are standing tall in the door, their shadows cast long and defiant.

Chuck Schumer: STOP!

Trump: ?

Schumer: you forgot this piece

New York voter here. Looking forward to see who will step forward to primary @schumer.senate.gov should he run in 2028.

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If Gillibrand can't figure out how to help her members message who is actually at fault for the shutdown during campaign season, then maybe she shouldn't be the DSCC chair.

🧵Censor, purge, defund - how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science & universities.

This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods.

I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration.

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