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Author. Editor. Avid reader. Shakespeare nerd. Too curious for my own good, but hey, it keeps life interesting.
(sigh) Yeah, that's America for you... or at least a certain version of it.
I prefer the diverse, inclusive, decent one.
I prefer the diverse, inclusive, decent one.
They were editorializing about 11 men who had been lynched.
February 11, 2026 at 5:53 PM
(sigh) Yeah, that's America for you... or at least a certain version of it.
I prefer the diverse, inclusive, decent one.
I prefer the diverse, inclusive, decent one.
As a Shakespeare nerd, I love this. And also because it so meets the moment.
Bravo, Sir Ian.
Bravo, Sir Ian.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 3:06 PM
As a Shakespeare nerd, I love this. And also because it so meets the moment.
Bravo, Sir Ian.
Bravo, Sir Ian.
"Restrictions are all we have until we get the majority." Gospel right there, for the "why bother voting" crowd and the "DO SOMETHING!" screamers who forgot basic civics.
If you want good things to get done in govt., you have to elect a party MAJORITY that can do it.
If you want good things to get done in govt., you have to elect a party MAJORITY that can do it.
Here’s the list of demands Dems are seeming to agree on to fund the govt. Dems don’t have the power to defund ICE b/c it’s funded by the Big Ugly Bill. I agree ICE can’t be reformed & must be abolished, but restrictions are all we have until we get the majority. Senator Chris Murphy explains below.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 27, 2026 at 4:07 PM
"Restrictions are all we have until we get the majority." Gospel right there, for the "why bother voting" crowd and the "DO SOMETHING!" screamers who forgot basic civics.
If you want good things to get done in govt., you have to elect a party MAJORITY that can do it.
If you want good things to get done in govt., you have to elect a party MAJORITY that can do it.
This needs to go viral.
Abolish ICE, prosecute the murderers, and haul Bovino, Noem, Stephen Miller, and whoever else set this system of state terror in motion into criminal court as well.
No more terrorizing U.S. citizens and our immigrant neighbors. No more.
Abolish ICE, prosecute the murderers, and haul Bovino, Noem, Stephen Miller, and whoever else set this system of state terror in motion into criminal court as well.
No more terrorizing U.S. citizens and our immigrant neighbors. No more.
Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
This needs to go viral.
Abolish ICE, prosecute the murderers, and haul Bovino, Noem, Stephen Miller, and whoever else set this system of state terror in motion into criminal court as well.
No more terrorizing U.S. citizens and our immigrant neighbors. No more.
Abolish ICE, prosecute the murderers, and haul Bovino, Noem, Stephen Miller, and whoever else set this system of state terror in motion into criminal court as well.
No more terrorizing U.S. citizens and our immigrant neighbors. No more.
Seems apropos...
A quote from the philosopher and theologian, Mo Tzu (5th century BCE), about righteousness, force, and Heaven.
Source: thehistorianshut.com/2020/03/19/m...
#history #quotes
Source: thehistorianshut.com/2020/03/19/m...
#history #quotes
January 24, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Seems apropos...
Wait...I thought it was the "woke" who wanted to "erase history" (by taking down statues of Confederate traitors/renaming military bases for someone else).
Clearly, I was misinformed... (h/t to Humphrey Bogart, "Casablanca")
Clearly, I was misinformed... (h/t to Humphrey Bogart, "Casablanca")
It boils down to this: They want the founding without the violence that made it possible.
January 23, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Wait...I thought it was the "woke" who wanted to "erase history" (by taking down statues of Confederate traitors/renaming military bases for someone else).
Clearly, I was misinformed... (h/t to Humphrey Bogart, "Casablanca")
Clearly, I was misinformed... (h/t to Humphrey Bogart, "Casablanca")
THIS.
Train your (metaphorical) fire on the right targets, folks.
Train your (metaphorical) fire on the right targets, folks.
FYI: Dems in the senate can't defund ICE. ICE is funded by the Big Ugly Bill. Shutting down DHS on this vote wouldn't touch ICE, but it would shut down FEMA, TSA, Coast Guard, etc. Shutting down ICE requires taking back Congress in the midterms. Dismantling DHS requires the White House in 2028.
January 23, 2026 at 8:17 PM
THIS.
Train your (metaphorical) fire on the right targets, folks.
Train your (metaphorical) fire on the right targets, folks.
Wait, wait...this is a real headline, right? /s
Donald Trump repeatedly confusing Greenland for Iceland raises alarms about Biden's mental acuity.
January 22, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Wait, wait...this is a real headline, right? /s
God bless my hometown!
Breaking: jury finds Chicago resident Juan Espinoza Martinez NOT GUILTY of placing a hit on Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.
We've got a verdict in this case, in which feds accused a Chicago resident of murder-for-hire, allegedly for a $10K hit on Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.
Attorneys coming in now, jurors haven't returned to the courtroom.
Attorneys coming in now, jurors haven't returned to the courtroom.
January 22, 2026 at 10:30 PM
God bless my hometown!
This fiction was not only used to prosecute Martinez, but it was part of a broader narrative the regime wished to create. This was used by DHS and individual agents to justify escalation and use of tear gas against residents, particularly in Little Village.
Just one example from CBP reports:
Just one example from CBP reports:
January 22, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Eight Republican electeds.
That's all it would take.
Eight.
Let that sink in the next time you're wondering who to blame the most.
That's all it would take.
Eight.
Let that sink in the next time you're wondering who to blame the most.
Four GOP Senators.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
I can't repeat this enough.
January 18, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Eight Republican electeds.
That's all it would take.
Eight.
Let that sink in the next time you're wondering who to blame the most.
That's all it would take.
Eight.
Let that sink in the next time you're wondering who to blame the most.
This.
Funny how the Fourth Amendment keeps getting treated like a suggestion box.
January 17, 2026 at 3:57 PM
This.
Dead on target *again*! (eyeroll)
Participation trophies have made American men into weak, feminized soy boys. Here’s why I’m glad that Maria Machado gave her peace prize to Donald Trump
January 16, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Dead on target *again*! (eyeroll)
R. F. Kuang's trilogy is fantastic. I have volume 3, THE BURNING GOD, in my to-read pile. Can't wait!
I just finished
THE POPPY WAR
by R. F. Kuang
Planning on finishing
THE MESSAGE
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
I plan to start
THE DRAGON REPUBLIC
by R. F. Kuang
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
THE POPPY WAR
by R. F. Kuang
Planning on finishing
THE MESSAGE
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
I plan to start
THE DRAGON REPUBLIC
by R. F. Kuang
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
January 12, 2026 at 3:19 PM
R. F. Kuang's trilogy is fantastic. I have volume 3, THE BURNING GOD, in my to-read pile. Can't wait!
Watch, and circulate this far and wide. Stand up for the truth in this age of lies.
NEW: WATCH this four-minute video analysis by the Times proving the Trump administration's statements about the murder of Renee Nicole Good are provable lies. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-new-...
WATCH: New York Times Video Analysis of the Minneapolis Shooting
The Times has just released this video analysis, proving that Trump administration officials lied about the events surrounding the murder of Renee Nicole Good.
www.muellershewrote.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Watch, and circulate this far and wide. Stand up for the truth in this age of lies.
Because of course they effing were.
I don't recognize my country anymore.
I don't recognize my country anymore.
What ICE was up to in Minnesota before they murdered a woman
January 8, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Because of course they effing were.
I don't recognize my country anymore.
I don't recognize my country anymore.
Thank you, Rebecca Solnit.
Point #4 especially sticks out.
Read this piece. Spread it far and wide.
Point #4 especially sticks out.
Read this piece. Spread it far and wide.
Wrote a thing:
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
Five Facets of the Attack on Venezuela by the Rogue Nation the US Has Become
1
They are saying it baldly: this is an oil grab. There is a history of oil grabs going back to British imperialism in the middle east in the late nineteenth century and murders of Osage Nation triba...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Thank you, Rebecca Solnit.
Point #4 especially sticks out.
Read this piece. Spread it far and wide.
Point #4 especially sticks out.
Read this piece. Spread it far and wide.
Doing my bit. (For all those who scream "DO SOMETHING!!!" at the Dems in DC... take note, maybe?)
Oh, and once again, Comb-over Caligula is a &$@*#! liar.
Oh, and once again, Comb-over Caligula is a &$@*#! liar.
Democrats are rightly livid about yet another illegal, terroristic Republican war of choice
And they’re shouting it from the rafters.
Do your fucking part and amplify the shit out of Dem statements. Show that the country is against Republican wars.
Here’s a list of Dems.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
And they’re shouting it from the rafters.
Do your fucking part and amplify the shit out of Dem statements. Show that the country is against Republican wars.
Here’s a list of Dems.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
January 3, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Doing my bit. (For all those who scream "DO SOMETHING!!!" at the Dems in DC... take note, maybe?)
Oh, and once again, Comb-over Caligula is a &$@*#! liar.
Oh, and once again, Comb-over Caligula is a &$@*#! liar.
Because I am a writer, and an editor, and I cannot resist sharing this video.
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Where Is The Comma In "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" Supposed To Go?
YouTube video by RamsesThePigeon
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December 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Because I am a writer, and an editor, and I cannot resist sharing this video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxfx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxfx...
I feel so sorry for the baby. Hopefully, its mother is...smarter than Daddy? Like, a LOT smarter???
God's teeth, but the "masters of the universe" are idiots...
God's teeth, but the "masters of the universe" are idiots...
Your lack of imagination might be part of how we got to this tech-fueled hellish dystopia in the first place.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I feel so sorry for the baby. Hopefully, its mother is...smarter than Daddy? Like, a LOT smarter???
God's teeth, but the "masters of the universe" are idiots...
God's teeth, but the "masters of the universe" are idiots...
New euphemism for misogyny getting a test run?
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New euphemism for misogyny getting a test run?
Okay, that is TOO on the nose...
Do I laugh, cry, or scream?
Do I laugh, cry, or scream?
Pete Hegseth's nameplate during today's cabinet meeting featured an unfortunate error.
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)
December 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Okay, that is TOO on the nose...
Do I laugh, cry, or scream?
Do I laugh, cry, or scream?
She combined the green beans and carrots...and are there any herbs/spices on those veggies at ALL???
Okay, half a point for not doing the horrendous green bean casserole, I guess...🤷♂️ But minus points for the boring pre-fab crescent rolls...
Okay, half a point for not doing the horrendous green bean casserole, I guess...🤷♂️ But minus points for the boring pre-fab crescent rolls...
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
She combined the green beans and carrots...and are there any herbs/spices on those veggies at ALL???
Okay, half a point for not doing the horrendous green bean casserole, I guess...🤷♂️ But minus points for the boring pre-fab crescent rolls...
Okay, half a point for not doing the horrendous green bean casserole, I guess...🤷♂️ But minus points for the boring pre-fab crescent rolls...
Saints preserve us, Mrs. Betty Bowers--are you writing NYT headlines now??? 😅
(Spoiler alert: America's Best Christian is NOT writing NYT headlines. But well done anyway.)
(Spoiler alert: America's Best Christian is NOT writing NYT headlines. But well done anyway.)
Some say that Lindsey Halligan is a wildly incompetent lawyer.
Others say she gets her cases resolved incredibly quickly.
Others say she gets her cases resolved incredibly quickly.
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Saints preserve us, Mrs. Betty Bowers--are you writing NYT headlines now??? 😅
(Spoiler alert: America's Best Christian is NOT writing NYT headlines. But well done anyway.)
(Spoiler alert: America's Best Christian is NOT writing NYT headlines. But well done anyway.)
As an editor (fiction, not news stories), I approve this message.
And as a writer, I hugely appreciate *my* editors!
And as a writer, I hugely appreciate *my* editors!
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
As an editor (fiction, not news stories), I approve this message.
And as a writer, I hugely appreciate *my* editors!
And as a writer, I hugely appreciate *my* editors!