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retired after more than 40 years with tiny town newspapers and about a decade as a university adjunct professor of journalism and media. my dogs and my cats, grudgingly tolerate the wildlife here in TheBackwoods of Appalachia in eastern Kentucky. #Food
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Cooking in the Archives is 11! 🎉 I still love the first recipe on the site: Maccarony Cheese. rarecooking.com/2014/06/30/m...

Morning Kittens

Ian McKellen's spoken-word bit of Invisible Light (Scissor Sisters, Glastonbury) ok all the things, right, but also REALLY USEFUL in teaching about what many think of as 'Shakespearean' delivery (really a very specific elocution training path) and popular music.

Steve is distant from the group today. He is thinking about shenanigans.

The purpose of asking Mamdani over and over to condemn “globalize the intifada” is to create the impression he actually said that, and he didn’t. But the smear campaign is working. Many people now think he did say that. It’s insidious, dishonest, and essentially racist.

🔥Respect to Jasmine Crockett, a true fighter & fierce voice for accountability. She’s raised millions, mobilized the base, and never shied away from confrontation. But here’s a warning: Dems in Congress better start backing the real fighters or risk alienating the base. @repjasmine.bsky.social 1.

Cleo is part of the dog Honor Guard at the Capitol today to watch over Gilbert as he lies in state with Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman. 12 golden retrievers will rotate in to make sure two dogs are always standing guard. Public access starts at noon.

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so very nicely done

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did trump tweet this from the golf course

This is freaking GOLD, trust me! threadreaderapp.com/thread/19340...

another day to mark and never forget www.auschwitz.org/en/museum/ne...

This is the same person?!

Just in time for hurricane season! www.cbsnews.com/news/jeremy-...

“ICE” as snatching people from churches now. Never forget they said this👇🏾 MAN AT CHURCH: “We don’t want this in our property.” ICE: “The whole country is our property.” No IDs shown, non-government out of state plates, basic tactical vests that just say police. Who are these men?

Unpopular opinion: one of my fav things about Bluesky and social media in general is the armies of people who are unable to understand jokes, I come here to be entertained, not to admire everyone I see

CHICAGOOOOOOOO POPEE You know, Belushi shoulda been alive for this image

I am furious — incandescently furious — over the attacks on science by Trump and his regime, especially the actions of RFK Jr., which, *as history has plainly show us*, result in deaths upon deaths. You want the receipts? I've got the receipts. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/standing-u... 🧪

Either they’re training to subdue & being instructed to hand detained protesters over to police reasonably quick; they’re about to start violating the constitution on a grand scale; or Trump is now hours or days away from declaring LA residents in a state of open rebellion against the United States.

I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.

🔥 “You’re on the wrong side of history. You should be standing here with us… you took an oath to the constitution, not the fascists in the White House— he’s laughing at you… You’re tough behind your masks & fatigues, but how do you feel on the inside?” 🇺🇸

Hot take. The government isn’t subsidizing university budgets. Universities are lending subsidized expertise to research and development that contributes to the public good. It’s called partnership.

There's always somebody bigger who thinks they will always win, until the rest of us realize that we have to stand together to protect what *WE* built together. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BRH...

Oval Office Fight Simulation

The SEIU-USWW President was just arrested at an anti-ICE demonstration after ICE kidnappings in LA. PLZ SHOW UP! FRIDAY JUNE 6 AT 4pm PST DOWNTOWN LA FEDERAL BUILDING 300 N LOS ANGELES ST, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 #StrongerTogether #LosAngeles #50501Movement #FiftyFiftyOne #NoKings #PeoplesMovement

I’m officially running to be the Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee. These are not normal times—and this cannot be a business-as-usual moment. Read my full letter to my colleagues here: crockett.house.gov/media/press-...

"...and then Trump looks at me and says, 'You don't have the cards right now!'"

I believe! clap! clap! clap!

"They are a bunch of shits"

yes they are and Congress needs to step the fuck up and stop this!

Remember the cat that survived a 400-ft fall in her carrier in Bryce Canyon, Utah? Well, the helicopter pilot, Chelsea Tugaw, who responded to the accident on the day the cat was rescued has adopted her. The cat's name is Mirage. Happy Caturday.

IMHO, this was Loretta Swit's best scene in M*A*S*H. Hands down, the best. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W00D...

Someone needs to stop this NOW... www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...

Update: reports today that multiple legal observers were arrested today in New York at two separate immigration courts, for allegedly “obstructing” ICE. Not only that, apparently some immigration courts are barring the public from attending hearings. This mess is escalating fast.