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Author of Why We Read & Why Did I Get a B? Forthcoming: My Girls (2027, Hanover Square Press). Director of Undergrad Studies/Writing Program, U of Pittsburgh. A lover boy romantic, that's me.
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Elect a Republican, start a war. Every Republican president since i was a child has started a new war.

The Peace Candidate.

AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”

If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.

Trump definitely doesn’t want Pennsylvanians to know his deportation of workers and his inflationary tariffs are depleting Social Security. And that *he has no plan* to fix it. Essential work by @kathleenromig.bsky.social and @centeronbudget.bsky.social www.cbpp.org/blog/social-...

I, too, use my level of roundness to communicate

My suggestion for today,,, JUNETEENTH 👀 open.spotify.com/track/6p236c...

My partner & I were trying to ID a bird we heard while walking and the guy who had stopped his car to let us pass got out and was like "it's a frog, actually. Cope's Gray. I do frog surveys... Sorry" And then got in his car without a word and drove off. Absolute king

Happy Bloomsday to all who celebrate

This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*

A dazzling ocean of tulips stretching endlessly in Hokkaido, Japan...

Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣

I cannot remember most of my kids’ (eg students’) names and call them “kiddo” and other such terms of affection

It’s bleak out there, but it’s heartening to know millions of people from all walks of life took the time to ruin one specific persons birthday, America’s hater spirit remains strong

“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country

Great shot, nice work everyone

Me: man, I’m sick of the troops being here The troops: we are also sick of this weird armed vacation we’re taking without funds for food or water

Senator Padilla cuffed on the ground for trying to ask Noem a question… 😳🇺🇸

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

i follow / am friends with a bunch of academics, and it's really wild to see people posting what are essentially gofundmes to continue their previously NIH-funded neurology labs so they can keep trying to cure multiple sclerosis

in my city which is apparently in a state of extended military occupation due to extreme and widespread unrest a really kind sanitation worker saw me sitting out front with my kids and gave them free toy trash cans and we talked about recycling

“This is an unmitigated public health disaster,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. Story by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/4mV37YK

PSA: If you think a guy standing on a vandalized Waymo car with a Mexican flag is a bigger issue than the president calling for the arrest of a governor for no reason, you may have lost the plot.

The Marines are not props to be used for political theater and a real leader would not even consider sending them to an American city in this situation.

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To be clear, this is what an insurrection looks like:

she’s like 15 feet away. absolutely that man’s whole thought process was: “I’m gonna shoot that woman”

do you ever think about how this is all happening for no reason at all?

Abolish ICE. Protect immigrants. Stand up for trans people. "whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." Matthew 25:40

So, to be clear, Musk has now admitted he funded a man he believes to be a pedophile to be president. And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict. This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.

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Next week is a parade for Trump. Today is a rally for the people who served, and want to keep serving, and ask simply not to be disowned and disrespected. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

A fairytale in Tuscany. Fun fact: Taken with my smartphone

I'm delighted to reveal the cover of my new book, Upon A White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland. It will be published by @headlinebooks.bsky.social on 11 September. Available to pre-order here: linktr.ee/UponAWhiteHo... If you are happy to share this post, please, I'd be grateful.

‘Wild Flowers of Spring and Early Summer’ Artist: Maurice de Sausmarez (for Odhams)

My painting APPROACHING STORM

Wow I mean nobody* saw this coming. *Everybody. Literally everybody. Recluses in remote hermitages. Antarctic penguins. Newborn seal pups. Babes in the womb. Anyone with two eyes and a working amygdala. Plant life.

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

Elon Musk’s divorce streak remains undefeated

Did a town hall tonight at the South Connellsville Firemen’s Club, Fayette County PA. People are mystified, why is Trump so determined to take healthcare away from so many people who voted for him?

Another dumb gross irony here is Harvey Milk served in the Navy and Donald Trump's Navy secretary didn't www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Posting this because can't find a single news article yet

Doctors at the CDC say children should receive Covid vaccines. A disgraced ex-environmental lawyer who spent 20 years abusing heroin says they shouldn't. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.

every article about politics in every mainstream publication is flat out lying to you if it does not emphasize that our government has been taken over by freaks and lunatics

Nature ran a piece finding that 25 million people could die as a result of ending USAID. This puts Trump and Musk in the category of the most brutal leaders of the 20th century in terms of unnecessary lives lost. www.nature.com/articles/d41...