This is an achievable hardball start …

The LRB reinforces with sophistication truths about a simple reality that only the deeply, deeply indoctrinated can continue to deny.

a few nights ago

beauty eh?

a float, well lit

In Poland, we know all about fighting illiberal regimes. Here are our lessons for the Trump age | Jarosław Kuisz and Karolina Wigura Our political history is one of catastrophe, communism, and developing powerful antibodies against oppression, say Jarosław Kuisz and Karolina Wigura

In Poland, we know all about fighting illiberal regimes. Here are our lessons for the Trump age | Jarosław Kuisz and Karolina Wigura

Give everything to Russia, give worthless assurances to Ukraine …DJT sure walks, talks, and quacks like a nested Russian asset duck. Just read on to see how fully this is documented …

2025 measles update, new antibiotic for gonorrhea, bird flu death in Mexico, and CT scans and cancer YouTube video by American Medical Association (AMA)

🧪The weekly update from the American Medical Association for April 23, 2025.
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Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.

Damn! I remember the Hamoneer. Perfect high school off campus lunch. Had to hot rod it down the road to beat the crowd!

Let's Be Honest About The State Of The Union It wasn’t necessary to watch all of Trump’s speech last night to understand where we are as a country.

Let's Be Honest About The State Of The Union
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Thinking about: systemic collapse in complex systems and the instability of monocultures…

gangsterland shakedown ambush

Heard from a friend in Idaho and said I’d pass this on:

I have to admit, on my path to competence, my incompetence on Bluesky. More later …

with a racial-supremacy doctrine derived from Nazism (see Snyder). The other guy is a Jewish TV comedian. (To reverse that stark polarity is to fall for a "big lie" akin to Hitler's.)

with a racial-supremacy doctrine derived from Nazism (see Snyder). The other guy is a Jewish TV comedian. (To reverse that stark polarity is to fall for a "big lie" akin to Hitler's.)

The other guy is a Jewish TV comedian. (To reverse that stark polarity is to fall for a "big lie" akin to Hitler's.)

2. Like nearly all foreign assistance, aid to Ukraine mostly goes directly into the US economy & into the pockets of US workers.

1. Russia is the one with the dictator who invades neighbors & threatens world war. It's got the leader who's a nuke-happy fascist with a racial-supremacy doctrine derived from Nazism (see Snyder).

mix of documented facts, reasoned predictions, & once-clear principles I want to record for posterity.

In no particular order...

documented facts, reasoned predictions, & once-clear principles I want to record for posterity.

In no particular order...

1. Russia is the one with the dictator who invades neighbors & threatens world war. It's got the leader who's a nuke-happy fascist with a

I am proud of many C of I alumni. Craig Franson is one and I’d recommend his analyses (as below) for those seeking some plain, obvious truths about the state of the nation. And now, back to retirement …

“Before the upside-down fully infects America, here's a mix of:

Who could have predicted that the collapse of civilisation would be this stupid?

This coupled with withdrawal from WHO is extremely, extremely bad.

Please look up the influenza epidemic of 1918-19 to understand that the CDC not selecting strains for next year’s vaccines sets the stage for a public health calamity that will, without doubt and at bare minimum, catastrophically and directly impact people you know. This is a five alarm fire.

Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.

More of this pointed ridicule, please.

Good summary of the Northern Idaho town hall incident from @lamag.bsky.social.

Robert B. Parker's Buried Secrets by Christopher Farnsworth: 9780593544761 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books Police Chief Jesse Stone investigates the mystery behind a dead body found strewn with photos of murder victims and placed on top of $2 million in cash, before a mob of hit men converge on Paradise. ...

So today's the day. My new book, ROBERT B. PARKER'S BURIED SECRETS, is out now. You can find it at your friendly neighborhood bookseller or wherever books are sold. Thank you to everyone who made it possible for me to step into Robert B. Parker's shoes. Dream come true. Really.