EACH man is a propagandist for their own virtue, a rakehell in sheep’s clothing. I can admit to only a quarter of my turpitude.

Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of hand on hand, or mouth on mouth. -Tennessee Williams, dramatist (26 Mar 1911-1983)

If I was Iran, I’d be saying “We will only negotiate with Obama”

Remembering Aretha Franklin on her birthday.
💜 🙏🏼 🎵 🎹🎤

We are currently a deeply unserious country 🎪

The E Street Band is coming your way!

Mark Jacob on how the press ignores the biggest Trump story "The president of the United States is clearly mentally unfit for office."

"A major story that probably doesn’t get talked about enough is the reality that the president of the United States is, well, out of his mind."

C-SPAN caller to Rep. Pete Sessions: "Your party has given the power of the presidency to an insane, pedophelic serial killer"

The fact that military officials can’t give the President of the United States an honest assessment of the war in Iran—and have to placate him by showing him videos of stuff blowing up—should be concerning to everyone.

Look into any man's heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed. -Henrik Ibsen, playwright (20 Mar 1828-1906)

We open our mouths & out flow words whose ancestries we do not even know. We are walking lexicons. In a single sentence of idle chatter we preserve Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Norse: a museum inside our heads, each day we commemorate peoples of whom we have never heard. -Penelope Lively

America may be reaching peak Spanish Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show may mark a ceiling for the language he performs in

America may be reaching peak Spanish www.economist.com/united-state...

The Pentagon says it’s ‘lethalitymaxxing’. Why has ‘incel’ slang crossed into the mainstream? With the rise of influencer Clavicular and ‘looksmaxxers’, sexist language from niche memes has infiltrated official government accounts and NYT headlines

The Pentagon says it’s ‘lethalitymaxxing’. Why has ‘incel’ slang crossed into the mainstream? | Language | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

The lost languages of ancient humans: Listen to stone-age chat The fossilised bones of our ancestors remain silent. So, how can we possibly imagine what our earliest languages sounded like?

The lost languages of ancient humans: Listen to stone-age chat www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Music is not a universal language — but it can bring us together when words fail Societies, animals and even machines have music in common. Our varied experiences of it might tell us about the origins of language.

Music is not a universal language — but it can bring us together when words fail www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Welcome to the Banned Speech State

Welcome to the Banned Speech State | blogs.illinois.edu/view/25/3371...

Idiot. Mike Huckabee: Bible backs Israel's claim to Middle East thehill.com/policy/inter...

What French Romance Novels Could Tell Us About A.I. and Translation Jobs

Will A.I. Kill Translation Jobs? - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/w...

People's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. -Haruki Murakami, writer (b. 12 Jan 1949)

“If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together; there is something U must always remember. U are braver than U believe, stronger than U seem, & smarter than U think.The most important thing is, even if we're apart, 'll always be w U.”Winnie the Pooh, by A.A. Milne

Snow day! Back to sleep. ❄️

The question is whether or not you choose to disturb the world around you, or if you choose to let it go on as if you had never arrived. -Ann Patchett, writer (b. 2 Dec 1963)

Miss Piggy FTW

No contract, no coffee.

We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.

Enrique Iglesias - Nunca Te Olvidaré (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Enrique Iglesias

Cómo olvidar tu sonrisa.
Cómo olvidar tus miradas.
Cómo olvidar que rezaba
Para que no te marcharas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRrj...

Maybe , like, drop the "United" part for the next four years...

THE GROCERY STORE is a great time to speak loudly on your phone.

8pm me is always setting alarms 5am me can't handle.

I'm worried my students are gonna report me to PETA for beating a dead horse.

Sometimes the line between love and hate turns out to be chalk.