photo of a red shopping basket filled with turnips, under the headline: If you’re worried about food tariffs, adopt a frugal mindset and cook smarter Learn to shop for groceries like a thrifter and work on eliminating waste By Sheryl Julian Globe Correspondent,Updated April 7, 2025, 7:21 a.m. caption: The big question is, writes Sheryl Julian, are we expected to remove all the pleasures from the table and turn the nightly dinner into a feast of locally grown turnips (above) and leafy greens?Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos

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It's pretty clear the markets aren't going to be calmed by Trump free-balling it in a full on press conference where real reporters would have a chance to ask them potentially real questions.

White House has canceled today's planned Trump-Netanyahu press conference in the East Room. Now, they're just going to press spray in the Oval. WH argues this is about efficiency. Why answer questions twice? But...

Remember when she was congratulating herself for not using a briefing binder like KJP?

If I was running a major news org, I’d keep the focus on the Musk story, which is a real thing. Trump talking about x,y,z isn’t—unless he backs it up with action. Cover what he says, sure, but don’t let him dictate the news agenda.

Has anyone done a wellness check on Nancy recently?

Um...does Donald Trump realize that states already run their own school systems?

Or just claim he Deep State sabotaged the system to thwart his attempts to vanish the evildoers.

So RFK Jr essentially made a pinky promise to Cassidy & that's good enough? And if RFK fails to comply, what? Breaking a personal promise isn't an impeachable offense.

At least according to the article, they aren't. Code changes are going out live.

Fluvanna Director of Emergency Services James True was arrested Friday on multiple counts of sexual battery and assault and battery. He is being held without bond at Central Virginia Regional Jail.

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Oh, gosh, really going to sound old...my interest was sparked around 1983 as a 5th grader when we watched the Civil War miniseries "The Blue & the Gray" in class. Networks let schools do special screenings, complete with lesson plans and supplemental readings. I was hooked.

A timely reminder to #Skystorians and others who care about the #RuleOfLaw. In the short or long run … HISTORIANS ALWAYS WIN. We name the names. We break the silences. We expose pasts that are neither dead nor even past. We write the wrongs. And we always win. Always.

It's like a verbal ice-cream headache.

Trump Pentagon pick attacks UN and Nato and urges US to ignore Geneva conventions Revealed: Pete Hegseth writes scathingly of key institutions and says ‘If you love America, you should love Israel’

“The defense of Europe is not our problem; been there, done that, twice."

If I was a senator, I would be embarrassed to approve a guy who basically yadda-yaddas the death of over 500,000 US soldiers in combat in WW1 and WW2. Just sayin'

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Quiet down, Year 8

BlueSky Pro Tip (that I only just learned)

Likes do NOT boost posts. There's no vanity algorithm.

Like stuff, of course. But...

The ONLY way more people see more content is if you Share/Repost it

If you didn't know that either, then you know what to with this post 🫶🐒

Only the best people! 🚽

if you can’t mind your fucking business in a public bathroom i’m going to piss in your purse

My Life As a Homeless Man in America An extraordinary firsthand account.

An extraordinary read.

I really worry that the coming years are going to leave a lot of us in this same position. A country with even fewer safety nets, even fewer resources, even less kindness.

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Hooray! I'll look for her. 'Doppelganger' is on my overstocked to-read pile.

The other Naomi would be fine. But not this one.

Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:

Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47

Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429

Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3

Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2

Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0

Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

"Journalists, publishers, writers, academics are always in the first wave. Doctors, teachers, accountants will be next. Authoritarianism is as predictable as a Swiss train. It’s already later than you think."

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If you’re looking for doom posting about things, I’m not your guy. It’s bad, but I’ve spent my life dusting myself off and getting back to work. We don’t have the luxury to throw our hands in the air and let things collapse. I’m working to organize and fight against the horror show coming. Let’s go!

It looks wonderful! 🎄

I feel like the Gaetz announcement has really distracted from the fact that our next SecDef is a weekend morning show host whose body is a rich tapestry of Christo- faschist tattoos....

Use it to get more people over here. I'm guessing there are a lot of people who still don't know about it.