Delighted to be far, far outside of this particular consumer demographic. 😄

Overt racism & antisemitism are on the rise in France — in line with the growth of MAGA & other forms of far-right politics globally.
If you're antiracist & read French, this newsletter is for you. (If you notice bell hooks' name in the post, she has a following on the French left.)👇🏽

Economists discover something every worker knows.

The union representing thousands of Harvard graduate students just went on strike - The Boston Globe The university and its graduate student union are at odds over pay and protections for noncitizen students.

Graduate student workers at Harvard University are walking off their jobs Tuesday on the first day of a union strike that could disrupt academic life, just weeks before final exams.

George Ariyoshi, 100, America’s First Governor of Asian Descent, Dies A Democrat, he served three terms as Hawaii’s governor (1974-86), rising out of a tough district of Honolulu. He tried to diversify an economy heavily dependent on tourism.

George Ariyoshi, a Honolulu-born Japanese American politician who shattered voting traditions in the nation’s only state with an Asian plurality, becoming Hawaii’s — and America’s — first governor of Asian descent, died on Sunday at his home in Honolulu. He was 100.

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"Laurent Daviet, a former city councilor defeated in the Saintes elections, shipped his computer equipment—covered in Corsican cheese—to the re-elected mayor, Bruno Drapron. A complaint for the vandalism of public property has been filed."

So a dog really did eat your homework! 😄

Inside a Black Panther Family Album Kathleen and Eldridge Cleaver’s family album depicts aspirational homemaking in diaspora, capturing the tension between rest and motion as they navigated exile with their children.

The family album of Kathleen and Eldridge Cleaver, prominent leaders in the Black Panther Party during the late 1960s, depicts aspirational homemaking in diaspora, capturing the tension between rest and motion as they navigated exile with their children.

I didn’t think we’d have to go back to punching nerds with glasses but here we go again.

… so… what’s the overlap between dudes that think this is awesome & dudes who complain women won’t date them…?

I see you cheating with that metal mouthpiece. 😄

Sorry. That's a good take.

Tomorrow, Virginia votes to restore our Constitutional system of checks and balances. Vote yes, Virginia, and we can start to end the costly chaos in Washington.

Rob Wittman, Jen Kiggans, Ben Cline and the crazy weirdo whose name I can never remember all have spent their time in Congress protecting Trump instead of standing up for their Virginia constituents under attack. On Tuesday you can vote YES and bring them all home together. BYE!

"Nowadays, one's wings are clipped. When I arrived here, I came with such a beautiful dream, because they said going to the United States is making your dreams come true," she said. "Nowadays, we no longer have dreams or the opportunity to keep dreaming, because we no longer sleep peacefully."

Madison Warner, daughter of Sen. Mark Warner, dies at age 36 Madison Warner, the daughter of U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and former Virginia First Lady Lisa Collis, has died after a long struggle with juvenile diabetes and other health issues. She was 36 year...

“We are heartbroken beyond words by the passing of our beloved daughter, Madison, 36, after a decades-long battle with juvenile diabetes and other health issues...she filled our lives with love and laughter, and her absence leaves an immeasurable void."

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Now nearly 200 murders at sea.

US oil refiners reap windfall from Iran war Soaring fuel prices and access to cheap North American crude oil put American refiners in pole position

US oil refiners reap windfall from Iran war ft.trib.al/6m7eufp

The American Library Association has released its list of the most challenged books of 2025 The ALA says 4,235 titles were challenged at libraries across the country – the second-highest year on record. Forty percent of the challenged works involved LGBTQ+ subjects or the experiences of people of color.

The ALA says 4,235 titles were challenged at libraries across the country – the second-highest year on record. Forty percent of the challenged works involved LGBTQ+ subjects or the experiences of people of color. n.pr/4vFxjvp

Ice agents arresting Charlottesville residents on morning of 4/20

🚨verified ICE arrests in Charlottesville 8:30 this morning 4/20

A poster hangs, with a black backdrop, for The University of Georgia Press. It features several of the presses books including Alexander Hyres's Protest and Pedagogy: Charlottesville's Black Freedom Struggle and the Making of the American High School.

I'm glad to see that my book, Protest and Pedagogy: Charlottesville's Black Freedom Struggle and the Making of the American High School (@ugapress.bsky.social), made it to @oah.org, even if I'm not able to be there. If you haven't gotten your copy, then go here: www.ugapress.org/978082037532...

If you had told me before seeing this that performers on the Lawrence Welk Show performed this song, I would absolutely not have believed you. Not in a million years. 😄

Today's French quiz; Name that tune. 👇🏽

Exactement ! Merci !

Johnny Cash had many layers.

Yep. The one is posted is from the San Quentin concert but with better audio.

BTW, this version of the song is from his now-legendary concert at San Quentin prison.

A Boy Named Sue YouTube video by Johnny Cash - Topic

It occurs to me that some of you have no idea what I'm referring to. An American classic. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv05...

A Boy Named Sue, but French.

"A heavy burden to bear, banal or unique, a source of pride or of shame... We all live with a name. Yes—but how? When Camille was born, forty-seven years ago, his name was more often given to girls."

I had a conversation earlier today with a temporary immigrant from a Western European country. Because of a minor injury, she's learning what it's like to navigate the American healthcare system without a whole lot of money.
Her word for it was "cruel."