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This is it. No one feels safe making plans past the next month.

The marquee at The Birchmere announces that Los Lobos and Los Hermanos Alacranes are appearing tonight.

Not quite the last tickets I bought before the layoff, but counting down.

Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Awesome!

I am so sorry for your loss.

Misogyny is everywhere. The gun is what killed those children.

Poetry Challenge: Memorize “The More Loving One” by W.H. Auden (Gift Article) It’s about love, the cosmos and everything in between. And all week we’ll have games and readings by poets laureate, beloved authors and an Oscar winner to help you memorize it.

The @nytimes.com is doing its Poetry Challenge again this year — this time, with W.H. Auden's "The More Loving One." A pure good: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

What he had was a gun.

TV ads for gambling should be illegal, or at least limited to after 10:00 p.m.

18. The ruthless exposure of the private lives of public figures drives far too much talent away from government service. The public arena—and the shallow and petty assaults against those who dare to do something other than enrich themselves—has become so unforgiving that the republic is left with a significant roster of ineffectual, empty vessels whose ambition one would forgive if there were any genuine belief structure lurking within. 19. The caution in public life that we unwittingly encourage is corrosive. Those who say nothing wrong often say nothing much at all.

In the last year many public servants have had their lives ruined. People who knew less than they did pushed them out of work they loved with no real plan. Many were defamed and "put in trauma."
But that is not who Palantir is referring to. It views criticizing the tech bros as intolerable.

Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

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I love that movie so very very much.

Someday I will see the Nationals win at home again. Today was not that day.

The 45 rpm single of "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" by The Smiths (Morrissey and Marr, produced by John Porter, Rough Trade RT 166, (c) 1984 Warner Bros. Music).

ABC to XTC is next on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music this week from Echo and the Bunnymen, Billy Bragg, The Smiths, and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/.

Oh, many of the current President's supporters have definitely forgotten that the pandemic and most pandemic-related policies happened in his first term.

Back in the 1990s, I worked for an association whose training center was in Texas, and I almost married a guy who lived there. My sister was there for years, too.

I graduated from college midway through Reagan's first term. My first credit card came with an 18% APR. I never blamed Jimmy Carter for that.

My refunds went immediately back to the government, since I pay estimated taxes.

My parents left these letters, too. I don’t want to read them, but my own daughter might - and I want *her* daughter to read them, someday.

All the Giants' offense needed was some Nationals pitching. 😢

HA ha ha ha ha — and just think, we can avoid them for free!

That's Right (You're Not From Texas) YouTube video by Lyle Lovett - Topic

I mean, I do take @lylelovett.bsky.social at his word. youtu.be/30nHX4ifn6o?...

Why Are GOP Leaders Targeting Catholic Ministries? Before President Donald Trump was picking fights with the pope, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was accusing Catholic ministries of human trafficking.

I've been paring down my subscriptions, but @texasmonthly.bsky.social is one I'll keep as long as I can (despite no longer having any real connections to TX). Articles like this one are why. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

FYI: Penzey's has vanilla extracts 33% off right now. Prices are only going to continue to go up & odds are good that most commercial brands will start using lower-quality ingredients, if they haven't already. Stock up now, while the good stuff is still kinda-sorta affordable.

The logo for Bouchercon 2027, "Mystery Most Monumental," in Washington, DC, September 1-5, 2027.

Registration is open for Bouchercon 2027, the World Mystery Convention, September 1-5 in Washington, DC: "Mystery Most Monumental." It's going to be great, and not just because I'm the special programs lead. Registering today would be an act of wild optimism: www.bouchercon2027.com

Can we please have a night-shift edition of The Pitt, please?

I'm so sorry. You were the best human he could have.

Yes — he had an extraordinary power to light up a room. Pre-2019, I was sure he was going places. God help his children.