4/14 The stunning account of Juan Sebastián Carvajal-Muñoz — the UMaine alum civil engineer taken from his car in Portland during the ICE surge in January — who today partnered with the ACLU of Maine to sue the agents who took him #maine #MEpolitics

Fantastic!! What a political talent, persuasive communicator!

OMG you guys!! He lost! Orban is done! Congratulations to the Hungarian people!

Next it’s going to be us!

Imagining Bela Tarr looking down from Beckett heaven right now, smiling at Orban’s fate.

the Danish elections bc we have family living there. There's a fine young Danish YouTuber who is very good on the Danish and other European elections, Jonas Laursen. ... Hope all's well with you!

Hi Emil, I saw your message but couldn't answer right away. I'm quite sure Europe's way better informed than the U.S. is! It's a fragmented mess here, with breakdown of news orgs -- morally and professionally etc... I tend to go to NYTimes, NPR, AP, BBC, Guardian, New Yorker ... I was/am following

No Kings march, Buffalo - from Niagara Square up Delaware. A good turnout given the cold & wind (it was snowing a bit!). Lots of creative and expressive signs, including "NOT TODAY SprAyTAN"... Saw a young man completely wrapped in the transgender flag, standing motionless for ages, bearing witness.

Trump Demands Allies Do Their Fair Share To Fuck Up The World

Trump Demands Allies Do Their Fair Share To Fuck Up The World theonion.com/trump-demands-allies-do-...

Odense Zoo, March 14

2:
•we're in a complement of The Truman Show, with Donald as conscious focus & the rest of us only dimly aware we're being milked for entertainment content
•when interacting with AI it calls my questions 'genuinely important & interesting', & often says that I am 'right to push back'. I'm special.

I'm sorry, but this snowstorm just looks FAKE to me. -at the house in Burlington, Vermont
www.instagram.com/reel/DUmFcgK...

Emit a tale woven one vowel at a time.

#palindrome

THIS STATUS IS JOY

I have confused
the letters
that were in
the poem

and which
you were busily
scribbling
for a book

Forgive me
they were a pale view
so sad
and so exact

#anagram

(and check out those liner notes)

Out today! Amazing music, performed with absolutely stunning artistry.

String Quartets 1 & 2 – Navona Records

www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv68...

scratch it off the list: finally saw "Jeanne Dielman ..."

Ahem with all this snow and ice lately it's a bit much.

Meiselas: precisely

Trump Alleges That Democrats Secretly Paid Alex Pretti To Be Model Citizen

Trump Alleges That Democrats Secretly Paid Alex Pretti To Be Model Citizen theonion.com/trump-alleges-that-democ...

Photos: Vigil in Buffalo for man killed by federal agents in Minneapolis The Western New York Peace Center held a vigil at Bidwell Parkway and Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo on Saturday for Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed by Border Patrol

The Western New York Peace Center held a vigil at Bidwell Parkway and Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo on Saturday for Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed by Border Patrol agents.

"We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump's murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man."

🚨 NEW — Statement from the family of Alex Pretti:

"We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital... 1/

O Germany, white mom!
How soiled you are
As you sit among the peoples.
Among the shit-spattered
You really stand out.
-brecht [germany 1933/my gloss]

Jan-23-2026 "Among Hispanic voters who supported Trump, only 8% express outright regret and 19% are disappointed—meaning 27% total have soured on him, while 71% still feel positively about their choice. So roughly three-quarters of his Hispanic supporters are sticking with him." [Weareequis]

Joanne Tum (@tumgio) on Threads Please Congress stop this violence against the people.

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