This is the logical extension of "I'm going to do my own research" culture. And I'm sorry to say that expertise actually matters. And some people have been bamboozled into believing that saying this makes you an "elitist" which once again shows that people don't know what words actually mean.
Have a whole concept around Project Mail Harry.
Task for today is not to spend another minute pondering this remake of the Flat Stanley books, where a woman in a vital but beleagured govt office mails off a tiresome colleague. No violence, just ships him around the world to get him out of the way.
"You’ve got to learn to leave the table when love’s no longer being served." ~ Nina Simone
Jeremiah Johnson.
One of the few movies where Silence is an uncredited cast member. ❤️
Incidentally, another movie with Silence prominently featured is “All is Lost,” also with Robert Redford.
Same, in Prague. I think it was built under a morgue?
Well, well. #WutheringHeights is experiencing another revival & reboot. Not sure any of the Brontë sisters would’ve known WH would essentially be the 19th century’s toxic-energy-match for the 21st century’s Fifty Shades of Grey. #LoveHurts
I grew up in New England so I’m relatively unfazed by snow and working around snowbanks left by plows. But a Redditor referred to all the road icebergs blocking #DC neighborhood streets as “snowcrete” and frankly they are 100% correct. This situation is … not great 😒
Scott Wurzel for those not on Instagram. www.scottwurzel.com/shop-art
“Hands Off Our Parks”
My good friend Scott has a creative way to cover You-Know-Who’s face on your National Park Pass w/o defacing it like a Post Malone face tattoo or your desk during high school detention. Check it out, & consider supporting an independent photographer/artist.
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It’s not about national security. It’s about base metals, rare earth elements, and energy/industrial minerals.
Five Years and Counting: What (TF) Have We Learned?
Tomorrow on the 300th (!!!) episode of my weekly podcast "History Matters:"
Five Years and Counting:
What (TF) Have We Learned?
A hell of a lot, actually.
Join me--& the History Matters community--to see where we've been & what we know.
Friday 10AM ET
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This is poetry
“Warrior Dividend” just hit my account.
In a shock to no one, they didn’t tax it right. 🤦♀️
Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor? I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
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Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times:
Def Leppard
Journey
Dave Matthews Band
John Mayer
O.A.R.
Sometimes I think the Maudlin House vibe is just “books for people who’ve survived three implosions and turned it into a personality.”
Every day’s Halloween if you work in indie lit long enough…
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These award-winning lit mags would be a crown jewel in any writer's bio *wink*
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#writing #writingcommunity
You'll pry these Oxford commas out of my cold, dead, third thing hands
The Steady State has asked Congress to investigate reports of an “Interagency Weaponization Working Group” — a group allegedly using the IC and law enforcement to target political opponents. If true, it marks a slide toward a domestic surveillance or retribution mechanism—an American KGB.
Personal inflection takes courage. And publishing essays is just the start (and the necessary spark) to show the toxic bully pulpit that the pen WILL be mightier than the sword.
Maybe I’m just old school, but I think leaders should aspire to personal & professional conduct that motivates more people to attend a July 4th parade w/free fireworks than a protest on a chilly Saturday in October to shame your effigy. 🤷♀️ #NoKings
This is why I appreciate the list subscription feature. Auto blocked before I even knew they existed!
4 panel comic Panel 1: A group of people just having a lovely time. Everyone is laughing Panel 2: An absolute Federal Agent appears in the middle of the group laughing like an obnoxious robot Panel 3: The group quickly disperses, leaving the gross creepy agent by himself Panel 4: The agent touches his ear and says “arrest their moms”
the US government has arrived on bluesky
Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.
2025 is letting us know it hates us and is punishing us for our stupidity. The universe is reaping all the good ones from Hollywood & Rock n Roll.
TBH I missed the connection. Entirely on me!
Ah, noted!
