Michael Cook

I really wish that reporter had asked, "Then how would you characterize Elon Musk's participation in this race?" just to see her sputter and her eyes go blank. Hypocrisy is a hell of a drug.

Appreciate the lecture, and agree with everything you said. There just seemed to be a blatant disconnect with what was going on that day in the news (Signalgate) and the trail. Were I on Pocan's social media team, I'd save this post for a slower news day.

Farmer demands fox investigate raids on the hen house.

Immediately what this brought to mind.

Hate to see this, and appreciate your fight, but there are some bigger fish to fry these past couple days.

Doing a lot of these (and the others in your second post) already. Some are harder than others. But as I say, "Do what you can. You don't have to do everything."

Not a headline from the "The Onion" but should be: Trump decrees all vehicles must now be equipped to "roll coal."

Deep space with the words "Thank you for contacting the abyss. Your scream is very important to us."

This made me laugh. It was a nice break from all the screaming.

Well, given Trump's famous penchant for lying about everything, saying Citizen Kane is his favorite movie is absolutely no guarantee that he's ever actually seen it.

He must be missing the entire point.

Jonathan and I watched this tonight for the first time in many years. I doubt Donald Trump and Elon Musk have ever seen Citizen Kane.

This truly disturbing and surely illegal. Musk is an unelected private citizen taking over gov depts and sensitive data. Where’s the oversight and outrage?

Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

A painted scene of a Chicago street at night with two dogs on leashes.

Kathleen Eaton has painted Chicago and its suburbs for over 30 years--and has been one of my favorite artists for almost as long. I really should get around to buying one of her pieces some day. But you should go check out her work right now. eatonart.com/kathleen-eat...

If you're here from one of those other platforms, welcome and thanks for finding me.

I'm hoping to make something new, different and better out of Bluesky.

Recently announced my departure from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. I just can't with the oligarchs any more.

This is just the start. Prime expires in April, WaPo in September. Neither will be renewed. Future purchases from Amazon will only occur after all other alternatives have been explored.

I haven't used Twitter for years, so leaving it now probably doesn't mean much. But all the same, I'm happy to be here. Hope I find the right people, and vice versa.