Is there some sort of award for perfectly missing the point?

Watched the halftime show. I guess where I fundamentally depart from MAGA is that, when I see something like this, celebrating a culture that's not quite mine, with some references I don't get, something that's not For Me ... I *like* it. I like seeing inside other worlds. Why wouldn't you?

Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight The dismantling of the Washington Post is a choice, not a necessity, and the blame lies with Jeff Bezos.

David Remnick on the destruction of the WaPo: "I feel like someone forced to watch an arsonist torch the house he grew up in."
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Safe travels. Meanwhile we're heading to Cinghiale for Carnevale.

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.

Here's a ray of cricketing sunshine for you.

My survey asked "Use a couple of words/terms to describe the POSITIVES you get from following county cricket"

Here are the top 100 words from the 360 respondents so far

The killing in Minnesota They will lie about you and then kill you and they will kill you and then lie about you.  And I don’t mean some ambiguous, imaginary “they” like the one the right blames for trying to kill President D...

The killing in Minnesota and the lies that followed. www.pbump.net/o/the-killin...

‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links Bronze instrument or carnyx dug up in Norfolk in area inhabited by Celtic tribe led by warrior who fought Romans An “extraordinary” iron age war trumpet that may have links to the Celtic tribe led by Boudicca in the period they were battling the invading Roman army has been discovered by archaeologists in Norfolk. The bronze trumpet or carnyx is only the third ever found in Britain, and the most complete example discovered anywhere in the world. Fashioned in the shape of a snarling wild animal, the object would have been mounted on a long mouthpiece high above the heads of warriors, allowing it to be sounded to intimidate the enemy in battle. Continue reading...

‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links

To be clear, this vaccine policy is Trump's policy. He wants to own it and he should — and whatever comes of it.

this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier

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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.

The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.

It’s about oil and regime change.

And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

Nothing about this is okay.

The President of the United States is on Fox News right now gabbing about the U.S. attack on Venezuela before addressing the American people.

So the new order of information is: Truth Social → Fox News → the public → Congress, maybe?

Some Trump supporters are willing to overlook him raising consumer prices as long as he keeps the personal cost of their racism low.

Baz ball comes to the Orioles. @britishorioles.bsky.social

If preventing infant deaths and protecting children’s mental health no longer “align with departmental priorities,” then the public deserves a clear answer to one question: What does?

ICE = Gestapo 2.0

Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.

New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.

Duran Duran must have spent hours on their hair.

Here you go! #ChristmasSongBingo
Whammageddon is for losers!!!

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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.

@norcrosscricket.bsky.social

Hobbes is real and this is genius at work.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

As others have already said, let's hope a little of that Orioles Magic speeds your recovery!