Martha Bayne

This is how you live a life

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

I couldn't vote in '84. But in '88, yes!

Growing up in the wilderness that was Seattle in the 80s, I had no idea who Jesse Jackson was until he ran for president. I remember being so excited by the idea of an alternative to the parade of boring white men in politics, something my baby brain had never before imagined. RIP to a legend.

Related: I went to see Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die last night knowing absolutely nothing about it and It’s a bit of a mess but a very fun mess. It was playing nearby and was not Melania was my big criteria for going, but it turned out to be OH YES a weird maximalist parable about AI? Sign me up.

According to Julie K. Brown, who did such invaluable reporting on Jeffrey Epstein for the Miami Herald, the Bard College Board of Trustees is conducting an emergency meeting tomorrow. I hope they do the right thing. x.com/jkbjournalis...

I keep putting this off because I want to find the perfect moment!

The SAVE Act is just straight-up about disenfranchising women.

Gov. Tim Walz: "They left us with deep damage. Generational trauma. Economic ruin in some cases. The left us with many unanswered questions. Where are our children? Where and what is the process of the investigation into those that were responsible for the deaths of Renee and Alex?"

here we go again!

So here for this one ....

This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.

Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.

kudos to this caption writer

Agh, you're right. It was Monday when I smelled it here. We have a lot of weird smells and it didn't occur to me that it might be more widespread ....

Very much had the "intense chlorine" smell up in Waukegan yesterday

This person has never been on a train

In the spirit of the Winter Olympics, I shall be attempting a quad axel from my stool during the conversation. @marthabayne.bsky.social will be on hand for the inevitable first aid needs.

#booksky📚 @millerscave.bsky.social #musicbooks #americana #insurgentcountry #oakparkil #dandelionbooks

Sometimes it pays not to sign the contract because then it means you didn’t sign the non disclosure agreement.

LONDON (AP) — Palace says King Charles III will support police who are assessing reports that ex-Prince Andrew gave files to Epstein.

Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...

fucking horrible. V for Vendetta shit. hell is not hot enough

Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."

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

Did someone say mass market paperback?

If you're a business owner who fires someone you have assigned to an overseas job and you don't buy them a plane ticket home you should actually go to prison

“I cancelled my Disney account but desperately want to watch the Muppet Show“—a trolley problem for our time

Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing Becca Good has seldom spoken out since Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.

“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”

If you missed it, I will grill Rob again and serve him with a nice Chianti on Feb 15 at Dandelion Books in Oak Park!

the polish figure skating team in the kiss and cry holding a plush pierogi

IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS:

THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI