Tom Durack

The shadow of a person walking with a cane, etched into steel and stone by the prompt radiation blast from the atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima Japan, 70 years ago today.

I wonder, when the portal to hell opened on them, when the hard photons and terrible pulses of neutrons ripped apart their substance and left only shadows, in that moment did they have time to know? To die? Or are they trapped in some dimensional purgatory, the first humans to perish like this.

In a very strong field, it's my favorite of his too. Great film.

Agreed.

This story from Douglas Adams has been going around for years but it remains one of my favourites.

I think this holds water. The whole "Move fast, break stuff" doesn't scale up to a nation of hundreds of millions of people. Best case scenario: a rout at the next election. Worst case: large scale political violence.

Wow!

I don't want a ballroom in The White House. I want healthcare.

Beautiful!

Negotiating With Terrorists, Unsuccessfully How to lose ideological battles by believing in nothing.

America's most prestigious universities fundamentally believe in nothing except themselves. Their capacity to lose ideological battles is therefore infinite.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/negotiatin...

Same. Pathetic and shameful.

And it's only beginning! It's so depressing.

Amen.

Impeachment is a Duty The importance of telling a consistent and accurate story on matters of fire.

I wrote about the absolute moral necessity of Congress impeaching a president who represents a threat to democracy, the nation, and every person on the planet—and also about the practical necessity of doing so, because not doing so tells a incoherent story.

www.the-reframe.com/impeachment-...

Hear! Hear! :)

Happy Birthday!

Thank you.

Happy Birthday from here. :)

When you strip away humanity

The clerks where I get my lunch said a man came in last week and asked them where the public entrance to 26 Federal Plaza was. He locked his bike outside, and it’s been there since.

Whatever it is, congratulations! And thanks for sharing some good news out here. :)

Being There

Pure happiness…. 🐶🥰
♥️🥹

How Things Work | Hamilton Nolan | Substack Labor, politics, and power. Click to read How Things Work, by Hamilton Nolan, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

Really a terrific writer. www.hamiltonnolan.com

The A train, every day.

To paraphrase local treasure Hamilton Nolan (‪@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social), being afraid of the subway is a sign of low moral character.

Long-time former Battery Park City resident here, and a little jealous. :)

Beautiful! Hipstamatic is a favorite. :)

Oof. And Jaws already is!

Projection.