Tom Durso

The uncritical eye of much of the mainstream media and its replacement of journalism with stenography have not served the country well.

C’mon, @apnews.com. He in no way “sees [this] as ‘pretty boring.’” He only *says* that. Every indication is that he *sees* it as scary and damaging as hell.

Anyone who has been bullied knows that appeasing the bully doesn’t stop the bullying.

5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

I just called my reps about DoE illegally holding onto billions of dollars in K-12 funding that Congress ALREADY APPROVED. I used @5calls.org. You should too: 5calls.org

The mighty @wxpnfm.bsky.social is playing a full day of yacht rock for #TBTXPN, and I am working remotely, so I can turn it up as loud as I want. Sail on, friends, and stay smooth.

Hypothesis: For every sector and industry, there is a group of 20 to 30 ostensibly employed people whose sole duties seem to comprise appearing on each other's podcasts and traveling the country to present at conferences.

An in-person Schwarbomb AND an in-person Bryce Bomb? Please and thank you.

Thank YOU, @helenubinas.bsky.social, for comforting Philly's afflicted, afflicting Philly's comfortable, and, always, speaking truth to power. This city we love is better for your writing about it.

I can’t bring myself to read Old Man Brooks’s screed in today’s NYT about the supposed dearth of great novels. If you can’t find outstanding contemporary fiction to read, you just aren’t looking hard enough. Do better, Boomer. Do better, @nytimes.com.

In S4 E9 of “The Bear,” they dropped in Bruce Hornsby and the Range’s “The Show Goes On,” and, dear reader, I was shook.

Dear American media:

Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. That's really all there is to it. If you're unable or unwilling to do that, find something else to do.

Sincerely,
The portion of the American public that is gravely concerned about what is happening to the country we love

Why, oh why, does no one EVER think the leopard will eat *their* face?

Yeah, I was among those who received the laudatory email from SSA early this morning. Yeah, I among those who are furious about the legislation and about this shitty propaganda the government thinks is going to change my mind.

(Spoiler alert: It won't.)

Read the room, Senator.

Yes, the country is a fetid, reeking pile of garbage these days. But Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's "Hope the High Road" was used in an episode of the current season of "The Bear," so there's at least a modicum of goodness still in the world.

Harvard Has a Role to Protect Democracy There is no such thing as making a deal with Donald Trump.

Every word of this is true. You have to stand up to bullies. Thanks to @biblioracle.bsky.social for his clear-eyed articulation of resistance.

Tweet from the Durham Bulls that reads "Y'all means all. #PrideNight"

Tweet from a user saying "Please delete," and Durham Bulls responding "No."

Tweet from a user saying, "Actually, no it does not! Stop dividing people." with a response from the Durham Bulls saying, "Inclusion's actually the exact opposite of division"

Tweet from someone saying "Maybe don't promote gay sex to children?" with the Durham Bulls responding, "Okay, sexyman159861581242902587231848675309"

11/10 social media work by the Durham Bulls

We could sure use some of that Bryce-Harper-heals-faster-than-any-person-alive magic right about now.

Such a burst of patriotic pride to block the vice president here.

Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, showing up. #NoKings

Truer words were ne'er written. #NoKings

Rooting for the Hurricanes because (a) Brind’Amour and (b) #NeverFlorida.

I resemble that remark.

Only a matter of time before he elevates Gritty to cardinal, right?

Very conflicting feelings right now as a Saint Joseph's alumnus ...

Sad to hear of Jill Sobule's tragic passing. "I Kissed a Girl" contains a burn I still use to this day, including and especially regarding the current occupant of the White House: "Dumb as a box of hammers."

That's my quarterback.