And Trump’s administration asks what Denmark has done for Greenland. Well, Trump, what are you doing for North Carolina?

I think what amazes me most about this budgetary tight-fistedness is the way that, at the end of the day, it saves absolutely nothing on the bottom line

all these cuts and there's nothing but MORE red ink to show, because they're not actually "efficient," they're just *cheap*

Stop scolding them about the TYPE of information they disclosed - start asking why they went offline with it - start asking them what else they are hiding from the public.

“What else are you back channeling?”

This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...

A tweet from Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) includes an eye emoji followed by "You have got to be kidding me." Below is a link to The Atlantic, along with a screenshot of an article headline that reads, "The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans." The subheading states that U.S. national-security leaders mistakenly included the author in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen, which he initially thought was a mistake—until the attacks began. The article is by Jeffrey Goldberg.

Was waiting to see what she thought.

Paging @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Hoping you aren’t the end of the video just yet.

Please help keep a progressive, inclusive Quaker college (in the South!) alive… we need places like this to survive. Donate anything you can to help! give.guilford.edu/campaigns/58...

A screenshot of an X post by Jon Cryer (@mrjoncryer .bsky.social) dated March 7, 2025, commenting on the deteriorating relationship between the U.S. and Canada, blaming a "criminal president" after six weeks. The post includes a poll from Polling Canada (@canadianpolling ...) conducted by Pollara on Feb 23, 2025, with 1,506 online respondents. The poll shows support for: removing U.S. alcohol from stores (77%), retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products (75%), punishing Elon Musk by tariffing his companies/cancelling his contracts (74%), and cancelling contracts with American companies (65%).

Do you know how hard it is to anger Canadians?!?

A key takeaway from Columbia should be that compliance does not buy safety. Unis are viewing the admin's attack on higher ed as a prisoner's dilemma (best strategy: comply), leading to a collectively worse outcome. The only way out is collective action, & unlike true PD, unis can coordinate action.

What a wonderful idea…👇

Let’s. Do. This. ✨

WSJ Breaking News 2h ago The Trump administration is cancelling roughly $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University over allegations of antisemitism

You can have the cops come beat the shit out of your students to prove you’re not a filthy commie and they’ll still do this to you and all you’ll have done is show everyone what a pathetic little coward you are. Might as well do the right thing the first time

Donna Haraway, elder intellectual white woman, speaking before a tight group of people with save science signs amidst the redwoods at UCSC.

Donna Haraway leading #StandUpForScience at #UCSC. Situating science in helping us live together in better ways. She's giving deets on cuts to science, incl #Indigenous science, ag, USAID, medicine, dangers to farm workers, dangers of data loss. Donna's a master at connecting all the relations. ❤️

Tonight is the best nights Beijing and Moscow has had in 30 years

(An automated skeet sent every 2 hours)

This looks amazing! All my monster peeps should order Davies’ gorgeous new book
#HAMH

When social media exposes traditional media’s deceit, it’s time for independent journalists to investigate why the press is backing a president who undermines free press—and is it coordinated?

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl Where Are Our Leaders

Kendrick Lamar showed more courage in the face of rising American tyranny than we’ve seen from ANY former American leader. If you swore an oath to protect this nation, where are you now?

youtube.com/shorts/keNw6...

The Resistance is strong!
#Resist

Cat in box

A fluffy cat to cheer you on this week

Homemade bottles of limoncello

Limoncello done just in time… practicing small victories to stay sane during the longest January ever

Quaker groups file suit over the end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship The suit appears to be the first from a faith-based organization challenging the change in court.

Welcome to the Rebellion, Quakers! www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Begging grown adults to read Jorge Luis Borges's fantastic short story "The Library of Babel" whenever they think GenAI is being useful

The Player’s the Thing in “Grand Theft Hamlet” A film about a performance of “Hamlet” within the world of Grand Theft Auto suggests that the moral environment of revenge tragedy is not far from that of video games.

“Grand Theft Hamlet” is notionally a documentary, but you can think of it “more as a crucible in which the solid forms of film, theatre, and video games have been stirred until they melt,” Anthony Lane writes.

Post from John Perricone 3d • Several years ago l invited a Buddhist monk to speak to my Senior elective class, and quite interestingly, as he entered the room, he didn't say a word (that caught everyone's attention). He just walked to the board and wrote this: "EVERYONE WANTS TO SAVE THE WORLD, BUT NO ONE WANTS TO HELP MOM DO THE DISHES." We all laughed. But then he went on to say this to my students: "Statistically, it's highly unlikely that any of you will ever have the opportunity to run into a burning orphanage and rescue an infant. But, in the smallest gesture of kindness -- a warm smile, holding the door for the person behind you, shoveling the driveway of the elderly person next door -- you have committed an act of immeasurable profundity, because to each of us, our life is our universe."

Been thinking about this a lot (not tagging the sender, for their privacy). Most of us won't have the chance for for grand, capital-R Resistance heroics. But every one of us will have a thousand small choices to make about how to live our lives and where to draw lines. Use them well.