Playing on repeat today.

07.04.2025 16:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

President Trump’s mindless tariffs will cause economic havoc But the rest of the world can limit the damage

I appreciate the bluntness of English journalism.

“Almost everything Mr Trump said this week—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded.”

President Trump’s mindless tariffs will cause economic havoc
economist.com/leaders/2025...
from The Economist

04.04.2025 13:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande received a letter from Trump’s DHS today accusing them of human trafficking because they run a shelter for migrants—a shelter paid for, in part, *by* DHS. It is an attack on the freedom of religion, and on the trustworthiness of the govt. youtu.be/7Wl4f0bA4MI

14.03.2025 23:20 — 👍 518    🔁 228    💬 17    📌 38

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/world/canada/canada-us-trump-tariffs-reactions.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Unfortunately, the Buy Beaver app is not available in the US app store. 🦫 🇨🇦

07.03.2025 03:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The TBR pile has gotten out of control.

16.02.2025 20:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just wait until the women’s sports supporters who got caught up in the anti-trans propaganda of the Trump campaign realize that Title IX (the civil rights act that mandated equal support of — and therefore catalyzed the rise of — girl’s and women’s sports) is “DEI”.

16.02.2025 17:51 — 👍 843    🔁 181    💬 28    📌 8

Call me by your name. Loved the book so much that I can’t bring myself to watch the movie.

16.02.2025 19:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Opinion | Let Students Finish the Whole Book. It Could Change Their Lives. Had they merely read the summary, my students would have seen many of the same words, but they’d have lacked the feeling part.

WTF. Here’s a partial list of the books I dreaded reading in high school that I fell in love with.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Brave New World
Little Big Man
All the Presidents Men
The Killer Angels
Jane Eyre
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas

16.02.2025 19:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Promise | The Booker Prizes The Promise won the Booker Prize in 2021. Brutal emotional truths hit home in Damon Galgut’s deft, powerful story of a diminished family and a troubled land.

As South Africa is on the top of today’s new feed - let me suggest The Promise. On my top 10 list of all time. The writing is brilliant.

08.02.2025 19:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Voyage of Mercy - Stephen Puleo A story of generosity amid unfathomable despair - the widespread contributions of food from American citizens to famine-stricken Ireland in 1847.

Another book recommendation. Thinking about USAID - this is the story of the America’s first humanitarian mission.

05.02.2025 01:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Paul Lynch's lyrical 'Prophet Song' portrays survival as democracy goes off the rails The book focuses on a single family and how the horrors playing out around them affect their destiny, while also exploring issues of choice, resistance, helplessness and hope.

One of the most terrifying books I have ever read. And that was before Nov ‘24.

04.02.2025 02:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s worth watching the whole sermon.

23.01.2025 00:23 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0