Olga

I wish I were a dreaming mole 🥹
This is lovely.

The "do you have a LAW degree?!" did me in. This admin at last presents a use case for a word I learned in 8th grade (thank you, Ms. Shadow): supercilious. 🙄

Hang in there! Your generation (and my kids') has so much more direct info about the world than we had (I'm 52), and that's not always helpful 😓 Howards End "Only connect" is good advice: connect with good people, and with yourself, the inner life with the outer. But with good people most of all.

THANK you for all these live threads. They are so appreciated.

WOW.

I would not be surprised if DOJ appeals this as far up as they can, claiming no restraints on presidential discretion. (Just as a general tactic, this is completely over my head/not my area of law.)

Definitely true that Trump is NOT an Oregon judge. 😃 (which is how I read it, not how he meant it. He could've restructured that sentence for clarity lol)

We are past this phase.
Sephora, however, remains. 🫣

Out just now, judge rules no, you can't send the guard to Portland. It's a pause but still, a good sign. Judge also not amused: bsky.app/profile/kyle...

Between you and Moby Dick I'm going to be hauling 10lbs of books to the next coffee shop. 🫡

Thank you!! I stopped my subscription after the editorial board nonsense. Really appreciate this!

And all those hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza City who have been told to leave or else they will be considered combatants. This is such an affront to humanity, I lack the words.

At least we don't have little spiders on our eyes! (I zoomed in. May have been a judgement error. Time for more coffee.)

Large oblong wooden mask with dark markings hangs on a cream-colored wall. The eyes are downcast/closed and the mouth is open as if sighing.

We joke (?) that our 1970s suburban home has a "house ghost." Not a "spooky" place, small, tidy, full of books and guitars
. Spookiest is the large wooden mask the previous owners left behind 18 years ago. 👀

Ive been thinking about this post and I wonder if people come here for politics/current events ("and now the status of the shitshow!") - and less so for, well, topics that remind us of creativity, storytelling, wonder, Big Questions. it's a weird time.

And the older i get, the more perfect it becomes 💕🥺

looked up the whole thing because this is INSANE 😆 "Plan and conduct independent research concerning the eligibility and entitlement of persons seeking benefits, employment, and/or legal status under the Immigration and Nationality Act as amended."
Yessss! Independent research and the INA! woooooo

"Bookends" the song, not the album. Simon and Garfunkel. Four lines of lyrics.

The tender sweetness in his tone is incredible. Thank you for sharing with us!

That's the acetemifinephenomen talking. Clearly.

Bernice talking about the healthcare system tho... that's some truly sad American "reality." 🙁

Older generation in US reading "The Strange Death of Europe" and reminiscing about the safety and calm of 1950s/60s Warsaw. Forgetting they were the unwashed "other" in 1980s Austria. It's... something to behold.

The change of "Earth" to "truth," maintaining the sound and concept of something that anchors, chef's kiss.
I had not read the full poem until just now, which is a great way to end a long day.

It looks like he matched the socks and tie?

"Slip the surly bonds of truth" is such a fantastic phrase. Be still my old comparative literature–major heart.

I have E Goldring's book on my wishlist 🥹 despite statements claiming no more books should be acquired

Congratulations!! And what an opinion.

So his instinctual ask is for Paxlovid. Not ivermectin or whatever else.

This sounds like what his medical/PT team is telling him, and this is a verbatim repeat. "You don't have to set any records, Mr President, nice and easy, be cool."

This was a telling
side comment: "There's been no fight..." he sounds surprised and pleased at the lack of pushback. Maybe Dems should take this as an assessment of their approach up until now and change.