I am not a science fiction fan, and wow I loved it. Also consider the audiobook - Ray Porter is superb. I wish he would record more books. We saw him years ago as an actor at OSF - just an amazing guy.

Wow that last sentence!

Our street is looking beautiful!

🌳🪻 As we wrap up this first phase of North Beach Green, I'm excited to share some early impact:

🌲 33 new trees planted!
🌻 22 new sidewalk gardens planted!
♻️ 1,143 square feet of concrete removed

Sprucing the neighborhood up, block by block. Thanks to all our partners!

Alfred Brendel, the cerebral pianist with a dry wit, dies at 94 Routinely called a "musician's musician," the pianist had an atypical career that even he called mysterious. He spent it returning to a handful of favorite composers, with acclaimed results.

Routinely called a "musician's musician," the pianist had an atypical career that even he called mysterious. He spent it returning to a handful of favorite composers, with acclaimed results.

Huge block party celebrating 125 years of Bus Stop bar. The vibe on Union Street is electric!

Ezio Pinza

It’s Ezio’s birthday tomorrow.

My late father, who could not sing a note, loved ‘This Nearly Was Mine’: youtu.be/4zyi8FV5eTE?...

How is Naomi Wolf not already the Surgeon General or something.

Also I get a warm glow from avoiding people. Is that weird?

Opinion | Romania Is About to Experience Disaster

Romania — like the U.S. — is a cautionary tale: If government fails to deliver what people need to thrive, populist grifters come in, run a scam preying on people’s fears & anxieties & then move toward fascism.

We need to show government can work — that it can deliver what people need to succeed. 🧵

Huge protest in SF against cuts to public education. Trump’s attack on education — proposed elimination of Dept of Education & huge cuts to higher ed — must be stopped.

We’re working to protect education funding in CA. But the scale of Trump’s attack is massive & will do severe harm if he succeeds.

The next president has to do two things: 1) right the wrongs of Trump and go after those who broke the law and were corrupt. 2). Then spend time divesting power from the presidency and building real guardrails and passing laws like, “the president is not immune” etc.

And get the money out

@jonlovett.bsky.social on Trump's tariffs: "It is only possible because Republicans refuse to take back the power that they have... The problem is not that we put the worst human being in public life in the most powerful job in the world, it is that he is enabled by Republicans around him."

Not to put too fine of a point on this, but if I spent the last few months putting innocent people in concentration camps and the pope died basically three seconds after I met him, I would not continue life apace, I would not immediately clock back in at the fascism factory.

I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.

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Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal

AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.

Here’s my painting of Roberto Clemente with the Pirates in 1972…just because.

Reykjavík, Iceland at the US embassy #3E #Handsoff #FiftyFiftyOne

📹 @mundaetraversa.bsky.social

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again

The same people in DC who got us into this mess are not going to be the ones to get us out of it.

Today I'm announcing my campaign for U.S. Senate.

Because we don't have a minute to wait.

Sen. Cory Booker putting his hand over his heart as he beats Strom Thurmond's floor address record

It may be breaking, but @booker.senate.gov's voice has never been more powerful.

Thank you, my friend, for speaking out for freedom, justice, and the country we love.

Dear Democratic Members of Congress,

Stop telling me about what he's doing. We can all see it.

Start telling me about what you're doing to stop it!

Signed,

Americans

Best Old Fruit picture ever

Trump: the streets will run like rivers with the blood of my enemies. Their heads on spikes will adorn Congress and every federal building and court.

Chief Justice Roberts: Actually the GSA is in charge of federal court decorations in consultation with the judicial counsel

Great News For Us, Awful News for Trump Onward.

AOC slammed Mike Johnson, saying: “You run the government. If you have the votes, then go ahead. If you need Democrats, then you need to negotiate with Democrats. Those are your two options. Blaming someone else because your shoes are untied isn’t one.”

I'm Not Running in 2026, But I Am Getting to Work We all have work to do in delivering a better kind of politics for America.

I care deeply about who Michigan will elect as Governor and send to the U.S. Senate next year, but I have decided against competing in either race.

I wrote more here about my decision and how I view the work required of us all in this moment:

one thing I've become very convinced of is the need for the civil service to do waaayyyy more propaganda. like you should know about how NOAA makes the weather app on your phone work. you should know that Uncle Sam runs GPS. you should know how impressive the US census data collection effort is, etc

French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine. (...) We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor" #3E #EndOligarchy