Victor Luftig

Thanks for posting this: looks wonderful

Sure, and saying goodbye to Schumer et al is important. But I find this analysis--especially the dismissal of "online culture," where Gen Z is demonstrating engagement, commitment, and creativity--unpersuasive.

Ricardo Tomás www.ricardotomas.es

I am not sure what a "photo illustration" is (per the credit), but it looks like an AI-generated response to a muddled prompt. I find the illustrator's images pretty inscrutable. ricardotomas.es

Thanks for posting this. It's imperative that the craven UVA deal be understood in its broader contexts.

I think this is a wonderful piece. I'm very grateful to you for writing and re-posting it. I find it learned, insightful, and courageous.

I don't know why I ever both to start watching highlights on ESPN. The constant commercials always make me give up.

Yes that’s great

Or doing Endgame, especially the Nagg and Nell parts (in the trash cans).

The calls here for "virtual hearings" would seem to have a lot of potential--I wonder if it can become standard practice in invaded cities.

Yeah, you guys called this.

Well, the evident vigilance of those troops suggests that the threat level is high.

Thrilled to find @acolton.bsky.social 's book in my mailbox today!

Holy Windex, Batman! Superheroes descend on UVA Health Children’s Grime-fighting superheroes cleaned windows and surprised patients.

Having spent more time in hospitals (including UVA Hospital) these past few years than I'd have opted for, I take great delight in this--great for the kids, for their parents, for the nurses, for all the staff. Days can get long there. Well done. news.virginia.edu/content/holy...

Spanberger tells BOV to pause process to pick new UVA president Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger says the University of Virginia should wait to pick a new president until after her inauguration in January.

Full letter here www.cbs19news.com/news/spanber...

It's driving me batty that nobody except Heather Cox Richardson, the Washington Monthly, and myself is covering Trump's race to sell off (for likely demolition) "the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal," w/ murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, etc. I've furnish links below to help reporters get started.

Thanks for posting this--seeing it, we rushed out and got a look.

Tuesday's voters thought they were getting an opposition party, not a capitulation party. Schumer is clearly not fit to lead such an opposition, not at the present moment. Replacing him with a leader who can be persuasive in December is how you keep building momentum.

Congratulations and thank you. I hope identifying a potential replacement for Senator Kaine (if he resigns, as he should) is part of your agenda.

Gordon Lightfoot changes Edmund Fitzgerald lyrics A new documentary on the Edmund Fitzgerald has convinced Gordon Lightfoot to alter his legendary folk song.

It's great that he eventually developed strong relationships with the families of the dead--but the recording falsely defames them, and at the time of the song I was told that it was a source of considerable local resentment. www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

This seems like a potential disaster.

Now possible to get through to Warner's office but not Kaine's. I hope the latter's is being inundated with disappointed calls, though I feel sorry for the staffers who are having to hear all the anger. I'd urge sympathy for them.

Kaine and Warner's numbers both busy--I trust with callers demanding that Kaine resign once Spanberger is in and that Warner insist on Schumer's resignation as minority leader.

I so deeply regret every penny I've donated to your campaigns, every minute I spent volunteering for them, every bit of support I've given you. You'll never have another. Please resign as soon as Governor Spanberger is in office.The deaths of those who'll lose health care are on you.

Shame on you. The deaths that will result from loss of health care are on your head.

Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps

More rather than less vital to donate to food banks
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…

The NYT has been part of my whole life, since when my father and I would, when I was 9, divvy it up over breakfast while listening to the paper's radio station, WQXR, so I wish this warning weren't so apt. But it is, and very well issued. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

The corrosive effects of public figures' daily betrayal of trust: if we cannot look up to Chive Lord, how may the empire stand?

How women and minorities are claiming their right to rage Why do many think it acceptable for the white judge Brett Kavanaugh to lose his cool in public, but not the black tennis champion Serena Williams?

Obama was regularly mocked and criticized for his self-control. Our culture demands it unequally. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Well-made piece of writing. I particularly like the third-to-last paragraph.

Shawn Harris for Georgia | Democrat for Georgia's 14th District Shawn believes that more important than being on Team Red or Team Blue is being on Team Georgia — squarely on the side of hard-working Georgians trying to build a good life. That means listening to ou...

No reason to pay _any_ attention to her. Here's someone running against her. He deserves the attention. www.shawnforgeorgia.com