Ann Shayne

Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."

Wow! Fantastic piece about craftivism featuring the amazing Michele Lee Bernstein. Hats off to you, Michele!

We at ModernDailyKnitting.com make up each and every sentence, every day, old school like it’s 2015 or something.

Rob Reiner was someone whose work and career was astonishing, from Spinal Tap to The Princess Bride to When Harry Met Sally to A Few Good Men. The range of these movies! Gah!

You don’t have to share what Big Drawls said about Rob Reiner btw, and you don’t have to read it.

It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.

Hanging out with pals and Steve Kornacki at Aftyn Behn election night party. Fingers crossed, huge crowd, NYT just took our picture 🤩

THE STATS ARE IN

To all the volunteers - THANK YOU!!!!

Polls are open TODAY until 7 PM. You can knock on doors, phone bank, and still get involved if able.

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Let's get this done, y'all.

48 hrs to go! Yall, we gotta get Aftyn Behn over the finish line on Tuesday. She’s doing the hard work of freedom with her run for District 7–she’s the first domino toward a flip of Congress. Donate, phone bank! @aftynbehn.bsky.social

Happy Thanksgiving Steve! And would be grateful for context on how this looks in contrast to other turnouts. Aka does this help one candidate more than another?

Heartbreaking news out of Charlotte about the absolutely grotesque behavior by out of control federal agents.

Late Elizabeth the First vibes if Elizabeth the First had bronzer

I slept so well last night, first time in weeks. 🌊

The real threat to Cracker Barrel isn’t a new logo; it’s Buc-ees.

Walter Johnson’s River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom is the history we should have been taught. Completely altered my understanding of enslavement. You will never see an antebellum house the same way after reading this book.

Follow @douglascorzine.bsky.social y’all—smart writing on the arts, theater.

Fun Fack!

What's Next — No Kings

After the weekend’s huge protests, keep the momentum going by checking out concrete actions to take at www.nokings.org/next. #nokings

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Wut?!? Never before!

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The Creativity Challenge: Start With Some Quick Doodles (Gift Article) Today, a fun way to feel less stuck.

fun lil creativity exercise from @nytimes.com today . . . www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The fascism playbook hasn't changed—only the speed we're flipping through its chapters.

Trump Says ‘I Don’t Know’ When Asked About Due Process and Upholding Constitution President Trump repeatedly said he didn’t know when asked in a TV interview whether every person on American soil was entitled to due process, as guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.

President Trump said in an interview that aired Sunday that he did not know whether every person on U.S. soil was entitled to due process, as guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.

ICE and THP raid Nashville's Latino neighborhoods - Nashville Banner Federal and state law enforcement conducted a mass traffic stop operation in Nashville, detaining dozens of people and leaving families in the dark.

ICE, State Troopers Make 150 Stops, Detain and Remove Dozens of People from South Nashville nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/04/i...

Here’s an awfully good one from The Paris Review, by Jeffrey Skinner. mailchi.mp/theparisrevi...

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First year for my lil grape hyacinth babies. #gardening

He slewed, slayed, crushed it last night in Nashville. Go see @joshjohnsoncomedy if you have the chance, so fun.

I keep thinking about the ancient concept of hospitality, what it means to invite people into your house. The White House is our nation’s house; it doesn’t belong to anybody but the American people. To see it abused yesterday is such an insult to all Americans. That’s not how we welcome an ally.

Oh how beautiful. Gosh.