I know this won't happen, but Hochul removing Adams and then the judge immediately refusing the Justice Dept.'s request to end his prosecution because the rationale that it interferes with his ability to do his job no longer applies would be the week I have always dreamed of Eric Adams having.

It appears irony is not dead after all.

I have long thought that winter would be far more fun if we moved Christmas to February 25. This year more than ever. So I play my holiday playlist every morning. It helps!
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Leontyne, Calculus, and Stupid Stereotypes I just missed Leontyne Price’s birthday but I want to honor her place in my life by reposting something I wrote 8 years ago.

richardslade.substack.com/p/leontyne-c...

We hit the iceberg. Some of us may survive this but it’s going to be and already is a catastrophe.

If you were on the Titanic, who would you have been? Would you have survived? I know me—I would have been in that string ensemble, doing my job.

Terrifying times make for intense humor

Songs from Then That Are So Very Now What Would You Do?

Songs from Then
That Are So Very Now
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Opportunity: when we need to raise a trillion bucks to repair the damage 4 years from now we can finally tax the rich appropriately.

DOGE Staffer ‘Resigns’ After Secret Racist X Posts Revealed One of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency goons resigned Thursday amid growing inquiries over his links to a social media account pushing racism and eugenics theories. Marko Elez, 25, was...

I don’t understand what the problem is. His tweets hardly disqualify him more than the rest of them. Surely they are a feature, not a bug, to the fan base:

news.yahoo.com/news/doge-st...?

When It’s Too Late to Stop Fascism, According to Stefan Zweig I wonder how far along the scale of moral degeneration Zweig would judge America to be in its current state.

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This feels like Germany 1933 but for those Germans who genuinely opposed the takeover the only option was to flee. Some stayed and survived. How? And how can we emerge from this nightmare when there is no US to rescue us?

Maybe time for recall petitions against the cowards who let this happen

I managed to speak with someone at George Latimer’s office but my senators’ phones go to voicemail. Schumer and Gillibrand.

And here we are

But not MLK!

Clarence Thomas…

Sudan Ebolavirus disease

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On 30 January 2025, the Ministry of Health of #Uganda declared an outbreak of Sudan Ebola virus disease following confirmation from 3 national reference laboratories.

As of 30 January 2025, 45 contacts have been identified, incl. 34 healthcare workers & 11 family members bit.ly/40J3N9g

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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

Could someone explain to me why Musk wants access to the Treasury payment system?

No, we can't agree to disagree. This isn't sports. This isn't us rooting for 2 different teams and the winner of the game has no impact on your life, my life or our kids' lives. You support someone who promises to hurt me and people I love. As Charlie Chaplin said, "I don't shake hands with Nazis."