Photo of Tom Lehrer

My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.

Emmett Till memorial shot up with bullets

People with guns proudly posing in front of the Emmett Till memorial shot up with bullets

A bulletproof Emmett Till memorial. Riddled with bullet dents.

All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets.

In some countries, like the UK, there’s a (relatively recent) tradition of letting the party of any lawmaker killed in an act of political violence run unopposed in the by-election.

It lets people know violence cannot change the balance of power. It would be good for the US to do this.

For anyone who thinks I'm joking here (and it's funny, but no) rumor is that the National Guard deployed in LA was sent under a 29 day order to avoid housing allowances, which means they have to fully pay for their own shelter. In LA. Zero notice. Durable fascisms don't shortchange the muscle.

How does #Wikipedia stay reliable? Dame Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight explains how the #WaybackMachine helps preserve verifiable references when sources vanish from the web.

Full video ➡️ youtu.be/u8MAJ76sawU

#LibraryAdvocacy #InternetArchive #NationalLibraryWeek

It's wild to me that somehow Democrats and their consultants are *still* coming away with the message that the moderate approach is the winning one.

It continues to be based on assuming the base will support them forever, and all they need to do is convince some Republicans to join them.

Last night’s article in the Washington Post about D.C. police responding to a 911 call by illegally letting DOGE onto private property is unlike any news story I have ever read. Every single person should read this article and think about where our society is going.

One nice thing about the Trump era is that it’s revealed how much of the American political, media and economic elite believe in absolutely nothing.

🟥 Blindspot for the Right:
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov described the Trump administration’s foreign policy shifts as beneficial to Moscow, saying, “The new administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations. his largely aligns with our vision.”⁠
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Upasna Gautam (@upasnagautam) on Threads Kendrick Lamar’s performance wasn’t just a spectacle - it was a masterclass in layered storytelling, restraint, and subversion. Beneath the music, he was teaching us how to think critically, not jus...

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The truth though…

Best way to directly help incarcerated and formerly incarcerated firefighters is to donate to ARC. They do expungement and run a training center in Ventura to help get folks all the certifications they need:

Donate here: antirecidivism.org/our-programs...

Headline: UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%

No Angel

What's the point of being rich if you can't afford to do the right thing.

UnitedHealth Group shareholders have formally requested the company examine how its policies on coverage and prior authorizations affect patient care and economic outcomes.
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regjeringen.no For the first time, Norwegian F-35s fly with sustainable fuel News Date: 10.01.20251 Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Climate and Environment Minister of Defense Bjørn Arild Gram (Sp) and Minister of Climate and Environment Andreas Bjelland Eriksen (Ap) invite the press to a celebration and technical day about sustainable fuel in Norwegian F-35 fighter jets at Ørland Air Station on Wednesday, January 15. Photo: Onar Dignernes Aase/The Armed Forces

how lovely

Opinion | The Best Time to Fireproof Los Angeles Was Yesterday Can a city lose an entire neighborhood now and simply shuffle on, dragging the local memory like a ghost limb?

As usual #DavidWallaceWells gets it right (but get an account on @bsky.app already!)

TLDR: Blame game on hydrants, smelt, & budgets is mostly BS. Real culprit is climate change & human reticence - we need more home hardening, less urban sprawl, & far less NIMBYism

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/o...

A quote taken from Ursula K. Le Guin's essay "Earthsea Revisioned" reads, "When the world turns over, you can't go on thinking upside down. What was innocence is now irresponsibility. Visions must be re-visioned."

"Earthsea Revisioned" is included in The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition (Saga Press, 2018).