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Pretty good writer. Reasonably competent HusbandParentMusician. Passable teacher. Old, stubborn, and grumpy. Forever fighting book bans, ignorance, and cruelty. He/Him.

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Pledged today to help a senior dog whose owner dumped her at the shelter so he could get a puppy. We really need to start talking about the current human condition because it is bleak

07.03.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 182 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 1

So sad. Love that you’re doing this.

07.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People dumping any dog is so cruel, but I see that more and more, people dumping senior dogs that have been with them for years and years . . . like, where is your soul?

07.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Normalize telling Whiskey Pete to shut the fuck up. Let everyone who hears his dumb voice respond with audible groans and eye rolls - every interviewer, every audience, every camera operator, every person in earshot. May he only know annoyance and disdain forever. Amen.

07.03.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This whole thread is really insightful context for where we are as a diaspora

07.03.2026 14:14 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trans kids are an easy target. Bigots lost ground on attacking gay people, so switched to trans people. And kids are an easy wedge issue because everyone gets worked up about protecting them. It's why book bans started in schools, too. Banning books is unpopular, but protecting kids is popular.

07.03.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The world would be so much better if L were a bloodbender, and same if I at least had one of those Death Notebooks.

Oh, also a novel I've been looking forward to forever, Year Of The Mer by L.D. Lewis, publishes April 7th!

07.03.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
"War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. Though you follow the trade of the warrior, you do so in the spirit of Washington -- not of Genghis Khan. For Americans, only threat to our way of life justifies resort to conflict."
Graduation Exercises at the United States
Military Academy, 6/3/47
"Possibly my hatred of war blinds me so that I cannot comprehend the arguments they adduce. But, in my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war.
Although this suggestion is repeatedly made, none has yet explained how war prevents war. Worse than this, no one has been able to explain away the fact that war creates the conditions that beget war."
Remarks at Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 10/19/50 [DDE's Pre-Presidential Papers, Principal File, Box

"War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. Though you follow the trade of the warrior, you do so in the spirit of Washington -- not of Genghis Khan. For Americans, only threat to our way of life justifies resort to conflict." Graduation Exercises at the United States Military Academy, 6/3/47 "Possibly my hatred of war blinds me so that I cannot comprehend the arguments they adduce. But, in my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war. Although this suggestion is repeatedly made, none has yet explained how war prevents war. Worse than this, no one has been able to explain away the fact that war creates the conditions that beget war." Remarks at Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 10/19/50 [DDE's Pre-Presidential Papers, Principal File, Box

Was browsing the Eisenhower Library site this morning trying to find a quote I remembered.

President Eisenhower, WW2 military hero:

β€œIn my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war… none has yet explained how war prevents war.”

07.03.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 744 πŸ” 270 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 19

If Timothee Chalamet wants to make being a reverse-snob part of his deal, whatever. Be a child, you know?

But at a time when arts funding and support are so imperiled, it would be nice not to lead with your contempt for wide swaths of the arts during your campaign to have your own art recognized.

07.03.2026 02:25 πŸ‘ 1664 πŸ” 226 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 24

introduce yourself with 4 spaceships πŸš€

05.03.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes!

06.03.2026 02:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. Steal that air!

06.03.2026 01:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

George Orwell never said that, but what he did say was, β€œPolitical language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ”

05.03.2026 23:38 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

introduce yourself with 4 spaceships πŸš€

05.03.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Argo! Um Yamato πŸ˜…

05.03.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Fifth Element "Diva Dance" on the Theremin | Carolina Eyck
The Fifth Element "Diva Dance" on the Theremin | Carolina Eyck YouTube video by Carolina Eyck

I did not know a theremin could do this.

05.03.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 8

She is a badass and such a fighter. Such a tough loss last night.

04.03.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Same problem in movies and TV. They want big, fast cash over properties with a lower opener but a steady, long tail

04.03.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

same.

04.03.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Wyoming lawmakers' proposal to ban 'explicit' books from libraries falters as clock runs out The Legislature was advancing a bill that backers saw as a common sense way to keep "sexually explicit" books out of kids hands. Critics saw it as a book ban, and Teton County librarians have lined up...

THE HORRIFIC BOOK BANNING BILL IN WYOMING WAS KILLED.

IT'S DEAD!!!!!!

If your knee-jerk right now is "yeah but so many other ones," cool. *Not right here or right now.*

Celebrating advocacy and hard work matters.

www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/state/w...

04.03.2026 13:20 πŸ‘ 236 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6
Lucille clifton plaque of poem quote: they ask me to remember, but they want me to remember their memories And I keep on remembering mine.

Lucille clifton plaque of poem quote: they ask me to remember, but they want me to remember their memories And I keep on remembering mine.

πŸ’œ

02.03.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I like that picture, trotting a tightrope. πŸ˜‚

03.03.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s the way I felt when I heard about the reboot of naked gun. That turned out funnier than it had any right to be.

02.03.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Graphic of headline that reads, "Judge restores lawmakers’ unfettered access to ICE detention facilities. It was U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb's third time blocking or limiting DHS's efforts to prevent unannounced lawmaker visits." Full text of story linked in reply.

Graphic of headline that reads, "Judge restores lawmakers’ unfettered access to ICE detention facilities. It was U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb's third time blocking or limiting DHS's efforts to prevent unannounced lawmaker visits." Full text of story linked in reply.

BLOCKED: A federal judge has ruled that lawmakers must be able to conduct congressional oversight of ICE detention facilities without being barred. We will not allow Kristi Noem to operate behind closed doors as ICE thugs kidnap immigrants from our communities.

02.03.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 204 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3

Calling AI "slop" has been one of the most effective instances of the public rebranding a product and it pisses them off.

02.03.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 16514 πŸ” 5124 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 63

me too. she has such a sense of fun.

02.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
won't you celebrate with me
by Lucille Clifton
 
won't you celebrate with me
what i have shaped into
a kind of life? i had no model.
born in babylon
both nonwhite and woman
what did i see to be except myself?
i made it up
here on this bridge between
starshine and clay,
my one hand holding tight
my other hand; come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed.

won't you celebrate with me by Lucille Clifton won't you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. born in babylon both nonwhite and woman what did i see to be except myself? i made it up here on this bridge between starshine and clay, my one hand holding tight my other hand; come celebrate with me that everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed.

Missed a week with my 8th graders due to the storm, so one last Black History Month poem as a bridge into Women's History Month.

This one is by Lucille Clifton, which has a line I think about often:

"come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed."

02.03.2026 14:28 πŸ‘ 202 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

No one could have played that as well as CR did in that scene

02.03.2026 00:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Man in pink shirt and dark slacks flanked by two women wearing USA hockey jerseys and gold medals

Man in pink shirt and dark slacks flanked by two women wearing USA hockey jerseys and gold medals

An effective crop can make a perfect picture! #SNL #HeatedRivalry

01.03.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 176 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0