Steve Munger

We deposed the Iranian leadership back in the 1950s…much of our ongoing conflicts with Iran stem from the fallout from that event. No lessons learned…

I really appreciate this TikToker with Tourette syndrome, Shay, for taking the time to educate so many of us (including me) about her disability and coprolalia in light of what happened at the BAFTAs with John Davidson when Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage.

I learned a lot.

I’m glad you escaped

Wow, that’s ugly. Was it one of those situations where the health system policies completely subsumed any consideration of research?

I am so happy I was able to escape Florida, and feel for my former university colleagues that have to put up with this degradation of education and research.

Wow.

Excising the Cancer in Our Institutions We need to start thinking about how we are going to separate the sheep from the wolves in sheep's clothing.

Some thoughts on what de-magafication of our institutions might look like when this nightmare is over (free post) open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

The Screaming Pleas

It’s so hard to keep the new medicine straight. Was it malaria or tuberculosis where raw milk laced with E. coli is the preferred treatment?

Wait…I thought that was the preferred cure for measles…

My toes indeed need more covering. But my governor isn’t trying to kill everyone. Trade offs….

Context is everything…I was just thinking how warm it is today after the past week of getting into the single digits some nights.

Screenshot from "Tortoise Wins by a Hare," a 1943 Bugs Bunny cartoon. It's a newspaper front page, banner headline: HARE RACES TORTOISE TODAY Further down the page, near the fold, is a much smaller headline: ADOLPH HITLER COMMITS SUICIDE

One of my favorite jokes of all time is "Adolph Hitler Commits Suicide" being a tiny headline under the banner story about a hare-vs-tortoise race ... in 1943, two years before Hitler committed suicide. He was alive and well when the Warner Bros. cartoonists made this joke.

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:

1. The Historical Jesus
2. Cellular Neurophysiology
3. Slavic Folklore
4. Developmental Biology
5. Intro to Economics

I am so sad now. She was beyond great.

It’s a fair point. But I’d also say that what counted as conservative then is nothing like what the self-described label is now.

Definitely agree that the ‘80s were a great time to be a teen. I just don’t see the connection to now a bunch of our generation has turned into a bunch of fearful bigots concerned about their taxes. Rather, I just think it is what too many people in their 50s do (it happened with the Boomers).

Gen X members were born from 1965-1980. I doubt even the oldest ones (like me) were giving a lot of thought to the politics of Jimmy Carter.

A very important point (or several) in this thread

A stylized ruffed grouse bird spreads its wings on this riff on the Rebel Alliance logo. The bird is in the center of a circle, painted in shades of red, green, yellow, and black, in the style of a Pennsylvania Dutch folk painting. A small eight pointed star is to the right of the bird’s head. Under the logo is the text “Pennsylvania Civil Resistance”

I love this spectacular Ruffed Grouse Pennsylvania resistance bird by Jen Rand ( @jenrand.bsky.social ). The star is a nod to the Quaker tenet of nonviolence, and the style harks back to PA Dutch folk art.

Black and white husky, peeing in the snow. Well, on the ice crust.

Watch out where the Huskies go,
And don’t you eat that yellow snow.

Plows can’t drive on these roads, so you probably shouldn’t either

To be fair, it is unlikely that most in the US even know that there are Albertan separatists. And probably a large number that don’t know where Alberta is.

Pegula just laying out a tremendous case for why no coach should want to work for him.

Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable

This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

Iconic imo

I am surprised they folded so quickly.

It will be interesting to see if Beardsley follows.

Ask him how he’s going to pay for it and drive himself to the store

a giant robot is flying through the air with his arms outstretched against a blue sky . Alt: a giant robot is swinging hums arms back and forth.

Johnny Socko’s Flying Robot

Indivisible organizations are a great way to stay informed of protests and political action in your area. Follow them to stay in the loop and get involved!

I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.