Quincy Jones earned a scholarship to Boston's Schillinger House (now the Berklee College of Music) in 1951. A display outside the Office of the President features facsimiles of the then-17-year-old's letter of inquiry and application for admission. #RIPQuincyJones #RIPQuincy

Make your voice heard.

"...they lived above a convenience store..."

Yes it is.

Shares in Trump's social media company have been halted amid a sudden and steep selloff

If you're struggling to describe your emotional state today, may I offer up the term - nauseously optimistic.

I cast my vote for decency, integrity, and principled leadership… #bydhttmwfi #Election2024

From colleague @holmeslybrand: The Philadelphia Police Department told CNN they were not aware what Trump was referring to and did not know of any issues with voting that required a law enforcement response.

From CNN’s Marshall Cohen and Yahya Abou-Ghazala: Detroit mayor’s office says they don’t know what Trump is talking about; spokesman for Detroit elections department says, “We are unaware of any police presence in the city for elections beyond what was outlined in a press conference

Been catching myself grinding my teeth all day.

Regardless of the outcome, it'll always make me sad that so many people in this country happily vote for pure hatred, bigotry, and cruelty.

Whatever the result, it will never not be absolutely terrible that it’s even this close.

No matter what happens, it saddens me deeply that rape, felonies, trying to overthrow our democracy, misogyny, racism and transphobia are somehow not deal breaks for 10’s of millions of Americans.

I was reticent to leave here during an election, but now that it’s over I’ll be closing up here in the next few weeks and moving over to Bluesky.

Friday will be my final day posting on this hellsite, after which I will be moving to Bluesky, same handle as here. Also finally unsubscribing to the New York Times, which spectacularly failed in its mission in depicting him for what he is.

“America has now twice elected [Trump] as its President. It is a disastrous revelation about what the United States really is, as opposed to the country that so many hoped that it could be.”

Reupping this. It’s bad enough to have to be under the rule of one spoiled child. At least this one I can walk away from. I just hope more people migrate over.

With this speech and her earlier call conceding the race, Harris is affording Trump what he did not afford to the incoming Biden-Harris administration: a commitment to a peaceful transition of power and acknowledgment of a legitimate victory.