My mom Marian Robinson was my rock, always there for whatever I needed. She was the same steady backstop for our entire family, and we are heartbroken to share she passed away today. We wanted to offer some reflections on her remarkable life: barackobama.medium.com/statement-on-t…

There is, I suspect, a mass shared emotion right now: people finally feeling a little bit defended when they often don’t, people finally feeling a small sense of justice that they usually don’t. Pro-democracy leaders need to make people feel this exact feeling every day.

I love our tradition of bucking convention and embracing mavericks as much as the next guy but... maybe this felon isn't your guy? just a thought...

Donald Trump Should Drop Out washingtonmonthly.com/2024/05/30/don…

Was there ever a more whiny bitch than this convicted clown?

103 years ago, white supremacist terrorists in Tulsa maimed and murdered hundreds of Black Americans and wiped away a generation of Black wealth.
 
The Tulsa Race Massacre must be remembered with shame as it challenges us to carry on the fight for racial justice in our time.

Here I am again, standing on a finger looking absolutely fantastic.🕶️

Fledgling mockingbirds are some of our favorite summer visitors. We currently have 3 in the songbird nursery, and the rule holds: taller the crown, deeper the frown.

📷: Phyllis Tseng

Blaze it

Queens man convicted

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Our whole world is now an extended Don DeLillo prologue

“It isn’t necessarily about the horrors of the decaying body, but the horror of its no longer being there – which means that above all, Cronenberg has made a love story.”

Nicolas Rapold reviews David Cronenberg’s latest The Shrouds from #cannes2024 bfi.org.uk/sight-and-soun…

I will be your tootsie wootsie

Listening to a group of retirees on holiday at a lovely restaurant, blue skies, taking time out to rail against student loan forgiveness. Truly never enough for some to have it all - others must have nothing

Today is #WorldOtterDay ! The Cincinnati Zoo is home to two North American river otters, Sugar and Wesley! Otters have a nictitating membrane that protects the eye and allows the otter to see when swimming underwater. They work like goggles. ow.ly/sv7O50RYV0r

Listening to a group of retirees on holiday at a lovely restaurant, blue skies, taking time out to rail against student loan forgiveness. Truly never enough for some to have it all - others must have nothing

What a pleasure to chat with Justin Chang at Cannes about standouts All We Imagine as Light, Caught by the Tides and more on.soundcloud.com/7vipig2o3h9kPW…