Farewell, Harry Belafonte. What an inspiring life, in his art and in his activism. I'm so sorry that he has left us. (📷Richard C. Miller, 1956)

Actor James Doohan (Star Trek's Scotty) stormed Juno Beach with the Canadian infantry on #DDay, leading his troops over anti-tank mines. He was shot six times, including once in the chest, and was saved by a silver cigarette case his brother had given him. #TCMParty

this is the vibe of every Trump Truth Social post these days

FCC Issues $5,134,500 penalty for illegal robocalling against Jacob Wohl, John Burkman and J.M. Burkman & Associates LLC Parties Made Unlawful Robocalls to Voters’ Wireless Phones Without Prior Consent docs.fcc.gov/public/attachm… Forfeiture Order: docs.fcc.gov/public/attachm…

This tweet, just boosted by Elon Musk, is one of the most vicious online attacks on #autistic people I've ever seen. I honestly feel sorry for any autistic folks who ever took him as a role model. Not only is he not any kind of "savant," he's a standard-issue eugenicist.

We wanted to understand what is causing the intense wildfires in Canada. So we talked to three unvaccinated truckers at a Tim Horton's near Ottawa.

Yeah this passage is it

Putin has outdone himself: He dared compare Prigozhin to Lenin, making the absurd comparison of Wagner's mutiny to the Bolsheviks' principled stance against the inhuman WW1. A reminder to leftists who erred into tolerating Putin: He always hated the Left! theguardian.com/world/2023/jun…

More proof that you can only get good quality coups from the Coup region of France. Everything else is a shabby knock-off.

When Republicans argue they just want to be “left alone” what they mean is they want all the people who offend them to go away. The ‘offense’ is existing.

“So, if you don't control education, you cannot control the future. And Stalin knew that, Mao knew that, Hitler knew that. We have to get that back for conservative values."

Driven to BARBIE-induced psychosis, googled "Adorno memes" and wound up here.

I've been living with Joni Mitchell in my head for so long, I can't believe I'm finally sharing this with the world! Here it is, the cover of TRAVELING: ON THE PATH OF JONI MITCHELL. Pub date March 2024. Available for pre-order here: harpercollins.com/products/trave… Dey Street Books

Irish Senate Votes to Impose Sanctions on Israel, Prevent U.S. Arms from Crossing Its Airspace democracynow.org/2024/2/27/head…

Stepped away from Xitter for a while, and for that matter from doing much writing. But I checked in! Admittedly it's a bit of a downer salon.com/2024/03/04/ame…

Glad to see that the court once again upheld the vibes doctrine, that if something feels "off", then it is strictly forbidden by the Constitution.

I remember when liberals got mad at me for pointing out that Biden's disastrous inflation policy came directly from Larry Summers.

I say this from a (moderately) compromised position, but very few media outlets have the freedom to ignore issues like page views & "monetization" -- and the last few years have seen numerous independent outlets collapse or contract.

You know, I can take or leave Gaelic, I enjoy it, it's fine. But virtually nothing in any sport can match the All-Ireland hurling final. #gaa #CorkvClare

If you're willing to discuss your involvement with the anti-immigrant movement in Ireland my DMs are open Frank L. DeSilva. Or email me: aoh at salon dot com.