Oh this is funny!

James Baldwin for Life Magazine, 1963

Happy Thanksgiving (I feel we can start sayint that now.) I'm mostly at the xlike place now if you miss me here.

Holiday hint: buy advent calendars in 2-3 weeks on clearance. I buy a stack of them at Aldi, sometimes at 25 cents. I am happy to eat two weeks of treats & start my countdown on the 14th, or to use the shaped chocolates on cookie plates. Also, are you following me on blue place.

Reminder: 139 Republican Congressmen and 8 Senators voted to certify Trump’s attempted coup In South Korea the president’s party gave him zero votes for his coup

I don't want to alarm anyone, but I just realized that 11+14=25, and today is December 11.

Scrooged is a much better movie than I knew. Carol Kane is a wonder!

Elon Musk ordered his puppet President-elect and House Republicans to break the bipartisan agreement reached to keep government open. House Republicans are abdicating their responsibility to the American people and siding with billionaires and special interests.

* Elon demands bipartisan bill be changed in unhinged tweetstorm * Republicans renegotiate bill with themselves * 38 Republicans refuse to vote for the new Elon-approved bill * Elon blames Democrats Only the dumbest people would fall for this.

The lists I am making & checking twice are for groceries & menus for a family that includes an astonishing variety of dietary restrictions. Santa had it easy.

LA Times: Important local info on wildfires is paywalled. Los Angeles Times pls remove your paywall — #PalisadesFire

The real looting in America is Stephen Schwarzman (the CEO of Blackstone the largest landlord in America) becoming more than $40 billion richer in the past decade, jacking-up rent by up to 79%, evicting thousands & spending over $14 million to oppose rent control in California.

Trumps request an apology from Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde in response to her sermon🤔 I recall the biblical tale of Jesus being so offended by the money lenders and commercial transactions occurring within the synagogue grounds, he violently overturned tables🤔

It's worth listening to the entire sermon, not just the last few minutes that the news stories are circulating. Not that added context changes the meaning of what Bishop Budde said -- far from it. But because the whole sermon is just worth listening to. youtube.com/watch?v=91NNmH…

I just got a report that the Minneapolis VA has stopped hiring workers thanks to a hasty Trump Executive Order. They’ve rescinded offers to dozens of people who were going to fill critical roles to care for vets.

So Tesla board chair Robyn Denholm and board member Kimbal Musk recently sold over $70M combined in Tesla stock. 🤔 #CorpGov #ExecComp Bartlett Naylor Sarah Anderson Rosanna Landis Weaver electrek.co/2025/02/06/tes…

I'm at this place less and less, but wanted to pop over tonight because I'm pretty happy about Wisconsin and this seemed the place to be. (But y'all should come over to Bluesky.)

Had a wonderful meeting today by a consultant by Renewal by Andersen & I was extremely impressed with her knowledge. She's paid by commission & since we aren't going to use them at the moment thought I'd give a shout out here. Honest craftspeople are so important.

Sometimes I pop by here for the higher numbers. Then I see that Boelter isn't even trending, that a fair number of people here want to pretend it didn't happen or are twisting themselves into deep-state conspiracy pretzels w false claims. Back I go to Bluesky.

Dreadful experience just now w Marriott Hotels where I have been a member for years, first on-line & then on a call. Unable to proceed without verification but unable to verify b/c I can't add my cell phone w/o verifying first. A human w common sense could solve this.