In which I got to interview Robert Jay Lifton, if you can believe it. How to Maintain Hope in an Age of Catastrophe newyorker.com/news/the-new-y…

This should lay to rest any question as to the cruelty, the extremism, the misogyny, and the authoritarian disposition of today's Republican party

Kirby is correct. Tucker Carlson speaking with Vladimir Putin is one liar speaking with another liar. Not one word should be believed.

I watch, read & listen to all sides on all issues all the time, but I won’t watch Tucker Carlson & Putin bcuz I won’t learn anything new bcuz I can’t believe anything I hear bcuz it’s just a thuggish dictator being stroked by his biggest cheerleader. It’s just boring propaganda.

“The story of reproductive freedom in America in a nutshell: Time and again, advocates sound the alarm only to be told that we are being hysterical. Then we watch in horror as our worst fears materialize” slate.com/news-and-polit…

"A cynic focused on power… only to be swallowed by the monster that he enabled to obtain it." Jen Psaki on the real legacy of Mitch McConnell

Fearing the venom of the angriest parents, a SC school district removed 97 books. This December, it returned 92 of them to the shelves. This interview reveals just how empty the attacks actually were. And yet we are still recovering from deep wounds. cbsnews.com/news/beaufort-…

What the hell?

Wtf?

Rest in Peace Jim Simons. Here are 5 principles he lived by that we picked from him in 2022:

The world lost a great man today. A great man, husband, father, grandfather, friend, human, philanthropist. And the funniest everything. 😢

The Bravery of the Persian Women. In which we get naked for peace! A really remarkably strange painting based on equally strange story from Plutarch, painted by my teacher Otto van Veen in 1598.

Why would anyone in their right mind want to listen to lying liar, right wingnut and Trump cultist Glenn Youngkin in general, let alone at their *graduation*??? bluevirginia.us/2024/05/friday… h/t Megan E. Pauly

Jim Simons (1938–2024) was driven by curiosity. His lifelong passion for math and basic science led him to successful careers as a mathematician, investor and philanthropist. Read more about Jim’s life and work: simonsfoundation.org/2024/05/10/rem…

#teachtruth at the Registrar’s in Goochland. Early voting. Come learn why we must teach the truth about our history. Thanks Zinn Education Project!

Chefs kiss to whoever made this 👇

#VA05

Holy sh*t 🔥

the vibes are electric, folks

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