My latest: "Numerous studies show that majors in the humanities—typically, in departments of English, history, philosophy, religious studies, classics and languages—lead students to employment and life satisfaction outcomes as positive as those for majors traditionally championed as 'practical.'”

It’s also doubtful Kennedy gets even a fraction of what LBJ got passed. Winning by such a huge margin in ‘64 made for an opportunity that *very* rarely comes around. (Almost never, in fact.)

I say that not to be Pollyana-ish, but just to add that now we're in an America that's about 56% white, and now with most people having a living memory of open, democratic, liberal, tolerant society (more or less). That gets discounted too much in these discussions, imo.

Something I keep coming back to: as late as 1960, the country was 90% white, segregation had been the law of the land for a century, and the Klan had millions of members across the US. And all that still couldn't stop the momentum toward a freer, more liberal, more democratic society.

I’m gonna have nightmares about that photo! (What’s it from?)

This, 💯. Not that social media doesn’t have its problems, but I keep thinking of those photos of the KKK marching down the streets of DC in the 20s, or that famous Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden in the late 30s/40s. No Twitter back then, yet the Klan had millions of members all over the US.

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Fifty miles off the Tuscan coast, in a sparkling blue expanse, ancient creatures are roosting beneath the waves. They spend their days feasting on an unlikely source of nourishment: methane, a potent greenhouse gas that leaks out of cracks in the seafloor. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/c...

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W.P. Kinsella’s ‘Shoeless Joe’

seeing folks holding a Pride fest in Lufkin, TX....y'all we are going to win

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

the portland frogs are just so great

every portland frog video and picture brings joy. a real "we will win" vibe from those frogs together strong

"Make cities safe and fun for kids to run around and play in" is a pretty good guiding light for urban planning

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

From the great novelist Sherwood Anderson, a letter to his son.

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but