It's firefly season, and sitting under a dark, star-filled sky as hundreds (or thousands) of gently blinking both hang in the air and gradually move about the property is a feeling I'd bottle if I could.

Summer is my season of choice, and this is certainly one reason why.

youtu.be/qIwFsYyroJ0?...

"We don't have enemies. We have some people who don't know us...Alexandre, before being a killer, was a victim himself. Before planting his bullets in the heads of his victims, somebody planted ideas more dangerous than the bullets in his head." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I know I'm a bit late here, but may 2025 be as prosperous and/or preposterous as your heart desires.

Welcome to the public domain, THE SKELETON DANCE (1929). 🎞️ 🎶👻 Walt Disney Studios' first Silly Symphony cartoon is a wordless masterpiece of synchronized animation & music featuring dancing skeletons in a graveyard.

➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025⁠

Something I enjoy about social media is its ability to level out society.

Mark Hamill, just another guy, posting away.

This is a great profile of Craig Unger and his recently-published book on the straightforward treason detailed in that NYT feature.

archive.ph/677Gh

A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election

“History needs to know this happened. Knowing the end is near for Carter put it on my mind more and more...I just feel like we’ve got to get it down (on the record) in some way."
www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/u...
Published 2023

Jimmy Carter personifies the power of one person to dramatically change the world for the better.

When he started his campaign to eliminate the Guinea worm in 1986, there were 3.5 million cases
Today, there are 7
www.cartercenter.org/health/guine...

Jimmy Carter's post-presidency example of doing good for the sake of doing good, without expectation of (or desire for) any sort of special recognition for his efforts, speaks to the true measure of his character.

My thoughts from 2023 stand. His was a life so well-lived.

At great personal risk, Jimmy Carter helped Canada manage one of the world’s first nuclear accidents at Chalk River in 1952. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

1/ We Three Kings is a Christmas carol I reflexively disliked when young, but I've come to appreciate after learning of this gorgeous (and dark?) verse I hadn't known because my aversion to the song led me to completely tune it out.

Last night, searching for different versions of this song,

I've been waiting to share this gem, which I bookmarked three years ago.

Happy Solstice, and may the remaining days of 2024 be cozy.

My oldest sister used to listen to Tori Amos all the time. I wasn't much of a fan, save for a few songs.

Not sure why.

This one, though, is one of few songs I always liked, and this version is so good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtLa...

Always nice to find a good tree topper. #wildlife #photography

I can't quite describe the delight of unexpectedly coming across my own name and words cited approvingly in a foreign publication.

Haaretz is easily the most valuable subscription I hold.

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

While I prefer physical books over other options, I have an Audible account b/c some of their original pods/docs are outstanding.

This story and anniversary brings to mind one such listen: Pulse, by Trevor Aaronson. Everything many 'know' about that tragedy is wrong.
coloradosun.com/2024/11/19/c...

Mike Pence's stated opposition to RFK Jr.'s HHS nomination lays bare the difference between being ideologically Pro-Life™ and actually being pro-life.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...