Iโm partial to French cheeses, but many lands produce good items.
โค๏ธ my wife Suzy Kim, daughter HyeYoung Choi; โค๏ธ my small coterie of amiable subversives in Europe, Asia, America. โค๏ธ Yeats, Austen, Brahms; Loreena McKennitt, Ella & Billie. โค๏ธ Les Enfants du Paradis, Seven Samurai, O Lucky Man, Cloud Atlas, Casablanca
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Iโm partial to French cheeses, but many lands produce good items.
California Highway Patrol will continue to protect Kamala Harris after Trump pulls Secret Service protection. ๐ California will always be a thorn in Trumpโs swollen ankles and clogged arteries. www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-h...
The lower right is actually American - Harbison, by Jasper Hill Farms of Vermont.
Yeah. I used to live in France, and Vienna. I know cheese.
California is getting safer. Homicides down 20% Robberies down 19% All within this year. And we're deploying CHP officers to more regions across the state to keep this momentum going.
Horrible. Iโm so sorry. We live out here in northeast Queens - Kimchi land - yet some idiot once told my Korean wife to go back to wherever she came from. Actually, I could live in Seoul. They have everything - except real cheese.
Republicans and union-busting brands will post โHappy #LaborDay,โ knowing damn well that they were the types of people Labor fought against to bring us: - minimum wages - overtime pay - 8 hr workday and a 40 hr week - end to child labor - workplace safety Support unions.
Trump has the best interest of Trump at heartโผ๏ธ How the fu*k can they still defend him?
"The President, on his own, can't tax the American people. That's what King George III tried to do โ we had a revolution about that." Neal Katyal
I like jazz, and also other musical modes. Whatever sneaks in through the psycheโs back door and helps us let go is good. Iโll add that one of the aphorisms attributed to Gurdjieff is "Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the Westโand then seek."
Close enough for Jazz.
That puts me in rather better company than I deserve. I reckon Lao Tzu had a closer understanding of how to conceive of the inconceivable than I will in this go round. I do at least wonder, for quite a while now, what โexistenceโ is. So I may make progress in an incarnation or ten.
Not worth hassling IMHO because they can always say, even with some degree of metaphorical accuracy, that โgodโ made Science. The real question nobody asks is: Can you define god? I say: If I can conceive of it, itโs not god.
It shouldn't be up to American children to save each other from getting shot. It's the job of American adults to stop shootings from happening in the first place. Ban assault weapons again now.
โผ๏ธ๐บ๐ฆ In fact, a confession of a crime, the Ukrainian MFA responded to Russian's decision to withdraw from the European Convention against Torture. Such actions by Russia "finally place Russia among the countries for which the value of human life and dignity is zero."
Requested it, and Holy Mountain too, from our library!
Terrific Handle. I assume youโve seen the Alejandro Jodorowsky film. I saw it in college, and probably should try to watch it again. I understood him to be a follower of Gurdjieff. Which our current regimeโs leaders are for sure not.
Pope Leo makes a 'strong appeal' in Rome for an end to the Israel-Hamas conflict and the release of hostages.
In 2020, when I told people that I was building a pro-democracy media outlet, people thought I was kidding. When I told them that the fight for democracy was the fight of our time, they thought I was being overly dramatic. Well...here we are. Subscribe to Democracy Docket now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
I donโt know if this qualifies as spilling the ๐ซ But release the damn Epstein files already.
I wish BlueSky would make its videos such that I can post them directly to Facebook and Spoutible, etc., or copy and past into an email or text to friends.
Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.
If you think the attack on the Fed's Lisa Cook has nothing to do with you, you're wrong โ any one of us may be next paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...
An illegal and immoral act by a rogue, criminally corrupt dictator.
Two Israeli strikes hit a hospital in southern Gaza on Monday, killing five Palestinian journalists and at least 15 more people, according to local health officials, in one of the deadliest attacks for journalists covering the nearly two-year war in the enclave.
What is worth watching: - Move to Heaven - Extraordinary Attorney Woo
@chanda.bsky.social I started watching the film but I thought it was so bad in every way that in a very rare move for me, I stopped watching it. IMHO: Bad animation, terrible singing, overly hysterical, loud phony โactingโ. I couldnโt see the point.
The Grift family
What our government is doing to Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a vile, racist, cruel, and inhumane disgrace. No Christian, let alone, decent human being can justify this. And if youโre trying to, youโre the problem here.
I know. I understate things, being a Jane Austen fan.
This ๐
Hell, yeah! I want the Rose Garden restored, too. This is my choice for the Gavin meme of the day.
ICYMI: Trump says his administration won't approve any wind or solar power projects. Reminder that Big Oil spent nearly $100M to get Trump elected in 2024. It's a huge payoff for his corporate donors at the expense of a livable planet.
Independence Day brought frontline gains, deep strikes on Ust-Luga and Syzran, 146 people home from captivity, and a $1B Canadian package with new training and Patriots in the pipeline. Read every key update. https://www.patreon.com/posts/top-news-today-137266408
We saw her at the Carnegie Hall concert. She put the Harabajis in the first rows of the orchestra and said they are all her โfathersโ because her birth father is unknown to her. I liked her best in the traditional folk melodies, actually, more than in the Tina Turner style.
A Luddite Regime in every sense. FEMA Employees Warn That Trump Is Gutting Disaster Response www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
If you have a Facebook account, this SouthPark plan will appeal, methinks. www.facebook.com/stories/1416...
Pre-Putsch-Prep.
En direct, guerre en Ukraine : Volodymyr Zelensky rรฉaffirme que la prรฉsence de troupes occidentales en cas de cessez-le-feu est ยซ importante ยป pour Kiev
@governor.ny.gov Send this to Governors of Blue States. substack.com/@anchorlight...
Send this to Governors of Blue States. substack.com/@anchorlight...
www.instagram.com/reel/DLR19--...
Our family will vote for him also, for many reasons, all related to his world view and commitment. He will gather a competent and dedicated team, hopefully including Brad Lander as Deputy Mayor.
Ah, thanks. Didnโt mean to have it get so complicated :(
From "highly CONFLICTED" to "Highly Respected" in just weeks โ and all it took was for him to give away 10% of his company
? Not sure I follow. Is it NOT San Francisco?
Christopher Bouzy has suggested Stacey Abrams (in a Newsweek article). I like Wikler but Ms. Abrams is brilliant and would (I think) be HIGHLY motivational for not only the Dem base, but its moderate and progressive wing, and youth. I would make Abrams and Wikler co-Chairs.
JUST IN: @aliciamenendez.bsky.social reports on a statement from an attorney for numerous Epstein victims and survivors on the release of the transcripts of Ghislaine Maxwellโs interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
Thanks. Not every New Yorker is quite that familiar with SFO, although we all love it.
Thanks. Not every New Yorker is quite that familiar with SFO, although we all love it.
D.C. has more residents than two U.S. states. They pay more per capita in federal taxes than any other state. But they donโt get a serious seat at the table to decide how theyโre governed. D.C. statehood now.
24th? Like, what city or town? Thanks.
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BREAKING NEWS: Federal judge in Miami orders Alligator Alcatraz, the concentration camp in the middle of the Everglades, to be dismantled within 60 days and blocks any new detainees from being brought into the facility. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is clearly a morally correct ruling.
They thought they could bury democracy. Instead, they woke a rebellion. ๐ฅ From NY to CA, a wall of governors, lawmakers, courts & citizens is rising, united in rage, defiance & power. This is no longer politicsโitโs a coast-to-coast uprising. We will not bow. open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...
Here, fixed it.
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Ruth Messinger endorses Zohran Mamdani: youtu.be/Ane52XeOZ4o
And of course, term limits. Or age limits.
Meet Shakira. Ten years ago, she was living in a shelter with her three kids, working at a non-union hotel. Now she's a member of HTC. Unions are how working people can build a dignified life. But in a city as expensive as ours, they need local government on their side.
Kee-rekt.
Bravo, Mr. Obeidallah. I read Robert Hubbellโs daily essays (via email, after subscribing) and he favors more than 13 Justices. I donโt recall if he wants 94 (one per district) or something under that number; but assignments can be shared/rotated. Also, each President should be permitted 2 Justices.
Sine Qua Non, IMHO.
I really, really, canโt wait to vote these schmucks out.
If youโre trying to make it harder for people to vote, stop pretending to give a shit about democracy. Every American - regardless of their political views - deserves to have their voice heard.
JD Vance and Pete Hegseth paid a visit to the National Guard troops and a Shake Shack in Union Station and they were heckled mercilessly. ๐คฃ๐๐
Full video from Katie Phangโs YouTube channel here: youtu.be/k-sljGcl-DY
We all know Trump will declare the 2026 election results to be invalid when democrats win the house and senate. But we still MUST win. From there our lawyers will fight. After that we may need to fight in the streets as well. But first thing is we must win in 2026!!
I was just on a press call with TX Rep. Nicole Collier, @corybooker.com, and @gavinnewsom.bsky.social. Rep. Collier joined us from the TX Capitol. She was ordered to leave the call, and threatened with a felony charge if she didnโt comply. This is an outrageous violation of her freedom of speech.
Update from Nicole Collier, who Texas Republicans had trapped at the capitol building
When police are made to respond to every single failure of the social safety net, this is the result: forced overtime, declining quality of life, an exodus of officers. Our proposal for a Dept. of Community Safety will allow police to do the jobs they actually signed up for.
Texas Democrats return to spend the night in the Texas House in solidarity with Democratic state Representative Nicole Collier, who last night defied the Speaker and refused a police escort to leave the State Capitol. #texas #democrats #protest #redistricting #nicolecollier #politics #trump
I think itโs high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.
The Ukrainian people want and deserve peace and the 20,000 kidnapped Ukrainian children cannot be used as a bargaining chip by the Russians. We need a ceasefire and a pathway to a lasting peace that involves security guarantees for Ukraine.
๐จ PLEASE SHARE ๐จ If youโre in Austin, there is a current call to show up at the Capitol building 1100 Congress Ave. - tonight 08/17 at 7:00pm. The Texas GOP is holding Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier hostage. She refused to sign a โpermission slipโ that would require a police escort!
"Newsomโs threat to retaliate in kind is not a divisive attack on good governance. It is, instead, the only hope for democracy. Bipartisanship right now is appeasement. Democrats cannot and should not hide behind neutrality and fairness as MAGA incinerates the remaining tatters of our republic."
Mortified that the leadership of... Europe... has to come here b/c we couldn't bother to hire a competent woman for the job & instead re-hired a child rapist insurrectionist felon who happens to be Putin's little lap bitch. What Zelenskyy must sit through is now our eternal shame. #SlavaUkraini ๐ป
MOMENTS AGO: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives at the White House for Ukraine talks.
Bye Bye Big Bird ๐ข No more #npr
I thought it was a stupid, pretentious film then, and still do. Same with 2001.
Crow: "Look at what happened. US military personnel in uniform literally were on hands & knees rolling out a red carpet for the most murderous dictator of the 21st century...we keep on acting like Putin deserves to be brought out in open like any of head of state. This is a historic embarrassment."
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "Let's go. This is it. We need to wake up. We cannot survive if he rigs not just Texas, but he goes to Indiana, goes to Missouri, goes to Ohio, goes to Florida. We have to have other governors of like mind, and there are many, to now do something, not just say something."
๐บ๐ฆ Re-upping this one in the name of decency and democracy. Slava Ukraini!
The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%. Thatโs $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class. The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
Prison would be acceptable.
As Suzy said, couldโve done this on Zoom. 12 minutes. Putin speaks first on US soil. Speaks longer than Trump; Trump repeats the โRussia hoaxโ lie. No press questions taken, no deliverables announced. Only result is the US president honors the worldโs worst dictator. Putin gives up nothing.
Not only is this fucking embarrassing, I canโt imagine how much counterintelligence work is going to be required after this trip. Having a hostile head of state in the presidential limo is *insane*
The most powerful force in American politics today is antiestablishment rage at a system thatโs rigged against most people. Democrats should ignore the carping of corporate and Wall Street Democrats and embrace Mamdani and other young progressives as the future of the party.
An ENORMOUS Ukrainian flag is unfurled at protest in Alaska. Donโt forget to subscribe: www.dworkinsubstack.com/subscribe
MAGAts
Joy Reid: Trump is trying to turn the US into apartheid South Africa. I spoke to my friend @joyannreid.bsky.socialโฌ about a range of issues from Trump's open embrace of fascism to racist gerrymander in Texas to the horrors of Gaza. Hope you check it out: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/joy-reid-t...