As of this posting we have less than two hours until the auction closes down. Take a last long look in order to determine whether you need to stand up.
I spent over forty hours traveling to and from Hong Kong last week, and I found myself unable to sleep on the trip home. Overall, I did some academic work,.
The Return of Sunday Battleship Blogging! For those playing at home, the battleships in question are the USS Tennessee and HIJMS Haruna. Other products with these designs can be found.
That’s the last line of T.S. Eliot’s “Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” It came back to me as a particular thing happened while I was playing jazz chords to.
The Trump administration has finally decided on an authority for reimposing tariffs. It has decided that every major trade partner is failing to follow U.S. standards for landing goods made.
OK, so strictly speaking, Jessie Buckley is upset because her character's son is dead. But for her inspiration in this scene, she was imagining that you did not donate to.
Jamelle Bouie (gift link) points out that any Democratic response to Project 2025 that is some version of "restore the pre-Trump status quo" is doomed to failure, and indeed deserves.
Here’s my reading list for May. This is last month's list and you can follow it back from there. Went up late because of the fundraiser. If you all had.
- Will the fires ever cease?
- What should my 7,000th LGM post be about?
- Gimme five
- Inflation now at highest rate in three years
- Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,159
- How ceased is the fire, really?
- Maine Primary Open Thread
- Not to put Descartes before the horse, but this is getting out of control
- An Assignment from Jamelle Bouie
- Easy like Monday morning
