Anna Nadolskaya finds a makeshift memorial for our poor departed Secretary of Selfies: More puppy wisdom from our friends around the net: In Letters from an American, historian Heather Cox Richardson goes to the original debates in the 1700s about the Constitution with an unusual approach. She looks at the words. In Federalist #26, one of the…

[Rescued from Fair And Unbalanced after a Russian hack from a Moscow group] Originally published 9/29/2014, when memories and pain of 9/11 were still fresh. Seemed appropriate now as the Trump administrations purges women from combat roles. And in view of this occurance during the attack on Iran: This lady ate a surface-to-air missile, sustained…

So it’s fiction, but it never hurts to be reminded. David Lopez and company remind us: And we have more wisdom coming to us from our internet family: In Letters from an American, historian Heather Cox Richardson looks at Donald Trump’s State of the Union message. She contrasts his campaignesque presentation with the sober response…

A confluence of somewhat distant travel (just back), upcoming surgery, and more follow-up on a serious parking lot assault 2 years ago, has snowed me under this week. With luck, I’ll be back February 28. I was warned about the aging process. Seemed like a good idea anyway.

An educator’s job can sometimes be hard: As always, we can find wisdom from discerning bloggers: M. Bouffant at Web of Evil has a few dozen links as Bad Bunny drives MAGA into crazy rage (including Trump, who hates the performance while insisting he didn’t see it). Record numbers enjoy the Super Bowl halftime, contrasting…

Shamelessly stolen from @Buitengebieden, who posted an upbeat exercise on mastodon. More insights from our internet fountains of knowledge: Noted author John Scalzi discovers, to his astonishment, that his name appears in the Epstein files: HOLY FUCKING SHIT I AM IN THE FUCKING EPSTEIN FILES Specifically, my essay "Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting" is…

We have to look forward to happier times: For now, there is sadness, grieving, courage, and hope. Ted McLaughlin at jobsanger covers the shooting and cover‑up. ICU nurse Alex Pretti was rushing to assist a woman who had just been knocked down by ICE agents. As he was helping the person to their feet, he…

More wisdom from Mount Internet: In Hackwhackers, Trump writes a disjointed missive, complete with logical lapses and run‑on sentences, that threatens Norway with an invasion of Greenland against Denmark because a private group in Norway did not award him their peace prize. Got that? Hackwhackers has a thought: It’s past time for the 25th Amendment…

Look for hope, even in small moments: @whiskeywhistle98 reacts, as a decent human, to last week’s Minneapolis killing and its immediate aftermath as a victim bleeds out: Key exchange: Doctor: Can I go check her pulse?   ICE officer: No! Back up! Now!   Doctor: I’m a physician.   ICE officer: I don’t care! At…

Title says it. How about we pick things up next week? See you January 17?