NYT, sheesh
“His lawyers’ own foibles are seldom disqualifying, so long as they defend him in the manner he desires.”
Orange Crate Art
63rd Street Super Market
A corner in Bensonhurst.
Benjamin Ferencz (1920–2023)
The last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor.
Today’s Saturday Stumper
“Work (out).”
“Thank you for all,” &c.
As a retired faculty member, I am long familiar with “Thank you for all you do.” Those words mean little or nothing to faculty who are underpaid.
Another country
In the latest installment of Letters from an American, Heather Cox Richardson asks a pointed question: The Supreme Court, Congress, and the Tennessee statehouse. What would you say if you saw today’s news coming from another country?
The dogcow
At 512 Pixels, Stephen Hackett presents the life and times of Clarus the dogcow.
Friends blogging, blogging friends
Fresca improved a paragraph by Adam Gopnik. Slywy found an abandoned general store, and its history.
Mystery actor
Who?
“Dreamers all”
From Steven Millhauser’s From the Realm of Morpheus.
The Scream?
A Time cover by Edel Rodriguez.
Making HTML links with Alfred workflows
I finally found a good use for ChatGPT: I had it write two workflows for the Mac app Alfred. It took the bot about a half dozen tries over several days to produce workflows that work. Thanks, AI.
Happy returns
Two progressive candidates won seats on our town’s school board yesterday, and a regressive current member was defeated. That makes me happy. Farther from home, Janet Protasiewicz won decisively and will have a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. That makes me happy too.
The indictment
Featuring “Woman 1,” “Woman 2,” and the “Doorman.”
Goodbye to car words
“Did you see that guy? What an inconsiderate driver.”
Recently updated
The president of Hamline University is retiring.
ATTN: MSNBC
If I want to see moneyed persons exiting planes and stepping into big black vehicles, I can watch Succession. At least Succession shows what’s happening in the planes and cars.
All ice cream, all the time
A 1925 advertisement touting Hydrox Ice Cream as a food you can live on.
More trouble, brewing
From The Washington Post: “Justice Dept. said to have more evidence of possible Trump obstruction at Mar-a-Lago.”
An unattended carriage
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, people used to leave carriages unattended in front of stores. This tax photograph features the fourth unattended carriage to appear in these pages.
“About something”
Today’s Zippy: Zippy, Claude Funston, Griffy, a counterman, and Edward Hopper.
“Queens man indicted”
The Queens Daily Eagle comes through.
Today’s Nancy
Olivia Jaimes honors the day.
Today’s Saturday Stumper
“Rats, for instance.”
Recently updated
DFW on the shelf: Now with a screenshot of an MSNBC guest with Infinite Jest and other interesting books behind him.
An EXchange name sighting
From This Woman Is Dangerous.
Olives as cars
“Ann, you got some olives? The green ones with the red tail lights?”
Precedented
From today’s installment of Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters from an American: “This is the first time in history a former United States president has been indicted, although it is worth remembering that it is not new for our justice system to hold elected officials accountable.” Including a number of Illinois governors.
DFW on the shelf
On MSNBC just now: on a bookshelf behind Nick Ackerman, former Watergate prosecutor, a copy of Infinite Jest.
TRUMP INDICTED
I turn off NPR, put on Lassie, fold some laundry, and look what happens.