“The church has an unconditional obligation toward the victims of any societal order, even if they do not belong to the Christian community.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, executed at the Flossenbürg concentration camp on April 9, 1945.
Might be a good time to read up on “Capital and Labor” in the USA from 1877 and following! “The American Yawp,” an open-source history textbook, has a good chapter here: www.americanyawp.com/text/16-c…
Supreme Court sucks.
Must be nice to be one of Trump’s buddies and make a shit-ton of money on each of these market dips.
Cookéd
Hey lawyers, law wonks, etc.: What law books should an interested, informed USA citizen/resident own for their personal library? Example: Feinman’s “Law 101.” What other recs do you have?
📺 The Residence is getting me through the days this week. 🦅🕵🏾♀️
Has anyone replaced a rectangular gable vent like this old one in my pictures before? Most of the ones I see for sale are 18x24, but I’m not sure whether that fits in between two studs like this opening. Hopefully that’s a common enough size for an opening to be?
They’re coming for libraries and I might take up arms
Oh, so he’s liberating us from…(checks notes)…our money. 💰 🗑️🔥🇺🇸
On the other hand, I think that he needs to run this country into the ground before MAGA begins to see the light. So, yay, I guess? 🫠
It’s embarrassing, just how astoundingly stupid our President is.
‘When the range of factors that can get a person arrested stretches from political speech to a paperwork error, we are in territory described by the Russian saying, “Give us a person and we’ll find the infraction.”’ ~ M. Gessen www.nytimes.com/2025/04/0…
I’m right on the fence about whether I should renew my subscription to The Economist or not. Is it worth $110 for another year?
Mohler, Grudem, Metaxas, et al. have utterly debased themselves for Trumpism. At best, they are foolish idolaters. Why would you trust anything they say about anything of importance?
In spite of myself, I’m tearing-up watching Cory Booker break Strom Thurmond’s filibuster record.
Can’t. Focus.
I’ve always loved the look and utility of Adidas Sambas. However, they’ve always been too narrow for my wide feet! Are there any similar soccer (or at least soccer-inspired) shoes out there for us wide-footed people?
A note from my 6yo when I was “pretty grumpy.” Spelling corrected, it reads: “Dear dad, it is awfully quiet down in the basement. Can you put on some music? It does not have to be super loud. P.S. please respond.”
…I was really hoping the last decade or so was a big “April Fools!”