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You want dystopian? How’s this?

What a great problem to have: being torn between two great books I’m in the middle of…the first novel I’ve read by Canadian crime novelist Louise Penny, share.libbyapp.com/title/6011315, and Jill Lepore’s new amendment-centric history of the US constitution. share.libbyapp.com/title/12004684

“He has that new pope smell, and everyone wants to recruit him to their side.” Me gustó esta cita de Bill Cavanaugh, mi profesor de antaño, en un artículo por @motokorich sobre el primer papa norteamericano. nytimes.com/es/2025/09/20/…

@Pontifex America: “And my choice is…wealth. Is it wealth? Did I pick the right master??”

In the #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 16:1–13), Jesus sets forth a stark alternative between God and wealth, asking us to take a clear and consistent stand. “No servant can serve two masters”; therefore, “you cannot serve God and wealth.” We must choose where to place our heart and clarify whom we sincerely love, whom we serve with dedication, and what our true good really is.

…This guy

Reading gripping new book IfAnyoneBuildsIt.com after @nytimes profiled author @ESYudkowsky last week. Of all the real events to cite in the first pages of its sketched extinction scenario, who’d expect an AI trained on classic deceit-and-backstabbing board game “Diplomacy”?!

There's so much to read now that I rarely have patience for video, but I found this one worth it: nytimes.com/video/us/polit… When we're back in power, let's do better on free speech than this pack of hypocrites. (Practice by replying with one Dem sacred cow we could stand to slay?)

@Brandon_Bird I’m really sorry to have to share this news, as I have been a fan of your work for over two decades since randomly discovering it online. But it looks like someone out-Brandon Birded you:

...Again

Blackout in Webber-Camden, North Minnepolis

Nice appearance by Francisco Segovia of @COPALMN on MPR News today re: immigration. For excellent reporting on how we got where we are on this issue (in particular with the asylum system) today, try "Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here" by @JonathanBlitzer - penguinrandomhouse.com/books/625425/e…

Editorial: La Opinión respalda a Kamala Harris para presidenta de EE.UU. laopinion.com/2024/10/28/edi…

@MariaIsa, this Star Tribune article the other day might have been the push I needed to phone bank with Spanish speakers in a swing state tonight. I had some good conversations connecting with prospective Harris voters to discuss their vote plans. Thanks for the inspiration!

@PADems called 40k Spanish speakers in PA today! 💪🏽 I guess Latinos in the key swing state didn't appreciate the racist, xenophobic tone of last weekend's MAGA rally at MSG: volunteers said the "island of garbage" comment had touched a nerve. nytimes.com/2024/10/27/us/…

I'm attending 2024 PA Victory's event, “Statewide Bilingual Phonebank! (Spanish)” - sign up now to join me! events.democrats.org/event/691202/?…

@PADems called 40k Spanish speakers in PA today! 💪🏽 I guess Latinos in the key swing state didn't appreciate the racist, xenophobic tone of last weekend's MAGA rally in NYC (nytimes.com/2024/10/27/us/…): volunteers said the "island of garbage" comment had touched a nerve.

@JDVance1 why did running mate keep the CHIPS act from passing when in office, so it wouldn’t be until Pres. Biden was elected? I thought you were saying Trump was pro-American business, but now I’m confused.

…Among all the other liberal lies you were telling us about in your latest killer speech at tonight’s RNC. (Props getting a spot at *another* one, by the way - how’d you swing that? The organizers must know raw talent when they see it. No other criteria were considered.)

@DonaldJTrumpJr You forgot to mention the big lie, Don, Jr.!

Dean Phillips must be feeling pretty smug right now.