“which, I repeat, was mighty—but has to do with our impulse to look back on what we now imagine to have been a happier time. It is an adulation which has panic at the root.” -James Baldwin 2/2

“We live in a country in which words are mostly used to cover the sleeper, not to wake him up; and therefore, it seems to me, the adulation so cruelly proffered our elders has nothing to do with their achievement —“ 1/2

welcome to bluesky. we have rules here: 1) slide to the left 2) slide to the right 3) crisscross 4) cha cha real smooth

This. The water in DC is nasty, too. Gotta go filtered or spring water in a number of places.

It has a taste

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

The few times I’ve gone a scrolling has been…interesting. It’s giving current Twitter chaos without seeming to be much of an improvement. 🥴

Oh hey there!

@dougchu.bsky.social what do you think?

Still not sure about this place. Does anyone have thoughts/feedback on their experience so far?