In the midst: a feel-good moment . . .
Sunday, July 19, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . a hot Summer Sunday is in the forecasts for Green Country. Moderate Southerlies, bright sun, mid 90's with an afternoon index of 105º in TulseyTown.
Today is the 178th anniversary of the first women’s rights conference in history, organized in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848.
Benedict Cumberbatch is 50 years old today. The multi-laureate awarded British actor was born in 1976 London, England.
It's also the birthday of Edgar Degas. The French painter, sculptor, and printmaker was a prominent Impressionist, born in 1834, Paris, France.
The heated debate in Europe over air-conditioning, and other climate adaptations for us all. – Nathan Gardels, Noema, 7.17.26
Godlike Technology Is Breaking Your Brain: How to manage the information-overload-on-steroids-world. – Steven Kotler – co-founder of the Flow Research Collective – in conversation with Jeff Krasno at Commune.
Integrity. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought, 7.19.26
In the midst of it all, Joyce had a feel good moment. – Civil Discourse 7.18.26
The Sun
...
everything
that made me
has been
a sun to my growing
…
– David Whyte, from “The Sun” posted on substack today, 7.19.26
Desperado target practice . . .
Saturday, July 18, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . slight summer rain chances were in the Green Country forecasts for the morning, giving way to a partly cloudy warm afternoon. The usual summer Southerlies and low 90's are predicted for TulseyTown, along with a heat index of 100º.
Aiming for vindication, he shot himself ten times in both feet. – Miles Taylor, Defiance, 7.17.26
The mailbox this morning was packed with creatives' birthday reminders.
The first Black president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela was born in 1918, Mvezo, South Africa; astronaut, and U. S. Senator John Glenn was born in 1921, Cambridge, Ohio; the Canadian scholar, university president, and U.S. senator from California, S.I. Hayakawa was born in 1906, Vancouver, B.C.; Canadian author Margaret Laurence born in1926, Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada; playwright, screenwriter, and actor Clifford Odets was born in 1906, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
And, author Elizabeth Gilbert is 57 today.
It's also the birthdate of the creator of “gonzo” journalism,” Hunter S. Thompson, born in 1937 Louisville, Kentucky.
“What Leary took down with him was the central illusion … the essential old-mystic fallacy of the Acid Culture: the desperate assumption that somebody... or at least some force - is tending the light at the end of the tunnel.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream, Vintage/Random House. 1971. Original serial publication: Rolling Stone magazine, November 1971.
One ginormous lie . . .
Friday, July 17, 2026. It's Freya's day . . . Moderate Southerlies, increasing clouds, slight rain chances are in the forecasts for Green Country and Tulsey Town today and tonight. An index in the upper 90's is forecast for the afternoon.
Trump's message last night: One ginormous and dangerous lie. – Robert Reich, substack today.
Trump would like to wiretap the phones of even his toadies. – Miles Taylor, Defiance, 7.16.26
Disneyland opened today in 1955.
Today is the birthdate of author Erle Stanley Gardner. The creator of criminal lawyer Perry Mason was born in 1889 Malden, Massachusetts.
Is Consciousness Fundamental? – Alex O'connor in conversation with Robert Lawrence Kuhn, on Closer to Truth.