The cold-hard-facts of the rabbit-hole . . .
Saturday, July 26, 2025. It's the Satyr's day . . . The heat-hammer continues to fall on TulseyTown. Forecasts include heat warnings with indices to 109º by mid afternoon. Walter, my go-to lawn tamer did his magic yesterday morning from 8 'til 10. He said he quits his gigs no later than noon these days. Wise man.
If a peregrin sees fifty times better than we, what do we look like to them?
– Jim Harrison, In Search of Small Gods, Copper Canyon Press. 2009
From the “cold, hard facts” file...
Gavin Newsom yesterday posted some stats Fox News would rather you not know:
52 million jobs have been created since the Cold War.
Democratic administrations created 50 million.
Republican administrations created 1.9 million.
Republican Presidents have one thing in common: recession.
In a stuffed maibox today...
The Nobel Prize laureate Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, was born today in 1856 Dublin,
The founder of analytic psychology Carl Jung, saw the light of day on this plane of existence in 1875 Kesswil, Switzerland.
It's the birthdate of Stanley Kubrick. The film director/producer/writer/cinematographer was born in 1928, Bronx, New York.
Helen Mirren celebrates her 90th birthday today. The Royal Shakespeare Company and multi-award laureat actress was born today in 1945, London, England.
Humorist Jean Shepherd was born in 1921 Chicago, Illinois.
And, the English author, Aldous Huxley, who gave us Brave New World, was born on this day in 1894 Godalming, Surrey, England.
Down a rabbit-hole:
Brave New World is often compared with George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, since they each offer a view of a dystopian future. "What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. – Cultural critic Neil Postman, author of Amusing Ourselves to Death, Penguin, 2005.
Maggie's farm is having a hard time finding workers.
Friday, July 25, 2025.
It's Freya's (Frigg's) day . . . TulseyTown's weatherfeather indicates a cooler 102º index today. As if we'd notice.
Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. – Rumi
L’Affaire Epstein? Follow the money. Joyce Vance is. See Civil Discourse.
While Trump tries to silence everyone who speaks out against him, South Park burned Trump on Wednesday's premiere of the twenty-seventh season of the television series. In it Satan, potrayed in bed with Trump was the gentlest image. Heather Cox Richardson took note on Letters From An American. South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker promise the gloves are off and they're just getting started.
Today in 1965 At the Newport (Rhode Island) Folk Festival, American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan initially eschewed his acoustic guitar to go electric; the controversial performance is considered one of the most pivotal moments in the history of rock and roll.
Like dottir, like silence . . .
Thursday, July 24, 2025. It's Thor's day . . . More sun, more heat, more Southerlies.
You may think if you make yourself small enough, authoritarianism will pass you by. You are wrong. Shrinking your voice doesn’t stop the threat. It invites more of it. –Jon Stewart.
Missed another one …
William Irwin Thompson was born last week on July 16th in 1936 Chicago. The social philosopher, cultural critic, poet and founder of the contemporary Lindisfarne was a major influence on Yers Trooley with his book The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light.
Today...
Novelist Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802 Villers-Cotterêts, France. He authored The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo
And, English poet and novelist Robert Graves, was born on this date in 1895 Wimbledon. He authored I Claudius among many. His The White Goddess is a must read for the poet/myth inclined.
Trump's EPA acolyte is proposing to rescind the landmark 2009 legal opinion that greenhouse gas emissions put human health at risk, which underpins many of the government’s actions to combat climate change,
Everywhere you look today, there’s a confrontation between Trump and the courts brewing as he attempts to acquire still more power. Trump wants to be a king, or perhaps worse, some form of despot. We can’t say this enough. If you followed the news today, or any day, it’s impossible to avoid that conclusion. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse, 7.24.25.
Like Dottir Like Sun Like Silence
Possessed by The Mother of
the ten-thousand things,
in the face of the moon
I see the sun.
I am daughter and son.
You are The Great Mystery.
– jab