By Lambert Strether of Corrente.
Affected person readers, this can be a journey day for me and therefore an Open Thread. Discuss amongst yourselves! –lambert
Hen Music of the Day
At IM Doc’s suggestion–
Grey Catbird, Indian Springs Wildlife Administration Space; alongside Blair’s Valley Highway, Washington, Maryland, United States. “Grownup Grey Catbird singing from roadside vegetation.” Little question sitting within the catbird seat!
I did assume this was outstanding, although. From Previous Faculty blogger Jon Schwarz (the picture duplicates however the textual content doesn’t):
The DOGE dorks & their penumbra are, as you’d anticipate, stupendously ignorant, drunk with energy, and may very well be extraordinarily harmful. The excellent news is that they’re so out of their minds that it appears unlikely they’re going to handle to do large injury. https://t.co/H6fAF7MSAn by @vhmth pic.twitter.com/u7b5T2AuGy
— ☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ (@schwarz) January 5, 2025
Apparently the entity recognized to us as DOGE has some quasi-formal existence somethe place, however as what? As in “Hey, youngsters, let’s placed on a present!”? Or extra?
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