Leo Marcel Schuman

Pausing Thereabouts Joel and Leo meet up for real, with dogs and a dram o'whisky

Joel and Leo met IRL.

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Places recently seen.

No. 19: America needs stories big enough to win Be a patriot. Fascists hate Americans.

Despair is for losers.

What does it say that a government would starve its war victims and kill over 200 journalists in 22 months? What type of leadership would do such things? Who could allow it?

Substack & The Dopamine Scroll Where should an Old Truck go for more Good Coffee?

If you were spending a few hours each week writing thoughtfully, how would you decide where to share your work?

Be smart. Marry well.

No. 13: Practical corporeal politics. Show up for people you may not like. Become familiar. Look below the surface.

New cup.

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Found. Lost in Montana.

Should America pay for Israel's war? 🧨

Priest Pass, near Helena

No. 3: Raffle off some generators. Beware the one-party state. Peer pressure does not end after high school.

Ongoing thoughts about Snyder's Lessons on Tyranny.

Life alongside.

Being honest about using AI at work makes people trust you less, research finds They say honesty is the best policy − but when it comes to using AI on the job, research suggests that can backfire.

Interesting. People who use AI are perceived as less trustworthy by their peers.

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No. 1: Roller skate in disco shorts. Do not obey in advance. Acts of rebellion are nothing new in America. Just ask the homos.

Homos have known how to resist tyranny for a very long time. Be yourself, no matter what.

To say "Trump is like Hitler" implies he has power he does not have, because the Constitution does not give it to him. SO STOP SAYING THIS. Stop playing into his game. America separates power. Remember this. Insist on it.

Bluesky flagged this image I posted from the National Gallery as porn ("adult content").

If Bsky censorship algorithms cannot distinguish art from porn, then this platform is literally dangerous to American culture.

The Reforestation of American Civic Life: What Publishing Can Do in the Face of the Trump In the time since Donald Trump returned to the White House, he has done more damage to the federal government’s ability to function than any president in history. He has lit the fuse on a hal…

Yep, this. Civic community happens because we show up and make it happen. Some help from the news and publishing industries would be nice. Can they give as well as take?

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Why survivalist lifestyles are not Have you ever dreamt of having a cabin in Montana? Why?

"No hunter needs 10,000 rounds of rifle ammo in his garage. That supply level would be for a different, and more political, project."

The Republican coalition is starting to crack over using anti-LGBTQ cruelty as a political tactic. In Montana?

More art from DC, because art speaks its own language. Zoom for a better look. The detail in the Civil War memorial is stunning.

Michael Henry is skeptical.

More of the week's art

Yesterday with Laurie Anderson.

All politics is local. Real change happens neighbor to neighbor.

Untitled (Yellow and Blue) - Mark Rothko, 1954

A D.C. art museum has chosen to cancel an exhibit 3 years in the making by its creator, because it includes "queer" themes.

Cowardice is not a good look. Art without bravery is just decoration.

Why would we reject someone who wants to serve our country? Are we no longer the home of the brave?

A small-state lesson in hope. Are progressives leaving money on the table when it comes to winning elections?

"You gotta give'em hope." - Harvey Milk

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