stevesilberman

stevesilberman, 1 hour ago to random

This "prayer," written by Douglas Adams in 1991, is precisely the comfort blanket of ignorance that Trump, Fox, and the GOP offer their cult members.

stevesilberman, 5 hours ago to random

Neurodivergent alert! Johns Hopkins students invent a QUIETER leaf blower. [via @vladaknowlton.bsky.social] https://hub.jhu.edu/2024/05/14/quieter-leaf-blower/

stevesilberman, 1 day ago to random

True fact: I forget what Bill Maher was ever good at. He's like a Kardashian to me by now.

stevesilberman, 1 day ago to random

The only satire of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" that's as funny as it thinks it is. By the brilliant musician Jeffrey Lewis. https://youtu.be/rWZAWR7UphI?si=kWFs-R8H_bV24b6C

stevesilberman, 1 day ago to random

Happy 120th birthday in emptiness to Shunryu Suzuki-roshi, founder of San Francisco Zen Center, where I was a Zen student. Here he is in the early 1960s, teaching Sunday school at Sokoji, the sole Soto Zen temple in SF at the time. [via cuke.com]

"Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else." - Suzuki-roshi

stevesilberman, 1 day ago to random

GOPers in NC advance anti-mask bill that will sentence disabled and immunocompromised people to death, while claiming it's only meant to violate their First Amendment rights. https://www.wral.com/story/nc-anti-mask-bill-could-violate-federal-law-disability-rights-and-free-speech-advocates-say/21435454/

stevesilberman, 2 days ago to random

To San Franciscans of a certain age, the death of Strange de Jim is a sad milestone. Via quips in Herb Caen's and Leah Garchik's columns, he kept the city safe for weirdos. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/strange-de-jim-obituary-19455986.php

stevesilberman, 2 days ago to random

I am so glad this tribute to Gary Snyder, featuring an appearance by Snyder himself (poet, essayist, pioneering American Zen student, environmental activist, "Japhy Ryder" in Kerouac's "Dharma Bums"), along with Jane Hirshfeld, Robert Hass, Peter Coyote and others was recorded. I'll be watching it this weekend. https://youtu.be/qxlD5cTc8_I?si=Xv2S67brUIzVsoXR

stevesilberman, 2 days ago to random

Happy heavenly 47th wedding anniversary to Jan [who is on IG at @greatsalsa] and David Crosby. In an impermanent world, love allows us to touch the eternal. [photo by me in Solvang, 2019]

stevesilberman, 3 days ago to random

That wasn't a handjob and vaping in that theater, you perverts! Boebert was PRAYING. https://www.threads.net/@bidenharrishq/post/C7DVKtXuLyc

stevesilberman, 3 days ago to random

I just heard the most Lou Reed quote ever. Apparently, when Talking Heads stopped touring, Lou told drummer Chris Frantz, "Ya know, you gotta tour. The fans want to view the body."

stevesilberman, 4 days ago to random

Because North Carolina Republicans can't just jog through fields of disabled and immunocompromised people wacking their heads off with scythes, they've done the next best thing: Making it illegal to wear masks in public. https://ncnewsline.com/2024/05/15/nc-senate-panel-approves-controversial-bill-that-targets-protests-bans-masks-in-public/?emci=cc56a847-5812-ef11-96f3-6045bdd9e096&emdi=e441e1a8-b212-ef11-96f3-6045bdd9e096&ceid=192714

stevesilberman, 4 days ago to random

Huge happy birthday to James Raymond, a brilliant musician who happens to be the son of the late David Crosby, and his collaborator for many great later albums. James wrote a song called "I Won't Stay for Long" for David's album "For Free" that was an astonishing act of mind-melding with his dad at the edge of life and death. Love you, James. You're a genius. https://youtu.be/4NkhLMmcq9Y?si=ccEA94tvZBEyIMsp

stevesilberman, 5 days ago to random

My God, this is the best poem I've read in months. "When My Daughter Tells Me I was Never Punk," by Jessica Walsh.

stevesilberman, 5 days ago to random

Republicans have come a long way since they were the leering, cheering, twisted bigots you see in old photos of lynch mobs. Now they make Tiktok videos. https://www.threads.net/@keithedwards/post/C69f4anpddK

stevesilberman, 6 days ago to random

Former Trump "body man" Johnny McEntee makes Tiktok video claiming he gives homeless people fake money so they'll be arrested when they try to spend it. Then claims it was a "joke." Sounds like the perfect aide for the sadistic, twisted, hollowed-out psychopath he used to work for, currently the leading GOP candidate for President. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/13/johnny-mcentee-tiktok-video-fake-money

stevesilberman, 7 days ago to random

It's not just you. The Internet is boring now. Here's why. https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-death-again-of-the-internet-as?r=57x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3P8H3S1Y2mfLdxtMs0pwriBB_q5uskkI43Da7v1hE1ESyxbORpdoLq7z4_aem_AfjfkGiAqi8SPjPvLnuZGZn1CWMf52byUJj_l5qrYvh17wgrnRdXYbLwdAt4evScJUg7X3UjTWao-nQN8OUqyY4A&triedRedirect=true

stevesilberman, 7 days ago to random

Hi, Mom! This is our first Mother's Day without you, and we miss you terribly. We wish we were taking you out for our usual brunch followed by sweet phone calls. If there was one thing I could do, it would be to commiserate with you about the terrible things we both went through in your dementia. I may always be gutted that that happened to you. But THANK YOU for being such a wonderful, sweet Mom. I adored you.

stevesilberman, 8 days ago to random

One reason everyone's so delighted by photos of the aurora is that it's a glimpse that the Universe is still alive, infinite, and beautiful outside of Donald Trump's colon, which we've all been trapped in for several years now.

stevesilberman, 8 days ago to random

I'm certainly not begrudging other folks' Mother's Day posts - please, make your mom feel loved and appreciated while she's still here! - but this is my first without my brilliant and witty and kind mom Leslie, who I miss more every day rather than less. For folks also missing their moms this weekend, I see you.

stevesilberman, 8 days ago to Autism

If you were waiting to buy my in-depth history of #autism and #neurodiversity, NeuroTribes, it's now really cheap at Amazon. The New York Times called it "Beautifully told, humanizing, and important." https://a.co/d/fDNysnr

stevesilberman, 9 days ago to random

When the great-grandchildren of MAGA voters are getting their Ex-Lax and diuretics together to make a pilgrimage to their great-grandparents' graves, this piece about Trump promising a billion-dollar bribe to oil executives will make inspiring reading. [gift link] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/climate/trump-oil-gas-mar-a-lago.html?unlocked_article_code=1.q00.tSJc._Odqk9_1QgMx&smid=url-share

stevesilberman, 9 days ago to random

Prominent fascist lickspittle threatens America with a good time.

stevesilberman, 9 days ago to random

Finally, the article Mama Cass always deserved. David Crosby used to tell me all the time about how wonderful and wise she was and how much he loved her. Good job, Lindsay Zoladz. [gift link] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/arts/music/cass-elliot-mamas-and-the-papas-death.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qk0.ULeX.IapX-To0hDKJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb