Kit Stolz

reporter/writer

[Kit Stolz @kitstolz]

@ramonashelburne Love your work but that famous quote comes from Heraclitus, one of the early (and great) Greek philosophers, Ms Shelbourne

[Molly Jong-Fast @MollyJongFast]

Why?

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Messier and messier.

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

"Remember, when you leave this Earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received—only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage."
~ St. Francis of Assisi

[Kit Stolz @kitstolz]

@batcountry1980 kinda know what you mean

[Robert A. Pape @ProfessorPape]

Houthis just declared Red Sea closed for Saudi oil

If this stands, loss of another 4-5 million barrels a day

The Titanic is now hitting the iceberg and there are not enough lifeboats for the world economy

Iran’s leverage soaring

[Rook @Cpt_Rook]

“The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.”

- Paul Valery

[Acyn @Acyn]

OSSOFF Speaking in Atlanta

Ossoff: I don’t know if you saw, but I had the opportunity to question the president’s nominee to be Director of National Intelligence.

And I asked Mr. Clayton, the nominee, a very simple question. I asked him who had won the 2020 presidential election.

He was unable—he was unwilling—to answer that question truthfully under oath.

Because it’s like an initiation, right? It’s like the cost of admission to Donald Trump’s inner circle is that you must prove you are willing to lie to Congress.

So he sat there—you can watch the tape—he sat there over and over and over again, refusing to state a basic fact because that is what his boss demanded of him.

And it was a basic fact about American elections.

And this man is now in line, if he’s confirmed, to be the top intelligence officer in the United States.

Now remember who his predecessor has been: Tulsi Gabbard.

Y’all have heard that name because Tulsi Gabbard, the senior-most intelligence officer in the United States—not a law enforcement official, okay, the spy chief—was sent down to Georgia by the president to oversee the seizure of your ballots from an election facility here in Georgia.

When you reflect on the kinds of things that happen in corrupt and abusive governments around the world, when the security officials—okay, when the spy chief—is getting involved in ballot raids at election facilities, that’s a huge red flag.

And that the man he’s now appointed to replace her will not state under oath basic facts about recent elections, as the president gives these menacing primetime remarks signaling clearly his intent to attack the elections and to undermine voting rights, sends a chill down all of our spines—Democrats, independents, and Republicans.

It’s not enough just to win this fall. We have to win so decisively. We have to rebuke these abuses so clearly that no president for centuries will dare this kind of brazen abuse and corruption.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Moscow looks quite picturesque today.

Very gradually, Russians are beginning to realize that the war is getting closer to them.

Today marks Day 1,606 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

For 4 years, 4 months, and 24 days, the Ukrainian people have been heroically resisting Russia's aggression, and every Ukrainian knows what war is.

[Beth Levin @op109]

'Therefore, dark past,
I’m about to do it.
I’m about to forgive you
for everything.'
Mary Oliver
***
wanderthewood ph.

[Mario Barreto @Mariorarara]

Hablando de La Odisea, uno de sus pasajes más tristes y hermosos quedó inmortalizado en Ulises y Argos, de Briton Rivière. En el canto XVII, Ulises vuelve a su palacio tras veinte años de ausencia, envejecido y disfrazado. Nadie lo reconoce, salvo Argos, su perro, postrado por la vejez y el abandono. Al percibir su olor, levanta las orejas y mueve la cola. Ulises contiene las lágrimas y pasa de largo. Después de ver a su amo por última vez, Argos muere, al fin, en paz🥹❤️‍🩹

[Irlandarra @irlandarra2019]

ICE arrested 4 members of Oglala Sioux Tribe….released 1

"There is nobody more American than American Indians! We are America, how can you possibly target Native Americans? It's legally impossible!"

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

How pathetic is Sen. Thom Tillis?

Tillis: Because of my deep respect for the survivors, I won’t vote for Blanche unless he meets with them.

The survivors: Well, we had a meeting and Blanche was totally unhelpful, dismissive, and disrespectful,

Tillis: I’m good.

[pauline kael bot @paulinekaelbot]

Most directors who make sweet movies are unskilled, and you’re supposed to forgive them their incompetence because of their niceness. Spielberg may be the only director with technical virtuosity ever to make a transcendently sweet movie. (1977)

[Kit Stolz @kitstolz]

@MrMikeZiti @EricTopol Thank you for explaining this

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

Health care premiums are skyrocketing because he won’t extend the tax credits. His tariffs are crushing Minnesota farmers and small businesses, and his war with Iran is raising prices even more. But instead of doing anything to lower costs for Americans, Donald Trump continues to attack the right to vote.

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

Trump just said America is the “hottest country in the world.” Well, thanks to his outrageous climate denialism and terrible environmental policies, it certainly feels like it.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

A very annoying thing that happens now is that people who know nothing about a subject will "consult" AI, get the wrong information, and then try to "correct" you on a subject you actually know something about. They treat AI like the Oracle of Delphi

[Nella @gigi_dreamer]

"What is life if not the shadow of a fleeting dream?"

Umberto Eco / Baudolino

📷Hannes Caspar