"An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world." -- George Santayana
July 9, 2023

On this day in 1977, Elvis Costello quit his day job at Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics to become a full time musician. Elvis Costello, Watching The Detectives.

The Field Negro: The Supremes strike again.

Lawyers, Guns & Money: Recent Oklahoma Secretary of Education says the Tulsa Race Massacre should be taught in race-neutral terms.

Zandar Versus The Stupid: Indepen-Dunce Week: Trump Cards.

Attention space nerds! Ingenuity is Back, Baby! NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Phones Home.

Round Up by driftglass of the Professional Left Podcast and Science Fiction University

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