Mike’s Blog Round-Up

"No self-respecting fish would be wrapped in a Murdoch newspaper." -- Mike Royko
By driftglass — March 5, 2025

On this day (well, yesterday) in 1837, Chicago was incorporated as a city. Happy Birthday old man! And so today we have the late Chicago legend Roger Ebert's remembrance of the late Chicago legend, Mike Royko.

Wonkette: Hero USAID Employee Canned For Telling World DOGE Is Starving People To Death.

Show Me Progress: Fascist pig says what?

Digby's Hullabaloo: About The Economy.

Attention space nerds! A Supernova From Deep Space May Have Altered Evolution on Earth Forever, Scientists Say.

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

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