So, this was about as dramatic as storm clouds get in this life. But not off the top this morning. The dancing messages start the litany of vectors to them. We were told about the biggest US-Russia prisoner swap since the Cold War, more gold medals for the US, and more. The top of the […]

Management had a simple message in the text it sent to frame the morning Management had a simple message in the text it sent to frame the morning production meeting. We assume they intended us to read it before the meeting developed the Daily product, and the contribution to the book they are supposed to […]

We have a weird sort of world this morning, don’t we? Any of these strings jumbled in the image above is worth a vigorous discussion, a bottle of fine wine, or a growing sense of despair. We are doing two out of three already. Let’s start with some good news before we get to the […]

The only word for it all this morning is “weird.” That is a change to the talking points that echo across the messaging. It is coordinated, of course, from the lips of Senate Majority leaders to the host of pundits in the same identical phrasing to describe Salamander stopped by The Patio yesterday to catch […]

That is a Dorothy Parker quote, and we apologize for starting the working week with mild alarm. When uttered, it must have been a memorable moment in New York’s Algonquin Round Table cocktail lounge. Maybe muttered over some rich silk blouse, with pearls and red lips perched on the rim of a martini, a Chesterfield […]

You can see the challenge here, since each of the little yellow explanations could invite a volume of learned- or hysterical- dissertation. We marveled at some of them in the Sunday production meeting, which is abbreviated due to some of the Salts preferring to make the ten o’clock holy service and then be able to […]

You recall the Article 88 restrictions our Legal Section is always in an uproar about, the ones that could rise trouble for the independent contractors who do not work here. This morning has a bumper crop. Historic times can get a little frantic, you know? So, we reiterate the standing footnote that “we respect and […]

So, Legal told us to not even try to explain things depicted in the graphic above, since they were all components of the morning media production. Here is what was approved: without implying either endorsement or disapproval, they reflect an appearance by Congresswoman AOC (upper left) and VP Harris (right) on the RuPaul Drag Race […]

This is all moving so swiftly now that we will note, appreciate, and attempt to capture not the truth of the messaging, but the astonishing variation in speed, intent and effect (intended and otherwise) of what is saturating our senses. If you have been out doing errands, parked at the corner bistro or purchasing some […]

Poet’s Note: The puppies were upset – they woke my Muse at 0245 – My Muse woke me… if only she were flesh and blood… The storm soon followed… – Arrias Summer Storm The dogs awake with a start, Agitated, they sense what I cannot, Outside the humidity is complete, Stormy weather, wet and hot. […]