Keskustelutilaisuus ke 4.6.: Sietämätöntä aktivismia – millainen on terveen oikeusvaltion suhde kansalaistoimintaan? https://www.greenpeace.org/finland/blogit/greenpeace/sietamatonta-aktivismia/
Calamus 18 City of my walks and joys!
A celebration of Manhattan. I love Whitman's embrace of cities as being just as vital as nature unspoiled. It reflects the humanist aspect of his joy in the world, not a Thoreau-like rejection of civilization.
I also love that Whitman is writing about cruising the streets, making eye contact with potential lovers, celebrating offerings of love.
as I pass, O Manhattan! your frequent and swift flash of eyes offering me love
Offering me the response of my own—these repay me,
Lovers, continual lovers, only repay me.
Whitman punched up the first line in later editions, escalating to "City of orgies, walks and joys!"
Best of all: everything is free, thanks to #openrouter 😍
I am so sick of all these none-free bullshit websites or chrome-plugins that don't work. Even the custom GPTs in #chatgpt are bullshit. The only YouTube summarizer that works is
Joe Milton 'surprised' but 'blessed' for fresh start with Cowboys, praises QB room chemistry https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/joe-milton-surprised-but-blessed-for-fresh-start-with-cowboys-praise…
This https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.09930 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_qu…
Now that’s a beautiful, free coding typeface by @…:
Server Mono
#web #typography #fonts
Trump Tariffs Face Threat at Supreme Court -- Over Rulings That Blocked Biden (Greg Stohr/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-31/supreme-court-rulings-against-biden-now-threaten-trump-tariffs
http://www.memeorandum.com/250531/p38#a250531p38
Duitse onrust over nationale goudstaven in VS. ‘Het is ons geld, het moet worden teruggebracht’ - NRC
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/…
Calamus 15 O drops of me!
It's a remarkably morbid poem for Whitman, literally about blood dropping from wounds, corrupting his poetry.
stain every song I sing, every word I say, bloody drops
But he turns this blood into a sort of virtue that infuses his poem, starting with an inversion. It's not "saturate yourself with the drops". Instead it's saturate them with yourself.
Saturate them with yourself, all ashamed and wet,
Glow upon all I have written or shall write, bleeding drops,
Let it all be seen in your light, blushing drops.
I can make a case for a queer reading of recognizing gay shame and overcoming it. To take the stigma of homosexuality and turn it into a virtue, "let it all be seen in your light".
But I think I may be out on a limb with that interpretation. Whitman's not typically a writer about shame. And I think "gay shame" doesn't apply well as a concept in the 1850s, that's a malady that comes with a backlash against modern gay identity.
PVV-minister wilde op ‘Trump-achtige’ wijze weer overal naar 130 kilometer per uur | Politiek | AD.nl
https://www.ad.nl/article/~a1e4e24b/
Ahh ... Van die 1e, 2e en 3e prioriteit om overal weer (eventjes) 130 km/u te mogen rijden is ook al vrijwel niets terecht gekomen... 😂