Too cold to go downtown and hold my sign. It’s what I do. 10 years every weekday. I get up early still like I’m going out with the sign. I’ve been staring at the computer. I’ll go read a real book now. Killing time till it warms up a bit. Gives meaning. Purpose.

CSNY

https://youtu.be/YVhn1edWaDA?si=glfTdAOtjU99Xd3b

Bruce.

 https://youtu.be/w24UtTH1R4E?si=_PU-Brpg8cRqKUwR

 Josh Shapiro on ICE in Minnesota, his personal faith, and winning swing districts in the midterms (an interview on NPR)

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Cold outside and between cars coming back from Cleveland yesterday on Amtrak. It was warm in the cars though.

 Since ditching ‘The New York Times’, I’m reading more. 

 

How to read more: 12 book-ish

things to help clear your to-read list

From the right e-reader to a book subscription, here are my favorite ways (some free, some vibe-setting) to read a lot

https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/jan/14/how-to-read-more-books

 A movie worth watching. You’ll see.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7YwE45gP_fk&si=_LZM94U_VRzd3d1l

 Nobel Prize acceptance speech. MLK.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5r98tT0j1a0&si=c22bDOKsuNtq7lJS

I quit ‘The New York Times’ this week after more than 50 years because in an attempt to get more readers than ever they don’t consistently go after Trump. I’ll miss Michelle Goldberg.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=t4Z_RdZOYrE&si=oVCLktlyyVthenOg

 JUST GOT THESE.

 JUST GOT THIS.

 JUST GOT THIS.

 

HE WAS FROM TIBET. He went to school here in New York. I haven’t seen him in three years since the bodega where he worked and where I went every day closed.

 

 MAYOR MAMDANI INAUGURAL TODAY.

 

NO LIFE DEFINED: Yao Miao’s Rise as a Trail Running Icon | Salomon TV

https://youtube.com/watch?v=oI5jK2hN7zw&si=sFZ3QHkz11YwpKYe