{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Mark Stoneman","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/markstoneman","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1615036","username":"markstoneman","bio":"This is my blog on the social web, hosted by Micro.blog · On 🦣 I am @markstoneman@zirk.us and on 🦋 I am @markstoneman.com · Historian, editor, and translator for hire (🇩🇪 to 🇺🇸) · Longtime resident of Washington, DC, now caregiving in Conway, NH · he/him · 🏳️️🇺🇦🗽","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":60,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2025/06/1615036.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"87149659","content_html":"<p>Seen at the No Kings protest today:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>IMPEACH THIS FAUX-KING MORON!</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/03/28/seen-at-the-no-kings.html","date_published":"2026-03-28T17:06:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-28 17:06","date_timestamp":1774717584,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87149660","content_html":"<p>Have finished reading <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John-Paul_Himka\">John-Paul Himka</a>’s <em>Ukrainian Nationalists and the Holocaust: OUN and UPA’s Participation in the Destruction of Ukrainian Jewry, 1941-1944</em> (Ibidem, 2021).</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/03/28/have-finished-reading-johnpaul-himkas.html","date_published":"2026-03-28T05:31:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-28 05:31","date_timestamp":1774675915,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87122653","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://wartranslated.bsky.social\">@wartranslated.bsky.social</a> Why is “Ворог” mistranslated here as “faggot” instead of “enemy”. Not cool.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/post/3mhsucrr3os27","date_published":"2026-03-24T15:11:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-24 15:11","date_timestamp":1774365099,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87122654","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://karishmaforsenate.bsky.social\">@karishmaforsenate.bsky.social</a> A more equitable tax system in the state would help. Too much depends on local property taxes.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/post/3mhrcsfsisk2r","date_published":"2026-03-24T00:25:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-24 00:25","date_timestamp":1774311937,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86640313","content_html":"<p>The spring sky is full of snow.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/03/20/the-spring-sky-is-full.html","date_published":"2026-03-20T22:58:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark 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Royale</em>. 👏</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/03/13/this-evening-jan-bhmermann-called.html","date_published":"2026-03-14T02:21:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-14 02:21","date_timestamp":1773454879,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/post/3mgyexdmg4a2h"]}},{"id":"86169261","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://yairwallach.bsky.social\">@yairwallach.bsky.social</a> And there’s no way in hell that this administration has the chops to negotiate such a thing, even if they were so inclined.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/post/3mguwypir4s25","date_published":"2026-03-12T17:39:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-12 17:39","date_timestamp":1773337191,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86169262","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://volts.wtf\">@volts.wtf</a> It’s hard to see this kind of thing as accidental, given the way SecDef kneecapped a Pentagon program to reduce civilian casualties. The command climate created by their weird tough-guy rhetoric and glorification of violence ain’t great either.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/post/3mguwsz2wlc25","date_published":"2026-03-12T17:36:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-12 17:36","date_timestamp":1773336999,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86029521","content_html":"<p>This report is devastating: Hannah Allam, <a href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-defense-department-iran-hegseth-civilian-casualties\">“Trump DoD Axed a Program Meant to Limit Civilian Casualties”</a>, <em>Propublica</em>, March 10, 2026.</p>\n<p>Our leaders are looking more and more like war criminals. So are the legislators who’ve been shirking their oversight responsibilities.</p>\n<p>Allam writes:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Beyond the moral considerations … civilian casualties fuel militant recruiting and hinder intelligence-gathering. Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who commanded U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, explains the risk in an equation he calls “insurgent math”: For every innocent killed, at least 10 new enemies are created.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Sec...</p> <a href=\"https://markstoneman.com/2026/03/12/this-report-is-devastating-hannah.html\">markstoneman.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/03/12/this-report-is-devastating-hannah.html","date_published":"2026-03-12T07:17:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-12 07:17","date_timestamp":1773299864,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86030984","content_html":"This report is devastating: Hannah Allam, “Trump DoD Axed a Program Meant to Limit Civilian Casualties”, Propublica, March 10, 2026.\nOur leaders are looking more and more like war criminals. So are the legislators who’ve been shirking their oversight responsibilities.\nAllam writes:\n\nBeyond the moral considerations … civilian casualties fuel militant recruiting and hinder intelligence-gathering. Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who commanded U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, explains the risk in an equation he calls “insurgent math”: For every innocent killed, at least 10 new enemies are created.\n\nSecDef and POTUS are too ignorant to grasp such things. They’re more concerned with cultivating their public personas as manly Hollywoodesque action heroes. That’s what they want to see in their mirrors, at any rate, but all I see are malicious buffoons.","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/03/12/this-report-is-devastating-hannah.html","date_published":"2026-03-12T03:17:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-12 03:17","date_timestamp":1773285464,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86029308","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://letaseletzky.com\">@letaseletzky.com</a> Thank god we’re not a superpower or anything like that.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/post/3mgsovjagm222","date_published":"2026-03-11T20:09:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-11 20:09","date_timestamp":1773259774,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85753533","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://markstoneman.com\">@markstoneman.com</a> Still grappling with the trauma of the second Bush’s wars, the United States now has to come to terms with the unhinged bellicosity of an ignorant Donald Dump and his cabinet of clowns. Dump &amp; Co. will grow richer from the undertaking, while the rest of us bear its human and material costs.  4//</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/post/3mghe6obqwl2m","date_published":"2026-03-07T07:58:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-07 07:58","date_timestamp":1772870313,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85753534","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://markstoneman.com\">@markstoneman.com</a> George H. W. Bush even proudly asserted, “By God, we’ve kicked the Vietnam syndrome once and for all.” (archive.ph/dwTgr)</p>\n<p>His son, George W. Bush, leveraged the return of a martial ethos to U.S. politics for even more extensive military interventions.   3/</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/post/3mghe6obpxd2m","date_published":"2026-03-07T07:58:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-07 07:58","date_timestamp":1772870313,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85753535","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://markstoneman.com\">@markstoneman.com</a> Vietnam should have taught us a bit of healthy humility, but instead our apparent reticence to use military force after the fall of Saigon came to be framed as a pathology, dubbed Vietnam syndrome. After the successful liberation of Kuwait in 1991,    2/</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/post/3mghe6obpxc2m","date_published":"2026-03-07T07:58:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-07 07:58","date_timestamp":1772870313,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85693069","content_html":"<p>Donald Dump’s bloodlust will cost many more lives and weaken the country far beyond what he’s already accomplished in the past fourteen months. Whether he’ll learn anything from his mistakes is doubtful, and what his hangers-on conclude is anybody’s guess.</p>\n<p>Vietnam should have taught us a bit of healthy...</p> <a href=\"https://markstoneman.com/2026/03/07/donald-dumps-bloodlust-will-cost.html\">markstoneman.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/03/07/donald-dumps-bloodlust-will-cost.html","date_published":"2026-03-07T07:38:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-07 07:38","date_timestamp":1772869084,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85693567","content_html":"Donald Dump’s bloodlust will cost many more lives and weaken the country far beyond what he’s already accomplished in the past fourteen months. Whether he’ll learn anything from his mistakes is doubtful, and what his hangers-on conclude is anybody’s guess.\nVietnam should have taught us a bit of healthy humility, but instead our apparent reticence to use military force after the fall of Saigon came to be framed as a pathology, dubbed Vietnam syndrome. After the successful liberation of Kuwait in 1991, George H. W. Bush even proudly asserted, “By God, we’ve kicked the Vietnam syndrome once and for all.”\nHis son, George W. Bush, leveraged the return of a martial ethos to U.S. politics for even more extensive military interventions. Still grappling with the trauma of the second Bush’s wars, the United States now has to come to terms with the unhinged bellicosity of an ignorant Donald Dump and his cabinet of clowns. Dump &amp; Co. will grow richer from the undertaking, while the rest of us bear its human and material costs.","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/03/07/donald-dumps-bloodlust-will-cost.html","date_published":"2026-03-07T02:38:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-07 02:38","date_timestamp":1772851084,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85692847","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://becingber.bsky.social\">@becingber.bsky.social</a> It’s like they’re children in the schoolyard with the fingers on one hand crossed and behind their back when they make such statements.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/post/3mgazyfdtkk2b","date_published":"2026-03-04T19:40:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-04 19:40","date_timestamp":1772653206,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85692848","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://rpanchasi.bsky.social\">@rpanchasi.bsky.social</a> Those eyes! 🫶</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/post/3mgazresxk22b","date_published":"2026-03-04T19:36:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-04 19:36","date_timestamp":1772652971,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85692849","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://ryanlcooper.com\">@ryanlcooper.com</a> Social media as sport.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/post/3mg67c2qxi22m","date_published":"2026-03-03T16:37:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-03 16:37","date_timestamp":1772555820,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85343385","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://kyivindependent.com\">@kyivindependent.com</a> Here’s a crazy thought: maybe Ukraine belongs in NATO and the EU.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/post/3mfzrub4v3s2q","date_published":"2026-03-01T22:26:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-01 22:26","date_timestamp":1772403960,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85343386","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://antongerashchenko.bsky.social\">@antongerashchenko.bsky.social</a> Keine Ahnung. Keinen blassen Schimmer.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/post/3mfzrp5h2qk2q","date_published":"2026-03-01T22:23:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-01 22:23","date_timestamp":1772403788,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85031596","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Cool.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/markstoneman/85031596","date_published":"2026-02-25T22:27:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 22:27","date_timestamp":1772058447,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85004751","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Will that behavior carry over to other syndicated platforms? Or is that a whole other thing?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/markstoneman/85004751","date_published":"2026-02-25T15:45:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 15:45","date_timestamp":1772034330,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85003306","content_html":"<p>An anti-Hitler foxtrot -- shared for no particular reason: <a href=\"https://markstoneman.com/2026/02/25/an-antihitler-foxtrot-shared-for.html\">markstoneman.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/02/25/an-antihitler-foxtrot-shared-for.html","date_published":"2026-02-25T15:22:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 15:22","date_timestamp":1772032965,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85002037","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> That’s five more minutes than I watched.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/markstoneman/85002037","date_published":"2026-02-25T15:01:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 15:01","date_timestamp":1772031660,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85010242","content_html":"photo of the 78 record label\n\n\nHere is Irving Berlin's \"When That Man Is Dead and Gone\" (1941) performed by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra with Tex Beneke and The Modernaires. The sound quality is good, especially coming from an old 78. Source: Internet Archive.\n\nScans of the sheet music are available in the Levy Sheet Music Collection, Johns Hopkins University.","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/02/25/an-antihitler-foxtrot-shared-for.html","date_published":"2026-02-25T10:22:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 10:22","date_timestamp":1772014965,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84872845","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ablerism\">@ablerism</a> Maybe. The alternative is to unfollow.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/markstoneman/84872845","date_published":"2026-02-23T19:14:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-23 19:14","date_timestamp":1771874050,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84049612","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://antongerashchenko.bsky.social\">@antongerashchenko.bsky.social</a> Never let the truth get in the way of Trump’s peace theater.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/post/3melrhlumnk2w","date_published":"2026-02-11T15:16:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-11 15:16","date_timestamp":1770822987,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84049335","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://propcazhpm.bsky.social\">@propcazhpm.bsky.social</a> That could provide a helpful break on the buy-ups and rent extortion of private equity firms.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/post/3melrcsdiwc2w","date_published":"2026-02-11T15:13:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-11 15:13","date_timestamp":1770822826,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84001204","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://historleans.bsky.social\">@historleans.bsky.social</a> Imagine the impact on those who have dementia, or those who are trying to shop and manage kids at the same time.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/post/3mejxyauaps22","date_published":"2026-02-10T22:07:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-10 22:07","date_timestamp":1770761269,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83877282","content_html":"<p>The latest, very short iteration of my newsletter is out: <a href=\"https://stoneman.page/2026/02/08/newsletter-groundhog-day.html\">Groundhog Day</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/02/08/the-latest-very-short-iteration.html","date_published":"2026-02-09T03:48:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-09 03:48","date_timestamp":1770608908,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83876489","content_html":"<p>Newsletter: Groundhog Day: <a href=\"https://stoneman.page/2026/02/08/newsletter-groundhog-day.html\">stoneman.page</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://stoneman.page/2026/02/08/newsletter-groundhog-day.html","date_published":"2026-02-09T03:27:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-09 03:27","date_timestamp":1770607672,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83872287","content_html":"These days, I often have no words, which for me is saying something. Perhaps I'm still processing the American insanity that makes every day feel like I'm stuck in a time loop à la Harold Ramis's 1993 film \"Groundhog Day.\" Or maybe I'm growing numb and dumb. In any case, I took this photo in North Conway o... <a href=\"https://markstoneman.com/2026/02/08/these-days-i-often-have.html\">markstoneman.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/02/08/these-days-i-often-have.html","date_published":"2026-02-09T01:30:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-09 01:30","date_timestamp":1770600636,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83873048","content_html":"These days, I often have no words, which for me is saying something. Perhaps I'm still processing the American insanity that makes every day feel like I'm stuck in a time loop à la Harold Ramis's 1993 film \"Groundhog Day.\" Or maybe I'm growing numb and dumb. In any case, I took this photo in North Conway on the actual Groundhog Day last week with nary a rodent in sight.\nIn the woods on a sunny afternoon, the shadows of trees playing on the snow.","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/02/08/these-days-i-often-have.html","date_published":"2026-02-08T20:30:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-08 20:30","date_timestamp":1770582636,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83190607","content_html":"<p>Seen in North Conway Village on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 28</p>\n<div class=\"grid grid--2\">\n<a href=\"https://markstoneman.com/uploads/2026/img-1274.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Feu.uploads.micro.blog%2F166262%2F2026%2Fimg-1274-m.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"Sidewalk a couple days after the snow storm. Old train station visible. A snowy mountain and early setting sun in the background.\" loading=\"lazy\"></a>\n<a href=\"https://markstoneman.com/uploads/2026/img-1275.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Feu.uploads.micro.blog%2F166262%2F2026%2Fimg-1275-m.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"Massive pile of snow in front of a fire department building \" loading=\"lazy\"></a>\n<a href=\"https://markstoneman.com/uploads/2026/img-1278.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Feu.uploads.micro.blog%2F166262%2F2026%2Fimg-1278-m.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"Icicles on a local business.\" loading=\"lazy\"></a>\n<a href=\"https://markstoneman.com/uploads/2026/img-1272.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Feu.uploads.micro.blog%2F166262%2F2026%2Fimg-1272-m.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"Long icicles, some of them bent because formed on a windy day. The snow below nearly reaches the icicles.\" loading=\"lazy\"></a>\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/01/30/seen-in-north-conway-village.html","date_published":"2026-01-30T05:46:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-30 05:46","date_timestamp":1769751994,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/post/3mdmmbpxlz22z"]}},{"id":"82801262","content_html":"There are federal agents and administration officials who will have to face murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and other serious charges after the rule of law is reestablished in this land. But how to end the current terror?\n\nHeather Cox Richardson has thoughts. Watch her comment on today’s killing of Al... <a href=\"https://markstoneman.com/2026/01/24/there-are-federal-agents-and.html\">markstoneman.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/01/24/there-are-federal-agents-and.html","date_published":"2026-01-25T00:56:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-25 00:56","date_timestamp":1769302603,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82740206","content_html":"<p>A new edition of Stoneman’s Corner, curated from this blog, is now available: <a href=\"https://stoneman.page/2026/01/23/newsletter-turn-of-the-year.html\">Newsletter: Turn of the Year</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/01/23/a-new-edition-of-stonemans.html","date_published":"2026-01-24T03:37:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-24 03:37","date_timestamp":1769225852,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82735611","content_html":"<p>Newsletter: Turn of the Year: <a href=\"https://stoneman.page/2026/01/23/newsletter-turn-of-the-year.html\">stoneman.page</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://stoneman.page/2026/01/23/newsletter-turn-of-the-year.html","date_published":"2026-01-24T01:45:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-24 01:45","date_timestamp":1769219106,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82730176","content_html":"<div class=\"grid grid--2\">\n<a href=\"https://markstoneman.com/uploads/2026/albany01.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Feu.uploads.micro.blog%2F166262%2F2026%2Falbany01-s.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"cover bridge in snowy woods\" loading=\"lazy\"></a>\n<a href=\"https://markstoneman.com/uploads/2026/albany02.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Feu.uploads.micro.blog%2F166262%2F2026%2Falbany02-s.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"view from inside the covered bridge, showing how it was made\" loading=\"lazy\"></a>\n</div>\n<div class=\"grid grid--2\">\n<a href=\"https://markstoneman.com/uploads/2026/albany06.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Feu.uploads.micro.blog%2F166262%2F2026%2Falbany06-s.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"in the woods\" loading=\"lazy\"></a>\n<p>Snapshots from my walk last Sunday, Jan. 18, in Albany, NH, off the Kancamagus Highway.</p>\n</div>\n<div class=\"grid grid--3\">\n<a href=\"https://markstoneman.com/uploads/2026/albany03.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Feu.uploads.micro.blog%2F166262%2F2026%2Falbany03-s.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"partially snow-covered river\" loading=\"lazy\"></a>\n<a href=\"https://markstoneman.com/uploads/2026/albany04.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Feu.uploads.micro.blog%2F166262%2F2026%2Falbany04-s.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"snow-covered trail in the woods\" loading=\"lazy\"></a>\n<a href=\"https://markstoneman.com/uploads/2026/albany05.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Feu.uploads.micro.blog%2F166262%2F2026%2Falbany05-s.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"snow-covered side path\" loading=\"lazy\"></a>\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/01/23/snapshots-from-my-walk-last.html","date_published":"2026-01-23T23:38:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-23 23:38","date_timestamp":1769211520,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82727546","content_html":"<div class=\"grid grid--2\">\n<a href=\"https://markstoneman.com/uploads/2026/peabody-river.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Feu.uploads.micro.blog%2F166262%2F2026%2Fpeabody-river-m.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"Ice covered river with bits of running water visible. Lots of granite causing the river to look bumpy.\" loading=\"lazy\"></a>\n<p>Seen on the afternoon of Jan. 1, 2026. Peabody River in Gorham, NH. It was only 2:45 in the afternoon, but the sun was starting to disappear behind the mountain.</p>\n</div>\n<p><i></i> Crossposted to <a href=\"https://stoneman.page/2026/01/23/newsletter-turn-of-the-year.html#peabodyriver\" class=\"u-syndication\">Stoneman's Corner</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/01/23/seen-on-the-afternoon-of.html","date_published":"2026-01-23T22:57:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-23 22:57","date_timestamp":1769209067,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82724407","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://markstoneman.com/uploads/2026/laundromat.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Feu.uploads.micro.blog%2F166262%2F2026%2Flaundromat-m.jpg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"Part of a white, one-story building with a laundromat inside, viewed at night with fresh snow on the ground and white holiday lights in a tree in front of the building.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</a></p>\n<p>Mundane tasks can also entail bits of magic. Here’s the laundromat I use when our washing machine is out of commission. North Conway, NH, Jan. 17, 2026.</p>\n<p><i></i> Crossposted to <a href=\"https://stoneman.page/2026/01/23/newsletter-turn-of-the-year.html#laundromat\" class=\"u-syndication\">Stoneman's Corner</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/01/23/mundane-tasks-can-also-entail.html","date_published":"2026-01-23T22:02:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-23 22:02","date_timestamp":1769205748,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82554331","content_html":"Might Europe’s clear “No” to Trump’s Greenland ambitions become the check on his rogue imperial presidency that so many U.S. institutions have been unable to manifest? Probably not, but I sure hope they stand their ground. Meanwhile, Mark Carney’s inspiring speech in Davos about the Canadian response to Tr... <a href=\"https://markstoneman.com/2026/01/21/might-europes-clear-no-to.html\">markstoneman.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/01/21/might-europes-clear-no-to.html","date_published":"2026-01-21T18:13:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-21 18:13","date_timestamp":1769019222,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82554899","content_html":"Might Europe’s clear “No” to Trump’s Greenland ambitions become the check on his rogue imperial presidency that so many U.S. institutions have been unable to manifest? Probably not, but I sure hope they stand their ground. Meanwhile, Mark Carney’s inspiring speech in Davos about the Canadian response to Trump’s weaponization of global economic integration offers a solid model for states that wish to meet the Trumpian threat head on.","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/01/21/might-europes-clear-no-to.html","date_published":"2026-01-21T13:13:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-21 13:13","date_timestamp":1769001222,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82231698","content_html":"<p>Dear Media: Could we please stop calling ICE terror in U.S. cities a “federal crackdown”? That legitimizes their presence and actions.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/01/16/dear-media-could-we-please.html","date_published":"2026-01-17T00:30:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-17 00:30","date_timestamp":1768609852,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82193697","content_html":"<p>Before I check my social media these days, I have to steel myself against the possibility of new horrors that have not yet filtered through to me.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://markstoneman.com/2026/01/16/before-i-check-my-social.html","date_published":"2026-01-16T14:53:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Mark Stoneman","url":"https://markstoneman.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F06%2F1615036.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"markstoneman"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-16 14:53","date_timestamp":1768575214,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}