Happy 70th anniversary to the invention of the flux capacitor

Move right? Move left? Drop certain issues? Highlight others? Those all matter but not as much as simply waiting for the party-in-power to become unpopular.

These results underscore why Dems need good 2026 Senate cands in those "reach" states (IA NE OH TX FL AK SD): their coalition is now super-charged for off-year elections. Reliable, high educ, suburban voters have steadily moved to Dems. And if indies disapprove of Trump, map gets crazy real quick.

All the neighborhood houses conspiring together to each give Charlie Brown a rock is just a tremendous commitment to the bit.

Ozymandias but instead of trunkless legs of stone in the sand it's a presidential library submerged in the rising seas of climate change.

Go buckeyes!

@jowrotethis.bsky.social Just caught up on the "Best in Show" Rewatchables and thought you'd like to know Christopher Guest *did* turn a mockumentary idea into a TV show: "Family Tree" on HBO. Alas, it was Zazlav-ed from HBOMax but random clips are still on Youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PLl...

Just as GOTG director James Gunn was un-fired by Disney after its deal to purchase Fox was finalized, I wonder if CBS will eventually un-cancel Stephen Colbert's Late Show

Cloud City ends uncertainty with Vader deal, Lando Calrissian says

Lots of negativity surrounding the new animatronic at Disneyland but I think it's quite a lovely tribute to Mr. Belvedere

The college took away our office phones and they expect us to make all calls through Microsoft Teams on our laptops now....

Had to stop and smell the flowers

N=54...

U.S. tariff policy right now:

Why do you need to go into that tech coffin to talk to the Entity? It's the Entity, it's everywhere! Can't it make a YouTube video or a TikTok? Is there no Zoom in the M:I universe?

[George Wendt's coffin wheeled into the funeral parlor] grieving mourners quietly in unison: "ⁿᵒʳᵐ"

🎶 Mitchell Mitchell Keep your eye on the sammich Mitchell Heart’s poundin' Mitchell Veins cloggin' Mitchell! Wakka-cha, Wakka-cha 🎶

It's very funny that if you watch Andor, Rogue One, and A New Hope all back-to-back, the rebels learn about the Death Star, steal its plans, and blow it up within about 48 hours time.

Now they belong to the ages...

When you see the Pope is from Chicago

Pizzaballa can still become Pope if Mike Pence has the courage

Electing a new Pope on the first day of Biden's tour trying to rehabilitate his image is hilarious. Strong Veep finale energy.

I'm-a da pope-a!

"Master of the house? Isn't worth my spit! Comforter, philosopher and lifelong shit! Cunning little brain, regular Voltaire Thinks he's quite a lover but there's not much there. What a cruel trick of nature landed me with such a louse God knows how I've lasted living with this bastard in the house!"

Syril Karn in tonight's Andor:

Preach it, Mon

Echoes of the Iraq War, which was always just one Friedman Unit away from success, we just had to keep waiting for it

These are strong candidates, but by Nov. 2026 Cooper will be 69, Brown will be 74, and Mills will be 78 years old. It's likely 2026 will be a Dem wave year and a chance to lock-in younger candidates who can hold these seats through multiple future cycles.

It's hilarious the White House made vulnerable Republican Senators walk the plank and vote for this clearly unqualified clown, only for Hegseth to be booted less than 90 days on the job.

Re-watching Season 1 of "Andor" before Season 2 drops next week and boy does it have extra resonance now

Bolsonaro entering the hospital:

Watching the global futures...

Pokémon Go to the Protests

The 2026 Senate map is especially brutal for Republicans in terms of the impact of tariffs on agriculture. Lots of southern and plains states, including 7 of the top 10 ag producers in the country: IA (#2), NE (#3), TX (#4), IL (#5), MN (#6), KS (#7), and NC (#9).

It'd be funny if Bucky had to resign Congress not because he was a brainwashed sleeper assassin who killed a foreign leader but because of old offensive tweets

Lots of funny replies here, but the one funny answer that happens to be true is Obama mercilessly roasting Trump during the 2011 Correspondents Dinner

Republicans hold Iowa HD-100 in tonight's special election. Watkins (R) wins by 175 raw votes over Griffin (D), 51.51% to 48.24%. This was a Trump +27 district in 2024, so quite the Democratic overperformance, even if Griffin wound up a little short.