If I had a time machine, the first thing I'd do is go back and warn LL Cool J that he should wear clear deodorant when he goes on MTV Unplugged.

I hereby endorse Pacific Sushi & Grill in Brookings, Oregon. Real wasabi available upon request.

I want this posted in every hallway of every university and then ask your students, why have a library when we can have slop?

joyce carol oates and menswear guy should tape a special together

This is fair criticism. I mean, look at us.

Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools

GOLDMAN: ".. We see a growing risk that the imbalances that built up in the 1990s will become more visible as the AI investment boom extends. ".. a greater reliance on debt finance; .. more complicated vendor financing .. and a Fed that is cutting rates into a non-recessionary period."

"The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request that it consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

Watched "Seven Beauties" (1975) on Kanopy last night. Enjoyed it. Yeah, on a Wertmuller jag.

War cry

This is the website I created for Patti & her fans in the 1990s, as she was returning to performing & making records. Many links are dead, because the domain where I had a lot of it archived is defunct. But "interviews, commentary & biography" have full text of many rare articles from the 1970s.

Trump getting booed at the Commanders game

Saw The Saints 73-78 at Revolution Hall tonight. Enjoyed it. Ed Kuepper (guitar) and Ivor Hay (drums) from the Saints, Peter Oxley from the Sunnyboys on bass, Mick Harvey on second guitar and keyboards, Mark Arm on vocals. Very fun show. Undersold (they closed the balcony), but the floor was full.

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

Shocker. www.scrippsnews.com/politics/imm...

We sent a message to management today with a Slack icon change. More than half of our union participated and are demanding management reinstate the four people who were unjustly fired. Ready to show your own support? Reach out to Condé Nast management telling them to reinstate the fired four.

‘Huge victory’ in Portland as judge’s final order bars Trump from sending national guard

I think it's a good weekend for Elton John's Greatest Hits. The 1974 LP, not the later re-releases with that nasty "Candle in the Wind" stuck in there.

Metal in Browning. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...

Met a friend at LaVerne's, Aaron Hall's new bar up on Dekum. Lovely place, great atmosphere, nice clientele tonight. Snacks were cheap and good. I hear tell from the drinkers that the alcohol was a bit pricey, but that's the business I suppose.

H just mashed up the "My Little Pony" jingle with C.W. McCall's "Convoy" in a vocal improvisation with the title "My Little Barfer", honoring our cat Roger .

the biggest problem, for me, with the editor of the NYT cranking the bad take machine up to 11 is that every time ross douthat writes something, my husband reminds me that william f buckley took a young ross douthat skinny dipping.

Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc

"Can LinkedIn and its affiliates use your personal data and content you create on LinkedIn to train generative AI models that create content?" You can turn the default "Yes" into a "No" here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

Saw "Bugonia" at the Laurelhurst. Really enjoyed it. Thought it was great.

Off to see the new Yorgos Lanthimos flick. I don't think he'll ever beat "Dogtooth" but I don't mind him trying.

If the world had to have only one radio station, I would nominate KMHD to be that station.

We’ve been screaming from the rooftops about the threat of this tech and how it would be used to control & oppress us. But it’s not too late to fight back! At least 23 states have now passed/expanded laws to restrict biometric scanning. www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...

This is my "Law" list. Kind of fun for days with stuff like oral arguments on tariffs. bsky.app/profile/ytre...

People of BlueSky! Let's get to know each other better! What is your all-time favorite TV show?

Somebody's podcast on the final Pussy Galore album "Historia De la Musica Rock", which is a dandy record. I haven't listened to this podcast yet, but I intend to this evening. I really like that record. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Since Q is a boomer who doesn't understand technology I have done you all the favor of posting this insane footage

Saw "Swept Away" (1974) at the Hollywood tonight. A 2024 restoration. So much better than the old washed-out videotape, dubbed in English, that I have, the only version I had seen before tonight. Enjoyed it. Thought it was great.

Gah, so I gotta go to a nasty-ass chain theater to see "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You".

Went to see "City on Fire" at the Hollywood. Chow Yun Fat thing from 1987. Was fun.

Saw "It Was Just an Accident", the newest Jafar Panahi film, at Living Room Theaters. Enjoyed it very much. Excellent film.

Just finished reading the Kathleen Hanna memoir "Rebel Girl". I enjoyed it. Illuminating. Now onto Adele Bertei's memoir "Twist: An American Girl". I'm mostly reading what I want to these days, with things I feel like I should read (e.g. "10 Costly Medicare Mistakes...") mixed in now and again.

Just deleted that Fox Sports shit off of my TV and everyone's in a better mood. Back to WPRB now for the last half of the Czar's show.

Saw the Cramps at the 9:30 Club 42 years ago tonight. Later learned that it was the night Steve Blickenstaff gave Lux the drawings that became the cover for "Bad Music for Bad People". I wore a little white dress and go-go boots. Nicely made up. Could pull that off a bit better when I was 135 lb.

The Burt Reynolds centerfold was in Cosmopolitan, not Playgirl. How can I trust another word from this memoirist?

Happy National Bison Day. Male American bison can weigh up to about 2,000 pounds and stand about 6 feet tall at the shoulder. Females are smaller, around 1,000 pounds and 4-5 feet tall. Bison can run up to about 35 miles per hour, can jump fences, swim across rivers, and are very agile.

I am told that last night I said this very clearly while sleeping: "Are there any three-dimensional objects left?"

When I was 8, I called Goddard Space Center and got my poor family added to a tour (a bus from Boys Town was touring that day). I have so many instamatic shots of that tour. Monitoring consoles, satellites, other stuff I didn't understand. Sad that it's being trashed. www.space.com/space-explor...

Guess I never will get those seven habits. It sure don't matter now.