This Video Essay Nails Why Social Media Pressure Is Killing Hobbies and Creative Joy

The view from RT. “We are going to defend our country.”

Quick @schumer.senate.gov ! Write a strongly worded letter! Terse like you’ve never tersed before!

Fingers crossed 2026 will finally be the year the Olson Twins make their big comeback by starring in the live action remake of The Dark Crystal.

What the Terminator franchise never showed us was how goddamned alone John Connor felt somedays.

The Saudi Crown Prince had Khashoggi dismembered in the Saudi embassy in Istanbul. Dismembered while still alive. But Khashoggi gave his phone to his fiancee and went in with his Apple Watch recording. His watch was connected to his phone. It captured the gruesome audio of his brutal killing.

„Things happen“ Kashoggi was dismembered, murdered, at the Saudi consulate, at the orders of the man Trump is defending and sitting next to.

Not to mention Jared Kushner using the Saudi led blockade of Qatar to get Qatar to effectively buy his failed 5th Ave tower… weeks before the $1.6 Billion loan was due on it. After Jared paid $0 in principal on it and would have gone bankrupt had he been liable for it.

Dear @schumer.senate.gov , It IS possible to bow out gracefully. Not trying to make a joke or be mean/agist/disrespectful. But, seriously, you could step down & enjoy the rest of your life. God knows I would if I were in your shoes. I know power is addictive but hanging on to it is also damaging.

Dear @nytimes.com - could you PLEASE stop blocking user comments on every single article that has weight to it? The only thing NYT subscribers can chime in on these days are pie recipes. Would love to get a reader pulse on an important piece of news like this: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

@aoc.bsky.social is all grown up 🥲

Cinemas playing FRANKENSTEIN right now!! frankensteingdt.com

shut the front door

As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”

Claude just threw up his AI hands instead of trying to defend the logo his corporate parents gave him.

A whole lot of words saying you'll do nothing.

Great ep of @onthemedia.bsky.social - thanks for urging me to listen @lislozano.bsky.social @jamellebouie.net does an great job succinctly laying out the intentionality of the Trump’s attempt to define “Who gets to be an American.” Also, JDV IS a lil pigman! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Trump: we will do project 2025 Harris: he will do project 2025 Public: oh that’s bad Trump: I’m not gonna do it have never heard of it Harris: he’s still gonna do it Media: no one can predict the future 77 pinocchios

As I dropped off the 17yo at school this morning, about a dozen+ teachers were outside the entrance, each holding a sign welcoming the kids in a different language. A really lovely gesture to end a week when ICE has been skulking around the neighborhood.

We're in a health care emergency: 15 MILLION people are going to lose their health care. Millions are about to see their premiums skyrocket. Republicans are in power. They need to roll back their massive health care cuts and fund the government.

Helluva pumpkin you got there, Bronx Zoo.

Up in my neck of the woods, Nexstar or Sinclair run the following: WPIX 11 in NYC WPHL 17 in Philly Fox 56 in Wilkes Barre CBS 21 in Harrisburg

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

It was never about “freedom.” It was always about who was in control.

Kash always sees two shooters.

This is maybe a wild idea, but is it POSSIBLE that the proliferation & accesssbilty of guns - combined with the miserable state of mental health in this county - is WAY MORE responsible for deadly violence than political rhetoric?

I urge everyone to watch Ken Burns’s 9-part documentary series, The Civil War. Not as preparation or anything. Just because it will make you fall asleep

Is THIS “how the other half lives”? Let’s just pretend there was no pedophilia & all the women were of-age. So these rich bastards have nicer surroundings BUT just do what “degenerates” in the lower & middle class do? As in, hire prostitutes & get fucked up? www.theguardian.com/us-news/gall...

SCOTUS likes immigrants the same way Trump likes kids: frightened and at constant risk of being grabbed against their will

They’ve put down their dog whistles and have picked up their bullhorns. Vile & un-American.

Everyone is clear about what this "Dept of War" rebranding is, right? It’s prepping the MAGA base for war. Stephen Miller & DJT are clearly planning on starting a World War before the next election. They will use it as an excuse to push for a 3rd term. The writing is on the wall.

Stumbled upon this IG post and want to share it here. Eloquently stated with zero rage-bait. It is absolutely infuriating living in this country full of gun nuts and racists but we have to do our level best to argue against ignorance without venom.

Is this still a thing here? Yay? Nay? Who cares? Does anything even matter anymore?

Can someone please give @jesseduquette.bsky.social a Pulitzer already?

Edward Lee's retirement is bittersweet, but it's something that few authors ever actually get to do, and I like that he can now spend his good days rereading Lovecraft, M.R. James, Dunsany, and his other favorites. And that is something all of us can be enviable of. 1/2

Garth Marenghi knows his shit.

Okay I found the most depressing post

LinkedIn is crashing. Please let it be under attack by people who know what they’re doing. Dear @thegodpodcast.com hear my skeet.

Big thanks to @dompee.bsky.social for sharing “THE PARADOX OF TOLERANCE” with me. This is the perfect thing to send to the next rightwing racist who whines, “I thought the progressives were supposed be TOLERANT! Why you wanna hurt my widdle feewings by disagreeing with me so forcefully?!?!”

A while ago, @stephenking.bsky.social allowed me & @cgolden.bsky.social to get some folks together to make a gift for the entire genre. Yesterday I finally got to see the finished work. Unboxing THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF STEPHEN KING'S THE STAND www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThnZ...

🌊☯️🎛️🏄🏽‍♂️ melvin-gibbs.bandcamp.com/album/amasia...

Apparently JD Vance’s meeting of the Couch Fuckers Focus Group was cancelled. The effort to find political cover for a pedophilic rapist president will instead remain focused on arresting visa holders and getting a lying child sex trafficker to lie more. www.reuters.com/world/us/vp-...

David Byrne came to my band’s show at a gay bar in Bed-Stuy and sang This Must Be The Place with us and I still haven’t processed it

Holy shit this is hilarious. Ripped this from Facebook and the wails of outrage in the comments section were almost as funny as this clip. @marcmaron.bsky.social is at his absolute best right now.

Helping my friend launch a burger vlog. Do me a kindness & give it a look. And maybe a like & comment if you’re so inclined? Constructive criticism is also appreciated. youtu.be/Ko3IVeVwFv0?...

Saw someone call AI users “botlickers” and that is very funny

Ozzy Osbourne meets Paul McCartney for the first time, 2001.