a very good shrimp. reminds of the drolatic dreams of pantagruel, such as this lad

this fellow also great

every day i find an incredible guy (from a painting scroll attributed to qiu ying called "raising the alms bowl: the conversion of hariti, mother of demons) asia.si.edu/explore-art-...

"The Government cannot escape liability for DOGE’s work by scapegoating ChatGPT." A US judge slammed DOGE's use of AI in a decision today blocking the termination of $100M in humanities grants, finding DOGE lacked authority and unlawfully based decisions on race and viewpoint buff.ly/Qw0qcDH

wandering the Sonora desert in a carefree fashion like

whoever leaked that he’s panicking about leaks is the funniest person in the government

you ever think about how john roberts, brett kavanaugh, and amy coney barrett all helped steal the election as laywers in bush v gore and now sit on the supreme court?

Holy shit, she's doing it

Some time ago (don’t ask when, I can’t remember), I giddily posted about a piece I was working on that I couldn’t wait to share. It finally pubbed today! For my @theatlantic.com debut, I followed opera diva and icon Denyce Graves in her final role before retiring from performance.

“I live in constant fear that I will be subjected to further baseless detentions just for going about my daily life." On May 2, Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a Florida-born US citizen, was detained by ICE in Alabama for the third time (!) in the span of a year. And he's suing the federal government.

god hates gerrymandering

A fossilized Goniatite shell - individual internal flotation chambers are clearly visible. And it's even got a dusting of fools gold ☀️ County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours

Well that’s a little on the nose. Message I just received from the New York City Bar Association:

TREE! LAW! TREE! LAW! oaklandside.org/2026/05/05/t...

I have said this before and I will say it again, but it is my firm belief that given the blatant and naked corruption exhibited by some members of the Roberts Court, decisions of the Roberts Court should not be treated as precedentially binding on later courts.

If you enjoy reading books, might I interest you in MINE?? Woodworking is available for just $3.99 at Apple Books from now through May 12!! You, too, can have love and joy in your life! books.apple.com/us/book/wood...

if people advocating against genocide makes you uncomfortable perhaps it's time to interrogate that feeling instead of making it everyone else's problem.

on a personal note, i am just so sick of this shit. prioritizing nebulous feeling of discomfort over elevating the voices of people explicitly advocating for the freedom and safety of palestinians is sick. it makes those voices *less* safe and it doesn't make jews safer. i am begging people to stop.

Rutgers School of Engineering canceled a commencement speech by Rami Elghandour—an alum and executive producer of an Oscar-nominated film about Hind Rajab, a Palestinian child killed by Israel—because "some" students complained: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... His response (via X):

It's a huge problem that the administration is systematically going after Black political leaders and that the outrage from white people on the left has been muted. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

As someone who reads a lot of operative reports for work, my favorite medical word is "pendunculated"

Nicer Shampoo Tragically Worth The Extra Money https://theonion.com/nicer-shampoo-tragically-worth-the-extra-money/

good. I’m sick of all these pale-ass babies

if i got invited somewhere where i needed to dress up as art this is what i'd go as

by the way, do you need national park sled dog puppies on your timeline tonight?

Still one of my all time favorite articles. I use it in my scientific writing courses.

I still agree with this 1907 card.

The complete run of Discovery (1953-55), a paperback magazine that aimed to “fulfill the terms of the American writer’s perennial vision of a magazine: large audience, fair pay, and the freedom to write as he pleases.” You know this was doomed to fail. neglectedbooks.com/?...

hague

This menu might be small, but it has historical context. The waitresses here were members of the Waitresses’ Union, one of the most powerful labor unions in Seattle, which limited shifts to 10 hours, as opposed to 12-15. I’m starting with 5¢ pie. Let’s eat! Drake’s Seattle 1910 #VintageMenus

Tomorrow, 5/6 at noon EST @chanda.blacksky.app and I will be discussing her extraordinary new book THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME at a virtual event hosted by the Country Bookshop! I was so lucky to get to work on this book as an editor and can’t wait to talk with Chanda about it. Join us if you can!! 🌌✌🏼

less than $50 away from the halfway point AND donations are matched! if you can give $22 it will get me over $1000 in under 4 hours and i would feel so good

Without downloading anything new, where are you, mentally?

Truly, everyone needs to come around to the understanding that RFK jr and the MAHA movement do believe that many people are unworthy of life

Cops beating the shit out of labor organizers on behalf of right-wing oligarchs is a story as old as time.

So far that little stand has sold approximately 120 plants!!! It's done so well that I am going to go get more from Pinelands Nursery before our upcoming market this Saturday. Like... damn, has hyping native plants in this neighborhood over the last 2 years actually had its intended effect?!

This is partisanship at its rawest. SCOTUS has clamped down on lower courts for rulings that could alter maps many *months* before an election—even when those maps have been judged illegal. Here, it's rushing to let the Louisiana GOP change a map *while an election is underway.*

May the Firth be with you

bolsonaro quietly seething that giuliani gets to be in the hospital

Opossum mom! #art 🎨