Apparently one of Mark Zuckerberg's daughters is named Maxima, so that's multiple acts of naming your kid after a Nissan in the wild

Martha Stewart went to prison for less.

3 months ago

Oh my…

We lost my grandmother-in-law, a very special theater director, actor, and mother. Grandma Bev Sokal led a brave and bold life, was a source of warmth and acceptance for me, my husband and my kids, and an inspiration for our own theater kid. I found this memorial to her particularly moving:

making Jacob the stereotypical Bluesky user is the rudest and truest attack anyone has ever made on us

What was the deal with that white bronco

gonna walk around with a whistle and a bandolier of turkey and provolone subs

“I see, the sandwich exploded, and you got onions on you. Very upsetting. Thank you for your time, I’m sure you’re very busy…. Oh, there’s just one more thing… there were no onions on that sub”

🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.

I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee. I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them

fantastic stuff. this photo is basically a perfect antidote to the Butler, PA one

if you can't handle journalists asking clarifying follow up questions you have no business managing reporters. go run a dick's sporting goods

New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.

I feel like an instrumental of "Simple Gifts" should be playing in the background

I love how I have an amazing camera on my phone and I can’t take a decent photo, while Danny Boyle shot 28 Days Later on an array of potatoes with lenses on them

Some wives provide load bearing structural support for their husbands’ morality and it’s only after the divorce you realize it

Hey illustrators/agents! I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS! Please respond w/ samples + folio link. Please no emails/DMs. 💙❤️ #artcommissions

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I like to think that I personally ruined the workplace.

do you remember andrew cuomo, son of mario cuomo, guy who bragged about playing in the govenor’s mansion, called mamdani an elite

I saw a lady with a fabulous coat going into a bodega, and remembered that a similar moment inspired this early scene with Vera:

EVERY SINGLE ONE IS FUNNY

George Washington had strong opinions on this actually

oh my god they actually did it lmao

Even when we get bogged down by our own bullshit, we have to remember to care for one another.

The new mayor doesn't take office until January 1?

Listening to Leslye Headland on Blank Check, and they take a break from discussing No Country for Old Men to talk about the lack of enthusiasm for The Acolyte and now I am mad once again

Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover

In my head this is 100% Benoit Blanc speaking

A dog that thinks it is 6:45 and her dinner has been inexcusably forgotten

My fiancé just sent me this! Bronx vibes 💜😍

NYC, look outside — this sunset is gorgeous omg

Maybe someone I’m connected to can answer this?

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Zohran has now gotten more votes, in New York City alone, than 49 members of the U.S. Senate did when they get elected; It's likely that, when the final tally is complete, he'll have gotten more votes than half of all Senators currently in office. *This* is what power and purpose looks like.

A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor. A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.

This article is incredible and you better believe I'm going to work this into my lectures on first encounters between indigenous people and Columbus when I teach my American history survey next.

on the eve of his big win, @katiehonan.bsky.social took a subway ride with Zohran Mamdani and asked him all the debate questions she didn't get to ask — and how his life has changed since the campaign.

if you'd like a special little treat please google "dave portnoy tippy toes"

Friends who teach courses on Cleopatra: is anyone willing to share a syllabus? I’ve been collecting assignment ideas and reception ideas for a few years now and am finally in the position of getting to launch the class. I’d love to see the macro structures others are using!

Lina Khan!

Good question. Is the tip jar at a particular rock formation in a field? A special mystical tree?

Send your people back to the town halls and let's test that theory.