Noam Chomsky and Stephen Pinker say Epstein was an intellectual force with a mind like steel trap and then his e-mails read like the ending of Flowers for Algernon.

"The US is a one party state and that party is the business party. I was discussing this just the other day with Epstein and his pal Larry Summers over a plate of lobsters on his private island" --Noam Chomsky

Amusingly, Gatorade has operated an actual institute with real PhD's for 30 years studying the effects of Gatorade (or isotonic beverages as they call them) on athletes. Gets published in real journals too.

Hey that's weird, the "report" from Doordash and this post on Whitehouse.gov using it as a source came out on the same day???? What are the odds?

Having baked head-on shrimp for my work lunch today. Twist the head off, suck the goo, then eat the rest with the shell on. It's tastier than it sounds, as long as you can get over their buglike appearance.

An incredibly weird choice of dates for Marc. I guess he wanted to include Fitzgerald and Twain but not Hawthorne? But what's the 1930 date cutting off, was Steinbeck too Beta? His time period for alpha lit also includes Woolf, lol.

As I was on my bike today I laughed at a short man getting out of an enormous truck and then he got very angry with me. It inspired this

A friend gave me the idea to go somewhere overseas for my Christmas break. So I'm looking at places that don't celebrate Christmas near me Wow, only $1,500 to fly to Casablanca or Cairo! I also considered St. Petersburg but it's weirdly expensive for some reason.

Saw a free production of Two Gentlemen of Verona in the backyard of a coffeeshop. It was fun. I was a bit confused because after Julia says she'll go in drag as a disguise, the same actress played one of the bandits in drag. So I thought that was supposed to be Julia but nope, just the same actress

E4 of the Chair Company. I should have noticed this sooner but this show is basically just Breaking Bad but a comedy. His underworld connection slash fixer is even also named Mike.

Evo Psych is like the one fuckup relative that other scientific fields get warned about. "Now remember to stay rigorous, Astrophysics. You don't want to end up like your cousin Evo Psych"

Read a book of Stephen Graham Jones short stories. In the afterward section he said he wrote a few of them in one sitting which is wild. They were 10x better than any flash fiction I'd read before.

No filmmaker understands the mind of the median voter better than Neil Breen. He was a Trump to Biden to Trump voter

At a sold out Viagra Boys show. Just me and 1,500 of my smelliest friends who can't dance.

Boy, some of y'all have very strong opinions about musical theatre

Went to the DIY punk venue after the Critical Mass bike ride. This was slightly staged but it's a pretty cool pic

Inordinately pleased with myself for winning the costume contest at the bike ride. Granted, it was a small field, but I won a hefty amount of stuff whose cash value almost equals the money I spent on the ensemble.

4 hours later, still there. Confirmed myself.

I bought a 3lb bag of garlic to have enough bulbs to make a garlic wreath as part of my Halloween costume this year. My plan is to give away the bulbs at the end of the party I'm going to on Friday because, I may be Italian, but I cannot eat 20+ bulbs of garlic before they start sprouting.

Watching a Russian 2022 folk horror feminist (?) movie and the ending is very confusing. At the end a woman's abusive husband saves her from the evil cult but he's attacked by a woman spirit (?) and as he's dying a flashback reveals his mom beat him? So it was women's fault all along?

Turns out Cumshot Wound had to cancel at the last minute so I didn't get to hear their hit "Gory Glory Holes" at the Noisecore show.

Out of curiosity I checked and yes, Rob has worked with Marlo Thomas whose famously very associated with St. Jude Children's hospital. She has an uncredited cameo in Deuce Bigolo 2, which Rob starred in and wrote.

"Our crushing victories in 1924 and 1928 will insure a Republican domination for decades! Nothing could possibly change!"

mfw a character in a 2005 novel set in the 80's makes an obscure movie reference but horribly mangles the details

Bartender at the pub had an American flag colored shirt that was so faded it almost looked like the Trans flag.

Uh oh, bad news Patriots. I just went to a CVS in a rural area and all the Santa statues were Black. Looks like Woke is still alive.

Have we considered the possibility that Trump, known fan of musical theater, is just a big fan of Evita (1976) and that's why he's giving billions to Argentina?

Almost done with Wonderland by Joyce Carol Oates. I don't know what to make of it; or JCO as an author. It reminds me a bit of the Midcentury American Lit Misogyny novels like Rabbit, Run but with a female perspective.

"What appeared to be AI Generated" do you bozos think it was a real video?????

Gen V S2 posting. Wow, this sucks. They really could not write a compelling reason why the leads would go back the Evil U after S1

The No Kings protest nearest to me is going to be lining the streets along a major road instead of downtown. Which is slightly annoying for me because that makes it a 8 mile bike ride so I can't drink tonight. And I have to figure what gear to wear for a slightly cold to warm ride.

After I noticed what appeared to be an error in a news article I e-mailed the website. The managing editor replied back a few hours later and told me I was right! This is the most impactful thing I've done in months! I feel mightier than Zeus!

Looks like it's one of those days I have to update my muted words

mfw a friend who's music opinions I respect say he only likes IDLES' debut album

"Does anyone in this family even know what a dog is?"

Following mixed reviews, Taylor Swift is transitioning to prog metal and writing a concept album about a wizard on a quest to reforge his broken staff

Lol, the especially nerdy guy from the sci-fi book club was at the goth/darkwave concert I went to in another city. I suppose there's a lot of overlap between goths and nerds. Got his number, now I have another friend I can see cool music with.

*Finishes listening to Life of a Showgirl while eating grits and an avocado Lol, the beat of the final track is literally stomping and clapping

Travis Kelce is Taylor's Yoko Ono

Me personally I don't like using Wojack memes but there really is now better way to describe the vibe on half of the new T-Swift album then

This is slightly cheating because Slothrust did an Angry cover of this that I love but "Happy Together" by the Turtles

Oh boy, city election primaries! I love Googling a dozen names and trying to suss out which candidates give Secret Republican vibes.

Oh for no particular reason I'm thinking of the girl in my undergrad math class who had a Confederate Flag bikini and is now married to a pastor with a clutch of children.

You can tell by the high quality of the graph that this is a very serious proposal and not something scribbled onto a cocktail napkin

Watching "Cannibal Cop" by Donald Farmer. Now while I think a lot of B-movie directors should be in jail, I think Mr. Farmer specifically needs to have his hard drive checked. This man is an absolute freak (in a bad way) and should not be walking around as a free man.

Watching new Simpsons at the pub. It's a very funny sliding timescale episode because it's about Lisa wearing Marge's old 90's clothes to be fashionable but we already have an old episode where Lisa dresses like a contemporary 90's cool kid! It's like, you know, whatever man.

I'm going to announce this publicly so I can be held accountable. I think this is going to be the year I actually put some effort into having a real Halloween costume. Something I can bicycle in easily.

Guy who's every decision hinges on an elderly man not having a massive stroke tomorrow "Their place in history is settled!"

Oh no, it's Frank Luntz day! The most cursed day for Discourse

Well, good job Alien: Earth. Your finale managed to be stupid in ways that surpassed my expectations while still delivering some enjoyment. Much fewer main character deaths than I expected, they must be very confident in a S2