graphcel poasters like me: there is no omnicause that combines us imperialist atrocities abroad with cost of living issues at home; in general american hegemony serves the material interests of the electorate, so . . . Trump: AT LONG LAST I HAVE INVENTED OMNICAUSE, THE WAR CRIME THAT MAKES YOU POOR

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only Twin Peaks 30 Rock The Sopranos The Wire Deadwood Friday Night Lights The Muppet Show The West Wing Buffy The Vampire Slayer Manimal/Knight Rider/Misfits of Science* Night Court** Girls5EVA Justified Mad Men Six Feet Under

if you ever accidentally eat a grenade the best thing to do is quickly eat five pounds of confetti so its funny when you explode

lol at parents being *more* likely to describe themselves as cool

A tortoise with a yen for travel hangs on for dear life, as it belatedly discovers that flying with birds might not be such a good idea (1480 Book of Fables, Germany, c1480. Manuscript 680; © Photo RMN (Domaine de Chantilly)

"You hear theyre using chickens as camera gimbals now?" "What?" "Chickens. Strap a camera onto their head. No shake. Chicken camera gimbals"

My no 1 favorite extremely unimportant cultural conundrum is "why is there no consensus on the Greatest American Band?" The NYT Songwriters list illuminates this problem. Consider which of the NYT's greats wrote for their own bands... 🧵 1/

Since this prompt is popular, I want to recommend this essay about Catcher in the Rye themillions.com/2018/02/the-...

My no 1 favorite extremely unimportant cultural conundrum is "why is there no consensus on the Greatest American Band?" The NYT Songwriters list illuminates this problem. Consider which of the NYT's greats wrote for their own bands... 🧵 1/

out: GET READY FOR BLEXAS in: REMEMBER THE BLALAMO

Let's hear it once again for things that were drawn and written by humans for humans just to make something that educates (and promotes prosocial values) more fun to look at

This website is a distant second as far as where I log on to get pissed off. #1 by far is Zillow

This is such a good book.

Extraordinary thread, Bsky must-read of the week and maybe all time

a ballroom has a core strategic weakness: the man in the back saying “everyone attack”

Airbnb is trying to sneak in a change to the City budget to serve their own corporate interests. This shady move would: 📉Decrease the City's housing supply 📈Increase Big Tech's profits We can't afford to lose ANY housing. If Airbnb's scheme works, then homelessness will get even worse. 🧵

OUT: raising kids so they can see Empire unspoiled with the knowledge that Darth is Luke’s dad IN: raising kids so they can see High Fidelity unspoiled with the knowledge that Jack Black can actually crush “Let’s Get It On”

This isn't the right time for anachronisms

The utterly bananas casts for David Rabe’s “Hurlyburly” over the years.

One day, pop pop said he was going out to get a cartridge of maple blueberry waffle flavored vape juice and caffeinated muscle milk and never came home.

samuel beckett was born on this day 120 years ago. astonishing to think that if he had survived, and could run 100m in 9.57 seconds, he would be not only the oldest but also the fastest man in the world - together with his nobel prize for literature, an astonishing trifecta

neither good cop nor bad cop but a secret third thing (mid cop)

a handmade embroidery artwork titled "Manually embroidered cats" created by artist @ladyserebrennikova.

this week Maris asks "Did you ever read a book in which you are so far inside the target demographic that it feels a little creepy?" by way of introducing Dear Monica Lewinsky and I know it's a rhetorical question but yes, shockingly, yes...

one of the ways the mid to late 20th century political world has distorted the historical memories of even sophisticated observers is in the idea that you can achieve major transformations of american political life through something like bipartisan consensus

we all know I have no life, so:

'When Peter Thiel said, “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible,” he wasn’t talking about your freedom. He was talking about his own. You don’t exist.'

Very good. We need the curtain pulled back on these guys by people insightful, independent and incisive enough to cut them and their bullshit down to size. Not surprised a screenwriter fits the bill - really nice job by Noah Hawley. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

One summer in camp the director was really into his album and sat around playing this song on his guitar

Trump’s “complicated relationship with the Bible” is a lot like my complicated relationship with Charlize Theron

This is how I’m doing presently.

did someone already say mein karp ok carry on

Coffee shop was offering “free rescue drops“ with any beverage, and I was like, why not, I could use some electrolytes today, and guess what, kids: “electrolytes” remains another word for salt, and my coffee is disgusting.

As dumb and ahistorical as it is to say Orban lost, ergo he wasn’t a dictator, it’s also dumb to infer MAGA’s love affair with Orban means it’s not a particularly vicious authoritarian movement. www.offmessage.net/p/trump-orba...

Not only that, but this was a uniquely Roman contribution to art. We think of Roman sculpture as just a copy of the Greeks. But Greek statues always had a faraway, neutral, blank gaze. Romans pioneered expression in sculpture, to portray the desired sense of weary sacrifice.

From the corner of 2nd and Main, the hidden power structure of Los Angeles reveals itself. In the distance, City Hall. In the foreground, the police. Before all, the fish taco.

I love a room where the words “501(c)4” cause a giant applause break

seems easier than one might think slate.com/news-and-pol...

I'm assuming this is not the labor movement meaning of "salt" because that sounds like crazy rough work (but maybe a good movie)

The Wetland Project has been my favorite alternate-reality radio experience since it began. Since it only happens once a year, you can’t become accustomed to it. Close your eyes and be washed over by the sonic reality of an isolated bog on Saturna Island!

To paraphrase a terrible person, we need to fight antisemitism like Israel doesn't exist and fight for Palestinian freedom and dignity like antisemitism doesn't exist. bsky.app/profile/joel...

heated chivalry

Wednesday night done right

The sudden surge of support I am seeing for Becerra reads a bit like that Adlai Stevenson anecdote about how "every thinking person will vote for you."

I for one believed this to be a Ralph Lauren ad due to the nearly identical logo and overall aesthetics. This belief made me think less of and be less inclined to purchase Ralph Lauren.

And the professor I handed it into won a Guggenheim award today, mazel tov Liz Goodstein

two good things here: Trump's misstep elevates one Republican over another, and the sexual predator Dem frontrunner is forced out with time enough to shift the race. Maybe someday we'll get a Dem politician* with a skill beyond "do not interrupt your opponent's mistake," after CA-GOV is settled.