Someone is thinking of buying a yacht

Today, two (two!) men ran sub two-hour marathons for the first time in human history and the news is nowhere to be found on the ESPN or Sports Illustrated home pages. One of the greatest feats in sports history and it’s less important than the final round of the NFL Draft.

A man with a gun unsuccessfully tried to get past a security checkpoint put in place to stop people with guns. The security check point worked. Let's talk about something else, like the illegal war on Iran, and the Epstein files.

Great job everyone. That guy almost got away with some free groceries.

So I guess something happened in Washington last night and from the bits I've seen it's got that distinctive mix of stupid and terrible that defines the times. I'll no doubt find out more about it later, but I'm going to try enjoying this pleasant Sunday a bit first. You should too.

Great @theonion.com take from the last time Apple had a CEO transition. It's even funnier now theonion.com/new-apple-ce...

people in positions of media influence on here posting AI and fake videos of Trump to be funny right now are just ensuring people trust the media even less and every time I see one I want to scream! he's already bad enough! thank you for your attention to this matter!

“Hush now, be still. Soon you shall be one of us.”

"Hostel takeover"

We all need to see more of the missed takes and dropped variants artists do on the way to a final product. Deleted scenes and director's commentary on DVDs did far more for my creative process than any amount of worshipping the finished product like we used to

It's important to get coverage

Just gonna say it: I think he looked better with the glasses. I know that puts him in Stephen Colbert territory but also Mike Johnson, which you'd think his base would lap up. But I guess he's trying to appeal to the kinds of people who beat up kids with glasses.

The first photo here is fake. A still from the same moment shows that Trump's head wasn't drooping like that. Also, he'd just adjusted his tie, which is why the guy two to the left of RFK is looking at him. Actual still at right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ctx...

i’ve worked in tech more than 20 years. it has never been more ridiculous.

Wears big hat, watches through telescope, throws toasted cheese at the screen, randomly shouts "not a minute to be lost!"

Now Australia has so much solar that they're *giving away electricity*, with three free hours of unlimited energy every day. Stick your dishwasher, clothes-dryer and EV charger on a timer, invest in a battery or two, and fill your boots: billmckibben.substack.com/p/free-elect... 29/

Burger Bash is upon us, and @ajlburke.bsky.social has once again graced us with a helpful menu: burgerbash.shindigital.com! (Because once again, the official menu is snazzy and photo-rich, and almost unusable for searching anything.)

This video is hilarious btw: Gary brings his full hard rock assault to a lumpy middle-aged 1985 Irish variety show audience. Also somehow Tan from Queer Eye on keyboards

I had a Guinness with lunch at Durty Nelly's Irish pub a while back and filled out a form for their "win a trip to Ireland!" contest. Well it turns out I'm a finalist and the draw is happening tonight. I don't know if there are going to 5 or 50 of us, but I guess we'll find out!

Pinups only get one day? Usually they get a whole calendar!

"I was ABSOLUTELY told that the Democrats would be bringing knives to the gun fight. What the fuck are they doing bringing guns?" --a whole lot of Republicans looking at the results from Virginia right now

Being a Canadian, I had no idea that Virginia's seal went so hard. It's got a dead Emperor/King *and* a boob!

Narrator: "they voted yes."

With price increases and rate limits coming to Copilot and other LLM-based coding systems, it's looking like people with actual development experience may turn out to have MORE valuable skills, since they can get more done with fewer tokens.

Today's Today in Tabs references this article with quite the title and tagline: "American Heresy: Shpuld Peter Thiel be Burned at the Stake?" www.todayintabs.com/p/papal-bull

PP has always been an online reply-guy. Some people love that, but it turns out most don't.

Just so everyone's aware, the NS gov. fracking sessions are not consultation. Even at this online session with over 100 people in attendance, the chat is disabled. It's talking heads providing bs about fracking. I guarantee they won't approve my submitted questions. What an absolute embarrassment.

Solid take on the Cook transition at Apple. I think Cook will continue in the Trump-puffing role, as he's no doubt an old hand at that stuff from dealing with various Chinese etc lordlings over the years. Now he can spare the real CEO from it. daringfireball.net/2026/04/anot...

Great shot. I love how he's just walking along with that Telecaster. Amazing nobody tried to nab it!

I think Trump has decided being President is annoying - he's now aiming for Pope, or at least large-scale spiritual leader, like the God-Kings of antiquity.

LLMs are only good for 1) coding, since it's easier to make sure it's correct, 2) vague yet impressive-sounding reports for senior executives, since correctness is irrelevant. Alas coders and executives—and executives who think they're coders—are very influential

Vape, cannabis, blockchain *and* AI! Well somebody won their tech bro 2020s bingo card

For fuck's sake, sign up for The Onion, and get a free limited edition IW tote. A share of merch sales will go to the Sandy Hook families, which will be the first time they get any money since they filed this lawsuit eight years ago. Legal fees have been insane. Please sign up and help us out!

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.

The dockyard/grain elevator area in South-end #halifax looked especially #halflife2 in the spring fog yesterday

Soon humans won't need to run half marathons anymore. I bet soon we'll have the technology so they won't have to run full marathons either. Think of all the time and energy we'll save!

This has been one of the most interesting narrative attempts in the past two years: businesses & press outlets betting on a hard swing into one type of country, and Americans rejecting that story at more turns than not.

Same week in Nova Scotia. At least we have some hope!

Somehow this feels like "The Expanse" but not "For All Mankind"

Posted without comment

Just updated my #hfxburgerbash quick reference - it's now MORE accurate than the official site! Also loads nearly instantly and features the very handy GPS-powered "find burgers near me" button. burgerbash.shindigital.com I used it today to find lunch.

A week of microgravity and seeing marvels with your own eyes, finished by 15 minutes of 4G press while plasma flames outside and your life depends on dodgy thermal foam that failed in the test flights, followed by splashdown and then hanging from a helicopter cable and now heading home

In WWII British pilots figured out how to come alongside V-1 "flying bombs" and flip them over with their wingtips. Wonder if that could work with Shaheds? I'm guessing their guidance systems are probably more robust, but it's worth a try! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_fly...

Frank Herbert I apologize for ever doubting you

that they are freaking out this badly over a surtax on second homes worth more than five million dollars - the most excessive rich person thing imaginable, which doesn’t even affect most of them - really makes it clear how little attention you need to pay to the freak outs

Embarrassed to admit that I only found this out a few months ago

They have a guy in the back seat with a rifle like it's 1914 omg

“I thought I had it under control, but then I got promoted, and suddenly I was skipping every happy hour to stay late on Zoom calls with clients in other time zones,” said Andrew Tesser

Canada actually had a mutiny in modern times. When I trained naval officers I repeated the 3 golden rules that EVERY officer must learn if they want to stay alive. 1) Don't fuck with the crew's pay 2) Don't fuck with the crew's mail and no matter what 3) Don't fuck with the crew's food

Backgrounder. Pop over to Wikipedia if you need to.