Currently pondering what other Richard Thompson songs could be turned into seasonal or holiday songs with just one tiny change to the lyrics.

You know what? I'm cool with turning one of my favorite Richard Thompson songs into a holiday tune and I do enjoy this shiny new version by Dar Williams. righteousbabe.ffm.to/i-want-to-se...

I have read multiple books on SS Edmund Fitzgerald and still learned a bunch of new stuff from this podcast. It’s really good and you get to hear some really Minnesotan accents to boot. Check it out

Yeah, this is just what happens when a cult member steps out of line and starts to formulate a plan to be leader once the elderly cult leader dies. Still a believer/grifter.

Not only am I not paying for Part 2, Ryan Lizza, I am seriously reconsidering whether to read anything at all ever again

imagine walking down the beach and seeing jesus carrying some guy

so what's everybody up to

It is not WHAT the sex act is, it's WHOMST is conducting it

well, id like to see ol Zohlo Mamdani charm his way out of THIS trap! *Mamdani charms his way out of the trap effortlessly* ah. well. nevertheless,

After the removal of small dams and the addition of fish ladders, salmon have been seen swimming further up a Bay Area creek than at anytime since the 1950s.

i love how bsky posters are so eager to appear worldly and wise that they'll jump to say "AND YOU'RE SURPRISED????" to the craziest shit that's ever happened. if bluesky existed on 9/11/01 you fucking bet these people would out here with "obviously, everyone with a brain cell could see this coming"

Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

There's no "possibly" about the socialism but they played it coy I guess, I need to revisit the movie it has been too long.

What movie should I go read a ton of Letterboxd reviews of and then yammer about on here in a whole ass thread? Also we should all watch The Talk of the Town together sometime, I think Bluesky would have fun with it.

I should take myself away to Letterboxd where people are just making jokes in reviews of whatever movies they're watching.

Hahaha remember these sweet innocent summer times …all of six hours ago? #bamboo

This is amazing. (They set up CO2 monitors in all the rooms and made the data easily accessible and viewable.)

The Zohran press conference is your regular reminder that the entire administration folds like tissue paper at the slightest hint of confidence and conviction, and thus the fact that national democrats are playing a game of capitulation and weakness is exactly why they're all getting away with it

Super weird he's just dropping so many personal details in a series of substack posts, including some about a cabinet member. Really personal stuff! And he's just . . . putting it out there. While trying to make a dramatic story out of it where I think he thinks he comes off well (he does not).

8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.

At a recent gathering of Rogers Park volunteers, we heard from a neighbor who choked up telling us about their dad turning around and going home when he heard whistles up the street. "One of you may have saved his life that day." It all matters, it really does.

kennedys were a mistake

diabolical to drop part two while most of nyc people are asleep west coast supremacy reigns

I have read a forwarded copy of the Ryan Lizza piece and it has only reinforced the conclusions I already reached:

I was worried this was a trap but actually yes, go google this instead of whatever else you were about to google

No, he isn’t. There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not presidential power. TPS by law cannot be terminated early, and Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.

I think this is a solid point: people (ostensibly journalists) had info that should have sank RFKs nom or made it harder. And they sat on it.

They’re all such bad writers. That’s the thing I can’t get over. They’re such bad writers.

My spouse made a great point last night, which is that Mamdani should just schedule a weekly call with Trump where they bullshit about miscellaneous things that amuse the President until at the end, Mamdani pulls a Columbo and goes "Oh, ah, one more thing — about that Medicare expansion..."

the nuzzi stuff at this point is like a bad movie prequel: a lot of granular details no one ever asked for, and would be happier not knowing

MANY PEOPLE NEED A TIMELINE CLEANSE TONIGHT AND THIS WILL DISTRACT YOU FROM THE OTHER THING.

Street Corn Lamb Smash Burger Tacos, ala @kevinhearne.bsky.social with homemade salsa and tortilla chips. 🌮🍽️🍜 Absolutely delicious.

Since someone cracked and took one for the team, it's clear that Ryan Lizza reversed convention and put the most explicit (and scarring) content in front of, not behind, the paywall. But this is a major new accusation of Nuzzi killing stories (and more) for RFK Jr.

seriously though i had never heard of this woman until what feels like relatively recently or of this guy and I wish to go back to the days before that but mostly I wish they didn't have positions where they were of note beyond in very small ponds

seems bad

“Among other things, her recklessness detonated my relationship with a good source in a key state.” seek help

hey guys i made a seasonal meme

Listen, I spent years telling you all that Substack was evil. *Now* do you believe me?

You could read a lot of my TL right now and if you opened no links or images begin to suspect that Ryan Lizza had done something sexual and off-putting with bamboo

The fact that both of these people have prestige jobs despite being not just terrible people who are actively eroding faith in the industry and humanity in general, but appalling writers, is extremely upsetting.

genuinely love and admire the folks who are on here blithely posting about the movie they just saw or interesting penguin facts or whatever. they have made better choices than i tonight. respect.

wait he just kept going with the bamboo???

NOT LIKE THAT

The lesson here is that sometimes you shouldnt go down rabbit holes. Sometimes you need to fill them in with dirt or stone or cement. I am ignoring that lesson because I am a messy bitch who enjoys this kind of fucked up drama.

Oh christ there's gonna be a part 3

If you read the stuff pre-paywall, you can probably handle the rest of this I guess! At least there's no more "poetry" from RFK Jr in it? Lots of bad writing from Lizza of course and all around bad behavior from everybody.

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1713

I have read the whole damn thing and I'm letting you know there is no more "poetry" from RFK Jr behind the paywall FWIW. I did laugh at the last line where it is revealed she's afraid RFK Jr will kill her. (No I did not pay for this.)

ryan lizza dropping shit about a kennedy on november 22nd is high comedy

While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH