If this 1964 song ever comes up, it’s because a young Jimi Hendrix plays on it. But it’s a shock when you start listening: an almost unrecognizably restrained Little Richard, as quietly soulful as Otis Redding. And then in the middle there’s a loopy spoken word argument with himself

inventing an insanely annoying guy that says “superb owl” and stuff but also LOVES football. “ooh! a sportsball is on!” etc. i really hate his ass SO much

kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them

This, to me, is the definitive version of this great song about Hank Williams youtu.be/cyT4JQfvdqY?...

Will Lewis is resigning as WaPo CEO, former Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio is the paper’s new acting CEO and publisher, per memos to staff

I love the Jabberwocky

From an 18th century English almanac

bring back shame

It’s real, and it’s spectacular @homefield.bsky.social

This is really crucial in understanding today's right wing: it is an arena in which you can get attention, and become famous, without any skill or insight or knowledge. All you have to do is say outrageous shit. So it's become a collection bin for all these failed, flailing narcissists.

I rarely do this, but I’m hoping I maybe have enough of a following here that someone can help: I need to get in contact with Donkey Kong. It’s urgent

I noticed something weird in Twin Peaks

When formatting your news organization’s daily newsletter, it’s important to double check to make sure you aren’t accidentally, say, leaving in a subheadline that ran with a different story the previous day

“Smerconish” is a name that never looks like it’s been spelled correctly

Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

It’s payday folks

“I didn’t realize how much I missed the simple joy of losing myself in words until these massive tranches of sex crime files were released,” said Indianapolis resident Greta Livingston

I don’t think you heard me or you wouldn’t be laughing, I said all the crypto guys are getting financially devastated right now,

I am surprised that people are surprised by this, but I forget that the normals think wrestling fans are semi-feral hillbillies who would have voted for Trump had it not been for their moonshine-related felony convictions

This happens online like three times a month and it never stops being bizarre

winter olympics need some snowmobile bullshit

This is a great performance, but flatly attributing the play Sir Thomas More to Shakespeare is … a bit of a simplification

going through some old photos and found this from years ago that i took in richmond. what a building!

Leibniz was wrong: we exist in the dumbest of all possible worlds

Guy who doesn’t understand how money works: What if we cut the sports page?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.

1. Build huge subscriber base by telling them their $ supports democracy. 2. Don’t establish other revenue sources. 3. Rug-pull subscribers by pushing opinion side to the right. 4. Subscribers leave, revenue falls. 5. Enact crippling newsroom cuts.

Nielsen's Big Data + Panel formula is a complex ratings system that combines a survey of a carefully curated group of people from all demographics, live information from millions of viewing devices, and constant random adjustments to get people to stop yelling at us.

This is great so far. I’ve always been an Ancient Rome guy, but as I drift further into middle age, maybe I’ll become a WWII guy? Not a tactics and battles guy, though. Social history. No books with titles like The Last Hard Hour: Spitfires Against the Reich

This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.

been muttering "i'm not gonna talk about GPT, in fact we're not gonna talk about GPT at all" all day

It’s a dog, and he’s serving pizza, and it’s on a @homefield.bsky.social shirt.

YES WHOOO LET’S ROCK AND ROLL

complaining about “cancel culture” in 2026 is like those WWII guys on an island still fighting in 1963

I just finished this excellent book, and it’s led me to all sorts of oddball wonders. An incredibly bleak WWII drama starring Peter Sellers? A portmanteau horror movie about cats trying to take over the world? A slasher movie with Frankie Avalon? All here, and so much more

Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay from February 3, 1907.

Jonathan XV is the 15th canine mascot of UConn. I admit this would be a pretty dull episode

Trying to be helpful for folks

Marty Supreme but it's about Warhammer 40,000. Absolute licence to print money.

That’s quite the accusation to hurl at Reel Big Fish

I think it’s obvious that the Me Too movement and the trial of Harvey Weinstein sparked an extreme McCarthyist response from a billionaire class that moved to buy and exert influence over media and democratic institutions, and I think that this manifested in several quite clear ways in Britain.

I had the best time joining my favorite pals Dan Thompson and Christian Loftus at The Lutz Children's Museum serenading our favorite prognosticating friend, Chuckles the Groundhog! Mayor Moran always does a fine job interpreting the Groundhog language for us. We've got SIX MORE WEEKS of Winter!

If Candlemas Day be fair and clear, there’ll be two Winters in the year. So we’ve got that to look forward to.

Epstein asked for Snow White costume weeks before Jes Staley email ft.trib.al/7Wqm2xY

Not the main point but reading some of these Epstein emails really makes you realise why so many of these guys love ChatGPT

“THE SEARCHERS” (1956) dir. John Ford John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood 🎬 Warner Bros.

I’m seeing a lot of boring nerds upset that Turnstile won some Grammy awards

I found this publisher that does niche entertainment industry stuff, and their lineup of biographies has me jumping for joy