‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios

Happy 100th birthday, Mel Brooks!

Just acquired: two tiny pamphlet printings of the preliminary and final Emancipation Proclamation, published in Boston in December 1862 and January 1863. Made to be distributed freely and to be carried south by Union soldiers and given, in particular, to formerly enslaved men who might enlist.

4:30am music in the airport ahuttle: Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 😂

A ride on a WSDOT ferry is the best first leg of a vacation. I may be biased, though.

Hey there, wanna see my Chirp newsletter? I'm bringing it over to Substack to increase ease-of-use. catbirdcontent.substack.com?r=43z6hf&utm...

A reminder that a lot of thoughts that feel like facts (in particular the dark ones like, "Things are pointless") are in fact *feelings* and will pass. Hope this helps!

OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA

Thoroughly enjoyed @tignotaro.bsky.social's Seattle zoo show last night, with Amy Burkowotz speed painting and gues spots from Hanna Anna Lauren Bobanna.

Seattle elects a socialist mayor, wins the Super Bowl NYC elects a socialist mayor, wins the NBA finals Win your city a major sports title with this one neat trick

girls don't want boys, girls want tv shows about being fabulous and middle aged and going on a righteous international crime spree with your bfff

This one hits hard.

Musk functionally ran the US government for 6 months last year and managed to: increase spending, slash services, kill 100,000s, and help nurture both Ebola & Screwworms. Yet somehow no one mentions this when they talk about the company he is going to take public this week.

Pardon me, could you point me to the support group for adult Americans who are reading 1984 for the first time? Thanks.

It's not you, it's the economy. Organizations pay UX pros because we make business impacts that matter. Ryan Scott presents it beautifully in this video from Hatch Conference: How Macroeconomics Shape Your Design Career. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIUs...

Springsteen. Moments ago. Washington DC #nokings

New Chirp! In this newsletter, I go deep into what it means to participate in our careers, in problem solving, and in the various discourses—and I invite you to show up as only you can.

I think the best reason not to argue with or participate in discourses about bad takes and inane opinion articles is that they all start from some right wing billionaire funded outrage media pipeline that exists to get you to react exactly like that. Guard your time and attention from these vampires

Gerontocracy is how I still occasionally see people talk about AOC being too "young" and "inexperienced" for a presidential run despite the fact that in 2028 she will be 39 and have spent a quarter of that life as a US congressional member sitting on 5 different oversight and finance committees.

Supreme Racism. A political cartoon by Bob Whitmore about the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Supreme Court.

I’m gonna post this video every day so we NEVER FORGET what Donald Trump did to the USA on Jan 6th

this is such a great encapsulation of what the various factions of the reactionary right want. i might add that they envision themselves as slave masters and the rest of us, in one way or another, as their slaves. betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa...

The kids are alright.

Went out for a brief kayak paddle for the first time in aaaaages, after working with a trainer to recover core strength and flexibility. Feels amazing 😍🤩

so many of the problems we try to solve with code could so much better be solved with improved communication & business processes, but that involves collaborating with other humans and most organizations have such a low opinion of said humans that they will build another bloated shitty tool instead.

Your AI don't matter if your strategy sucks

If we actually want to appreciate moms, we should be providing free childcare, healthcare, and guaranteed income for stay-at-home parents to put more money in families’ pockets and ensure no SAHP is reliant on a partner for their economic security. Idk I think that’s better than 15% off a vacuum.

A good cautionary tale for when someone claims that trusting data analysis done with an LLM is good because it’s “objective.” In this example, Copilot apparently decided to ignore the data it was given and just run with all the subconscious biases its (human-made) training data inevitably gave it.

There's actually old Protestant theological thinking tangled up in here ("salvation by faith alone" --> what's in my heart is what matters) which here conflates inner state + outer action. Are those bones racist?!? Which lines up perfectly w/power, accountability, maintaining status quo ofc

Hi yes this is bad Like, even that’s a gross understatement But cis people I am BEGGING Ignoring it will not make it go away Downplaying it will not save lives Convincing yourself it’s not that deep is a death sentence for the rest of us

"A Response to the So-Called “Trolley Problem,” from the Makers of the Trolley" buttondown.com/jennydwillia...

If you are designing content with data from users you are doing content design.

Moral dilemma: Do I leave my nth read-through of murderbot to jump to the new book? I have mismanaged my time, clearly. 🤦🏻‍♀️

SAME.

Happy New Murderbot for those who celebrate!

Chinese researchers have created a bamboo-based plastic as strong as petroleum-based plastics, which can fully biodegrade in soil in just 2 months phys.org/news/2025-10...

I love how this poem moves from funny to serious I've seen this. The bar in Belfast International Airport. We heard the alarm, could smell the smoke & sat on & finished our pints. I have witnessed the second half of the poem too. It's time to pour our pints on the fire #Poetry #Poemoftheday

This is amazing. And you know at least some of the editors were intentionally doing that.

Can I blow your mind for a second? Calling it “agent” doesn’t mean it has human agency, it’s still a computer program 🤯

The Fifth Circuit just told millions of women that three judges know better than the FDA, their doctors, and 25 years of evidence. They don't. This restriction on medication abortion is a nationwide abortion restriction, full stop. I have no intention of letting this stand.

Tfw you see your book for sale in India and beyond - thanks Shroff!

It’s Terry Pratchett Day! My favourite author, who gave me an escape when I needed it, inspired me to be a better person, and taught me the value of truth, justice, freedom, reasonably priced love, and a hard boiled egg. “When in doubt, choose to live.” 📚💙 #TerryPratchettDay

Happy caturday.

"Naturally Flavored with Other Natural Flavors" ::sound of breaking brain::

It's always awesome to get fan mail. Just answered some. So if you're wondering "gosh should I tell that writer how much I loved their book/story" yeah you definitely should, immediately