This became the cover for the novelization of the pilot.

I was being completely confused by The Discourse Of The Day until I signed into my lt account. Had forgotten that I not only unfollowed and blocked that guy, but added his name to the muted/blocked words list, so I was literally not seeing any posts mentioning his name.

From the department of “surprise! You ordered something and forgot about it!” - I just picked this up at @bookshopsantacruz.bsky.social. It will give me something to read after <gestures> everything else I have to do today. @greerstothers.bsky.social, looking forward to it.

It’s the Homeland Security Investigations division, which is mostly involved with tracing the sources of contraband but also has an anti-terrorism purview. Of course, if you’ve been paying attention, you might have noticed that Trump’s been using them as warm bodies for his mass deportation agenda.

Today’s “Today in History” is actually a “Yesterday in History”, having happened on January 26, 1945, when a nineteen-year-old kid from Texas became a legend. I’ll just let the official record speak for itself: “2d Lt. Murphy commanded Company B, which was attacked by 6 tanks and waves of infantry.

Good grief. Learned today that ICE hasn't had a Senate-confirmed director since January 20, 2017. None of Trump's choices got confirmed, and neither did Biden's.

Oh, gee. What a surprise. Alex Pretti was on the list that DHS claims doesn’t exist.

They’re also claiming within 100 miles of an international airport. There are only seven states that don’t have an international airport, and two of those are entirely within the 100-mile radius of international airports in neighboring states (West Virginia and Delaware).

Hmmm. In the last hour I have been followed by numerous accounts with female-presenting PFPs, name.numberstring handles, and 0 original posts. I suspect shenanigans.

Lyons is the (acting, unconfirmed) boss of ICE. Bovino was the “Commander-at-Large” of Customs and Border Protection, aka Border Patrol, now demoted to his day job of commander of the El Centro Sector of CBP. The *actual* head of CBP is Rodney S. Scott, who became a Border Patrol officer in 1992.

I just got back from seeing the monks and unfortunately the first texts I saw were from my friends saying that our friend Matt Allen, who performs as the musician Nur-D, was tackled, pepper sprayed, and arrested by ICE in Minneapolis, and the whole thing is on video youtu.be/xxFOENnJ7dE?...

Great horned owl somewhere behind our house. Must be a male, it’s a very deep hoot.

Today I learned that the Global War on Terror caused the US military to have to start manufacturing Purple Hearts again. They hadn’t made any new ones since 1944. (They made a million and a half during WWII because they expected to award a lot of them during the invasion of Japan. Welp.)

A scholarly paper examining the popularity of Ea-Naṣir memes? Don't mind if I do. (Also amused that multiple tumblr users who I follow are cited in the footnotes. And particularly amused that the Spiders Georg meme is referenced in the paper's conclusion.)

Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence. “She rushed across the office, which for Nancy meant moving at almost the speed of a normal person.”

Four Weddings And A Funeral With Big Naturals

I'm sure this is just a coincidence. /s

Apparently Trump isn’t dead, but his speech at Davos was:

WE WON RESKEET

There used to be a Chinese restaurant called King Chwan a block from our house. The staff there was always friendly, the portions were huge, and I swear their hot-and-sour soup cured all ills. I was a patron for 20 years and was very sad when it closed. (A noodle house currently occupies the space.)

I’ve never seen a sea anemone with a pattern like this - @echinoblog.bsky.social, is this a common thing? #MarineLife

Genuine Ice-Slipping Action!

Can’t wait for the DHS statement where they assure us this was actually “self-defense.”

Yesterday was a pretty nice day at the beach. A great escape from, you know, everything, for a few hours.

The Curse of Trump continues: Yesterday, the Florida Panthers, 2025 Stanley Cup champions, visited the White House. Today, they lost 9-1 to the Caroline Hurricanes.

Today in history: Four years ago, the Hunga Tonga volcano in the Tonga archipelago did The Biggest Boom Since Krakatoa, with sounds of the explosion being heard up to 6,000 miles away. Thanks to modern tsunami warning systems, though, very few people were killed in the ensuing tsunami.

@kithrup.bsky.social look, someone else has raised a corvid (note spelling) army!

My partner @jasoncapsaicin.bsky.social made a step by step guide on how to break up ice in your neighborhood in Minnesota. Enjoy!

No, trust me, you really don't.

Does being a Russian puppet count?

Awesome

Nikki Glaser roasted Donald Trump and CBS News at the Golden Globes: The Golden Globe for best editing goes to the Justice Department! And the award for most editing goes to CBS News! Yes, CBS News. America’s newest place to See B.S. News.” Love it!👏🏽🔥

"Show me what comic you loved when you were 13, and that's all I need to know about you." -Brad Meltzer

Once more unto Seattle!

You should probably watch this.

Huh. Imagine that. They've been doing this a while.

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The SuperTanker was actually really good at what it did, but Evergreen never had the money to build more than one (and neither did its successor, Global Aviation). Alas, the firefighting apparatus was scrapped in 2021 after Global went under, leaving the four DC-10 air tankers (which are now

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Post a famous bathroom scene

I just wish they’d let us open carry swords again (that got banned when I was in college)

The receipt from the bookstore, most likely

Introduce yourself with what almost killed you: Hi, I'm the rip current at Bean Hollow State Beach. Hi, I'm the rip current at Bean Hollow State Beach. (it happened twice.)

Aw HELL no

Okay, I’ll take it

disclose thy years by sharing a moving picture of an animated tale thou didst behold upon the viewing box in thy youth

First four Nancy Drew books are among the works entering public domain today. (The original versions - they were rewritten in the 1950s to make the timeline more consistent, and also to extend copyright.) Who's going to do a Nancy Drew horror movie? #PublicDomainDay

Time for a very soggy parade

Sometimes I can't shut up.