A competent opposition political party would cut together the footage of what ICE had been doing in the twin cities with Mike Johnson saying "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do" and have it in ads all across the country

A U.S. president cannot be held accountable. Therefore, a U.S. president must never make a policy decision.

If there’s a better obituary for an evil cartoonist than an A.I. generated version of his character that fucks up the defining detail of its design, I can’t think of it. No notes. 👨🏻‍🍳 💋

13 Jan 2026

me opening excel

Milos Raonic has officially retired :( www.instagram.com/p/DTY3YqhjSFa/

John Cage, submitting the sheet music for "4'33"" to his publisher: What do you think? Publisher: No notes.

I always like the stuff humans knocked out of the park on a first try like yep that’s a cup no need to go further

[sombrely, with tears in eyes] "truly the people of Iran embody the great spirit of Flumpo The Fart Wizard" - author of Flumpo The Fart Wizard

four movies in a day is at least one too many

fitting in a fourth movie today (that i don’t even care about) only because the times for the other three are so spread out

every last one of em looking like if pyle from full metal jacket was played by the bob’s big boy mascot. murdering in cold blood so no one will see how bitchmade they are. the only reason i had NOT to laugh at their castrated pointlessness was thinking it would buy me my life!

i wonder if i’ll understand anything in the mandalorian and grogu if i never watched the show

The 2025 Word of the Year is "slop," both as a noun for low-quality AI-generated content and as a combining form for anything of little value. Read the full press release. #WOTY2025 #ADS2026 #LSA2026 americandialect.org/2025-word-of...

No I said don’t tread on *me*. You can get treaded on.

criterion jackass boxset when?

5 star masterpiece

speedrunning the Facts in the declaration of independence

At about 3 1/2 hours into the ceremony, PTA tells the assembled @nyfcc.bsky.social critics, “After this, none of you can say that a movie is too long”

My wife says its white and gold but I think it's black and blue

The wonderful puzzling website Puzzmo -- a balm! -- added a new game for the new year that has already become something I look forward to tackling every day. It's called Ribbit, and it adds a clever mechanic to the "how many words can you find in this group of letters?" format. www.puzzmo.com/today/

“you won’t get away with this”

Ernie Bushmiller, 1947

fuck oklahoma, we’ll take back the title next year

everyone thinks they’re a foreign policy expert now huh

jesus christ what a list of bangers

yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.

the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now

The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.

How it's going.

What President Trump is doing in Venezuela is illegal, dangerous, and outside the bounds of his constitutional authority. My full statement:

@maxwellfrost.bsky.social @frost.house.gov where you at

it’s all edging until he gets to invade cuba

i wonder how many more countries we’ll invade before the olympics are in LA in two years

Bill Watterson could do Sin City but Frank Miller could not do Calvin and Hobbes

Doesn't strike me as the behavior of a company that thinks its about to create robot jesus

you guys… 2026 is gonna be awesome.

01 Jan 2026

I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart I want nice thin blood pouring through my heart does that make sense

happy new year 👀

hny

Outlook for the new year ...

Open up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth.

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit