Hasn't anyone been following the price of gold lately? What a waste, using gold to fix a plate you'll never be able to use again. Guess they're also teaching the mystical Japanese practice of もったいない.

There are few things more American than Kintsugi. Find an ridiculously obscure practice limited to Japanese potters, fake an "Ancient Philosophy" around it as a marketing technique, then sell classes where you purposefully break things in order to repair them while contemplating "imperfection."

Born to be a poet too apparently. His transparent noggin is pretty cool ngl.

This is the thing none of the Gish galloping Gaiman apologists really acknowledge. Even if you take the worst accusations out of the equation, he's still a sleazebag who betrayed his own art for convention hookups. And that creates a spiritual bankruptcy to his work that's impossible to read past.

A thing I don't think we're really overt enough about: it's broadly unethical for celebrities to fuck their fans. Even beyond the power imbalance, you should respect the impact of your art instead of cashing it in for a blowjob. Yes, there are plenty of "what ifs" here. Note the word "broadly."

Nothing summarizes the modern right better than this

Unfortunately, this piece on The Great Resegregation has aged well. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

This👇🏽 deserves to be posted 100 times but I’d be labeled spam.

Roberts Court is just racist Bob Loblaw

I realize this is obvious to most but allow me to rant: At the core of Trump's base love for him is a simmering resentment over their mediocrity and gratitude for him making it permissible to be arrogant whilst mediocre. Everything in this cult can be traced back to that. (thread)

English-language Macross fandom kinda sucks. I've translated several Macross novels into English, and got some thanks (and I'm grateful for them!), but mostly got attacked. And banned from many Macross Facebook groups. (Which is why I switched from Macross to J9.)

With very ominous language, Justice Elena Kagan says that today’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais ends the Supreme Court’s “now-completed demolition of the Voting Rights Act.” 6-to-3 vote in favor of white voters who challenged a Black-majority district in La. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

JUST ARRIVED!

The famous non-fiction writer, Vincent Shaw. #Sasuraiger #銀河疾風サスライガー

GO FOR IT, TAYLOR! www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

You know who else built an underground bunker to hide in when things got bad?

Artist Neal Adams sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/adams_... died on this day, so here's some of his cover art from 1969:

I remember watching a bit of Solar Adventure with JoshB many years ago and he was enamored with how this one opens and ends with an extended live action sequence of kids learning about Northern spies and seeing a couple get jumped by them while the rest have a pleasant fishing trip.

Whoa whoa whoa. You mean all the posts I saw laughing at Michael Tracey for trying to fight Jim Acosta were actually because Tracey had just done a false imprisonment on @jkbjournalist.bsky.social? ABSOLUTELY NOT. Stop treating this dude like a cartoon. He’s a garden-variety abuser of women.

Can't stop singing this to the theme of the Muppet Show

I assume the reason that the entire GOP is slavishly pushing the ballroom nonsense is not that they agree that the ballroom is actually important but they understand Trump is flailing and needs a win, even a pathetic one.

📌Barack Obama was targeted 11 times in assassination attempts during this two terms. I bet you don't remember any of them because they were handled through proper channels, professionally, and he isn't a whiny bitch.

Terrific take on the intellectually bankrupt use of "both sides" by the lazier members of the corporate media.

Alex Pretti was shot ten times after federal agents disarmed him.

This move by SCOTUS is deeply insulting. The district court gathered a massive amount of evidence in record time, and District Judge Jeffrey Brown wrote a careful 160-page opinion. Now a majority of justices have dispensed with it without even providing a full written opinion.

I don’t think the White House Correspondents Association Dinner is a ritual that defines democracy

It's an understudied element of our media environment that Republicans can insult Democrats in any way they see fit, regardless of propriety or truth value, without repercussion, but Dems are consistently forced to use measured tones to describe Republicans no matter how outrageous their actions.

Gerry Conway has passed at 73. He leaves an incredible legacy. Co-creator of Punisher, Power Girl, Firestorm, Killer Croc, Jason Todd, Ms. Marvel. He also wrote a lot of tv including Law & Order. Best remembered for The Night Gwen Stacy Died? Probably? My condolences to his family and friends.

I think President Trump should start every interview or press conference by saying “I AM NOT A RAPIST OR PEDOPHILE” to get that out of the way so they don‘t have to spend so much time on it. Or he could get cards made.

WHITE WOLF (1977) Oil and Acrylic on Illustration Board - 26” x 17” Elric derives his strength and magical powers from his sword Stormbringer, which feeds on the souls of those it kills. 1/4 #art #booksky 🪐📚

In any assassination and terrorist event, it's important to have factual clarity about what happened. Alas, as with two earlier assassination attempts, Trump insists on muddying the water by lying. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Hi, I'm once again Pixel! I commissioned and edited this! Due to a sudden windfall, I won't need to take any more donations for the forseeable future, so this'll just be some additional credits and fun facts!

So, some mechanical trivia! The big new Valkyrie featured this chapter is Chelsea's VF-19ACTIVE Nothung! It's a tester prototype of the VF-19 series with added EX-Gear integration and a snazzy new set of wings and fins. It's one of the best designs in R, for my money.

Macross The Ride - #2: Up, Up and Away www.tumblr.com/trafalgarlog...

Macross The Ride - #1: Deep Space War Bird www.tumblr.com/trafalgarlog...

I miss the old times of Bluesky when people would share and uplift starter packs and try to help out people gain followers for small businesses and stuff. So lemme share mine again 💙 Let's help each other out go.bsky.app/6DkNbH7

NHK World just released a fascinating documentary about the 50 year history of Comiket. Definitely give it a watch before it is taken down on May 3rd. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... My favorite part has to be the moment where they show a guy selling doujinshi about baseball umpires. Love that guy.

So, for the "tone down the rhetoric" people, they should start with this guy.

When you make ballrooms illegal only illegals will have ballrooms The only way to stop a bad man in a ballroom is a good man with a ballroom

My take on political violence is where it was 7 months ago. Though (1) I think its mistaken to analyze people like this as if they are rational actors going through a process and (2) most of the talk talk is people reacting to it with either “violence is never acceptable” or “BOMB MOAR WALMARTS”

Appreciate this detail from CBS News reporter Jennifer Jacobs. It's an important part of the story that seems to be missing from a lot of comments & coverage.

BRENNAN: The shooter had multiple weapons. You said he traveled from CA across the country by train. How did he do that? BLANCHE: This isn't about making laws more restrictive BRENNAN: I'm asking about crossing state lines w/firearms BLANCHE: I don't think that's something we should be focused on

Others have noted it, but it really is strange that Donald Trump, who obsesses over the slightest perceived insult to him, has never to my knowledge once discussed the actual man who took a shot at him in Butler, PA.

Trump: I'm going to destroy an entire civilization. We're going to keep killing people in boats. Senator Kelly should be executed. ICE protesters are domestic terrorists. Immigrants are vermin. Raskin: Donald Trump is bad for this country. Bash: Do you regret your heated rhetoric, Rep. Raskin?

Donald Trump called Somalis “animals.” He said Haitians eat dogs and cats. You fucking journalists had a party with him and now you want our sympathy. Fuck off.

今日。北海道神宮と円山公園、札幌。

Wow what if the holocaust against Gina Carano’s career never really happened

man it's always the ones you most expect

Yesterday, I finished watching the '92/'93 soccer anime, "Ashita e Free Kick" ("Free Kick Toward Tomorrow"). It hasn't been fansubbed and will NEVER be released in West, but I thought it was REALLY good. Laid-back and relaxing, and very fun!