Mandatory in person work meeting last week and I missed it because I was on PTO but about half of those who were there are down with the flu now.

"I'm hoping the Supreme Court will veto this for me" is real Profiles in Courage shit for sure.

We're through the looking glass now, folks.

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Holiday work week mood

23 years ago today, one of the greatest died In memory of Joe Strummer 🖤 ... gone but not forgotten... 📸 Anthony Saint James #punk #punks #punkrock #punklegend #joestrummer #theclash #punkrockhistory #history #otd

Speaking as someone who stopped breathing last night because the power went out, we are NOT equipped for the disablity impacts of our failing power infrastructure. Great read from @juliametraux.bsky.social

Jeff Tweedy just released a helluva album (actually, three albums) and we had a conversation about it and the times we live in on @soundopinions.bsky.social . As the man said, "Creativity eats darkness." bit.ly/44D0qDK

Absolutely devastating news about James Ransone. I don't even know what to say. Sending all my love to those who knew & loved him.

Me: I spent most of my Sunday listening to sacred music The sacred music:

I saw someone say that Matt Shaw might have issues with his teammates for speaking at the white supremacist convention in Arizona this weekend. Folks, have you seen his teammates? Probably a good reason Shota and Seiya aren't smiling here.

“The elites in Saudi Arabia think I’m cool” is not quite the burn ol’ Dave thinks it is.

Hockey Players Blast ‘Heated Rivalry’ For Unrealistic Depiction Of Anal Sex https://theonion.com/hockey-players-blast-heated-rivalry-for-unrealistic-depiction-of-anal-sex/

The thinking person’s Hawk Tuah

Incredible words from real boxer Anthony Joshua after he knocked Jake Paul the fuck out lol

HOLIDAY HACK: Every time your Worst Relative tries to bait you with an "innocuous" question, counter with one of your own: youtu.be/X62bEzZ2j8I?...

All Monsters Attack (1969)

Me: I don’t see the appeal of boxing TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers Me:

Everyone else: Here are my favorite albums from 2025! Me: I like The Mountain Goats.

What was the third highest grossing film from the year you lost your virginity?

Just read the dang thread

donald byrd BLACK BYRD (live at montreux) youtu.be/IMGfk83k9s4?...

I wonder if there's any other team out there with good starting pitching depth that could potentially capitalize on such a market... [/smacks Reds with stick]

Life is so much better when you have creative weirdos in your circle. Take a few minutes to watch this. youtu.be/Hre52wm8fzI

Asking the AI how many billionaires it takes to fertilize one acre of land

Split is one of the reasons I love baseball.

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

PSA for Cincinnati Friends: Bogart’s/Ticketmaster are running a holiday special for several shows. 2 GA tickets for $30. The Circle Jerks/Gorilla Biscuits/Negative Approach on 3/28 is among those shows.

Seriously: audiences had been *laughing* at the DIE HARD trailer, and I mean laughing in a bad way, so 20th Century Fox had this ad quickly cobbled up for the week leading up to release. Luckily this worked much better than the trailer.

This is entirely accurate.

Trans folks. We see you. We love you. Wherever fascists try to make you disappear, we will push back. We will fight for you.

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Mood.

Agriculture being controlled by a handful of international corporate beasts is rapidly depleting every available natural resource including water, topsoil, and labor.

Jim Varney season of True Detective

For those of you who briefly forgot that MTG was the human equivalent of a bucketful of dirty diapers

I have the day off and about 1000 things to do so why am I watching Ernest Saves Christmas?

Quite surprised and rather delighted to find myself the first person quoted in this piece about the terrible new operating system we all have to get used to because of, you know, the situation

An indispensable book for our times. Enragingly prescient.

Brilliant reading of a film that's on constantly this time of year

The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes. I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.