After his death in TA 3019, Saruman the White was resurrected. Less evil, but still seeking power through (a) mechanization and (b) the labor of subjugated races, Saruman the Plum became known among men as "Willy Wonka"

Kept busy with cooking and food prep yesterday and these are my reward: gochujang caramel cookies (NYT Cooking, Eric Kim). You only get 8 absolutely giant cookies, but they are Amazing.

God dammit

Holidazzle won't be funded because the entire budget is going to R&D to create an even glossier flyer scaremongering about DSA-aligned commercial tax rates.

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

can you imagine just sitting down to plan this and not feeling any shame or hesitation. seeing jane goodall on the tv as you’re doing it and how her thing was gorillas and yours is getting ready to deport a guy who’s been wrongly imprisoned since reagan’s first term

Oh, so sad to lose her. What an actress.

No Kings is in part organized by Indivisible, an organization very popular with age 60+ suburbanites (not an insult -- the people I know in the group are doing a ton of work). How do you look yourself in the mirror when you're out there calling Grandma a terrorist?

Twin Cities food question: Is there a takeout food you like to bring to potlucks? e.g., I have picked up the family size Centro salad, which is amazing. Ideally South of 94.

Thinking about that time I got quoted in the National Review about Bari Weiss

Prince formed a VERY specific idea of desirable masculinity for me at a very impressionable age 😂

"Our neighborhood has become a ghost town, they said amid the lively bustle of the festival" rates among classics like: "nobody comes here anymore, there's no place to park" and "why weren't we notified this was happening, the crowd moaned at the packed public meeting."

This is why we have an American pope. The rest of the world (while also imperfect) is sick of our shit, sick of our stupid president. Send an American to deal with the Americans.

Twin Cities, we should all be at Paul McCartney next Friday 👀 SEE YA THERE

Witches for Dolly Parton

I auditioned for something tonight and was reminded that my desire to perform for people is equally matched by my desire to be invisible. How do I wash the cringe off before tomorrow?

I'm obligated to share this classic. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-...

Gift link: defector.com/bari-weiss-s...

I haven't seen Top Gun or Good Will Hunting. Also, I don't think I've ever seen a complete episode of The Office. I adore Steve Carrell but it just didn't happen.

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

Some of you know me as an OG media reporter, but Brian Lambert, who I don’t think is on here, taught me. He had some great thoughts about Kupchella’s landlord ad & “journalism.” Sorry for no alt-text; these excerpts are too long. If you need alt please message me & I’ll shoot you an email or text.

a judge sentenced Casey Goonan to 20 years in federal prison for burning a car freecaseynow.noblogs.org

I knew it was bad, but I'm still shocked by how many grown adults are total fucking children. Part of aging has always been learning that no one knows as much as you thought they did. But holy shit.

It's October, so I am legally required to repost my favorite tweet ever.

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Have you read a really good, well-done memoir lately? Something you liked not just because the author is an appealing personality or has good opinions, but because it was original, well-written, had a meaningful structure beyond Chapter 1, I'm born; Last Chapter, today? Do tell. 💙📚 #booksky

We laugh at this shit -- I mean, how can you not? -- but it's serious: these guys want to infuse reactionary thinking into AI and then infuse AI into every nook & cranny of American life. They can't win the argument so they are trying to blunt-force their views onto us with money & power.

Happy spooky month from our increasingly spooky neighborhood

pete hegseth, who you will recall has been accused of domestic abuse and sexual assault, has announced a new policy by which you cannot file anonymous complaints of mistreatment. sex criminal solidarity.

LynLake Brewery has a crowdfunding campaign structured as an investment up on their website www.lynlakebrewery.com#about 🤷

On a lighter note, "we" finally put together the little robot nightstand that I got for my office/guestroom (my role was largely to provide encouragement).

She's very funny, and yeah. Apparently speaking truth to power means rehashing ancient jokes about trans people, while tiptoeing around the feelings of murderers for big money is just good business sense.

RIP Kaleb Horton kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/

This is quite possibly the most disgusting thing this man has said. And the bar for that is quite high.

I already have tickets to this show so if they aren't claimed yet you should repost and join me. It's going to be so good!

It’s some real bullshit that David Bowie is dead.

"What if... hear me out.. we COULD split the baby?" - dems on various civil rights issues for 30 years

Happy 30th anniversary to my excellent husband. I told a younger friend that I was going to be celebrating my 30th anniversary and she literally recoiled in horror and said, "How old are you?!" As you can see, we married as infants.

North Shore color report, 9/23

No exaggeration here

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

This is so good, but everything else in the world is so bad

Hoo boy, I may miss some news about Star Trek and Scottish churches, but my brain needs a scrub. If he's assumed bodily into the clouds, somebody please text me.

I can't say all I feel on this in 300 characters, but this Minnesota Chorale concert will move your soul in ways that feel so healing and so joyful, and it's pay-as-you-can. www.eventbrite.com/e/minnesota-...

How are these kids still missing it's been, like, 40 years now

Fuck yes. (Well worth your time, whether you like Letterman or not. He talks Colbert and Kimmel and speaks the truth about what is going on. Wish more people would.)

Since @WeAreSinclair is demanding an apology from @jimmykimmel, I would love for them to demand an apology from the President who lied about my daughter's murder the day that I buried her. It had NOTHING to do with the Russia Investigation.

We were actually possibly going to DW this weekend for reasons, but I had already nixed Florida as a vacation destination. Love to go to Key West before I'm dead but we'll see.

My best friend, @rexparker.bsky.social, on Dante and the present moment. ❤️❤️❤️

Olga Tokarczuk forever: "...believe, unswervingly, agonizingly, that it is in freaks that Being breaks through to the surface and reveals its true nature."