This @defector.com story is a good (non-political) example of why it’s not enough to have a bunch of individual reporters with newsletters running around. You need some kind of institution with the resources (and principles) to publish despite legal threats. defector.com/a-complimentar…

Cherish and safely store every Warner Bros. movie you own, especially the ones that weren't hits

1. The RnR HoF is the stupidest thing I care even two cents about. 2. My pick for 5: Mariah Carey, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Oasis 3. If they add 2, because they seem to induct 7 each year now: Phil Collins, Wu-Tang Clan

We snuck through Pre-Check at 5:45 am this morning at DCA. Somebody important is gonna get real pissed about this and they’ll bring it back real quick, I’d bet.

OMG if you google various Olympics phrases a big cartoon wolf-dog runs across your screen (seems to work for some search terms and not others)

oh they gave him the bisexual steroids he's *dying* dying

This is the sketchiest thing I’ve ever done but I’m so thankful our flight was an hour delayed. On the other hand, cutting it kinda close here. Nevertheless, bought a ticket on the jet bridge like a GAWD DAMN BOSS.

My goodness what a move

This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

In The Mouth of Madness and Blazing Saddles have created time loops.

We’ve moved into “turning on the hockey during the workday” mode.

<getting the absolute shit kicked out of me while Tubthumping plays in the background>

Baseball BlueSky about to have the most normal afternoon.

Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹) RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless

Robert Duvall, the legendary actor whose career has spanned over six decades, has died at 95, his wife announced

I've got a website! This is a class project for DePaul, but it's still my writing, so I figure best to share what I've got, etc. Anyway - Why You Should Be Reading John Langan travisjcook.com/2026/02/15/l...

Saw Wuthering Heights. The first time Jacob Elordi showed up shirtless shoveling hay, the entire theatre let out a collectively low feral moan in unison. 10 of 10, absolutely perfect theatergoing experience.

I, um, well, the results here, um. Fascinating.

I’ve been known to spontaneously yell “TUSK” whenever I hear any kind of rhythmic drumming.

This is great - great start to Monday.

Only one who got the ball into the end zone was Bad Bunny

In my head canon, anytime Danny Pudi shows up in person in a live-action TV show, it’s actually Abed.

Fred Willard ran full speed in Best in Show so Jason Bateman could trot after in his gargantuan footsteps in Dodgeball.

Solid class but ftlog please put Willie Anderson in already.

Watch this, it's astonishing.

The Muppet Show revival was really sweet. More of that, please and thank you.

“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Current mood board:

Neil Gaiman should never be readmitted to polite society. A man with that much money and power, actively putting up a smokescreen of progressivism to conceal his predation, can never be trusted.

“WITH A JUDICIAL FINGER IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL DIKE”

💔

Well this is just awful.

Viggo broke his toe Kicking Uruk-hai helmets In the Two Towers

I've been sitting in the Newark Airport for about two hours now, and I'm willing to deeply and doubly confirm every lifelong stereotype anyone has ever held about east coasters and New Jerseyites.

“Oh, sure, Earl. Everyone knew about this, we just didn’t tell you!”

"I don’t see it as cutting someone off. I see it as giving them a spiritual workout."

Ta-Nehisi Coates: With the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, "Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact—the culture war is an actual war"

Seeing The Voice of Hind Rajab the day after yesterday was a specifically horrible decision on my part.

I'm seeing a lot of calls to block/report any and all "Alt" accounts in the replies, but I think it's worth saying that AltNPS is BY FAR the worst, most harmful, and most dangerous "Alt" account. The others are generally pretty harmless, and I don't want to unnecessarily lump them in with AltNPS.

Was waiting until Monday to post this, but fuck it. Solidarity with all of those fighting these fascists in Minneapolis and throughout the country.

They murder a man in cold blood and wait around to watch him die. There is no hell hot enough. Abolish DHS. Impeach, convict, remove. Trials as soon as possible.

A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Emily Gilmore is lawful evil, much in the same way my grandmother was lawful evil, and it’s a Hoot.

Oscar Nominee Bryce Dessner is fun. The National hive rise up.

I think 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple made me like Iron Maiden.

Incapable of understanding how "abolish ICE" was silly but arresting 5 year olds is public policy

In France, schools often have a poignant plaque on the wall near their entrance recounting how many students were kidnapped by the Nazis from that school during the occupation. Four students have been taken from this Minnesota school district.