It's true and he should say it

Impossible to listen to Gorrilaz and not think of this

I wrote about Rob Reiner: www.vulture.com/article/rob-...

FWIW, Vance's appearance is also a good reminder that if you own a business of any size or have purchasing responsibilities within that business you should not buy ULINE products. If you do, your are supporting huge efforts to undermine our democracy.

Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean. I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.

alternate:

If your Democratic senator or representative isn't Anti-Manhunting Leagueposting already: your mission for 2026, should you choose to accept it, is to call them up as frequently as you can and ask them why not

this made my soul ache

Could a person with depression do this?! (grimly goes about activities of daily living)

The New York Times let me write about Kronk for the 25th Anniversary of THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE, one of my favorite movies as a kid. I talked to some of the artists who brought the beloved himbo henchman to life: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/m...

I keep thinking about that Ray Bradbury quote? "We are all cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out." And how what so many of us are being filled with is darkness and horror.

A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker. This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.

I may be on Bluesky, but my culture is still Tumblr. I want to find out through a Destiel meme as God intended.

I want to drive a dump truck of cow manure to the Microsoft headquarters and drop it off in the lobby as a thank you. They didn't ask for it, they didn't want it, but maybe they can figure out how to get rid of it.

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

In an effort at something good on the internet today: A thread on Mr KJC, gingerbread architect of the early 21st century. Mr KJC got his beginnings like so many gingerbread architects: with a kit house for the kids. Kind of fun but the premade pieces are dry and nasty, only technically edible.

*yelling from inside the getting kicked in the nuts factory* it's actually insane that you guys won't come in here

Everything I remember about 'Ella McCay' defector.com/everything-i...

Christmas party season is upon us... and these medieval faces feel way too relatable! Seen any of these characters at your Christmas do? 👀 Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264 #MedievalMonday

maybe it'll happen on christmas

also the online far-right are, almost to a man, porn-brained at a level that's quite difficult for people to process. they genuinely believe pornography is an expression of reality, and porn tropes shape their thinking about women.

Rob Reiner religion note: One of his last film projects was “God & Country,” a documentary released last year based on Katherine Stewart’s book. The film turned a critical lens toward Christian nationalism. Disclosure: I know this, because I’m in it. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

i think we should all commit ourselves to, at minimum, a national 3 day party When It Happens. one bottle of champagne in the back of your closet is no longer adequate. be prepared

gravy boats imply the existence of gravy maritime law

In honour of Rob Reiner, have David Moore's thread on the best sword fight in movie history and exactly how nerdy it is.

the good that you do persists in this world

One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power.

The Internet was never perfect but it used to be usable, functional. I know how we got here and I want the old Internet back. I want forums back. I want personal sites. I want stuff not written by a machine. I just want shit to work again.

Would you like to know how to make a zine? Here's easy step-by-step instructions on how to make your own without the use of a computer by @thorazos.bsky.social

As a person with PTSD from witnessing a shooting murder: News outlets *autoplaying* mass shooting footage on social media without CWs are doing so much harm. We have consumed so violent content that’s deeply corrosive to the brain. It’s our responsibility to ensure we disseminate it appropriately.

Liberal Currents against doomerism. First, @quinnae.com against political nihilism www.liberalcurrents.com/against-poli...

Warnock: "Any nation that tolerates this kind of violence year after year, decade after decade in random places, on our college and school campuses, without doing all that we can to stop it is broken and in need of moral repair."

Back to my point that pissed off a couple white folks enough to show their natural ass on Bluesky, ban guns. All of them.

It has been 13 years since my neighbor killed 26 in Sandy Hook. 13 years of more children & young people being shot at schools. 13 years of watching this country refuse to learn. How much longer until Americans choose children’s #FreedomToLive over guns?

Today is the 13th anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, which resulted in 26 deaths, 20 of them 6 and 7-year-olds. That we did not limit access to guns after Sandy Hook, once and for all, makes the deaths at Brown University all the more heartbreaking. We must end this now.

so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings. insanity.

mass shooting are dramatic and horrific evidence of our desperate need for gun control. they're really only the tip of the iceberg though. gun suicides and accidental gun deaths kill more people than mass shootings. and they're both also out of control in the US.

"RemoveWindowsAI" is a script created by zoicware, available on GitHub, that does exactly what it says: it remove every AI feature in Windows 11. Do what you wish to do with this information. I'm sharing this because some folks are forced to use Win11 at work or other places for any reasons.

If you've yet to purchase Woodworking, the debut novel from Emily St. James (that's me), the ebook is on sale everywhere for a few days. Just $1.99! Also, the hardcover is readily available, and you can preorder the paperback, out in May. Hurrah! bookshop.org/p/books/wood...

Liberty & Co. evening cloak, cotton velvet lined with silk, embroidered with silk & beads, early 1910s. Via The John Bright Collection, full description & images here: www.thejohnbrightcollection.co.uk/costume/cloa...

Jane Fonda was a poster before posting existed. What a queen.

the brits should be so embarrassed by their transphobia, they got completely bamboozled by an American evangelical plot. they think they’re so much smarter than us but they got turned into a country of jug hooting bigots without even needing to be told it’s what God wants.

If Greg Bovino does not go to prison for the rest of his life after this regime is ousted, we do not have a real country or rule of law. I'm skeptical we still have either at this point, but that will be a good indicator post Trump regime of whether we have serious people in charge again

Got the dreaded ”we see something unusual on your mammogram results” phone call yesterday. Went back in this morning for another mamo and ultrasound. The radiologist looked at everything and said “You’re all clear!” Women, stay up on your yearly mamo. It’s not fun but it can save your life.

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Hopium for you folks open.substack.com/pub/protectd...