The Pope isn't soft on crime anymore

Just got an email from CPS that there will be a full day of school on May 1 so happy May Day I guess

People who didn't have the CTC tanked its overall favorability polling, and people who did resented it being taken away; this is the weirdest lose-lose public benefit I can remember

You see the photo in the album The weed is growing like my erection

And, um, what would Bowsette be in this scenario, perchance?

Exactly one year ago today:

This dippy trendpiece references exactly two (2) movies, raising the question of if any legacy publications surmised that OBAA and Sinners as the Best Picture frontrunners was a vibe shift for sticking it to fascists www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

when Trump bombed Iran and murdered over a hundred schoolgirls, Jared Golden issued this statement and then voted against the Khanna-Massey War Powers Resolution on March 5. this isn't a 'rotating villain' thing, he's literally just in favor of bombing Iran.

The kiddo is going through a picky eater phase and the fact that steak is one of the only new foods they've tried and enjoyed is further proof the cosmos just likes fuckin' with parents

Important Jeopardy! update: I'm pretty sure that yesterday's episode was the first to ever reference Ea-nāṣir

In response, Tony Khan is announcing for tonight's Dynamite that Pasek and Paul are ALL ELITE

Curious if Silverstein simply voted in lockstep with the conservative bloc, or if the restaurant owners on Devon had influence here

Giving the Disney Adults credit for this one: if WDW and Disneyland discount deals start being offered, you'll know the economy is screwed

The first one was delightful so I'm glad there will be another, but I'm worried that Peanuts movies will become The Vibes Are Bad indicators

I understand this fear but also Dubya/Cheney slunk out of the spotlight in a way that Trump/Vance seem incapable of. And there's no McCains to step up and be the Republican that even Democrats can agree on.

I have a sinking feeling most caper movies are going to be retro now because anything contemporary will be too digital (see: the last couple Missions Impossible) and the fun of heists is analog

That's what we are up against when we want to build strong, diverse, resourced communities! Opt in to public spaces and institutions. Think about how many places you hang out that are defined by shared taste and substitute one for getting together with people just bc of proximity or shared need.

there was the commissioning and then canceling of that Pride collection by queer and trans artists, then there was the DEI rollback, now it’s AI-driven false arrests. Target is setting land-speed records for torching customer goodwill, given how high their popularity and how far they had to fall

"Industry Plant" would be a great finisher name for a pro wrestler with a nepo baby gimmick, if anyone wants a free idea

And once again nobody has time for The Tomfoolery of Professor Frink, smdh

we are in a completely pointless war. prices of food and gas are up. every second ad on tv is for gambling. 300,000 people got laid off from the federal government last year. over 700,000 people died due to US AID cuts. every news article is about how you personally are about to get fired.

She seems like a baller and very likeable, which is why I'm sorry she has to play for the Sky

*that the NYT has been desperate to avoid discussing for the past 2 years.

Since we have been doomed to repeat this take for 72 consecutive months, there was zero contemporaneous art about the 1919 flu pandemic because people just did not want to relive it, this is not some uniquely modern societal ill (no pun intended)

9/9 Telematrix, 9/9 (and new personal best) Cinematrix, and 8/9 Immaculate Grid is a pretty good total for a Monday.

The finals should be Bram Stoker's Dracula over Muppet Christmas Carol, thank you for your time

The real embarrassment is that it's making BioShock Infinite the most relevant game of the series again

It’s profoundly ignorant to suggest that the Pope should be fighting crime on behalf of the Catholic Church. Anyone who was remotely familiar with Roman Catholicism would know that that’s what Daredevil is for

my brain shunting my grandfather’s final words to me into the neurological trash can to make room for “Pope Leo is WEAK on crime.”

NYT opinion piece about Hasan continuing to distract liberals from the real issues about problematic behavior online (why is the newest Binging with Babish 20 minutes of dick jokes with Alton Brown and they barely make the Kpop Demon Hunters meal)

It always tickles me that Tracy Letts, known locally for years as Chicago's finest playwright and a genius of the stage, may now be best known as the guy who talks about his dvd collection on podcasts

In the running for greatest giveaway of all time

Top Gun: Maverick was about how it's good the military has nerds now and it made $700 million domestic

Zohran presents himself like a character on Parks & Rec, and I'll bet money this is a deliberate choice.

I love baseball

This is the entire nonprofit sector btw

Hot Doug's was overrated. You cannot taste the difference with duck fat fries.

The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights is reporting an uptick in ICE activity across the Chicago area over the last week, incl. reported abductions at Cook County courthouses and immigration check ins. Chicago neighborhoods of reported activity include Rogers Park, Austin and Pilsen.

Speaking of how Michael Sacks funded dark money groups like ECW, anyone else think that a "Mike Sacks" totally would have wrestled Simon Diamond in an ECW dark match? www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/09/o...

I am once again asking why the Reds decided to model their insignia after the Cannon Films logo

[hastily deleting my "And is there a Mr. Brown?" reply]

Nothing like immediately knowing a Final Jeopardy! from a deeply, deeply stupid knowledge base

WHITE SOX POPE HAT

This isn't framed as an objective piece, sure, but everything in here is A Choice www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

A development I never thought I'd see: the long tail of the pandemic seems to be killing Northwestern's Dance Marathon and it's raising a fifth of what it used to dailynorthwestern.com/2026/04/06/t...

in persian culture, telling someone "we're going to kill you all" is considered deeply offensive

It is kinda weird that after years of referencing the 25th Amendment, yesterday was seemingly the first day posters were like "btw only the Cabinet can invoke it"

The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted