This is fantastic from @nancywalecki.bsky.social & @theatlantic.com. The kind of piece that should exist more in the world. I don't have access to a gift link, but if you've got access to an Atlantic sub I highly recommend. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Is there a way to find out which advertisers buy time during certain shows, preferably at the local level, without actually watching? Like, hypothetically, if I wanted to find out which businesses buy time from my local ABC affiliate during whatever BS they air instead of Kimmel.

Me *browsing* Netflix: Liam Neeson has t... Me: I'm in

Feels like the BCP is underplaying it a bit here tbh

Currently contemplating my purpose in this life

Male a band singular: U1

I think a Dr Seuss character lives here

Always a good reminder

My favorite pandemic memory: The first time I placed a grocery order I added wine. In TN you can't buy wine on Sunday mornings (which I had forgotten.) When I arrived the store employee handed me the bottles and said "I can't sell you these on Sunday so I rung them up as milk. Have a great day."

Me waiting for an app to determine I'm human

I'm pretty sure every one of them would be completely insufferable, just like the rest of us.

10yo: What happens to us if you and Mom both die? Me: Your aunt and uncle have agreed to care for you and your sister. 10yo: Oh...huh... ... ... can we take the PlayStation?

18yo's got her first college class tomorrow. 🙏🏻

Gotta give it to my math teacher. I never thought I'd use that thing where the curve on a graph approaches, but never reaches, the axis, but he knew one day I'd be watching the shipping tracking creep toward "Out for Delivery."

Wife buying books for me again

"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing."

Whole family staring at a big frog in the front yard saying "WE THOUGHT...YOU WAS...A TOAD!"

Non zero chance Alaska is no longer part of the United States by Friday evening.

I think we might have somebody else's mug.

Me and the kid in front of me at the new church.

You might not believe in Pluto, but Pluto believes in you.

Wendy going through some things

The thing about Louisiana is they have all the normal bugs but they're 50x their normal size.

August is the Tuesday of months.

Oh, perfect. Radioactive wasps. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/s...

When you watch Air Bud as an adult you realize it's a movie about the bond between a young boy and the dog he repeatedly kidnaps from its rightful owner.

Me, adding oxford commas to everything I edit at work

Ball is life

Shout out to the lifeguard who switched the pool music from the Statue of Liberty Bombing the Entire World country music to The Beach Boys. 👊 Not all heroes wear capes.

And my parents said playing Tetris for hours when I was a kid would never amount to anything

This is where I post from

That it happened at a Coldplay concert makes it perfect.

Someone sent me a spreadsheet to look at, and the entire thing is on COMIC SANS.

What a bunch of craven nitwits variety.com/2025/tv/news...

"When I get out of here, I'm gonna get my eyes...lasered."

Okay, hear me out. This movie kinda kicks ass.

When the meeting organizer said "I don't think this will take the whole time," but now it's only a couple minutes until "whole time."

I rode the Badger across Lake Michigan as a kid. One of my best memories.

When someone tells you they don't read Wendell Berry because they "don't take life advice from non-Christians."

Thinking about becoming a pen guy.

Me: Don't step there. That's a big ass bug. 10yo: What'd you say? Me: That's a big bug. 10yo: That's not all you said.

Petition to move 4th of July to mid-October. ✔️Perfect grilling weather. ✔️Fireworks at 7:30.

It's time

Doctor: What brings you in to the office today? Me: Every cloud looks like England.

A candidate emerges.

So happy this classic is relevant once again youtu.be/ojXMu6V7E5g?...

When I say I got that dog in me, this is the dog I'm talking about.

Honestly, this should be required for every bill.

Praying for Time