Absolutely love this book with the exception of the the handling of Ian Malcolm, who is such a naked self-insert and mouthpiece for Crichton that it gets genuinely annoying at times

I messed up with the beard trimmers so now I gotta look like some strange guy until I can grow it back

Second US plane down a day after the first

Let’s. Fucking. Go.

Geez

Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss (1889-1943), Six Espaces Distinct, 1939, oil on canvas, 64 x 87 cm, private collection

NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process.

I would be less surprised to see Donald Trump dunking a basketball than I would be to see him reading a book

The most masculine thing a man can do is hack away at an email inbox until it's at 0

It’s interesting how many people are willing to publicly eat shit for Trump in exchange for 6-12 months in his good graces. Many bad people in that country.

may this define her for the rest of her life. she was willing to stoop this low and still got fired. girl, bye.

Lol

When the riff comes back but slower and nastier

wow the symbolism in this book goes crazy. and you're saying all these symbols make up little words?

One of the things I tell my students is that there is no easier way to insult me permanently than by expecting me to spend my time reading something that nobody spent the time to write. I expect a decent number of readers from all walks of life feel the same

Face progress. Feeling so great

Fascinating

Yep. Like, not saying it automatically makes you an irredeemable person or whatever, but there are a lot of people in the world who are good leaders, I'd rather just choose a different one. Sorry

My most problematic opinion is that I actually do think a dude having a sordid affair should disqualify them from public office.

objectively the funniest critique an american could level at another country

Masterful gambit sir. Sure, gas is $6 and you gave Iran an infinite money voucher, but on the bright side, Supreme Leader Khamenei has been killed and replaced by Supreme Leader Khamenei

on balance the world would be in a markedly better place right now if instead of attacking Iran Trump had just cut them a check for half a trillion dollars and done nothing else lol

Sorry but I love Jerry's posts

this is why you don't do a WSJ profile glamorizing a "journalist" who admits to heavily relying on AI!!! this shit is toxic!!!

Cruz went to Harvard and Princeton

Knowing that he is surrounded by people who are telling him that putting boots on the ground is a necessity and an inevitability, this just seems like a pump and a setup for everybody close to him to dump their shares right before he announces a ground invasion and tanks the market

Just changed into my work clothes in my office and I gotta say that standing in your underwear next to a stack of music theory textbooks, however briefly, feels like a serious crime and augury of bad luck

I came across this image in my FB memories and instantly died

It's not everyday you get to shake a dinosaur's hand

The irony of this post itself being a lie

This is not going to go well

Remember when the Consent Manufacturing Machine used to actually manufacture some consent? Instead of just killing people for money outright

The legal/capitalist idea of music being property is irreconcilable with the reality of how music has been made since the beginning of time

Fantastic blurb for Robyn

Today is 6 months of going to my community centre gym, the longest period of consistent weightlifting in my life. This shirt used to be snug around my belly.

The NYT says today’s #NoKings protests had “no shortage of skeptics,” and then quoted exactly one of those skeptics: The chairman of the Ole Miss College Republicans (as of 2025.) But of course, the Times doesn’t ID him as such. He’s just a Concerned Youth.

Stephen King tbh

FWIW the No Kings protests are good. A close family member was involved in ICE community monitoring patrols that had a directly beneficial impact to immigrants in their town, and they met new people to add to their network at protests like these. Protests aren’t going to save us, but they are good.

CNN: Record Protests Across USA Today FOX: Foul Ball? What We Know So Far About the Trans 14-year-old Who Wants to Play Soccer Al Jazeera: Israeli Strikes Kill 1,000 in Lebanon CBC: BREAKING: Photo Record Shows Ryan Seacrest Visited Ottawa in ‘03, Had a “Nice Time”

Unironically one of the most important things Americans can understand

You are all nuts and getting angry at a thing you made up in your own head!

Fascinated by the number of people that have seen Warren say that “homes should be for families, not giant corporations” and somehow come to the conclusion that what she MEANT is “condos are not homes”

FBI reported 1700 arrested "child predators" in 2025. That's around 1/200k. There have been now 7 pardoned J6ers arrested for sex crimes against kids, out of 1600 J6ers total, around 1 in 230. You can play w the denominator a bit (135M adult males) but it's still around 350x the rate

God this shit is so fucking pathetic. Ruin your life in a normal way. "I talked to the computer too much and went crazy." Listen to yourself. Gamble or do heroin anything but this. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Ha ha

Yes, this is Robert. Hold all my calls.

what stage of capitalism is this

whoops