Fresh off his trip to Hungary where he begged Hungarians to back Viktor Orban, J.D. Vance has decided world leaders shouldn't meddle in other countries' politics.

Translation: “Run, Lindsay, run!” #LarryMunson youtube.com/shorts/Rs5Us...

Happy Sidd Finch Day to all who celebrate www.si.com/mlb/2014/10/...

Trump does not think strategically, historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. Allied leaders know that if they help him in the Gulf, he won't be grateful, or even remember www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

@adamserwer.bsky.social pretty much sums things up www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Today's news is a shocking betrayal of the FIFA Peace Prize and everything it stands for.

Dairy Queen calls its new sweet-spicy combo “swicy.” Which is better than “speet,” I guess. lisadavis.substack.com/p/who-put-ch...

Valentines cards for our time from @bylisadavis.bsky.social

They thought about calling it the “Merger Bowl” or maybe the “Summit Bowl,” but “Super Bowl” was just too darn catchy. lisadavis.substack.com/p/a-brief-hi...

Anniston makes a Jeopardy appearance

Remember the Bundy insanity during the Obama years? Armed guys occupied a federal office and one of their buddies took position with a sniper rifle aimed at federal agents? Exactly how many of those guys were shot and killed?

Bless me! A sneeze can spray up to 40,000 tiny droplets of yuck out of your mouth and nose. lisadavis.substack.com/p/achoo-ah-s...

“Every step of their immigration process has been doing what they’ve been asked to do, and so this is just … cruelty” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

The letter from Bill and Hillary Clinton to James Comer explaining their refusal to testify in his Epstein investigation is really remarkable, not like any letter of this genre I've seen. It's signed by them, not a lawyer, and the arguments are not legal ones. Reprinted from their X account:

Is it card sharp or card shark? Either one. Both will hustle you in a card game. Although you never hear about pool sharps or loan sharps. lisadavis.substack.com/p/my-grammar...

Yes, Trump is the January 6th president, not only because of his own actions since that day, but because his coordinated, violent attack on democracy appealed to people who hate the US and its institutions, and because they now staff his administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...

Read this. Merry Christmas indeed

The story of Rudolph was turned into a song and made famous by which artist? A. Gene Autry B. Dean Martin C. Burl Ives D. Tiny Tim The rest of this holiday trivia quiz is here: lisadavis.substack.com/p/want-to-pl...

The president and the speaker are scrambling to promote a candidate in a gerrymandered Tennessee district Trump won by 22 points last year. That’s the smell of panic in the air.

Kitten vs. Christmas (What if I wrapped all the decorations in bubble wrap?) lisadavis.substack.com/p/kitten-vs-...

Mike Johnson -- who is, yes, theoretically a lawyer -- has not had a chance to look at the American Constitution because he's been very busy lately, folks, he just can't see everything, gosh, how is he supposed to know if it's wrong that the president called for the execution of congress members?

quite a hill to die on this late in the war

At first glance I read this as “anal score”

Are you telling me these people are malicious *and* incompetent? Well, I never

A “mondegreen” is a misheard version of a song lyric — misheard in a way that sort of makes sense and is usually more entertaining. lisadavis.substack.com/p/hold-me-cl...

“I said, ‘Please don’t take away our federal funding,’” the school superintendent in Walker County, Ala., said. “We can’t function without it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

"Hey, we need a Republican to talk about how totally believable it is that an eyewitness to sexual assaults now insists they never saw anything wrong -- who should we get?"

What's small and yellow and keeps me sane? lisadavis.substack.com/p/sticky-sit...

One of these things is not like the …. Oh no wait, these people are all similar in a way I think

Meet Juno, mother of goddesses, destroyer of charger cords. lisadavis.substack.com/p/kitten-kab...

The view from Sunday’s bike ride.

I've seldom seen a better encapsulation of the mix of denial, willful lying and simple reality bundled so neatly in a single headline.

Didn’t watch a ton of it. But the parade seemed embarrassingly low energy. Not saying I’m expecting it but cld say Hegs getting canned over it. He’s definitely yelling at someone tonight.

Fungus among us. I signed up for a farm box, and now I'm having to eat mushrooms every day. lisadavis.substack.com/p/fungus-amo...

To Bee or not to Bee

Today is the 30th anniversary of the Wedding Day 5K (Just I Do It). Oh, and we got married later that day.

It really is incredible. Watch the full clip.

Friggin' bonkers story www.al.com/news/2025/05...

You never call! You never write!! The least you can do is take this Mother's Day quiz. If American mothers were paid for their work around the house, how much would they earn this year? lisadavis.substack.com/p/a-mothers-...

Public radio stations like High Plains Public Radio are in the direct line of fire from the proposed cuts to CPB. If signal us silenced it will be a devastating blow to small communities across the region www.hppr.org/hppr-news/20...

“In the post-Roe world, the clinic has become an unlikely safety-net provider in one of the reddest states — which has some of the country’s lowest rankings for maternal and infant health.” wapo.st/4lPfq8k

A hipster tells her story.

I think if Trump announced his coronation ceremony as emperor at national cathedral alito and thomas would support it bsky.app/profile/stev...

The Carter administration left a cautionary tale for all future presidents. Faced with an energy crisis, Carter appealed to Americans’ sense of shared sacrifice. Lower our thermostats. Put on a sweater. Carpool. All in the name of conservation…. 1/

He did it again bsky.app/profile/hous...

This must be Fossil Rim. Been there. Done that. Been harassed by an ostrich. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...

Despite spending my entire life avoiding physical activity whenever possible, one of my hip joints has worn out. Sadly, I’m not as hip as I used to be. lisadavis.substack.com/p/hip-hop-hi...

He’s already broken the law by offering the bribes. Arrest him.

BBC Fact check www.bbc.com/news/article...