I know that nothing can be forever, and there will be a swing of the pendulum that brings us back toward sanity. But until then, I find myself thinking like Arya Stark and making a list.

These dimwits are willing to burn down enormous amounts of long-term franchise value as part of their power games. A mogul's failson hired a mediocre editorial writer to run a network news division, and then she hires a screenwriter to run one of its most valuable assets.

I've had (more than once) the experience of incompetent, arrogant fuckwits hollowing out & trashing a storied journalistic institution, but it never gets easier to watch it happen elsewhere. To Bari, Nick &assorted bootlickers: Those of us with spines may be underpaid but we also have long memories.

You absolutely DO NOT HAVE TO HAND IT TO THEM, but this response is some serious bars. The IRGC sucks -- unquestionably! Completely! -- but when they're referring to the US as the forces of tyranny, They. Are. Right. I am so embarrassed, so despondent, at how stupid, venal, and careless we are.

Has anyone dug into VO's campaign funding? Is it possible he's running a sign printing ad money laundering sort of thing?

The number of days lately where I'd like to just take my legs off above the knee for a bit is high.

This thread (and its subsequent branches) are worth your time.

Gotta focus today, gonna put on the best focus album in my library: music.apple.com/us/album/rat... What's your focus music?

Yes please. Out with the old, in with the new.

The Fort Reno concert series could use your financial support. If you’ve ever gone to their free concerts chip in a little fortreno.com

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Between Sherrill and Spanberger? WTF is up with them both just doing stupid stuff constantly?

The thing about Andor that I love is the writing of the small moments between the action. Every single thing on screen has as much attention paid as the whole of it. This just isn't true about any of the other Star Wars shows, to their massive, massive detriment. I fear we're getting more slop.

Just rewatching Andor. No reason.

Lmao and scene

I am 2.8mi from RFK Fields as the crow flies. I can hear Project Glow from here. That has to be face-meltingly loud down at RFK. Respect.

DC Friends, you probably already know this, but @capitalweather.bsky.social is now independent of the Post, and you can be a supporter for cheap: wtop.com/dc/2026/05/a... This was the last thing that I felt compelled to pay the Post for, and now I'm glad it's going directly to the team.

Absolutely perfect out there. Go for a bike ride. A walk. A stroll. A sit. Be outside today if you can

made funnier but President Trump having threatened Bruce Springsteen already with federal criminal investigation because The Boss did free speech bsky.app/profile/scho...

Tonight I made the Rays the Steaks Creamed Spinach by accident. Holy Toledo was this good.

So it's just Flo Rida and Vanilla Ice at the stupid state fair? Man. That's just sad.

Question answered: daringfireball.net/2026/05/wh...

The vegan panic is so weird. "Oh no, you're vegan? I have to eat all these wings myself?"

DEVELOPING: Rob Lowe’s band from St. Elmo’s Fire has withdrawn from President Trump’s America 250 celebration.

JFC I didn't realize trump's fascist Garbage-Fyre Fest nixxed the Folklife Festival this summer and it's now operating as some sorry of bullshit Frankenstein guidebook thing.

I see Jeff Bezos is managing his rockets just like the Washington Post

It's true.

I find it odd that it's not a bigger issue in the DC mayoral election that Kenyan McDuffie sends his kids to private school

What’s more humiliating than having to settle for a bunch of washed-up D-listers for your big marquee anniversary event? When even THOSE folks decide they don’t want to be associated with you.

TIAFOOOOOEEEEEE

Gonna do wonders for World Cup attendance.

Yo! “Power To The People Festival Just Announced!” Check out the lineup coming to Merriweather Post Pavilion - All the info: www.popville.com/2026/05/powe...

Robert Palmer: "Addicted to Lunch" youtu.be/XcATvu5f9vE?...

Oh hello. powertothepeoplefest.com/announce

So, there's a set of DC offices on the ballot that doesn't get thought about a whole lot, and it's the Democratic Committee for the District of Columbia. There's a couple of different slates out there. There's one that's clearly the folks at @freedcproject.bsky.social. There's one that's... not.

This is what the “DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force” looks like. Unjust arrests, pointing guns at bystanders, and making threats that “there’s a whole surge coming.” DC communities don’t want more of this. We need this to end.

A Fish Called Wanda.

Man, Mart Mullenweg is completely bonkers, huh? wordpress.org/news/2026/05...

Look. Old Bay is only mediocre.

Fuck everyone involved in making this part of our reality. In no possible world should this be fucking commonplace.

Anyone else think Mike Schaffer gave Brooke Pinto an easier interview than he gave Janeese Lewis-George? Just felt like he was a lot less critical of Pinto's arguments. Not sure if it's just me?

Love it when I can disqualify a candidate from my ranking because they're buying cell phone information from data brokers. Sorry Doni Crawford, but you texted my mom because you bought my cell information from a bad data broker... womp womp.

Exclusive: Unionized tech workers at the New York Times have filed grievances accusing management of using AI-powered performance tools to track and discipline staff. The Tech Guild says recent disciplinary notices appear to be generated using one of the tools. 🎁 www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Let’s all be real clear: This does not mean Trump is powerful. He is a kingmaker in a party that is slipping further and further into chaos.

IF IT WEREN'T FOR MY HORSE, I WOULDN'T HAVE SPENT THAT YEAR IN COLLEGE. That's what this headline did to my brain: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/c...

I know people don’t say this anymore but: protect this girl at all costs

I'm having a routine endoscopy on Thursday, so I can't take my normal arthritis meds til then. I get to take Tylenol instead. Y'all, is it just me or is Tylenol like homeopathy for pain relief?

"The empty void thinks I'm great!"

Imaging being excited that parking garages love your candidate. Parking spaces don't vote.