Sinéad O'Connor, Dublin - Anton Corbijn, 1987

Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier’s debt.

Ever thought about reading Moby-Dick? Now’s your chance to take a whack at this classic with a hilarious crew cheering you along. Jokes! Memes! WHALE FACTS. You need A MONTH OF DICK!

I finally got around to listening to @antheabutler.bsky.social’s excellent conversation with Fr. James Martin, S.J. on his podcast. Thoughtful, smart, and interesting reflections here. Makes me wish I could take a class with her!

Know the classics!

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

Always knew there was a reason I hate the phrase "Just do it"

A satisfying answer to a vexing question: Ruth's Chris Whathouse, now?

I'm in the advice GIVING business, not the advice TAKING business, okay?

When smallness = greatness

You need this moment of sweetness

everyone automatically clacks these twice upon picking them up because deep down we all know we’re crabs

WRT the (interesting) story about lack of mental imagery that’s currently making the rounds: it’s possible to recognize difference without expressing pity. /grumble

Always worth reading @dieworkwear.bsky.social , and today is no exception.

@mminthecity.bsky.social, this might be of interest. "Media literacy has been on the decline in the United States for decades... We are simply not teaching people how to engage with media in a critical way anymore, if we ever were."

Gear fans: This is good stuff! The origins of outdoor gear! The role of the military! The things we carry! (Don't @ me, she also did a podcast on pockets.)

Oh, damn. What a voice, and what a character.

apropos of nothing, I am once again asking for books, documentaries, podcasts about ordinary people being extraordinarily brave, and exercising hope with discipline when things seem hopeless.

Worth reading and reflecting on. Thanks, @brooklynmarie.bsky.social!

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In case you needed to hear this

CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag? KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag. CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this? KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable. KOKO: Hostility Interviewer

43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.

“Why are traumatized people so MISERABLE?” “Too much disappointment teaches the system that ‘wanting leads to pain,’ and so it stops responding to potential rewards. … Biologically, it’s an adaptive silencing of the very circuits that make us feel alive.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/an-i...

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

Everyone please diligently check your candy this year. I cracked open a snickers bar and not only did I find a copper ingot, but it was of poor quality. Worse still, when my man Nanni confronted my neighbor about it, he was treated with disdain.

Free will rules

You’ll excuse this diehard liberal writer for relishing all the frog ❤️ Sometimes one’s orbits cross in a wonderful way.

Useful tip

He's Good People. Check out his work!

Her voice was so wonderfully and warmly human.

@natepowell.bsky.social was prophetic: popula.com/2019/02/24/a...

"Our new research, published in the Journal of Social Psychology, suggests that some people consider it a “win” to lean in to known falsehoods." Where leaning in = keeling over (Covid, measles, etc.).

Them: need help doing things? Me: yes Them: we have a doing things medication Me: ooh Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it? Me: oh no Them: things.

Sir, a second completed novel has been reported. 🚀(Also, I'd love to hear what GR readers have to say about Shadow Ticket and One Battle After Another.)

For no reason

It's always good to see priests who still remember there are *seven* Catholic social principles. Also, that noise you hear is the USCCB screeching to the Vatican and getting back nothing, lol

You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

I know we should celebrate Tony Fitzpatrick for his Chicago art, but I'll always love his portrait of NYC's Flaco

Oh, damn. Discovered him via his art for Steve Earle, and loved his style.

My gift to you is Coinstar’s list of items that they prohibit putting in their machines, which includes earthworms, goldfish, wheat, fossils, teeth, and 1943 pennies.

Friday! Lunchtime! Words written by a man so fatigued he has just realised that he is actually crying with tired as he types this! REAP THE FRUITS OF MY POINTLESS MASOCHISM AND CLICK MY LINKS! Web Curios! Share, enjoy, please let me sleep now! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-10...

@depreshmode.bsky.social Please try to get this very special guest!

You know, I still want to talk about this movie, but I also appreciate this

Sunflowers are amazingly resilient!

New Blog Post. Library of Congress & Flickr Commons: Analysis of user interactions on 40,000 images thisismattmiller.com/post/lc-flic... - Organizing 95K photo comments. - Viewer to explore user georectified images - Folksonomy tagging vs LCSH Vocabulary - Placing into the Wiki* knowledge graph

me: fandom is so weird you get super invested in the doings of these other people who don't even care about your opinion most of the time and your entire day is based on whether they did good or feel bad and then you have to feel the same way mom: This is just parenthood

Interesting read