Trump: everyone in the US died from drugs last week Reporter: [nods] Trump: so we must murder on the high seas Reporter: [nods] Trump: I caught Trix rabbit once Reporter: [nods] Trump: the cock on that bunny Reporter: [nods] Trump: bigger than you think Headline: Trump Policy Seeks To Save Lives

The bird is the word.

Five years since the Australia bushfires, our team made an emotional return to see how the environment has recovered since then and to reflect on what we accomplished there. www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/refl...

Put up your cukes!

I asked ChatGPT what will I be? Will I be pretty? Will I be rich? Here's what it said to me: Que sera, sera Whatever will be, will be The future's not ours to see Que sera, sera STICK YOUR HAND IN THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

Love a bar that knows how to accessorize its drinks with its table lighting 😆 (a lovely clarified tomato/vermouth cocktail at Zitto Speakeasy)

Customs agent: Avez-vous quelque chose à déclarer? Me, abroad for first time since the terrible sequel started: Only my sincere and abiding embarrassment and that I will not try to annex you while I am here

#NoKings Chicago

Pretty sure this wine cooler put its feet on Nancy Pelosi’s desk

Finally going to make it to the Violet Hour next week. What are other cocktail priorities in Chicago, in case we have a free hour of another color?

Who else is on Letterboxd? I need more movie nerds to follow there

Sotheby’s is auctioning off a true piece of cocktail history: this bottle of Sazerac Whiskey Cocktail, from between 1902 and 1911, bottled by the Sazerac House in New Orleans. This is the original Sazerac Cocktail, as bottled by the folks who perfected it, and I’ve never seen another example.

Chartreuse, the magical monk juice prized for cocktails, is still hard to get -- and increasingly pricey in some markets. But there are bottles new and old, part of the rich broader tradition of herbal Alpine liqueurs, that can play a similar role in your drinks.

Right after "Don't use semicolons," "Don't use adverbs," "Don't use speech tags beyond 'said' and 'says,'" and "Always delete the word 'that,'" my favorite piece of writing advice is "Don't listen to people giving writing advice who are incessantly telling you not to do things."

On World Animal-Free Research Day, we ask: Why is outdated #animalresearch still being used when better #science exists? The answer lies in funding—most resources still support traditional animal tests, despite their failures.

“Little by little, almost all of them began to prioritize their romantic lives and families over their friendships,” Sam Graham-Felsen writes of his male friends. “It’s certainly what happened to me.”

Watching the new MI? Set your phone to vibrate, nap through 1st hour+ of exposition reminding us Ethan Hunt is Jesus Christ, wake up for the final set piece where Cruise hangs off a plane yelling that movies need to be on the big screen because size compensates for only having half a script

🍉🍋‍🟩🌿 Ingredients for the evening’s cocktailing Watermelon - for juicy fresh sweetness Lime - for acidity and brightness Gin - for piney juniper Basil - for the anisey backnote Genepi - for added herbal complexity Buttered asparagus - for lunch. Or maybe a truly horrific fat-wash, IDK

Last Word variations, Chartreuse alternatives. #ChooseYourFighter

Former curator here. This is why I don’t collect spirits. Don’t get me wrong; I have luxe brandy, good whiskey, etc. But there aren’t enough birthdays, anniversaries, or special occasions left in my life to justify saving every bottle. Drink up. Invite friends. Every bottle is meant to be drunk.

Give me a piece of marketing that was better than the thing being marketed. I’ll go first.

Do we wonder why white descendants of apartheid would be seen as assimilating very easily into the United States over other groups, or nah.

Fable - blanco tequila, bianco vermouth, honey, arugula, celery bitters (from A Quick Drink)

Down the herbal liqueur rabbit hole, everything looks green, send help

Look, I love Pedro Pascal as much as the next person, but historical trends would indicate that this current degree of cultural adoration — not only for his radiant zaddyness but for apparently being a truly decent man — cannot be sustained.

National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day is on April 30. To bring awareness to the day, the Up First newsletter is sharing some stories from readers about how their pet has impacted their lives.

Talk to me about Chartreuse, y’all. You finding it when you need it? What are you subbing when you can’t?

Nothing to make you remember all those skipped gym days like sprinting for a tight connection in ATL.

I had a joke about Theseus, but it was half bull

It's official: The Comic Book History of the Cocktail, which I wrote and @deankotz.bsky.social illustrated (and how!) will be out on September 23. 🧵 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675535...

First into the suitcase: pre-batched Old Fashioned, sweetened w Licor 43 and Amarena cherry syrup, bittered w Jerry Thomas Decanter and Ango. (I realize taking cocktails to Vegas is sand to the beach, but it’s nice to pour folks a quiet drink away from the ringing of the slot machines 🤷‍♀️)

A sneak peek at the Banned Books Speakeasy at Morrison House, open April 23-26. Cocktails themed to banned books, benefiting the Virginia Library Association — worth crossing the river for. Speaking of rivers: The Huckleberry Finn is delicious, though it included neither huckleberries nor fins. 📚🍸

Driving through middle of nowhere Pennsylvania, and passed a sign at a long dirt side road advertising “Antique quilts and “Pennsylvania inspired Bloody Marys” I should double back and try them, but suspect that is how my own bespoke horror movie would begin

I like to pour one over my granola

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

DC tipplers - heads up that You only have a little more time to register for this boozy Smithsonian event, featuring some of my favorite loaded luminaries. smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr...

Pre-infusing the Belafonte 🥊 for transport tomorrow - Jamaican rums, bourbon, banana liqueur, ginger, lime, allspice, falernum, sherry, Angostura bitters — and yes, it has more 🍌🍌🍌 A little treat for the end of the work daaaaay-O!

If reading the news these days is making you want to chain-smoke, raise your hand! Both hands if you were never even a smoker to start with! 🙌 I recommend this cocktail as an alternative accompaniment to your doom-scrolling. wapo.st/4kFrMzo

YouTube’s play button doing the lord’s work

Headed to Vegas in April - any new or just perennially great cocktail spots I should check out?

Return to the Blue Lagoon

Nothing to remind you of the varying depth and authenticity of social media connections like seeing the pile-on of cheery birthday greetings on the FB page of someone you know to be deceased

Adding this voodoo shop signage to my work email signature

...they're eating the protections for the people who live there.

Welcome to a more Humane World for Animals!

Sia spreads the word about Humane World for Animals with the Peter Gabriel classic “Solsbury Hill” on Jimmy Kimmel Live. 🩵🌍🐾 www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-db...