I work alongside the security office of a major utility company and the number of incidents of people *cutting down telephone poles* to steal and resell the copper wiring in them is beyond belief

it's time to admit the haters were wrong and ari aster was cooking with gas on eddington

I wrote about Kat.

"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)

I’ll give credence to any positive, negative, or mixed review of Wicked, unless it goes off on a tangent about how much better the book is

I'm attending California Working Families Party's event, “Meet Lieutenant Governor Candidate Michael Tubbs” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/ca-wfp/event...

God, this takes me back to I think it was.. Season 2? of the Startup podcast, where they profiled this bizarro “Uber for dating” matchmaking company, and it was treated like a catastrophic failure that they settled into having a small profitable niche instead of growing into a behemoth

Part of the fun of having a celebrity crush on Himesh Patel is the number of times I’ve been like, “Oh yeah, so Hamish… oh no, wait, he’s the Other British Guy.”

I don’t know what more there is to say about the Kimmel thing, but I’m glad he referenced his friendships with Kathy Griffin, Wanda Sykes, and Chelsea Handler during that monologue because boy oh boy do female comedians get a lot of shit and not a lot of regard.

Yeah, I SAID IT

Where you come down on Eddington will definitely depend on your tolerance for Ari Aster’s need to turn emotional overwhelm into literal monstrosity. You’re watching a complex drama about community politics in tough times, then A Thing Happens and suddenly we’re in Hereditary 2 (derogatory).

oh no

Has the NYT just given up on copyediting for homophones? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/n...

This totally reminds me that I have had a paper called “What is News?” bookmarked to read for a month now… www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...

I think we should compile a list of people who have managed to become the only person widely famous for what they do (e.g. Tony Hawk or Yo-Yo Ma) and study them.

the DOJ is literally **arresting Democratic members of Congress** and Senate Democrats are voting to pass Republican legislation

Hey, over here!

Feels like "awareness" is relict from the time we didn't all have information about everything always bombarding us constantly. Maybe "promotion' is more apt. Anyhow, send your flowers to www.nami.org for providing free support services in communities across the U.S.

I have actually cried (including just now) when looking at pictures of Lake Tahoe.

Getting some real Ozymandias vibes here. www.vulture.com/article/the-...

Although she is better known for her outlandish wigs, unusual singing voice, and questionable filmmaking, Sia is perhaps the most unheralded songwriter of her generation. Section I: The Rihanna of it all...

TRAMELL TILLMAN EMMY WHEN

Oatmeal in the slow cooker with chopped persimmons: 10/10

Paging @alexsteed.bsky.social

If you live in SF, write your Supervisor to oppose this. I wrote District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey. I would be surprised if he listens, but unless people let him know he has no reason not to acquiesce.

If it’s after dark, you are scrolling on a touchscreen, and there’s no one else in the room… maybe it’s time to go to bed

I don't have much interest in the Grammys generally, but as a linguist I'm curious to see whether Shaboozey breaks the never-win curse of artists whose stage name is a phonetic respelling of their actual surname (cf. Jon Bon Jovi, Jason Derulo)

Thinking about the time one of my professors said, "Power corrupts but weakness does not purify." I always figured it was a quote of some renown but I can't find a cite. Oh well, probably not relevant to politics today.

Idea: not any of this

UNITED HEALTHSCARE (2027), dir. David Fincher, based on the book by Michael Lewis

Considering where our culture is right now, it certainly is remarkable that the hero of the best movie of the year is an intersex man

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Geographer: the cup is half full of water and half full of air, making it an ideal site for a new settlement, as local bacterial colony patterns demonstrate...

thisisthebadplace dot gif www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

AOC? more like A-OK! #engagementfarming

find me in the starter pack of "people whose name is a pun in a language they don't speak, also haven't really figured out their shtick yet"

🎶 You could lisp like costumed Roseanne Barr Shoot another Scot (poor Alan Cumming!) You can say you're talking shit like Teri Garr Make another excuse for Justin Bieber 🎶 weird al dm me I got something

hey guys over here

do you think casey kasem's parents were like, hey you know what would be funny

idea: public policy *for ladies*. it's pink and sparkly, more expensive, oh and it doesn't work. we can put it in the ethnic foods aisle at safeway

has anyone here ever been to boston is it real or did they just have an empty space on the map they needed to give new yorkers something to hate

how do gyms work

hey guys, I missed the day in gay school where they taught us "stand around and chitchat with people you've just met and make like six new friends" does anyone still have their notes

Name a show you're positive no one remembers but you

In the midst of all the dire news this week, I have to say I find this interjection from WaPo absurdly funny. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Jack Antonoff may have haters aplenty for good reason, but I may be the only one who specifically resents whatever unholy deal he has with Spotify to play "I Wanna Get Better" during the last mile whenever I go for a long run. THANKS FOR THE EMOTIONAL TERRORISM, JACK. LOVE CRYING IN PUBLIC.

The thing I will confess about Heretic is that I was surprised to find I liked most of it, but I still couldn't say what exactly Hugh Grant was trying to pull

To all of my ones of new followers: What I lack in frequency of posts, I make up for in my credulity toward engaging with bots and scammer accounts.

a review site for cats called Litterboxd #tt

*sigh* James Marsters/ Chandra Levy

What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders? Public-facing U.S. Federal government agencies are *deeply* concerned with customer service and often have a ton of KPIs to account for. Some national agency heads even promote competition between regional offices and shame the "losers."