one was a baker. the other was a bricklayer. (but as a teen he was on his way to being a professional baseball player before an injury. when we went to the baseball hall of fame he showed us all his friends who went pro/into the negro leagues)

i'm this coworker lol "oh yeah like a decade ago i survived an apartment fire and then was on a game show about it. didn't i tell you guys about that?"

they are unpersoning trans people at an accelerating rate and the democratic consultants are bleating its a 'distraction' its the fucking ballgame you either believe in human rights or you don't

*MIKA voice* doin email at the yemeni coffee shop, life's gonna get you down

RFK does not seem to understand that not only should the Massachusetts flag be changed to pink and orange, but that Bostonians have a tradition of standing up for their right to drink the caffeinated beverage of their choice without government interference.

Tina Weymouth and Grandmaster Flash by Laura Levine 1981 🖤

30 years ago Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club accurately predicted that men under late capitalism, empty consumers who had come to think of themselves as “the middle children of history” with no great wars to fight, would eventually prank and shitpost their way into fascism.

We got y'all somethin' good for De La Soul Day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AVY...

i've been torturing louie this morning by sending him messages from his stardew valley husband telling him to be nice to me

A true poster

Khamenei's body has been found and he's confirmed dead, per Reuters

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy

The long 2010s are finally over

Sam Altman picked a hell of a day to basically urge the world to trust the morality and legal restraint of the Department of Defense

hyperion is one of the best sci fi books ever written and you all should reread it this weekend

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere. It means more power for them and less freedom for you.

Good decision for Netflix, a disaster for Hollywood and probably for America too www.thewrap.com/industry-new...

my mom has been texting me about raffi's revolutionary rise for months. it's her time.

the entire pitch of Cuomo was that sure he's a loathsome sex pest but he has what it takes to stand up to Trump, and then the hot leftist starts every phone call with "what's up big dog" and gets Trump to do whatever he wants.

Bro is gonna be mayor for 9 terms

one of my all-time favorite weird and wonderful shows - DON'T HUG ME I'M SCARED - is now on dropout! full web series now; TV series (which less people have seen) over the course of the next few months. big thanks to blink industries, becky, and joe for their faith in us.

the coffee shop WAS open so we gave the poor barista who was forced to come in like a 50% tip

what blizzard, i don’t know what you guys are talking about

Gay version of waffle house closing

v early in Mamdani’s term in office but hard to escape conclusion that he’s causing a lot of snowfall

this blizzard we're cozymaxxing. we're mogging productivity. we're couchgrooving and soupslopping

This rules. Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8xYY78p/

whoever made up the word “blizzard” was fucking ON IT

I am going to hunt down Punxsutawney Phil. I will find him and then I will grind his bones to make my bread.

NYC! Thrilled to announce the lineup for March’s Songs N Scenes: the only improv show where all the scenes are inspired by the songs of a live band! This month we’re teaming up with @insertbandname.bsky.social’s punk duo Leonardo Divorcio! Here’s the 🎟️🔗! www.secondcity.com/shows/new-yo...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN Trump's "emergency" tariffs. The vote is 6–3. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

the main reason to go after the rich is that if you don’t the entire structure of your society is predicated on the whims of people who are entirely disconnected from ordinary life billionaires are simply too dangerous to exist, and any budgetary stuff that comes out of it is just a bonus

this is why under "looking for" grindr has networking www.wired.com/story/inside...

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

men used to go to war and now we just hop on quick calls instead 😔😔

I see they settled on a framing in the donor group chat

when the podcast guest starts talking about being too old because they’re almost 27 now

Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹) RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless

aww, this is very sweet

happy valentines, here's me and my sweetie slash FUTURE HUSBAND @louiepearlman.com