I made a t-shirt last night after I read that Satya Nadella post about how mean we're being by calling AI slop slop. I'm sad I couldn't get it here in time for the CES keynotes tomorrow.

Tough week for Wire fans. 🤕

Cough drops and overpriced Mucinex today. We’re saying Merry Sickmas again over here.

I come and go with Benoit Pioulard’s now-expansive discography, but 2025’s Stanza IV is my favorite from him in a while: four long-form ambient drones with layers of affecting melodies. It recalls some of Eluvium’s more drone-based (and less classical) albums. A favorite from this year.

My god. From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:

Extremely confident I could run CBS in less embarrassing fashion

Ah man - The Black Dog founder Ken Downie has died... A formidable figure in the evolution of UK electronic music - www.clashmusic.com/news/the-bla...

This is a huge loss. I listened to The Black Dog more than anything else this year. Such a deep and rewarding catalogue to get lost in. Decades of influence.

February 20, 2025 Ep. 952: Silkworm Thanks Andy and Tim! @timmidyett.bsky.social @jon.wprb.com vishkhanna.com/2025/02/20/e...

WOW: The DOJ has DELETED an image from its release of the Epstein files that shows photos of Trump in a drawer. Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump. Now, it’s gone.

It’s a great day to stream one of the best films of the year. #OneBattleAfterAnother #PTA

The only thing I will add to the #Geese discourse is that this cover is uneven, but very instructive. I can’t stop hearing echoes of Gregg Alexander’s vocal inflections all over Getting Killed. As someone who grew up with that New Radicals album, I absolutely love it.

Simpler times

This is legitimately one of the most pathetic things I’ve ever seen on tv

Nothing like an uplifting holiday message from racist grandpa.

easiest $34.99 i ever spent

this is so frustrating because this poorly-understood disease needs so much research, education, and funding and instead this clownish dipshit is exploiting people's suffering with his pseudo-populist conspiratorial cack

I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

i know its been a long time since illmatic but jfc nas

Wonderful @theblackdog.bsky.social package all the way from Sheffield.

Pete Alonso could be a god in Baltimore. #Orioles

Bari must have really loved his embarrassing interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates last year.

Can't wait for Bugs Bunny's new owners: Jared Kushner and the Saudi Arabian, Abu Dhabi and Qatari sovereign wealth funds.

this pretty much guarantees months and months of performative bullshit by Trump and Ellison and right wing media about how Netflix ownership would be a woke antitrust nightmare, but letting Larry and his nepobaby son dominate U.S. media would be a delightful, populist spritzer

Norfolk doesn’t play.

Gen Z and beyond hopefully never has to experience the misfortune of going to a concert and smelling like burnt ass afterwards.

The Hold Steady starting their shows this weekend at 8:30 with no opener is a sign of a quickly aging fan base. Gonna have to rename it Larger Nights Where You Have Three Beers But Are In Bed At A Normal Time.

HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right

The officials are absolutely crucifying Washington tonight. Terry McLaurin slipped over on the route. There is no world where that is intentional grounding. What are we doing here. Back to back plays with terrible, game-changing calls.

Avatar sucks

I just started watching Death By Lightning last night on Netflix.

Divisions within conferences are so stupid. #ODU deserves another shot at JMU.

New album from #KMRU incoming. Kin is out 2/13 on Editions Mego.

I watched over two hours of The Chair Company yesterday, took a nap, and ran four miles. Very successful day off.

If for some reason you’re still subscribed to the Washington Post, you can get the same information from a local men’s room stall

Mike Elias busy picking his nose.

Wizards break their 14-game losing streak, and win for the first time in 10 tries in NBA Cup play over the past two-plus seasons, with a 132-113 win over the Hawks at Capital One Arena. C.J. McCollum goes for 46 points, on 10 of 13 shooting from 3. Alex Sarr adds 27 and 11.

I think I yelled “Artie!” at my television when he showed up in Weapons.

My Bloody Valentine are about to play their first concert in seven years. #MBV

One of the best used CD purchases I’ve ever made. Random shop in Georgetown over 20 years ago.

I am genuinely sad about this. Grayson was one of the only bright spots in this org’s pitching development over the last 5-10 years and despite the injuries I really felt like he’d bounce back and be an important part of a winning Orioles team. Maybe his arm is toast, I don’t know. It’s just sad.

It is cool that more people are realizing that the rich guy that crapped all over student loan forgiveness is a bad human being, but it really shouldn’t have taken this long for the public consensus to be that Larry Summers isn’t on the level.

If #ODU is ever good enough to play in the Pop Tarts Bowl, this would be like making the national championship game in my eyes. Until then, I will dream.

He's old, he's usin' the autopen, and grocery prices are up. Trump's basically Joe Biden, T.

MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.