Drake spending two years obsessing about getting owned then finally thinking of a good comeback, stars they’re just like us

one of these works 0% of the time, every time

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Just write anything. It literally doesn't have to make sense even to you. If you're any good at this, you will be the last person to ever know

don't be surprised if some of your favorite baseball stars wind up playing major league baseball this season. i guarantee you that this very minute, big-league teams are beating feet all across the country – and beyond – as they look to fill their rosters with the very best ballplayers they can get

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this slack message is a pretty good depiction of what it is like to work with me

I love this, thank you @douglasmack.bsky.social

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at 7:05 a.m. today, I was desperately trying to find the words to answer my 3-year-old's question, "why is that knife sharp?"

every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar

work on the creative project that pays me money and that i am under contract for and that people like????? no thanks, im busy thinking about my creative project that im kind of bad at and somehow costs me money and that nobody asked for

solid financial tactic here

Answer: No, this has not happened before. (I checked the list of all World Series match-ups)

As usual, @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social captures it. "America’s entire power structure has been taken over by the very same sort of dumbasses who have been yelling at all of us on the internet for years."

An international incident

RIP Sisyphus you would have loved Chumbawamba

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you” Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

Most of my experiences with AI thus far are like sitting next to an enthusiastic kid in a high school algebra class who never does the math correctly but won’t stop shouting answers, like, “X equals 37!” No, Richie, it’s 6, please stop interrupting

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New York Times, 2025: "The unlikely alliance of two mercurial billionaires deteriorated in remarkably swift and public fashion over the course of a few hours on Thursday, as Elon Musk and President Trump sniped at each other from their own social media platforms"

please someone tell me how to disable Gemini

CORMAC MCCARTHY: He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die. JOE ROGAN: sure. I've met guys like that

Yeah I love creatine! creatine problems for everyone

Every book contains a secret and it’s your job to torture this information out of them

This is not professional advice, or non-professional advice, or advice, just some stuff that's worked for me

you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"

what a fucking dumb shit

perfect, no notes

I mean ...

kinda seems like the leopard’s eating everyone’s face then

so many of val kilmer’s movies also describe him as an actor Real Genius Top Gun The Saint Heat True Romance

I cleaned my laptop screen and, just, wow

art

"Empathy is a weakness" crowd is so funny. That's the meaning of life dawg. That's the one great and universal sense of joy. Playboy

cc @tacobellquarterly.org

i'm beauty and i'm grace i put coffee in my face

Please Like Me

hope this helps

so far I still have all ten toenails but it’s only been six days

hope this helps

Is there a term for a) the chunks of dirty snow/ice that build up on cars just behind the wheels and b) the cathartic and addictive practice of kicking them off?

have you???

sure, Kendrick vs. Drake has been exhilarating (unless you’re Drake), but let us not forget one of the all-time great rap beefs, Pusha T vs. McDonald’s

telling my kid this is the way to live a meaningful and happy life