I just introduced the Anti-Insurrectionist Act in NY. It's simple: If you're a New Yorker who takes from Trump's illegal January 6th slush fund, NY will tax 100% of it.

I am listening to a preview of the new-ish Broadway musical "Cats: The Jellicle Ball" on WNYC. It is execrable. I didn't have big expectations, but wow it is insanely bad. I hear TS Eliot whirling in his grave. Stay strong Old Possum. Stay strong.

This photo brightened my day considerably...

If Knicks win the title, Mamdani gets to be Mayor for Life. Those are the rules.

I still think these two paragraphs from Ganz are the most important contemporary political writing

Sounds about right.

Important. Thank you, Katelyn Burns.

General Tso is an example of someone who’s done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice.

Thucydids. Thursdays. Thuky-dades. Toocy-didies. Thucklediddles. Those sigh dudes. Thuthidoodoos. Thermosalami. That guy who was fabulous like the world has never seen. The Greek bearing shits. Thrillmeister. John Smith.

Burgum is not this stupid. He just hopes enough Americans are.

"upper middle class" bitch idk what you think that means but it does not mean "second home in manhattan"

NYT. O tempora! O mores!

Bought some fresh cartules at the local bakery. Not as good as the cannurli or svugadellos, but tasty nonetheless...

@epicciuto.bsky.social As per the post the other day. The man is psychotic now. Plus he gives bullshit a bad name. substack.com/home/post/p-...

May the Fourth be With You...

Every splashy New York Times profile of a right wing influencer.

This has made my day. Thank you, NASA!

Important news for the biologically underinformed.

Well if the Pope is soft on crime.....

BREAKING: Hungary just saw a stunning political shakeup. Opposition leader Péter Magyar says Prime Minister Viktor Orbán personally called to congratulate him on his victory, marking the imminent end to Orbán’s long grip on power.

Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute

Melania: I never cut child in half with sword. I never do this. The entire USA: what? Melania: not me.

Melania: I have no idea who this Epstein fella is! But we're all trying to find out what this is all about.....

Idiocracy was a documentary.

Mood.

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

Hey, FIFA! You need to cancel all World Cup games scheduled to be played in the United States and redistribute those games to be played either in Canada or in Mexico. The US must be sanctioned! #StopTrump

FUCK TRUMP! HE IS DEFINITELY GOING TO HELL!

For almost a century generations of scholars and thinkers have tried to understand why the Germans sleepwalked into disaster. Future generations will focus on a different case.

For a second there, I thought the Earth was actually the Death Star. (Given recent events...maybe it is.)

This is a sound & judicious take: half of democratic socialism entails that all are citizens, & all benefit from citizenship. The other half is: the cult of wealth is incompatible with a just society. The wealthy should share in the common good, but shouldn't be extremely wealthy to begin with.

America knowingly and willingly chose to kill its own children just to **** trans people over in 2024. Was it worth it to "get rid of pronouns"? Also, if you say yes, you're a monster, but we knew that already. So which is it with Trump voters? The two options are idiot or monster.

NASA Worried Moon Won’t Remember Them https://theonion.com/nasa-worried-moon-won-t-remember-them-1849492372/

Err...uhh...well...yeah...

Herb Alpert is 91 today. And, he’s on tour right now! Playing in Nashville tonight. *(that’s not him on the cover) youtu.be/LGmQXuySF28?...

Pete Hegseth's bloodlust and sadism are rooted in his far-right theology: Christian Reconstructionism. On the pod, @sarahposner.bsky.social explains all this so well, tying it to Trump's latest threats of war crimes and the Pope's rebuke of Hegseth, all in one chat: newrepublic.com/article/2083...

Can you see me?..... (Happy Trans Day of Visibility.)

Word.

Bringing to light the fervent, devout pseudo-Christianity on parade in the Defense Department nowadays. Aquinas, Grotius & Clausewitz are spinning in their graves. Pete Hegseth Just Revealed the Real Roots of His Sadism and Rage newrepublic.com/article/2083... via @newrepublic.com

Now? www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Sunday morning cartoons in Canada.

Happy to see this piece in NYREV on the Firesign Theater, a mainstay of my teen years. Not forgotten. Not insane. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

This is big news.

Around 7000 Americans were killed on Iwo Jima and 19,000 wounded, and it was part of a campaign that ended with a nuclear weapon being used, so maybe not the wisest comparison.

Life imitating play.....