This is quite a thing from the people who brought you a copyright extension act that strains the rule against perpetuities. Actual human artists can't tell stories with your characters for decades to come, but Sam Altman's toy can put them into porn, no problem.

you'll spend your entire life thinking "that's not her, not really" and pushing the thought away. you'll never truly grieve. you'll become attached to a simulacrum, something that isn't your grandmother & never was; it will eventually replace her in your memory. you will live in hell before you die

lol www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UvLHp5/

It’s still going!

Really hoping my bandmates don’t get any ideas.

I saw a documentary last week about four women from Southeast Asia who flee the horrors of war and settle in the US. One woman described the transition from Cambodia to Minnesota with a line that absolutely destroyed the audience. “I survived the killing fields. I can survive this winter.”

Hold up

Music is basically a detective novel where the musicians are the suspects/criminals, the listener is the detective and of course the music is the crime. The listener tries to determine what happened and what was the motivation, while the musicians try to obscure this, so they can get away with it.

We're going to have to do an episode of @pastduepodcast.com about this. IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST OF MUSICIAN, please let me know.

Might I suggest an eight minute cover of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” to start your day? tinyurl.com/46uhjztz

I have no idea exactly how I ended up on the side of a bus, but whatever. I’m Jeremy Messersmith and I approve this message.

I don't know how y'all die-hard sports fans do it. My capacity for fandom is limited by my capacity for heartbreak.

I've only really ever been a fan of one team in any sport and it was a real delight to have my fandom re-actived this year. Thanks, Mariners.

My followers on other platforms seemed mostly bewildered by this question. It looks like the 620 in St Paul tonight?

Any place in MSP where transplanted Washingtonians are gathering to watch their beloved Mariners during the playoffs?

Cool as hell pets not allowed.

This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen

this is just brutal and I'm old enough to know it's true

For the next 97 days, I will post one thing per day about the late, great Tom Lehrer — one for each year of his life — unless I forget and skip a day. Day 1: he found a rhyme for 🍊! Eating an orange While making love Makes for bizarre enj- Oyment thereof.

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"It's ok, honey. The Sears Tower experiencing a blackout won't hurt you!" The Sears Tower experiencing a blackout:

One of my favorite songwriters. His dark humor is something I frequently try to channel when writing (Boomers, 666). www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

They waited *more than an hour* to enter the Hortman home after watching Mark Hortman get shot in the doorway Unbelievably tragic & heartbreaking And, of course, they publicly congratulated themselves on a great, lifesaving police response when they’d let a lawmaker bleed out. Uvalde is everywhere

Kudos Lisa

A 15-yo is now caring for his little brothers bc ICE snatched their mom. And another family that the local Santa Barbara paper found, pretty much same thing. Think how many stories aren’t being told www.independent.com/2025/07/11/c...

I wrote a survival guide for the 21st century and an anthem for a generation. "Boomers" is now streaming everywhere. Send it to that special boomer in your life! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vPm...

This broke me from the first paragraph "For Melissa Hortman’s last day at work, they draped her coffin with pink flowers and filled the cold marble under the Minnesota Capitol dome with the green and growing things that she loved." Thank you, @stribrooks.bsky.social

the mamdani thing is showing you how limited the range of acceptable opinions actually is in america. republicans can be a stone's throw away from endorsing genocide and thats fine but one guy goes slightly to the left of dem party orthodoxy and we're right in the middle of soviet russia

You have more in common with the average Iranian citizen than you do with the people that run this country

When @scaachi.bsky.social tells you the internet isn't fun even for HER anymore, it's time to get off the internet. slate.com/technology/2...

I just listened to the 14 minute version of "4th of July" by Sufjan Stevens and now nothing can ever hurt me again.

I think about this every day

Saying "big marches are not enough!" is correct, but is also... not enough. So here are a few resources and pieces of commentary on different ways to take yesterday's energy into tomorrow. cc: @indivisible.org, @indivistwincities.bsky.social, @mn50501.bsky.social, @50501movement.bsky.social

The day started with tragedy with political violence in MN and instead of being scared, neighbors SHOWED UP to stand together at No Kings Twin Cities. We packed the Capitol Mall all the way to the Cathedral. Estimate 80,000+ right now. So proud of our state. #nokings #indivisible

Melissa Hortman, key architect of the Minnesota Miracle of feeding kids and protecting women’s rights, has been shot in her home as were her husband and dog. Another democrat, John Hoffman, was also shot in his home. I feel like I’m going to throw up. God help us. www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...

A developing situation here in MN: lots of people talking about it over on IG but not seeing it on here: looks like local poet and activist Isa Lopez got snatched by federal agents. Georgia Fort is reporting on it too. For now, just re-sharing the call(s) to action that Jeremiah Ellison shared:

#NoKings in America. NO KINGS. Find a rally near you and go this weekend, friends. nokings.org

Read this before next Saturday's No Kings rally

I think we should not only arm teachers, but also give them skis so that way they can compete in the biathlon.

This is my exact kind of clickbait

Good morning to everyone except the person throwing cigarette butts in my garden beds

Is there other tasty tree bark or is cinnamon pretty much it?

Did you know I make theme songs for podcasts? Well, I didn't until a few weeks ago when I got asked to do a song for a new podcast by James Beard Award-winning chef and author Amy Thielen. Give the song a listen here: jeremymessersmith.bandcamp.com/track/you-kn...

That buffalo wings were literally buffalo meat. I mean not wings obviously but some other part. Because if it wasn’t it’d be false advertising.

Y'know what's great? Taking a walk. www.startribune.com/jeremy-messe...

Dodgers broadcast was discussing the science behind the perception of time between children and adults. After hearing the explanation, the color commentator pauses and asks, "Am I gonna feel any better?" Andy Pages then smashes a dinger into space, thus ending the existential crisis on commentary.

In a few hours, you could see burgundy jeans! And me. And @anamariecox.bsky.social and @jeremymessersmith.bsky.social and support @peggyflanagan.bsky.social who will be a terrific senator. Come on by! #burgundyjeans

This came up in conversation today and it’s such a gem that OF COURSE I’m going to share it here: youtu.be/Ofq_nl366VM?...