everything is terrible so here's the Muppets channeling Hamilton and bringing me untold joy (via the brilliant brettevansmafrog on insta)

Still king of effortless cool Robert Redford Made An Art Of The Double Take - defector.com/robert-redfo...

August 5, 2025

Two weeks ago, I was the first to report the existence of training videos instructing FBI personnel to flag mentions of Trump in the Epstein files. This weekend, I sued them for the videos.

"They would have beat Jesus if he was black and he marched." - Louis Daniel Armstrong, b. 8/4/1901, New Orleans, LA

Because you needed a video of a Porcupine eating an apple... You're welcome #bluesky... ☺️

Crabocopter….. Love how it folds in claws to be more hydrodynamic after take off…. 🦀

An Increasingly Walled World mentalhellth.xyz/p/an-increas...

"What does a president have to do to get the right kind of birthday tank parade?" A diary entry from a disappointed Donald Trump, by @petridishes:

The revolution is full of 60-year-old women who love their trans kids.

I love this about her even more than her tennis.

The biggest joke on mankind is that computers have started asking humans to prove that they are not robots.

[road trip] DAUGHTER: I have to use the bathroom. ME: *pulls into rest stop* DAUGHTER: Thanks. ME: Make sure you’re back in 5 minutes. DAUGHTER: I will. ME: We accidentally left your brother behind once. DAUGHTER: I don’t have a brother. ME: Exactly.

I hate that my brain is just a scared jellyfish riding a bone bike covered in meat trying to pay bills and yet I still have to look people in the eye and say, “I’m doing well, thanks.”

Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.

"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen. This would help our bees " via I Love Bees

NEW: Everything wrong in America is because of the ultra-wealthy. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/its-the-ol...

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Patriot Front Nazis marched through Kansas City today. A noble citizen got all up in their business and filmed them as they loaded into their U-Heil van. One of them identified himself as this guy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_... Video of them marching: www.instagram.com/reel/DKDQ29R...

Magic

if an employee of the Chicago Sun Times made up a summer reading list of 50 fake books that didn't exist they would be fired already, blacklisted by the industry & the paper would have issued a retraction and a full page apology but it was a plagiarism machine so it'll just get used again next week

holy shit

I love my job as the guy who adds a fake “keep me signed in” checkbox to every website that does nothing

Given that most, if not all MAGA merch is made in China, I'll be really curious to see what happens to their pricing and availability 😁

Robert De Niro is expressing his love and support for his daughter Airyn De Niro, after she recently shared publicly for the first time that she is transgender. cnn.it/3EY1msu

Harvard Law professor Michael Klarman gave an inspiring lecture about the need for lawyers to protect democracy. I was honored that he noted the attacks and threats aimed at me. His words serve to steel my spine and make me more committed than ever to fighting for democracy. Thank you professor.🙏

What is America’s pro-natalism movement really about? | Moira Donegan

Amen.

How the Radical Right Captured the Culture newrepublic.com/article/1935... via @newrepublic.com

RIP Pope Francis

While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists.

Round of applause for this social media person

If the president can spend a quarter of his days in office golfing, corporations can give workers a four-day work week.

How Much Do I Really Need to Know? www.wordsfromeliza.com/p/how-much-d...

Freiburg, Germany, Central Station Bookshop (right @the center of the shop‘s entryway): “This is a selection of books which are banned at schools in the US“. #UniteAgainstBookBans #FreedomToRead @ala-pla.bsky.social @librarypolicy.bsky.social

JPMorgan raises recession odds this year to 60%.

Trump Picks Golf Over Dead American Soldiers charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-pick...

I spoke to a South Carolina woman today who is miscarrying - her fetus has no heartbeat - but the state's ban is preventing doctors from taking action. She has to walk around with a dead fetus for another week so she can get a FOURTH ultrasound. This is what bans do.

Tariffs are like lingerie - meant to protect the goods, but mostly just make things more complicated and expensive for everyone trying to get in.

It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory. Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.

I refer to growing up in the acid rain/ quicksand/impending nuclear conflict era as being "classically trained" in generalized anxiety

Get me to God's country

I wish people hated fascism half as much as they hate feminism

This energy right here.