"we're sad to see you go" says email list i never signed up for in the first place

Mahler wrote “Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire” but did not say what happened once there were only a few small smoldering bits left, and I think about that a lot.

about to hit the most unenthusiastic leg day of my life

Counterpoint, I love walrus

Please don’t include six exclamation points in a thank you email. I promise I didn’t put that much effort into helping you. I don’t even deserve the whole word. That was thx-level work at best.

Today’s jam. Beware the werefox! www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-jw2t…

I didn't write a big thing for Mother 3's anniversary, because I already wrote a big thing for Mother 3 years back. Everything within still applies. One of the best bits of storytelling Nintendo has ever done. A tale of loneliness, selfishness, greed, and the destructiveness of capitalism's cycles.

oh hell yeah we’re arguing about airports! Listen up, perverts: I like them.

I mean this in all sincerity: if you follow me, and you're bothered by the idea that I might either push back when someone is rude to me or lock/restrict a thread I don't want to engage with anymore, unfollow in peace. Nobody's making you stay here. You will be happier elsewhere. Be free.

that’s right i got takes about a show that ended over a decade ago. i am provocative

you should think of modern agriculture like the oil industry: hugely necessary for modern civilization, massively damaging extractive industry, run by and empowering some of the worst people imaginable

more like Enmity Shlaes amirite

I am not sure what changed — whether it’s me growing out of an intellectual phase, dunk culture, the fraying of communities build on Twitter that have scattered across platforms, the political moment, or all of the above I do know that I no longer feel comfortable thinking out loud the way I did

is it a chilling example of surveillance capitalism and the exploitative practices of Story Corps? or is it... nothing like that whatsoever! this site is so funny to me because its whole appeal is you *can* still post links but no one actually clicks them

Really fun tool from the @fangraphs.com team!

I think the greatest trick for getting good at creative work i know is - finish making as many mediocre things as possible. Just finish stuff, again and again. Share it or don’t, but put a bow on it, put it aside, make the next thing, repeat.

I didn't see a lot of mention of it on here, but Tanya Donelly (of Throwing Muses and the Breeders) and Chris Brokaw (of Come and Codeine) did a duet album of guitar rentitions of medieval music. It is good as hell. music.youtube.com/watch?v=c9b0...

Also, "this tech kills the market for entry level jobs but doesn't make the need for people who were trained through the entry level jobs go away" is a clusterfuck for the industry.

enjoying this subtweet

Newspapers in California love to ask “will this city survive THE BIG ONE” and the answer is never yes

It’s also worth making a distinction between Eretz (the physical land) and Medinat (the modern state) here; one can feel deep connection to the former while feeling neutral to negative on the latter, indeed, this is the stance of many ultra Orthodox anti-Zionists.

you: please act normal Ed you need these people to like you people: hello Ed nice to meet you me: the British discoverer of aluminum called it “aluminum” like Americans do now and a couple of editors decided “aluminium” would be better because it matches the cadence of sodium and calcium

Rickles, famously, was beloved by the people he roasted. youtu.be/d4lI1sYCYmk?...

Is this finally the time for @josielong.bsky.social's Ed Milliband prediction to come true? youtu.be/r0-toQqNjkA?...

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

"I twerked on it back in my day" is a statement that was just made on Sunday Night Baseball. I think we're watching the peak right now, it's all downhill from here

And now let us pray

The first overturned challenge by a pitcher in #Rockies history was actually by accident, according RHP Michael Lorenzen. “I’m thinking, ‘Goody, what do you think?’ I got to come up with a different signal.”

Whatever you do,

As I understand, Tom Wolfe didn't know how to get into writing a piece about custom car culture, so he wrote a memo to his editor about what the story was about. That's what they published. It went on to be one of his most famous stories. classic.esquire.com/article/shar...

Sorry but I will never submit to the idea that humans are cruel. I’ve had many cruel things happen to me but overall my entire life is a result of persistent & unyielding kindness.

I just want my baseball catchers and my hockey goalies to be shaped like refrigerators, is that so wrong

They used a reliever as a starter and two starters in relief. They acquired the trio via waivers, free agency and the 12th round of the MLB draft. They have used 20 arms so far. It’s April 19. Welcome new era Nats, one shutout in: www.nytimes.com/athletic/721...

How come your ass is so slouchy, other men?

Capturing Bryce Harper's sadness is my #1 hobby

the Phillies cannot be remotely normal and bless them for it

He was like quote tweeting me is an auto block and I said “nobody tells me what to do” and he liked the post and then blocked me. Which is fair tbh

The Phillies are the only team with a BABIP against over .330, they are at .358. It really is wild.

Honest question: if you remember the restaurant chain Sizzler do you have a good dupe for their corn fritter recipe?

From “The Simpsons” house genius John Swartzwelder, interviewed in The New Yorker by Mike Sacks

Ok I love her so much

turns out the genre of "[unlikely profession] and [unlikely profession] fall in gay love and solve mysteries over a series of novels" is crack to me. must consume a wildlife vet and a con man? sure a psychic and a hitman? ok! pi and a cop? meh but ok ill read 18 books of it

Just now realizing that when I was reading Anthony Powell's majestic "Dance to the Music of Time" novels, I was envisioned Widmerpool exactly as Penfold.

large italian deli sandwich would fix me

The review bombing has begun. If you enjoyed HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY, please leave a review on Goodreads www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

somebody please pass along to Uzbek Bluesky: just saying, if you were to open a Tashkent Supermarket in DC you would be greeted as liberators.

the tech fascists think they are so clever and smart but their entire worldview is just a bunch of stale apologetics for race hatred and fascism

Emmet Sheehan day reminder His gloves all say “K ALS” Every single time that sentiment is on an MLB mound is incredible #EndALS