One tv or movie trope I rather like is the preparatory self-improvement/skill honing/and-or glow up sequence. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside for some reason

for real

Think I will choose a long Chinese historical drama and indulge in a little comfort binging tonight, but first I have to go get them. This is why you don't want to live in the country, people, no delivery services for your vices Pecan wheels and some Canada Dry on ice will soothe me for a second

If a pet pig is stuck somewhere and needs to be calmed down, scratch their backs with a dinner fork ☝🏻 Just something not-horrifying I learned on the internet today that I feel moved to share.

It’s hard to believe a president would time an illegal military attack to distract the public’s attention, but today is the statutory deadline for DOJ to release its report on the Epstein file production. Maybe it is just a coincidence.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

thinking about how, in the Russian history elective I took in HS, every time a tsar was facing domestic weakness the teacher would turn to the assembled students and ask "so what is it time for?" and we would chant "stunning territorial annexation!" and she would respond "well, DUH, girls"

Conservationists in Kenya pay tribute to beloved 'super tusker' elephant Craig, who died at age 54 tinyurl.com/28eq5gvv [abcNews] Sleep tight, mzee.

is there some way I can quickly unlearn all of history so as to feel better about recent events

I'm starting to think putting a completely unaccountable psychopath in charge of the most powerful country in the world was a bad idea

1. Yes, Trump launching a new military operation overseas without Congress’ prior declaration of war or authorization of force is almost certainly unlawful. 2. No, there is no real chance the courts will stop it. Unfortunately our Constitution means little when the judiciary won’t enforce it.

Shout out to every writer and artist I know who still has deadlines to hit and has gotta work somehow despite The Everything

He sounds drunk, but we know it’s not that, because it’s something even worse

Get you an awesomely butch teacher to explain this Venezuela sitch to you in about 8 minutes. I did. Too long to post here, so link: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTheVu28f/

Every heat pump, solar installation, battery, EV weakens the Oil industry hold on the economy and on our politics.

There's no byline on this. There's an editing byline, but it appears no reporter at Reuters was willing to put their name on this.

The most appropriate place for people to Darwin themselves.

I’ve long maintained that it was a mistake for Congress to have abolished itself.

material witness

damn near minstrel show makeup

Confining your interest in cinema to the time you’ve been alive and in the language that you speak is spiritual deprivation

Erroneously thinking you've taken intelligence tests, when the tests were administered because doctors are (repeatedly) concerned you have dementia and may pose a danger to yourself and others, is probably yet another sign that you actually do have dementia.

In university I studied silent films, including this one - Metropolis, from 1927. I had entirely forgotten it takes place in 2026… Oi vey

The main reason Trump is talking about his THIRD cognitive exam is because his best friend ran the most notorious international child sex trafficking ring in history and he doesn't want you talking about how he funneled girls from Mar-a-Lago into it

Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...

YES!!! I'm struck by how individualistic so many people are and I studied anthropology! Learn to care more about people other than yourself!

I’ve seen more tasteful lottery scratch off cards

I’m telling you, a hefty dose of magnesium plus vitamin d3/k2 plus a semi-but-not-too interesting podcast delivered in modulated speaking tones—best sleepytime combo ever. Get on this and thank me later 🛌💤

Every minute of this feels like a personal gift to me from @tcmtv.bsky.social. (And I have to imagine the hasenpfeffer-laden hands of @johnscottmcgee.bsky.social are all over it.) #TCMParty

In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing. You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics. That is all.

I do not think this year will be an improvement, if you get what I'm saying--but I will do what I can over that which I can affect. Sometimes it's nothing, but occasionally, it's a lot.

These monks are not walking 2,300 miles from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, D.C. just for peace. They are walking against the normalization of barbarism and cruelty in America. Nobody has to say who is responsible. EVERYONE KNOWS. 🙌🙏🫶

Weirdest day off ever. Can't really relax bc working tomorrow. Think I rather would have just worked today. My New Year's Resolution...no, INEVITABILITY: paid or unpaid, I'm taking alllll the time off this year. One day a month, paid or unpaid, one week paid, one week unpaid. To hell with it.

Unless I die in my sleep while I take a quick lil nap right now, yeah no

Uh…

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Beware the Cruel Tutelage of Pai Mei

Having to be constantly on alert for AI sludge is exhausting. If you wanted to invent a technology to suck the joy out of as many parts of life as possible you'd struggle to do better than this LLM shite.

why was this song so comforting

I miss a president who cares for all.

‘A little light in the dark’: the former Chinese police officer bringing bubble tea to wartorn Ukraine

Midcentury homemaking science is where it's at 😊 a well-laid out midcentury kitchen is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. You could almost stand there in one place and do basically everything like you had eight arms

From 50-year mortgages to paywalled car features, the rental economy is replacing ownership with lifelong monthly bills... hartmannreport.com/p/nothing-is...

More elucidation

I’m just gonna put this right here….

We have really come a long way in faux fur technology bc this throw I bought myself is fantastic. Snugglicious ☺️ Bit warm for anything over 40F but when it is that cold, it’s fabuloussss

If you have a billion dollars, you literally have enough money to never have to hear any criticism for the rest of your life. Just because they’re all addicted to going online and getting yelled at isn’t my fucking problem.

"Will you fuckers read the fucking book one fucking time" challenge level impossible. Again.