The results:

Off for a 3 day weekend so enjoying a glass of rosé and half of an edible.

As a Californian I am reminded constantly about El Niño and La Niña by our weather stations no matter the season or year. Is it like this across the rest of the U.S.?

It is more of a challenge every day but I still believe we are better than this.

The President just said we're on the cusp of a deal with Iran. Today's post explores two fun facts: 1. It's the fiftieth time he's said this. (I counted!) 2. Even so, stocks rose on the news. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/how-to-pri...

Ayfkm

dave you should meet one (1) black person

Keep that disfigured monkey paw covered up, buddy.

I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT MY WEDDING TO NATALIE PORTMAN, SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT, HAS BEEN POSTPONED. INVITATIONS TO FOLLOW SOON WHEN SHE AGREES/LEARNS OF MY PROPOSAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

I am reminded of the time the adults in our family held a contest between me (6), my cousin Charlie (8), and my cousin Tracey (10) as to who could eat the most watermelon in one minute for $5. Tracey won but violently puked and I’ll never forget seeing huge chunks of it flying out of her nose.

Ceasefire!

No, Kai, we need you to pretend the NY Times is still worth the subscription

I know Calvin’s dad is already having a moment, but every terrible “outsource precious and fleeting moments with your children to tech so that you can spend more time on your work” pitch makes me think of that one strip I never really cared about as a kid, but care a lot about as an adult.

Woke up at 3:45 AM but was able to fall back asleep until just now, exponentially improving chances of a productive day.

Trump announces the US is planning to invade Iran.

lmao

SPEECHLESS. LFGK

I think this is what NYC must have felt like during the events seen in the documentary Ghostbusters

Want to see something strange and fascinating? Here you go:

Cats sometimes act scared and poof their tails just for fun, don’t they?

Mom Casually Mentions Her Bunco Group Threw Molotov Cocktails At ICE Last Week https://theonion.com/mom-casually-mentions-her-bunco-group-threw-molotov-cocktails-at-ice-last-week/

Context for Belfast riots

Please Use AI

blueberry season #joncarling #drawijg #art

It’s a pretty weird week when a guy who wants to be a trillionaire is simultaneously getting headlines for the economy-shattering IPO expected Friday and the racist pogroms he is accused of stoking — but these stories are viewed as separate and in no way connected or prescient of the future.

Knuckleheads

the first trillionaire appears to be a toxic mix of Hitler and Tony Stark that could be bad for us

hi gay!

Oh yeah babes we’re out and proud in Ancient Macedon

This Alexander the Great doc on Netflix is pure trash but I’m here for it because it’s Pride Month and we celebrate all of us

Lots of famous men like Robin Lane Fox (of Alexander movie fame) who study old Alex, but my favorites are actually Jenn Finn at Loyola and @mathetria.bsky.social. Jeanne and Jenn are both in the new. Netflix doc: www.netflix.com/us/title/813...

Allegedly the banned-for-life list from the soon to shutter Parkview Tavern.

As of today, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has gone on longer than the First World War.

I cannot believe we are living through a timeline where everyone is trying to fulfill the bucket list of a dying old pedophile

This is a really important thing that most non-journalists do not know! You know who is VERY familiar with someone's thinking...is that person themselves

jeez louise I've seen guys with BACs three times the legal limit on the roadside pull it together more convincingly than this

Polymarket offered me enough money to pay my rent for ten months for one post in my newsletter and I turned it down because I enjoy being able to sleep at night.

Was in a Cold War with the husband over a new color choice for the bedroom but he was right - it looks amazing

Anyone else remember occasionally that you’re an adult and you can prepare and eat a grilled cheese at any fucking time

I have often said that we put our prisons in white rural areas as a white rural jobs program. And at least in the Midwest and Northeast, it is true that prisons are in very white places. But at first blush no more white than we'd see by chance. This really undermines a narrative I have shared.

Why did you bother coming to testify at all?

French astronaut Sophie Adenot (France’s first female helicopter test pilot) passed over Mt. Etna and then Vesuvius. Spectacular photos! 🌋 Photos via X (sorry): x.com/Soph_astro/s...

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Lupines in NW Wisconsin

#Puffins at Borgarfjörður eystri, #Iceland! 🪶

Friend waiting to get in to MSG reports that when the motorcade rolled by Trump was waving out the window to “the loudest set of boos I’ve ever heard”

Musk functionally ran the US government for 6 months last year and managed to: increase spending, slash services, kill 100,000s, and help nurture both Ebola & Screwworms. Yet somehow no one mentions this when they talk about the company he is going to take public this week.

The five largest US tech firms are nearly doubling capex—from $380B in 2025 to $755B in 2026. They face bankruptcy unless productivity booms commensurately, from Jessica Wachter and Jonathan Wachter www.nber.org/papers/w35290

"FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SLOW DOWN ALAN THIS IS MADNESS"