Fascinating piece on Elon Musk and ketamine www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Zero songs in the History of Music go as hard as "The Maestro." I won't be taking questions at this time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWFG...

Is there a start-up out there trying to revolutionize background hold music for customer service help lines? Critical user needs to address: * Moving beyond the old paradigm of endless 15 second song loops * Crackly, fuzzy audio * Transforming deeply crappy song choices

Timeline cleanse -- this is tremendous www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1DC...

"Trump admiring Putin is far less dangerous than Trump becoming him." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

"the future of the university itself is in trouble" www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

So Trump 2.0 is going just about as bad as we could have imagined, part 8,443 www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

"The only way Putin wins now—the only way he finally succeeds in destroying Ukraine’s sovereignty—is by persuading Ukraine’s allies to be sick of the war." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Elon Musk has been let loose on the federal government as though all of its employees report to him. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

For anyone wondering why Dana Carvey wasn't seen at #SNL50 -- he told David Spade on (the great) Fly on the Wall podcast that he had the flu and couldn't make it.

Going down an #SNL rabbit hole, this commercial parody from 2019 is outstanding stuff www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF9Z...

Great recap of #thewhitelotus season premiere from @theringer.com.web.brid.gy theringer.com/2025/02/16/t...

Would be really nice to see Tim Walz in the Senate www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

Dear AutoZone: I'm not interested in getting in "the zone." Best regards, Eric

Brunson. #knicks. Hell yes.

So if you're down 34, do you figure you do the come back with four TDs + 2-point conversions and a FG versus do it more conservatively with five TDs w/ extra points or... #superbowl

So the much heralded live broadcast of the #superbowl on @tubitv.bsky.social consistently froze/hung at halftime, so I moved to watch via laptop and it's pausing/buffering like crazy. Not great.

Outstanding

Obviously this story and this guy running the FBI is absolutely serious *but* it just occurred to me if he ever looks in the mirror and says "Kash rules everything around me..."

Happy friday everybody www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

If this were fiction, at some point there'd be a major turning point where there's a "okay the king's gone mad, what are we going to do about it?" scene. But this is not fiction... www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

Amongst many other things, I've missed Jon Stewart's Chuck Schumer impression so much (spoiler alert: it's back) www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLOu...

This is a very specific thought for #knicks fans: I enjoyed that a "super chat" commenter on Knicks Film School podcast refers to himself as Jew Anon. Maybe it's our guy @benstiller.redhour.com ??

"The end game for Musk seems to be just as it was with Twitter: seize a polarized, inefficient institution; fuse his identity with it; and then use it to punish his enemies and reward his friends." www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

There are things that make me happier than a Mike Breen "BANG" on behalf of the #Knicks. (But not *that* many things.)

For anyone who doesn't know: Josh Hart is an unbelievable rebounder. #Knicks

At some point, the rest of the world will fully embrace the fact that the U.S. is run by a complete asshole and move on.

Reminded myself that Dallas let Brunson walk to the #Knicks before trading away a Top 5 asset in Luka.

I'm ignoring The News and just spent the last few hours writing 1,100+ words about Camper Van Beethoven. How's your day going? #music

Just realized that I noticed something interesting in an analytics report and said out loud to myself, "Welcome to the party pal," so in honor of that moment... www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OpI...

I get the irony in expressing this here, but limiting my exposure to social media has helped my mental state quite a bit.

Only four teams have a better record than the #Knicks and they're playing two of them (Rockets, Celts) over the next eight days. Will be a very interesting test. Knicks have just beaten the Nuggets and Grizzlies, hope to see the momentum continue.

Pete Buttigieg was on @podsaveamerica.crooked.com last summer (roughly) and talked at length & in great detail about how much effort his department put into shoring up air traffic controller staffing specifically. He identified it as a critical area of focus for transportation in the U.S.

This is my Big Idea for the NFL if anyone is interested...

Would love to see Pete Buttigieg in the Senate, hope he runs www.axios.com/2025/01/28/p...

Alki beach, West Seattle

If you voted for Trump, you voted for a guy who is more than willing to play fast and loose with the economy and the law, and that's just for starters...

Must say that Tom Brady is doing a pretty good job in the broadcast booth, even showing off a bit of a sense of humor here and there

It's worth celebrating a super well written and even satisfying film review. Here's one from David Sims of @theatlantic.com on Steven Soderbergh's latest, Presence. www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

sad face :-( www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

The fact that the president of the United States would take the time to focus on something like this is equal parts dumb and creepy.

I must say the more I stare at it, I really kind of dig that hat lol

Whoa

Wild Hollywood tidbit from the (incredible) This Is Important podcast (features the Workaholics dudes): Richard Kind and George Clooney are close friends who know each other going back to their struggling actor days.

I just received some unexpected good news, and then saw this. Hell yes, and so well deserved. Let's go #knicks.

I've noticed -- at least on my feed -- that there's not many engagement bait style accounts on #Bluesky... those of the "What's your favorite day of the week and why?" type. To be sure, this is a good thing, and hope it stays that way.

#Scandal re-watch: the 2nd episode features a Supreme Court nominee who slept with a high end call girl 20 years earlier. It's treated like a crisis that could topple a presidency on the show... and it was semi-realistic circa 2012. In 2025, this would be considered a non-issue for a GOP nominee.

Patriotism and civic duty is being redefined as personal loyalty to Donald Trump.

Strong

I randomly re-watched the Scandal pilot episode tonight on @tubitv.bsky.social, which came out in 2012 -- smack in the middle of the Obama years. The final line is, "I am honored to be a gay man who served my country." Feels like we're in a very different era now.