Four year old thought the lyrics were: “Watch me unravel, I’ll soon be naked Lion on the floor! Lion on the floor! I’ve come undone” Which is obviously better.

So we basically pulled off an eagle claw lmao

Intellectually I accepted that “war with Iran” was John Bolton’s solution to everything, but I honestly never imagined it would be his solution to war with Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/o...

I think it’s funny that Trump is just trying to appoint normal right wing sycophants and instead he gets, like, “anti-Catholic Methodist from 1920” to run the pentagon and “thinks the four humours theory of disease is making a big comeback” to run HHS and etc.

They should make it illegal to take pictures of the earth where South is up. I don’t have the special reasoning skills to handle this kind of “no objective reference frame in space” nonsense.

At last we once again send forth out warriors to tame the arrogant moon.

This is an insult to Star Trek. The battles aren’t just this, sometimes someone says “attack pattern [random Greek letter].”

We are getting on six years since the last Ian W Toll book and come on man write another book.

Charlie Brown canonically had hoes (h/t to @danlehner.bsky.social )

Iran is an important reminder that the Obama doctrine was, in fact, smart and good.

I just realized that in 35 years of reading about European history I don’t recall reading about anything happening in the Balearic Islands once. Like, why do I have this insane gap? why do the f—ing Faroe Islands get higher billing?

Revenge Bedtime Procrastination

As am I.

I used to organize my files in documents, but “throw everting in downloads” won out because thus far it is the only vaguely relevant folder windows does not routinely decide needs to be uploaded to the cloud regardless of my previous settings and wishes.

I am stunned to say I have been scooped. My book "Why Odysseus?" is being released the same day as "Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre Presents: Godzilla’s The Odyssey" June 10, 2026

Showing daughter the good Dune (ie, the bad one) and she is very excited it starts off with a princess. Very invested so far.

At no point in the tantrically orgasmic schadenfreude of watching the Russian Navy lose a maritime conflict to a country with no Navy have I thought "we should try that."

“The war with Iran is little more than the joint targeting process unleashed. The Frankenstein’s monster that is the operational level of war, unsatiated after eating strategy, is now feasting on policy”. @bafriedman.bsky.social

Found YouTube videos that’s just fixed camera recordings of mice playing snd now my cats are addicted to tv.

Did they focus group this announcement so every adjective would be more repellent?

What a spectacular analogy.

Contra Prince, you should absolutely *not* go crazy if an elevator tries to bring you down. Completely normal elevator behavior.

Bluesky in a nutshell. Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.

“I wish we could be like Bluey’s family.” “You want a sister?” “No, I want to be a dog.”

i've been watching the coyote on Alcatraz's progress with great interest. a week-ish ago, a coyote SWAM to Alcatraz for the first time and looked fuckin rough after the dangerous swim. but the coyote is doing fine now, gorging itself on unprepared birds & rats who are dealing with a sort of Godzilla

I finally placed Bovino: dude is just Axon from holy mountain.

One thing I learned studying the East German and Soviet legal system is it’s very easy to let yourself become a defense attorney at a show trial. *You* aren’t one of the bad ones. *You’re* the only good one. Fighting for the accused!

This is a tragedy, but I also kind of hope it was Juan Carlos I visiting Minneapolis.

I got an email that began “Opposing counsel is out there using AI tools to make their work better” and I was like “oooh tell me more I’m going to get opposing counsel sanctioned” but it turns out it was a solicitor trying to sell me said tools.

the exact moment dilbert guy died the cerebus guy was filled with his shithead energy, like in highlander when one of them gets their head cut off

I feel like the girl in Two Princes obviously should have picked the rich, socially connected guy who adored her. Like, I don’t even really get what the Spin Doctors’ pitch is.

Reached levels of “guy who wears a suit” where people are getting irrationally mad at me when I don’t wear a suit.

Thank God Latin America is Delta’s domain. Otherwise we’d already have fifteen new SEAL podcasts, sponsorship deals, newly launched protein powders, and a social media catfight about who it was that yoinked Maduro out of bed.

Somehow, the neocons returned

Everyone who marketed bad Santa should have been fired for not coming up with this.

If vox did not exist the people in need of an example of a media company that should not have been invented would have to invent it.

Responding to all the ideas from the boys in the group chat with “lol everyone like if you agree then let’s do an overt act in furtherance of the plan.”

Made the mistake of telling the four year old we used to own the cats’ mom but she ran away 13 years ago so I’m now in spending Saturday putting up lost posters for an extremely dead cat.

If you’re wondering if Draw Steel is a good ttrpg then behold the story of my progressive financial ruin:

If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.

Why does Epstein Island look like a level from a 2008 Rainbow Six game?

These leaks that he is incompetent, venal, and unethical are an obvious ploy to ingratiate himself with Trump.

A leaked 115 page report by current & former FBI personnel describes the bureau under Kash Patel as a “rudderless ship” & says he is “in over his head,” lacking the experience & bearing needed to be an effective FBI director—

Update: I have reattached skipper’s leg for the second time, but the limb will never have its original functionality. A tragedy. Daughter remains insistent that it makes no sense for skipper to not be able to do the splits if Barbie can.

if you told 17 year old me how thoroughly, world-historically vindicated ICP would be within a couple decades...

Finally putting a stop to endless wars in the Mideast, albeit with the emphasis in that phrase not exactly where I want it.

“Now, on the cusp of totalizing victory, we will destroy the opposing party once and for all.” *4-8 years later* “Ah, we’ll get ‘em next time.”

The answer, horribly, was yes.