along with the prosecution and defense there should be a third lawyer questioning the nature of truth, justice, existence, etc

He’s right

would be sort of interested in a publication tracking down Suey Park from the 2014 twitter #CancelColbert incident for commentary on recent events

The things, you say You're unbelievable

Proud to live in zone H, a region of multi-ethnic cosmopolitan cities situated within multicultural pluralistic, nations, with astonishingly diverse food cultures.

Really funny to ask a “Public Intellectual” what the last interesting academic paper they read was and for them to respond “I only read substack”

2️⃣ Private wealth is at record highs in all advanced regions. Public wealth, by contrast, has declined to turn negative in North America, fall near zero in Europe, while East Asia has stabilized with 25-30% of national wealth in public hands.

Imagine having the balls to either land or take a 450 double footstomp. #永島千佳世 #里村明衣子

hey, what's the deal with the music in Popeye (1980)? The songs are fucking weird, right? can someone explain what exactly was going on?

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

stand for the flag / kneel for the cross

Technically speaking, if Disney owns the rights to Fox, who own Alien, and the Xenomorph reproduce via eggs made by a Queen. That means the Xenomorph is a Disney Princess. I am not taking questions.

i've been watching old episodes of Little House in the Prairie (why? idk) and something to note is that even in these shows heavily promoting "traditional" values that seem so conservative, the main characters are always promoting empathy, understanding, inclusiveness, kindness, forgiveness.

The character of the neighborhood is the people, not the buildings, and if neighborhoods don't add more housing when there's demand to live there, the people who make up the neighborhood get pushed out by people with more money.

learning japanese is great - everyone should try it a little to see if they like it

If I were in charge of a police force in Illinois, I might consider targeted enforcement of 720 ILCS 5/24-1(a)(9), which makes it a class 4 felony to carry or possess a firearm while "hooded, robed or masked in such manner as to conceal his or her identity".

watched Instrument (1999) this week. it's really hard for me to have perspective on the 1999-2001 period, but this certainly really captured _something_ about it. come for the intense Fugazi performances, stay for the parts where they interview people waiting in line to see them boxd.it/aUNGrb

Imagine not enjoying something as weird and wonderful as wrestling. #senjo

me after the tariffs are struck down as illegal

There is probably a fairly neat parallel between the phenomena described here and how quickly and effectively Trump has gotten our elites onside with all his stuff

It has been 0 days since the Chicago Reader was sold to a media consortium

"Political mobilisation is, in effect, governed cybernetically through algorithms." This is so well done.

We are living in an era where we all—as citizens, employees, creators, fans, whatever—understand, value, and care far more about the larger things we are involved with than the people in charge of them, who as often as not distrust or even disdain our commitment.

Happy 30th anniversary as a pro wrestler Emi Motokawa aka Emi Sakura! 🤼‍♀️ 👑🍫 #Joshi #Wrestlesky #AEW #ChocoPro

Seen on a pole.

Bringing this up again

Whippy Dip is a feeling.

It’s hard to imagine that this is merely a long-running scam on the taxpayers and government, as a building with a giant TRUMP sign is surely on the up-and-up

7:30 in the morning is a fucked-up time to get a haircut. i should not have done that to myself.

People plugging their entire skulls into A.I. makes me think of this old Believer interview with Harold Ramis

Obviously yes you should read Andrea Long Chu’s latest for all the usual reasons (thrillingly blistering assessment of worthy target) — but these two somewhat standalone paragraphs exploring the true nature of American free speech left me absolutely gobsmacked www.vulture.com/article/post...

This is very important: Many institutions like universities & corporations bending the knee to Trump aren't just otherwise independent organizations forced to comply. Rather, Trump's actions offer their management & owners an *opportunity* to do the Trumpist things they already wanted to do.

make it a musical and i'm in

one piece episode #1: funny rubber boy jumps out of a barrel, eats a lot of food and steals a rowboat episode #1,337: world-dominating human slavery regime coerces a father to sacrifice his own memories and free will in order to save his adopted daughter from the wasting disease that they gave her

This is what early bluesky was like, in many ways

"The Wrestling Center of the World," 1957

Mister Rogers never misses

Buckle up #wrestlesky

TWA worker during airline strike, Chicago (1966) 
Photo: Declan Haun

one thing you can do if you're worried that something might be unethical is see whether you can talk a LLM into agreeing that it's okay

a guy who's deeply concerned about the lack of community connection and belonging and who feels profound nostalgia for lost "third places" in modern society so he lovingly restores and reopens an adult theater in his hometown

You can’t say something like “Hulk Hogan was one of the two greatest wrestlers ever” without naming the other wrestler. I need some more specificity. I need to know how deep my contempt for your opinion goes.

“Oh no, not Bill Clinton” I say as I ready the trebuchet I specifically built to launch Bill Clinton into an active volcano.

Thinking of an exurbanite who lives in Prosper, TX and votes for Trump. Median income is around $190k, everyone lives in a McMansion, excellent schools, and they voted to blow everything up because their phone told them about crime in Dallas, a city they live a 40 mile commute from and never visit.