funniest thing i’ve ever seen

“Two other officials said U.S. forces may never return to regional bases in large numbers, though no final decision has been made.” www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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on fbook this morning

Erica Wagner’s latest book is Wash, a historical novel about Washington Roebling, the man who built the Brooklyn Bridge. A former literary editor of The Times, Wagner has also answered fan mail for The Muppets and twice been a Booker Prize judge. More: buff.ly/W7Phlr2

1. Hegseth testified in Congress that the cost of first 60 days of the Iran War cost $25 billion. Internally, the Pentagon says its $50 billion. Popular Information crunched the numbers, and the real cost is much higher: At least $72 BILLION.

There are many, many reasons why Zack Polanski’s *share early, share often* social media policy is incredibly stupid, but this is just the latest. (H/T @adamlangleben.bsky.social)

Samsung family in South Korea pays off record $8bn inheritance tax bill. IHT rate is 50%. The family said that "paying taxes is a natural duty of citizens". It establishes a benchmark for others. Can you imagine the super-rich doing the same in the UK?

Good clear account of the abject failure of the Iran War. TACO? It’s a Big Cheez-It Crunchwrap Combo Taco. Seriously: the most spectacular display of large-scale stupidity and incompetence and geopolitical impotence by a U.S. president ever. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

"In a maximum-gerrymandering scenario, more than 400 seats in the House could be safe and essentially uncontestable, delivering to voters year after year an unresponsive and unimpeachable class of lazy representatives with little incentive to represent them" www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

“The cotton gin is forcing enslavers to make a stark choice.”

This man is blitzed out of his gourd. People are like "he's just disdainful" but that's drugs. I know what drugs look like.

Dawkins spending his entire career berating basically pretty normal people for being so stupid as to believe in God and then immediately giving himself Roko's Basilisk Derangement Syndrome after talking to the AI catgirl waifus is just the funniest shit.

Seen on Reddit. Essentially, web pages can be created with instructions to hijack AI tools...

Write Now with Scrivener, Episode no. 62: Erica Wagner, Novelist and Literary Editor Erica Wagner's latest book is Wash, a historical novel about Washington Roebling, the man who built the Brooklyn Bridge.

The Next Track, Episode #333: What Happens When Things Get Old? When things get old, will they still work? If hardware devices depend on software or firmware, will you still be able to use them? Those receivers and active speakers that require software to run; will they work in twenty years?

#Scrivener 3 on Windows & macOS Tip of the Day: To export a project with the folder structure intact, ‘Edit > Select All’ in the binder and go to ‘File > Export > Files…’.

As someone who’s had shingles twice: this is just fucking evil www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

MUSIC FOR THE LONG DARK, VOLUME 3, Now Available on Steam and Bandcamp! Details here: hinterlandforums.com/forums/topic...

University of Hertfordshire closes a swathe of Humanities courses, accelerating the sweeping tide against Human-centred disciples in the UK. Because understanding humans is so yesterday today. With such happy consequences, as we see when we look around us.

Just to point out, he is not talking about the United States blowing up dozens of Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean Sea. I know it can be confusing.

Monthly ebook releases on Amazon were basically flat before the release of ChatGPT and other LLMs. Now around 2/3 of all ebooks released on Amazon are fake.

After many attempts, I discovered a way to stop receiving texts from politicians.

This is child abuse. Should we call CPS?

Trump to a group of kids: "We can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. You might be too young for this. They probably know better than most people. But you can't let a bunch of lunatics have a nuclear weapon. So we just hit records on the Dow."

Welcome to The Business of Writing month! Throughout May, we’re sharing tips and tricks for publishing, marketing, submissions, reader engagement - and much more. See link in bio and follow #WritingBizWithScrivener across all socials.

Ok, so now I want to know what Anna Wintour considers "excessive"

Tipper Gore thought she heard Satan speaking in Judas Priest records and it was an emergency, but the computer that has literally convinced teens to kill themselves and others? Put that in the schools, baby!

Okay… youtu.be/f_bKjZeJBBI

In the past year alone, Jeff Bezos's net worth has increased by $75 billion. That’s $205,479,452 per day $8,561,643 per hour $142,694 per minute $2,378 per second The median American’s weekly earnings is $1,235 ($64,220/yr).

Reeves responded angrily by telling Bessent she did not work for him and disliked how he had spoken to her.

Real Versailles 1789 vibes there... www.theguardian.com/fashion/gall...

Anyone else fucking sick of Brian May planting daffodils in his village www.ctvnews.ca/entertainmen...

I think they just wanna shake big tech down like a piggy bank.

Jeanne Dielmann. I saw this back in the 1980s. It’s an interesting idea, and a powerful film, but you can never watch it again since you know the ending. Somehow, it’s now the best film ever, according to a poll of cinema people, which makes no sense.

As far as drums solos are concerned, these 15 seconds of Dannie Richmond playing with Charles Mingus are... memorable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqU3...

A book about creative genius from Talking Heads co-founder David Byrne This book asks, why do some ideas fall asleep? And how do they wake up? Pre-order for October 8 release https://burningshed.com/newsletters/newsletter_30_04_2026.html #DavidByrne #TalkingHeads #Music #MusicSky #VinylSky

None of those prog rock drummers with their massive drum kits - and cowbells - come anywhere near this level of creativity.

The Sunday dozen for Monday The General Strike + Walt Disney, Alexander Kluge + Edith Piaf, Canterbury + the Habsburg International, Richard Dawkins + Anton Jäger, All the President's Men + art of the Obama presidential center, Henry Moore + more... www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/the-sunday-d...

if you ever feel constrained by the dictum not to speak of ill of the dead, this is a great moment to share your memories of what an abomination Rudy Giuliani is — as in this reminder of his consumate awfulness long before he made himself an absolute grotesque for Trump

On this day in 2026, Mississippi is officially celebrating April as Confederate Heritage Month. The proclamation from Gov. Tate Reeves does not mention slavery. Reeves is the latest in Mississippi’s uninterrupted line of white male governors. #WeTheMen www.mississippifreepress.org/gov-tate-ree...

Slightly diminish a book Gravity’ s Rain

TLD FANS! WINTERMUTE poster poll in the official forums. Go vote.

i've been getting more folks telling me about this and it's not anything i agreed to. it's been stolen like AI steals. please vandalize it if and when you see it.

And evergreen advice for any kind of alarming email/phone call. Something I have struggled to remember when I've been phished, for real.

Can we please stop calling people being stalked “love interests.”

Chinese researchers have created a bamboo-based plastic as strong as petroleum-based plastics, which can fully biodegrade in soil in just 2 months phys.org/news/2025-10...