“Piracy is the most effective form of artistic distribution these days. So be it.” -Werner Herzog on NPR just now 🔥

As a wide-eyed space junkie in the ’80s, I imagined a Star Trek future in my middle age—Martian colonies, world peace, the end of disease. Instead, I’ve settled for: a handful of lifelong friends, immunity from polio, and the hard-earned (but increasingly difficult) ability to spot a fake.

Difficult to emphasize just how much a generation of kids has been taught that being dishonest, superficial, and narcissistic is the pathway to attention and therefore success

A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.

“Spring in Canada is so beautiful” says woman about to experience months of grimy dirt snow on the side of roads

I don't need fun to have alcohol.

People are full of shame in their youth and then full of regret as they get old. What a waste of living.

I was expecting something a bit more upscale but this crosswalk seems rather pedestrian to me.

The chance of it hitting a specific person is infinitesimally small, but…

“No pain, no gain.” —French keto enthusiasts, probably.

Literally metaphorical and/or metaphorically literal.

The concept of reincarnation was just ancient Indian tech-support advice to “Turn it off, then back on again,” to see if it fixed things.

Bluesky has the same definition of "Popular with Friends" that my mother had, when I was liked by only one or two friends.

The finest take down of the institution of monarchy and "class" and the grasping, greedy, venal, entitled, and very stupid people it enables that you will read today or any day. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

LPG cylinder shortage hitting restaurants in Mumbai and Bengaluru - restaurant association says deliveries have stopped since Saturday and in a couple of days, all restaurants will be shut.

Conversation is my favourite turn-based strategy game.

I don't know why they need age verification on Bluesky. I thought it was understood that no one under 30 would even bother making an account on this website. This is a retirement community for aging posters who can't adapt to new social media styles.

Somehow I always thought that being on the right side of history would probably feel better than this.

My parents couldn’t afford the name brand books so I had to make do with Wikipedia Brown.

Foo dog.

I make adjusting to daylight savings easy by getting absolutely shitfaced.

Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Like this reenactor dude here, who’s all up in the Battle of Lucocisterna. That was in AD 1324, around Sardinia somewhere. Well, now you know, and you can laugh guilt free.

One time when I won a writing contest my daughter said, “Look at you Anne of Green Gables” and it remains my favorite compliment ever.

Shylock was the OG person of interest.

Oven clock, we meet again.

I really do wish that people weren't going quite so ballistic over Timmy Shalimar's ballet/opera comment.

Steak and fries are the meat and potatoes of my existence.

Shouldn't eggnog be an Easter drink?

AI research: Researcher: Claude, please eat ten hamburgers. Claude: Done! I have eaten ten hamburgers. The first two were delicious, but after that I began to experience bloating and the meat sweats. Headline: Anthropic Says Claude has "A Fully Developed Digestive System"

Every reskeet helps more weird art to exist in the world!

If I'm honest I spent way too long believing The Guess Who were a tribute act to The Who

The morning after the snow storm.

Italy's equivalent of arm candy is elbow macaroni.

I hate people who act like they're smarter than me just because they went to a fancy college and have a higher IQ and are gooder at thinkings.

The only running I do is as administrator.

Referring to human conversation as “Private Podcasts for Premium Members”

This is disturbingly biographical.

This is beautiful. Turn on captions. #musicsky

“Why did the chicken cross the road?” “To get to the other side?” “No, because it wanted to DIE!” “What do you call a fly with no wings?” “A walk?” “No. Jason.” “Jason?” “Yeah, that’s what his mama named him.” Eight-year-old girls can mercilessly crush your comedic confidence.

So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and they’re simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was “your piano is too close to the fireplace, you’ll dry it out” and if that’s not the internet in a nutshell I don’t know what is.

“The Herbivore’s Dilemma.”

I like the car as liminal spacing. While driving, you kind of aren't anywhere.

Asked a 19-year-old hotel concierge where the post office is in this town. When I got back, the door to my room had witch markings and protection amulets draped all over it.

Economic migrants in Dubai are coming back to the UK to complain about economic migrants living here.

I'm worried when Kristi Noem finds out she's been fired she's going to become America's first obedience school shooter.

I’m not playing, I am legit hard to get.

I was a teenager when “Go to your room” was a punishment and not the same as saying “Go to your arcade/shopping mall/video chat room/infinite music and video library/recording booth/photo studio.”

“Nobody puts baby in a Connor.” “Um … about that …”

If you don’t use your phone as a pretend remote to open elevators and automatic doors, you’re missing out on random passersby smiles.

Me [turning on my favorite show]: I can’t wait to watch this week’s episode. They ended on a cliffhanger last week. Show: *devotes entire episode to flashback* Me: SON OF A