YOU KNOW WHAT?! THERE IS NO FINANCIER. THAT OVER THERE? THATS JUST A PEDOPHILE IN A SUIT

Could a person with depression do this?! (grimly goes about activities of daily living)

She was born July 4, 1956, and died seven years ago, today. She did incredible things along the way. I’m grateful to every person who shared their memories of her with me before this story published and in the years since. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/education/ar...

My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.

CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag? KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag. CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this? KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable. KOKO: Hostility Interviewer

BOSS: hey you’re focused on getting that report together, right? ME: ya sure MY BRAIN (on a loop): Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-basketball, gimme, gimme, gimme the ball because I'm gonna DUNK IT!

Sunday President diarrheas on the country, Monday President bulldozes White House, Tuesday President steals $230 million, Wednesday President... fucks a horse? Let's see if he fucks a horse.

can skattebo runs like a swoop bike from KOTOR

never 👏 ever 👏 ever 👏 EVER 👏 bet 👏 parlays👏

I just saw One Battle After Another, loved it. Anyone have links to some good articles about it to read?

Running down the best scary movies to watch this Halloween in The Scollywood Minute 🎃🎃🎃

Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again

I'm posting a lot about academia lately - and a school where I used to work is in the middle of a big fight over a fair contract for their adjuncts. If you support adjuncts making something closer to a living wage, please sign here - actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...

Holy shit, A&M fired a Dean, a department head, and a professor over a recording a student took in class of content that seems entirely in keeping with the course, based on a video a student—who seems to have been gunning for this—took that I’m not sure they were allowed to take.

Anthony Atamanuik getting a call from a blocked number that opens with, “Are you by any chance familiar with the film ‘Dave’?”

I don't write movies because I know I'm not that funny and don't have good ideas for em why would I want to see my horrible visions come to life instead of just watch someone who knows what they're doing

They tried to put him through the grinder, but the people recognized a hero.

let your haters become taters in the chip bag of success

Pavlov won a Nobel Prize for work only tangentially related to what he's famous for

This might be one of the best summaries of human memory I've read in a while

This is my personal "Tom Holland doing Umbrella" video. I see it and I repost it. The tightest TV five ever performed and a hall of fame bit. The Gul is a comedy craftsman. If you like this, and you haven't seen Josh's new special Positive Reinforcement, click through on his profile & remedy that

Every time you ask ChatGPT a question it brings the topic back around to the portrayal of birds in early 20th-century literature and then realizes it’s late to teach a class.

I think Altman assumes that “PhD-level expert” means someone who speaks confidently on everything as opposed to saying “it’s nuanced,” losing their keys, and getting maniacally fixated on their current topic to the point of seeing it in everything.

I know this is garbage but I also know a whole bunch of PhDs who can’t figure out basic shit like not hitting reply all to a mass email sent by the provost, so this sort of praise isn’t what I think he thinks it is

note that very smart young women and very smart young people of color very rarely get this reflexive "oh, this kid must be a GENIUS" treatment in our culture and in media that a certain type of privileged young white man in a stained hoodie always does

Hello

Can someone create a blocklist just of the people who responded but didn't get the joke for this skeet?

Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.

Sending this out to #PsychSciSky - anyone know a good book on Freud (definitely critical over haiographical)? I want to update myself from my half-remembered undergrad Theories of Personality class.

approximately 49% of all college professors in the United States are only employed part-time

no one came to a grown man's GI Joe themed birthday party and that's somehow funny to you??

i've never gotten into short form video or chatgpt and im so hyped to eventually be one of the last remaining people with attention span and analytical skills, i think it's really going to increase my value to enterprising warlords during the water wars

"we dive headfirst into solving the “problem,” but don’t ask whether the problem needs solving." www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

@joshgondelman.bsky.social As a 39 year old who broke two wrists last week, your pep talk in today's newsletter was incredibly meaningful. Thank you so much for the work you do

I'm a bitter Giants fan, so following after @joshgondelman.bsky.social 's #AGoodGame , I'm going to be donating $1 per point, 50 cents per Saquon yard, and $1 per sack (Spags) to homefrontnj.org

right now we are at "first they came for transgender people"

taking parenting advice from the person who raised elon musk is so crazy like ok next let's take 3 point shooting advice from ben simmons

Sent this directly to a friend before, may as well have it on the GiftLinks feed - wapo.st/3ZwvQYZ Fun, long read about toxic youth sports culture and rich kids

[storming out of a tour of the New England Confectionary Company factory] enjoy your Necco chamber

DeVito-Mania, Part 2? Can Tommy DeVito bring back 2023 magic for New York Giants? That's what they are hoping for. www.bigblueview.com/2024/11/18/2...

BlueSky needs it's own version of the Fail Whale

Is anyone else getting a bunch more push notifications from Twitter than usual? I haven't uninstalled yet, but it feels like the app is getting desperate for users to switch back

Anyone have good #nfl columnists/reporters to recommend over here? None of the ones I follow from "the other place" have moved their work here yet.

Always 💖 Don't make me tap the sign

I guess it has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to endorse Harris for president wapo.st/3UqHWRM

@joshgondelman.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social just want to send you guys all the love possible today. Bizzy was a great lady, hopefully you two are sharing stories of the good times with her with some friends tonight