Free shipping at bookshop.org today Fuck prime day Carry on

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

when the people who shuttered USAID learn of a diabetic single mother and her disabled son starving to death 9,000 miles away because of aid cuts, they don't see failure or dereliction or tragedy, but rather success: the people they view as unworthy of life are dying

My (R) mayor just gave a press conference explicitly condemning the WH for shutting down the government and weaponizing federal agencies against Trump’s “enemies.” So I’m gonna log off now while I have this dose of sanity fresh in my veins. Later! 👋

Gavin Newsom would take a puppy from an orphan, rip the puppy apart with his bare hands and eat it while the orphan screamed if he thought it would win him one vote in Wisconsin.

If you think people are mad at Gavin Newsom now, just wait until he rides this strategy all the way to a crushing electoral defeat.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

this shit looks like someone’s about to shoot franz ferdinand

Gonna not watch this so hard

This movie! 💥 ⁉️

Demented A.I. slop irl

If there's somethin' strange in your neighborhood...

This picture is from 1992 in LA and using it in this post and story shows terrible news judgment.

One cool thing that everyone can do immediately, or, you know, soon, is stop talking about CBS in any way / shape / form. I’ve ignored them this long… please help me continue on my journey of blissful ignorance, ty

Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization

My second crossword for @billboard.com! Taylor Swift week continues apace

This is stealth

I’ll “accommodate” AI the way I’ll accommodate fascists, like, no, fuck off, stop trying to get my consent on any of it, you can’t have it, I do not have to hand it to AI under any circumstances. Hard no. No.

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

There has always been a small, noisy minority of gay people whose belief in gay rights boils down to "I shouldn't have to give up any of my prejudices because of who I am." And straight people in media have always fallen all over themselves to hire them.

“My biggest fear is going to the hospital." Pregnant immigrants are terrified ICE will show up outside the doctors' office or at the hospital. So they're skipping the care necessary to ensure a healthy birth. Some experience dangerous complications as a result. 19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...

the chris caldwell of 1948 would have been arguing against desegregation of the armed forces www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Pretty sure Aaron Sorkin wrote this in like 2013

Yes, this is a very “Beta” way to “read”

Me during the National Spelling Bee foofaraw

lol I could easily be in the background of this picture, as I’m pretty sure I went on a date here in 1987 — seriously, this is the miniature golf course I grew up with, my mental template for all miniature golf courses! 🥰

Clever Minute Cryptic - 6 October, 2025 "Rejected dwarf Bashful left plushy toy unfinished" (5) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (69,368 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Nosing my way into the work week

I am home in Chicago now but I would like to share this excellent flier I found in Yerevan.

Defending our border 🇺🇸

Dahlias from the garden ☀️ @penelopeharper.bsky.social

We are excited to be releasing Puzzle #1 of the Boswords Fall Themeless League tomorrow night! Thanks to all who have joined so far, and there's still time to join the fun! For more info, a short video explaining the Fall League, and to register, go to boswords.org.

Good morning from me and Captain Freakout ☀️

This is the first photo on the Wikipedia page for GERONTOLOGY and honestly bring it on

Settings -> Content and Media -> Manage Saved Feeds. And I've discovered once you've unpinned it you can delete it completely! bsky.app/profile/hurr...

JUST IN: A UK mosque was set ablaze with two people still inside in a suspected arson attack that police are treating as a hate crime.

Pope Leo urged the world's 1.4 billion Catholics on Sunday to care for immigrants, pressing ahead with a message of welcome for migrants days after criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's hard-line anti-immigration policies. For @reuters.com:

Speaking of writing advice, I feel like everything I've been thinking and talking about over the past few days can be boiled down to this. Go ahead and write the weird shit. Because (waves hands around at everything) at this point, why the fuck not?

The lesson of the Trump era is to stick with your principles. He’s coming for you anyway, whether you do or not, so you might as well stick to your principles so people don’t laugh at you afterward and you can look yourself in the mirror.

Look I am not a virtuous person I have average virtue but I can’t conceive of saying yes to the Saudis for anything for any reason it’s unfathomable like what? seriously how do you rationalize doing yuks for the journalist murderer? I get that $ is nice but is it that nice?

Uh…

Love this!!!! Crossword crew

O god now he’s drunk-texting me…

Per @washingtonpost.com: New polling shows most U.S. Jews say Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza — and 39% say genocide. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

the usual story. rich guy wants to punish universities for not clamping down on pro-palestinian protests and for doing too much to recruit minorities. at base these guys want the top tier of american universities to become, once more, safe-spaces for their dunderheaded failsons

Take your fingers out of your mouth, it’s time for SEXBOUND (1961), newest Pop Sensation paperback #DailyPaperback #pulp #vintagepaperbacks salmongutter.blogspot.com/2025/10/pape...

💪 Minute Cryptic - 4 October, 2025 "Leaves Inca ruins in Western Hemisphere" (7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (41,025 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...