there are some good things here so i am trying to give them the benefit of the doubt but how the FUCK do you do a 12-episode podcast about fela and never even MENTION let alone talk to any of the musicians who played with him? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

holy shit

bluesky, help me out: i get a ton of posts in my following feed from people i'm not following. these are not reposts, they're people i don't know ENTERING MY SPACE UNINVITED. what obvious thing am i missing here?

jesse jackson was the first candidate i ever worked for because he was the only democrat saying that we needed to UNDO what reagan had done rather than just accept it as the new reality not that this has any relevance to the current moment

I don't think the powers that be care about these guys in particular, but if they're easily replaceable that might suggest they're not worth all that money they're being paid, and that's an idea they don't want anyone reflecting on.

Post a banger that isn't in English youtu.be/lp9uZKy6H7Y?...

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "Okay, but that's an idea, not an emotion."

I cannot stand the "this is a good start" discourse. The Democrats in Congress do not want to abolish ICE. They have proposed a series of bog-standard reforms regurgitated by a think tank. Everyone knows they do not work. The Democrats supporting this do not care. They just want to move on.

A journal of amphetamine reviews called Maslow's Hierarchy of Speeds

James Frey, it's your time to shine!

Tour guide Radio DJ Improv teacher Copy editor Drafter of honorary and congratulatory resolutions for the Texas Legislature

this would require seeing the other side as an enemy to be destroyed, which democrats are constitutionally incapable of

interesting to note both treatments for alzheimers are infusions that are delivered every 2-4 weeks via IV in the hand, and require both MRI and cognitive tests to monitor. Weird.

realizing that if you don't support free speech for people you disagree with, you don't actually support free speech challenge: impossible bc what is the point of bringing this up in this context other than to suggest that nobody should care too much about this, harp being bad and wrong and all?

trying to marry one of the shadows on the cave wall

one of the many infuriating things about this is that it assumes people are selfish and care more about their own well-being than they care about other people at a time when ordinary people are risking their lives to defend their neighbors

I can sympathize with wanting to include everything you've learned as a biographer so that your research isn't wasted, but the book I'm reading now goes into *excruciatingly* detailed family histories for every minor figure, which feels more like it's there because it was easy to look up

Beyond how inadequate this response is, how the fuck do you reconcile "This is not who we are" with "That's what he wants"? Does he think everyone's only going to read the part specifically addressed to them?

Not a movie but in Succession when Caroline invites Kerry to sit with them (intentionally vague to avoid spoilers)

very pleased to inaugurate the bookmark i got for xmas with this book but i'm not sure this copy will make it to february 🐋

"Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs" 🐋

Pointer Sisters, I owe you an apology. I wasn't really familiar with your game. youtu.be/idoShWmJZYM?...

If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. (an expensive yet hokey disaster movie in which everything is upside down, checks out) youtu.be/bidQ-RTxAIY?...

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

Did it hurt when you fell from heaven. More pressingly, have you asked God why we must suffer

What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again? Writing congratulatory and honorary resolutions for the Texas Legislature

Movie you've watched more than six times with a GIF. Hard (sic) mode: no Star Wars/Trek, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, or Potter.

Look, I'm just gonna tell cishet white people right now--Newsom ain't the one. You got Walz and Pritzker out here. You do not need a Bill Clinton clone wearing Mitt Romney's skin.

"Employee Owned and Operated"

Out of Sight

A friend of mine was going to start a band where they cleaned up the grammar of classic rock songs and call it The Whom

the part of his victory speech that literally made me burst into tears was "to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us"

Tom Hanks bulk branded tissues for 12-step groups called Hanks for Sharing

trifecta, video also isn't very good youtu.be/W3WMMwlHgZI?...

jokes about bill maher being a creep feel hack but as a white man of mediocre intellect and accomplishments whose politics are probably less radical than I believe them to be I'm upset with how Bill Maher misrepresents our vibrant community

everything that's terrible about LLMs is something that humans were already doing just scaled up exponentially

i'm agnostic on whether the assassination attempt was staged, but the best argument for that theory is his theatrically brave behavior immediately afterward, which was very out of character

well i'm certainly satisfied by this explanation

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

kavanaugh stop

Can we please not forget about Katie Johnson (aka Jane Doe)?

weirdly, ian holm. and he's very good!

republicans believe poor people deserve to suffer because they're lazy and weak, whereas the democrats have a much lengthier explanation

so "let tonight be the last time i utter his name" was actually a magic spell

i realize that the main charges against swisher are bootlicking and intellectual dishonesty but really any adult who wears aviator shades indoors to denote independence of thought should be sent packing immediately

If the punishment for a crime is a fine, it's legal for rich people.