i’m someone who initially thought that there was nothing that would be in the epstein files above and beyond what we basically publicly knew and gosh i was wrong. the fact that biden knew about all of this, knew that trump might become president again and didn’t release it is criminal

We're long past the point where someone on the white house beat needs to utter the words "Mr President, are you a pedophile?"

That thing we all knew? Turns out we indeed knew it

On her birthday, we'd like to remember special effects makeup artist Milicent Patrick who famously designed the Gill Man suit for Universal's CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON.

Mike Johnson shooting himself in the face with the memory wiper doodad from Men in Black after accidentally seeing the headline

I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently. In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?” And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.

I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world? Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)

We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA. Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings

Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty

ByHeart, a manufacturer of organic baby formula, recalled all of its products sold nationwide days after some batches were recalled in an expanding outbreak of infant botulism.

Hitting like on every northern light photo

So this happened an hour ago. I don’t think I’ve seen red this deep in a long time. You could see it quite clearly with the naked eye. #aurora

Pretty good aurora visible from our back porch in Chicago!

“If you don’t shut up, I’ll frame you.” Poirot, probably.

I literally shouted later I accosted several students passing through

Making Tony watch David Lynch’s Dune and telling him it’s the only Dune.

Finished Nobody’s Girl now I’m watching Epstein docs and yelling at the tv. I’m sure this is healthy

My angel baby sweetie cakes

carbo-loading for the pastapocolypse

“Pasta la vista”—once a simple schoolyard jape. In 2025, our horrifying reality

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The #timelapse

I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here

A slip and slide guitar

in this new system you get to do any 1 crime completely free so choose it well

ey, take it easy. i just found out they ain’t selling De Cecco in America no more. i’m hurtin here

This glass exploded and I cut myself in the finger crotch just like Bob Belcher.

I used to skip school to stare at this painting. It scared the Catholic in me and excited the burgeoning atheist.

ever since i was a small child i knew i wanted to eat twenty-five to forty grams of fiber a day

how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

I’ve never heard of this. Wow. It really does explain a lot. I’m so glad I’m old and I learned how to read.

new album's really good, she's managed to stay relevant for 20yrs in a tough market because she's a talented writer who gives all of herself to her audience

Lily Allen:

"The golden age of jerks" (sound on)

Add Lily Allen to that “avoiding wrath” list. I don’t want someone to write a blistering but catchy revenge album about me.

even if his brains weren't soft and full of holes and even if he werent dunning kruger and legendarily incurious you really can't keep electing people who have never had to run a household budget and buy things retail. you can't have people this out of touch running things. it's like a child king

Getting our dryer vents cleaned out and I’m so happy we never burned to death because we could live made 12 sheep out of the lint.

“i am tired of being silenced” says the person who literally can’t shut up

Hiding 4c of spinach in a smoothie to myself. I’m my own toddler.

After 40+ years in tech and media, can confirm. 'The advice that “knowledge is power” has traditionally been taken to mean it should be sought after and cultivated. Today, the US is experiencing something different. 1/

Daughter of the queen of the sea falls in love with a land-dwelling human, and the world falls into chaos. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's classic The Little Mermaid, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea is a Japanese retelling with a very different ending. #FairyTaleTuesday

#FairyTaleTuesday A Summary & Analysis of Angela Carter’s ‘The Bloody Chamber’ Carter takes Charles Perrault's Bluebeard fairy tale as the basis for ‘The Bloody Chamber’, but makes several important changes to the original story. interestingliterature.com/2022/12/ange... Art- Rebecca Sutherland

Someone dumped a bunch of McDonalds cups and wrappers next to another person’s car in the building and there is an INVESTIGATION. PHOTOS HAVE BEEN EMAILED.

Tatsuya Nakadai (1932–2025)

Morning sun dancing on the waters surface. The Irish word for this sparkle is "Loinnir". County Clare, Ireland.

from 4am-6am the cat tries to break in the door to tell me to feed him even though he has food. Then in the afternoon from 4-5 he cries relentlessly at the front door even though he cannot go out. I’m starting to think he hates it here. Or he’s really good at driving me to the cliffs of insanity.

The person showing the most strength and bravery in this situation is the one with the broken nail and crop top, not the one covered head to toe in armor with qualified immunity.