sigh... only jeff pope would have accepted this project instead of recommending a female scribe. he's one half wanker and the other half wanker. (good report here from @cathynewman.bsky.social) news.sky.com/video/bbc-hi...

Truth

Think tank=lobbying group

Want want want!

Truly Gifted Kids:A Book About A Band Called Prefab Sprout by @nigetassell.bsky.social Nige sets out to uncloak the enigma in this deepest dive ever made into Paddy McAloon’s craft, motivations and methods Personal and poetic, a true labour of love about labours of love 13-08-26 tr.ee/-BLPqLQ27t

Oh hell yes

This is that time Sally Phillips made Alex Horne eat absinthe on toast. Then, she tried it. Trust me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFGe...

The (extraordinary) Season 7 outtakes begin with Greg confronting Alex about his long underwear. And then: "Best noise, eh?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPVR...

Israel has been bombing Lebanon again. Overnight they hit Sidon, the Adloun highway, and Deir El Zahrani. Casualties reported.

Ruining another casual conversation by saying that generative AI is incredibly unreliable even for that one little thing you like to use it for

Trump got assessed at Walter Reed yesterday and for all the ass-kissing and sanewashing the White House press corps does to maintain access we don’t know shit about how it went.

are you planning to invest in SpaceX? or conversely, are you planning to divest from funds (like index funds) that will hold SpaceX shares? lmk if yes and you want to talk about why. always need investors' views for ongoing reporting but can be on or off the record... DM's open, Signal handle in bio

The number of times I had to double and triple check that I didn't spell the country as Saudia Rabia...🤦‍♀️ 🧪🏺

The one thing you can always count on trump to do…fail.

Shapiro should never be considered for any national office. Ever.

as much as i appreciate the democrats responding with vigor for once, the fact that republicans are using "transgender" as a slur for a political candidate is fucking horrifying and dems need to quickly figure out a way to address it head on. calling stephen miller ugly isn't a long-term fix.

"Shaker Loops" by composer John Adams The Frankfurt Symphony conducted by Andrew Manze performing I. Shaking and trembling II. Hymning slews III. Loops and verses IV. A final shaking 🎶 #classical #minimalist 🎼🎻

We have facilities designed to isolate people with contagious diseases. We have some of the best doctors and facilities in the world. Ebola isn’t THAT contagious in any case. But we’re not going to bring our people, including *our Public Health Service employees*, home.

At the Peabody Essex Museum, a first-of-its-kind exhibition on sculptor Edmonia Lewis honors the pathbreaking artist’s Black and Indigenous ancestries.

People voted to bring him the Mr. Roger's stamp back during this year's Stamp Encore Contest. 🎶🌱 news.usps.com/2026/05/24/h...

Over the years I've run a numbers of chat forums. The last one was ended twenty years ago, so it's been awhile I recall one time, when I was particularly bored. I took on this persona who posted nothing but non-sequiturs. The more bizarre, the better. Especially if they were internally non-sensical

“MAGA America has made a political choice to block EV penetration at the 10pc threshold, both by imposing a prohibitive tariff on imports and by finding all kinds of ways to throw sand into the gears.” www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Or, I don’t know, maybe they’re just sick of having experiences that feel like being alive.

It’s like ai people want to work extra hard to make sure they don’t learn anything, instead of just working regular hard and learning lots of things.

Truth is, I delete more posts than I actually hit send on. And that is definitely a good thing.

Karl Blechen, Grotto in the Gulf of Naples, 1829, Oil on oak panel, 37.5 x 29 cm (Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne)

This is classic Kroger marketing though I've seen Albertsons do the same kind of insanity. Here is an item which allegedly sells for $11.99 regularly, on sale for $5.99 but, with a special offer, if you buy three, they are only $6.49 each. I'm so old I remember when coupons made sense.

We looked through a year of government contracts and found some doozies: • an AI-driven “news monitoring service” for the Pentagon • a DOD “decoration set" • DNA tests at ICE field offices to verify people’s biological relatives • parkas and plastic badges for ICE agents prospect.org/2026/05/27/m...

The cherry season's starting in CA's San Joaquin Valley. Workers are getting ready to start picking for the day. "I hope this will be a good season. I worry it will start raining and the fruit will go bad like it did last year and I won't be able to earn a salary." #WeFeedYou

#TeslaTakedown started calling Teslas swastikars and Elon was like "welp, might as well make them literally call for the extermination of the jews"

unbelievable, teslas are literally nazimobiles now

An incredible new exhibit at ICA honors the late Prof. Dana Chandler and the African American Master Artists-in-Residence Program (AAMARP) that he founded. It includes the work of dozens of artists that were nurtured by AAMARP over decades. It's on until August. #ArtSky #BlackSky

In 2020 Northeastern locked the artists out of the building. This video shows artists and people in the community (JP in Boston) protesting to be let in including art historian and artist L'Merchie Frazier. It's a space fully used by the community. New aiCA show honors Dana Chandler and AAMARP.

There's a long-shot idea out there to use the Civil War-era False Claims Act (which any American can do) to sue anyone who accepts money from the "anti-weaponization" slush fund. There are treble damages for violations, which could make recipients and even overseers think twice. From me:

Another Dutch real estate gem. Just look at this early 20th century ultra modern palace! Luckily, for once, the current owners treated it with respect and love. Enjoy. www.funda.nl/detail/koop/...

I absolutely love Rosemary’s art.

Send me a PDF that I have to print out so I can complete it in pen and then return it to the medical office so they can, "scan it in." I see a problem here.

End of my relationship with Dropps - company says it can't control whether my shipment is sent via Amazon shipping. "We are not able to confirm beforehand what shipping provider is used, it is decided through a warehouse automated system." Lmk what environmentally sound laundry soap you use.

Go see Coop

Unionized staff at the Ohio State University’s Wexner Center for the Arts have officially called for the renaming of the institution and other campus buildings named after Les Wexner, who had granted convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein power of attorney over his massive fortune for decades.

Who changes trump’s diaper?

Drawings by Raphael of a woman looking at her phone, from the current blockbuster Raphael show at the Met Museum www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

The link in the post has been taken down by Paramount. Another BB post coming about Paramount's attempted suppression of the "Only in Monroe" episode. Meantime, here is a (currently) is working link to the episode www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJTX...

Saying that AI is the "most profound technology humanity will ever work on" reveals such a limited and myopic view of technology, history, and humanity.

Abigail Spanberger vetoing a bill legalizing collective bargaining for state and local workers shows that she's fine with a government that offers worker benefits but not one that gives workers power, Harold Meyerson writes. prospect.org/2026/05/25/h...

I saw it especially in DC: McDs are places where poor people can sit besides the sidewalk if they bought a cup of coffee. (And they *still* got hassled by the managers.) And now these places are losing seats and tables to repel them.

OK, but he misses the obvious main reason Mickey Ds are "sterile" these days: many of them are located in urban areas and McDonald's doesn't want people hanging out in them. They want you to buy their shit and fuck off. www.creativebloq.com/design/brand...

I wonder if OpenAI will become the Blockbuster or Kodiak of the 2020s…

If they want to repeal transfer taxes for new construction in order to stimulate the economy, there's an argument. Repealing transfer taxes for huge landowners to sell portfolios back & forth to each other doesn't seem like it's stimulating any other economic activity to benefit the rest of us.

An inscribed golden ring found in the #Roman settlement at Aalen. The ring belonged to a child, the inscription reads CRESCAS, which translates as “may you grow”. A wish every parent still has for their kids today. #EpigraphyTuesday #archaeology 🏺 📷 @almbawue.bsky.social