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The existence of Brian Daboll and Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force in the same reality is so much better than anything AI could ever do.

I did have to google if the incredibly horny trailer for the new 2026 Wuthering Heights with Margot Robbie was real or Paul Thomas Anderson going full Tropic Thunder.

I really liked One Battle After Another. I liked it ah-lott.

So you’re telling me this Bad Bunny has no unnecessary “h’s” in his name? Feels like a missed opportunity.

Spinal Tap II will probably be great and all but these guys are doing the damn thing: youtu.be/zl-wAqplQAo?...

This book, made me want to buy a sextant and for more books to go full whale. rainydaybooks.com/event/2025-0...

Seems like @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social bait. Or vice versa.

I saw a paint store truck yesterday with a great big Sherwin Williams logo imprinted on its side, and if there's ever been a better logo than Sherwin Williams's, I don't know what it might be.

Every car commercial since Mitsubishi used Spacehog’s “In the Meantime” has been downhill.

You think if he ever has to pretend to be a lady he goes by Gal Zackaifanakis?

Dogfood w/sprinkles > A Million Little Pieces. AND a Roomba (mmm, yes, poignant). Don’t @ Me OPRAH!

give me a bag of these and you don't even have to worry about the money

Please, anyone, punctuate!

If your kid was actually funny they would’ve asked to be Timothy Treadwell for Halloween. Slowly acquiring even less faith in future generations.

Had a real fun whimsical bit about Australians pronouncing Asbestosis. Accidentally learned about Wittenoom, Western Australia. Pretty dark turn.

Justice for sandwich bro!

I keep it real by emphasizing the wrong syllable in risotto.

i wonder how many sherpas have been lectured about how climbing a mountain is similar to being a chief technical officer

Okay, at this stage they’re just trolling WKUK references: youtube.com/shorts/VfTgS...

Death to Clippy.

Never thought I’d be the one to say this. Shark Week once a year is too much. It needs to be more like the Olympics.

Got in trouble for mixing up Labubu and JellyCat . “Whimsy not terror!”

Thinking about who would win a duel between a Heron, a Crane, and an Egret.

In 2020 I beat Ric Federer (from Geneva, IL) in the Wimbledon Men’s singles championship: 7–6, 1–6, 7–6, 2-6, 13–12. Although that’s not so much “lore” at this point.

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I don’t have A lipa, let alone dua.

Exhibit A: Muppetskin Boots www.loewe.com/usa/en/men/s... Campo chelsea boot in brushed suede Green - LOEWE

The NYT crossword and spelling bee crowd are going to snap one day and beat down the Connections makers while the wordle folks look on in horror.

“Captain Allears? Screw that I want to be Don Karnage!”

People often ask me, “Brendan, what was it like to win Wimbledon in 2020?” or “as a complete unknown tennis player up to that point, how did you do it?” Easy, you just had to be there.

It’s nice how whenever you knock your earbuds case off your nightstand the ghost of Steve Jobs hides an individual bud in one of your shoes.

Very funny but also the kind of interview that makes you wish they’d leave the interviewee alone to enjoy some peace and quiet. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025... Sunday with Paul Chowdhry: ‘I’ll have a big brunch, then lie around watching YouTube’ | Comedy | The Guardian

Do you want to hear a dance rock anthem about the seafaring Greek warrior otter that inspired otter pops? open.spotify.com/track/3URuFl...

Yuri Gagarin in a silly hat.

U.K. Bans Ninja Swords theonion.com/u-k-ban...

I’ve never been offered a knighthood but I bet I’d get a big kick out of turning one down.

Robber Crab coconut 5k, race for the curry.

The Kaiser Soze of Dept. Q really got me good.

Reengineering society so that you can spontaneously yell “no joy!” at people. Any aforethought results in immediate self disqualification. 5 or more “no joys” in a day and you have to go home and think about your behavior until tomorrow. Oh I got dystopias aplenty.

This is where Wes Anderson fans come from. Also, I am very much looking forward to seeing The Phoenician Scheme.

If I had a time machine I’d definitely consider going back in time to be an editor at The Sharper Image catalogue. Oh, the irony.

The iPhone Journal app has an AI tab? Seriously? For why? “Electric sheep, again.”

If I volunteer for A.I. Witchfinder General do I get a cool hat?

I’m not only not gonna die on that hill, I’m ruling out any hill activities of any kind altogether.

Actually, I DID have this on my 2025 bingo card. My bingo card hath this and many other things, both known and unknown. For ye shall weep and despair at my bingo card, more glorious and terrible than the morn, so becomes death my bingo card, unbegotten, destroyer of worlds.

Someone Still Loves You Shinzo Abe.

“Amis was a writer who ventured gleefully beyond the bounds of good taste. Rushdie, who closed out the evening, recounted the cheeky word games they used to play.” Lora Kelley attends the Martin Amis memorial at the 92nd Street Y. buff.ly/dRuJ6Pf