That escalated quickly... A short stack of Special Weather Statement, Severe Thunderstorm Warning, and Tornado Warning, all on the same storm.

Sup chat... today we're headed over to the Polynesian to catch the Electrical Water Pageant. Be sure to like and subscribe and smash that bell.

If they don't think that people won't just make a restaurant reservation and take the $10 no-show hit, they're nuts.

Fascinating: The energy wave from Japan's 2011 earthquake appears to have bounced off the earth's core, returned to the surface about fifteen minutes later, and permanently shifted nearly the entire country roughly a quarter-inch to the east. www.cnn.com/2026/06/24/s...

BBC Radio 4's longwave service is ending, shifting to other distro methods such as digital. The service is home to the Shipping Forecast, famed for bedtime listening in the UK. www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

Big quakes in Japan and Venezuela within an hour or two of one another.

Somebody tell the CeeBeeCee that we don't need a gyotdang breaking news alert EVERY SINGLE TIME THE SCORE CHANGES.

First Wilderness, and now, maybe, Kidani? Hey, Diz:

OK, look, I'm a cheerful and (generally) generous tipper. But to get asked randomly, when ordering from a rather well-established and decent-sized company, an item which will probably be drop-shipped from a warehouse and sent via FedEx, if I want to throw a tip on "for the team"......

Iger: Disney tried to buy James Bond, was *hours* away from buying Twitter as a way to distribute Disney content, and explored a merger with Apple. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Not quite sure what Walmart is suggesting here, but who am I to judge?

The podium (lectern, dammit) is out on Downing Street.

Meanwhile, in the UK... (delayed screenshot)

This is true (and true of many other shows and films). You can doomscroll forever thru a feed of people monetizing anger and fear or you can close that shit and turn on MST3K or Emergency or The Office or Adam-12 or Simpsons or Flintstones or Seinfeld or Andy Griffith or Friends or Twilight Zone or

For those not blessed to know the origin of my "Life is a Kumquat" shirt design (www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4277...), here it is during the Tomorrowland segment.

HELP. (cc @michaelcrawford.com)

For those looking to enjoy a pleasant afternoon nap, may our neighborhood suggest a Backyard Toddler Fight® complete with Screamin' Mama™ action

Whaaaaatchaaaa doinnnnn'?

Probably on account of Airbnb not existing when the Carol Burnett Show was on air in the 1960s/1970s.

Slightly interesting internet-harvested pablum: what's the minimum number of sides needed for a polygon to become recognizable as the US? Real life applications of the concept include how GIS online maps are generated in zoomed out vs zoomed in levels, saving data/processing until drilled down.

Netflix has some really good international content, dubbed to English. But there are two immutable truths: 1> The dub audio and the captions will be severely mismatched. Same general meaning, but compeltely diff words. 2> Kids are dubbed by adults who aren't even trying. 8yo with a 35yo voice.

Welp, guess we're watching a riot.

Hypothetcially speaking: if you were a judge, and you received an urgent plea for more time to comply because of lightning (even though they had two weeks) ... and they took time during that delayed period to add tarps, which is almost certainly not required for safety... you'd be peeved, no?

"LOOK, MA! NO HANDS!"

One wonders... wasn't the order for the name to come down by 11:59 PM ET? Seems doubtful they'd be done in time. Is there a consequence built into the order if they miss the deadline?

This scaffolding assembly is like watching the world's shittiest Slow TV channel.

A relic of the days when Today was a little more unhinged and a little less schmaltzy...

I treat a box of Little Debbie Fudge Rounds that way that grizzled rich people in films treat that crystal bar set in the corner of the office. Down one while staring angrily into nothingness. Less satisfying to throw the little plastic wrapper at a mirror in a fit of rage, tho.

Neat. www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...

Well that was a feckin' barnburner.

Everybody knows it was Drudge Report, not HuffPo, that broke the Linclon news.

Having worked in a newsroom, I can assure you that the absolute last thing in the world you need to do if the staff is already in turmoil and thinks you're completely inept... is to hire a fckng consultant to teach you how they do their jobs.

Two absolutely outstanding music films have landed on streaming. - EPiC is the kind of documentary I love... no narration, just nat sound to tell the story... and fantastic music. A pure Elvis time capsule. - MICHAEL is absolutely uncanny. You'll find it hard to believe it's not archival footage.

Went out to water the flower garden this evening and was met with a Florida-grade mosquito swarm, right here at the foot of the Smokies. WTF.

Them Oceans boys are at it again

In case you're fortunate enough not to have to monitor the WDW subreddit, you should know you're missing out on a megathread from someone complaining that their trip was ruined because there were too many strollers.

Take me back / To SuperStation City / With Skip and Pete / When the Braves were shitty.

Aw man...

Great Moments in Kerning™

I just saw one of those stolen video content mill FB pages made up exclusively of reels from Tom Silva (This Old House). I'm not even sure what the busines model is on that.

Welp.

It takes a special type of dumbass to touch a hot sheet pan that just came out of the oven. While still wearing the oven mitt on the other hand. That's exactly the kind of dumbass I am.

Oh hey, I've started getting on-screen ads when I pause a show on YouTube TV. That's an excellent addition to the user experience and I am nothing but thrilled for the change to this $90/mo service. I hope those who made this decision lead long enjoyable lives & that all their dreams come true.

Meanwhile, majestic Meyla

Lilly. Always ladylike.

BRB, installing a Bagel File Cabinet™ in my home office.

The more I deal with the freight sector, the more I'm amazed anything ever actually is delivered. It's always ridiculous. We once ordered kitchen cabinets and freight lost two of the three pallets. Manufacturer replaced them, and THEN they got delivered so we wound up with an extra 2/3 of a kitchen.