Warhol predicted this when he said "In the future everyone will talk to Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes."

TRUMP: Would you go to Moscow? ZELENSKYY: It is difficult. There are lots of Ukrainian drones there. It's dangerous.

It's tragically appropriate that we spent a whole generation telling students that the humanities were moribund, and they should all study STEM, only for the greatest innovations in STEM to prove why the humanities were so essential all along.

Patriotism asks you to fight for values and an ideal. Nationalism asks you to fight for a person or group. There's a difference, and it matters.

I'm Johann Sebastian Bach. I'm Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. I'm Joseph Haydn. I'm Ludwig van Beethoven, and this is 60 Minuets.

1 of 2 "But the Emperor has nothing at all on!" said a little child. "Listen to the voice of innocence!" exclaimed his father; and what the child had said was whispered from one to another. "But he has nothing at all on!" at last cried out all the people.

Honeymoon suggestions?

"When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace."

To be honest, I'm a little surprised the birthright citizenship case wasn't 9-0 and it's a sign of just how deep the brain rot goes on this bench

As clear an analysis of yesterday's attempted and failed Supreme Court sleight of hand as you are likely to see.

We are here ⤵️

Court historians may recall names of Roger Taney’s associates, but as C.J. he alone bears historical ignominy and repudiation by generations of Taneys. Below: what Roberts has in store from his descendants. His & Taney's places in history will be...separate but equal. minnlawyer.com/2024/03/20/d...

Fox viewers: "Interesting. But what is this thing you call 'history' and what are these things you call 'books?'"

literally watergate

If only the same contractor had put on the white paint that ruined the Kennedy Center columns we might have had a chance of getting that to slide off. Only place Trump ever opted to cover gold with white and of course it's just awful.

Martians seeing news coverage of last night's cage fight audiences at the WH and on the mall can be forgiven for concluding there is only one woman in the USA and she had to be imported from Slovenia. Can't imagine what those same Martians must think of the men.

I wonder whether out of spite he will make them leave up the "The" before his name, so that it will be "The The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts."

My new band name: The Thunderous Boos.

cdn.bsky.app/img/banner/p... Oscar Peterson doing what he did better than anyone. And my avatar/image is Harry Warren.

A story I love about Anthony Stewart Head. Thank you to this person for sharing it on Tumblr. What a mensch.

in case you were wondering how my son’s first eighteen months have been going here is a cabinet meeting exploring that concept www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

I cannot believe I have to say this, but we can live without AI. We cannot live without water.💦🤬🤬

I, for one, didn't know that. But now I get it. It's "Donaldb Jb Trumpb." Did I get that right?

New in the CBS Sunday lineup: 60 Minuets. An hour of fabulously rich men and women in formal wear stiffly dancing to Mozart in a grand ballroom, occasionally laughing uncomfortably loudly at some supposed witticism uttered by their partner.

Anyone else think the word "crackdown" should be retired for at least the next few years?

Brilliant and urgent piece. The whole thing, not just the excerpted quote.

This thread is more than worth the time.

You mean like decide that life begins at conception despite the religious (and non-religious) beliefs of many millions of Americans? That is to say: we have been here for much longer than many would like to admit. It is coordinated action from every angle that will save us.

Why are cybertruck drivers the WORST at parking

Just thinking about how confidently the DOE shot itself in the dick by putting this in the press release The surest way to get the alums who might NOT otherwise have a visceral reaction to the government trying to bully our classmates to start sharpening their knives

Kasting Kall for Kolonel Sanders.

Hmmmm, who do I trust more to look out for women, Smith College or a Trump appointee currently being sued for covering up years of sexual abuse?

It remains very weird to me that in a world of actually useful technology -- photovoltaic power generation, mRNA vaccines, maglev trains, smart phones, etc -- the tech sector has gone so all-in on bullshit generators and plagiarism machines.

When a king has to remind you there are no kings…

Indictable?

Norah O'Donnell sings Carly Simon's greatest hit.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Just popping by to say good morning and then off to enjoy my day. Don’t forget to always have your confetti with you. One of these days you’ll need it. I just know it! 🎉🎊

Imagine if every year the FBI had a celebratory dinner with the Five Families and told jokes about each other.

Glad to see WME, which represents me, has opted to not host its White House Correspondents Dinner party & instead is making a donation to the Freedom of the Press Foundation's Digital Security Training Program, which helps reporters protect themselves & their sources online. But I'll miss the bash.

"to boldly go, or not to boldly go, that is the question"

35 years ago I proposed and co-produced the audiobook version of this. Decades later SPLC's work continues to be vital. Up, contrary to current Justice Dept policy, is not down.

“Cancel the 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner” — my @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social latest washingtonmonthly.com/2026/04/21/c...

House GOP aside, if anyone loved him as a husband or father, there would be an intervention today, and maybe a petition for appointment of a conservator. Nobody does, though, and thus perhaps the end of history begins tonight.

This. The court may even pair the release of the ruling in favor of birthright citizenship with the one gutting the Voting Rights Act, and the usual suspects will proclaim it’s a sign of moderation

Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.

While listening to Sauer I keep hearing the voice of The Stork in Dumbo, which is ironic since today he is playing the character of the Babies-B-Gone-Anti-Stork. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGqi...

Proud to be one of 93 local government leaders who are amici in tomorrow’s SCOTUS case on Trump’s fascist attack against birthright citizenship. To hell with these Nazi dipshits who would try to claim the power to declare who is or isn’t an American. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...