In the TV context, the joke is attributed to Jack Paar (1960), but Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. made the same joke in 1857 in the very first issue of The Atlantic Monthly. (His "Breakfast-Table" columns were a continuation of essays he had written for a different publication in 1831–32.)

Sitka

I've got the poster's sanity. I've got it bad. I no longer care about likes and reskeets, I only care about real world problems like obtaining hot, nutritious soup and not being attacked by coyotes on my morning walk.

Am I about to watch Jimmy Kimmel

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Seeing ice cream cones during their spawning runs really takes your breath away. They’ll only do this once in their entire lives.

Ice cream cone manufacturing line.

Dear friends, As have become a habit, I mark each #autumnequinox by sharing a small poem by Xin Qiji. I also start my translation cycle of Chinese and Japanese poems and prose that mark the twenty-four lunisolar micro-seasons. Translation notes blogged here: #everynightapoem

Ruin a band with a Supreme Court Justice Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Kendrick Lamar

NJ PBS shutting down next summer. “15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.” newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...

A few of you doubters are forgetting that Pastor Mhlakela predicted that the rapture would come on Sep. 23 AND 24. Don't unpack your go bag yet!

Silas has slid off his bed but is trying to act all casual about it, he's still definitely here.

FACT-CHECK: This is Eric Adams in his Purim costume as a Torah scroll

I will be the rat czar. I will give each rat a hat and an umbrella. I will give the rats the vote

NEW: The city’s first-ever “rat czar” quietly scurried away from her post last week with the war on rats still raging, sources told THE CITY. www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/23/r...

do jews get raptured jews left behind? rapture travel time are airpods pro 3 worth it who gets clothes rapture are hats ok airpods pro 3 worth it rapture jews rapture airpods pro 3

TREATED AND 'STREETED': "The Big Apple’s $30-billion social safety net amounts to a badly frayed patchwork of systems that still cannot reliably get New Yorkers in psychiatric crisis from subway platforms to hospital beds, a Streetsblog investigation has found." - nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/23/t...

I know ppl always joke about how it’s impossible to quit a gym but I just quit my gym and they made me fill out a form and walk to the directors office and HAND it to him in person and he frowned at me and said “you don’t like it here?” Should I just die

Metal type ornaments!

I'm so happy to finally share this news. This book is about how the past 9 years changed my ideas about family, community, and care, and how those ideas fit into a long history. Huge thanks to my agent @carolineeisenmann.bsky.social, who held my hand through much angst, and to my editor Abby Mohr.

I won't say that the rapture prophecy is unconvincing, but these are the expressions of the ladies listening to it

I have a 2pm. Can we rapture at 4-ish

This is an absolutely terrific piece from @texastribune.org and reinforces my belief that the best coverage of right-wing cancelations occur at the local level, after years of the national media focusing on threats from the left. www.texastribune.org/2025/09/19/t...

I'm finally watching the rapture prophecy video, and I was not expecting the World Cup to figure so prominently

You should be following Anjali to learn more about what's happening at the UN General Assembly! (She is also very funny)

I'm finally watching the rapture prophecy video, and I was not expecting the World Cup to figure so prominently

Painted some silly little tomatoes last night instead of doomscrolling and inundating myself with despair and 10/10, highly recommend.

It was the best of times, it was the end of times

Anyhow, Happy No Year!

Extra points for rapture names that double as Jewish New Year names

(“These pretzels are making me thirsty” voice)

Good hed from @apnews.com

taking fistfuls of tylenol to become even more powerful

Breaking: Jimmy Kimmel to return Tuesday.

“Rash Kishansha is a very holy time for the Jewish people,” said Paul Castellano, a guy from Houston whose gastroenterologist is Jewish. theonion.com/jews-to-cele...

breaking news from unc: former provost chris clemens is suing the university for open meetings and public records violations during their discussion about delaying tenure votes www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...

im supposed to be making borscht for my family's rosh hashanah dinner but my dad (who is color blind) bought only orange beets and the color is profoundly weird

#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.

Everyone, I wanted to let you know about the sad news that despite everyone's best efforts Bluestockings will close at the end of the year: www.bluestockings.com - I want to thank every single person who sent books to them through my book drive [will share more later]. A tremendous loss to NYC.

NEW: A former Ball State University staff member is suing the university president after she was fired for a private Facebook post about the death of Charlie Kirk. She is being represented by ACLU of Indiana @acluindiana.bsky.social. READ THE COMPLAINT: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

loved editing this story from @leilaniclark.bsky.social, with photographs by @estefancy.bsky.social It’s about people feeling scared and uncertain and still doing the right thing for each other, because we’re all we’ve got

Seasonal Afflecktive Disorder

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Goodnight, all. May we all know moments of peace and sun-warmed bliss like this adorable ocean potato I saw today.

RELIEF VALVE ON

I can't believe I invested everything in futures

made a giant mushroom

Spent the weekend in NYC with my best friends from college. A wonderful time that included taking them to their first gay bar and drag show, a candlelight concert, eating every dessert possible at the Feast of San Gennaro, and hanging out in Dumbo until 2 am.

Monarch!