And then Plato was like, hold my mead.

Agamemnon giving serious Vader over there

Excellent argument in favor of paying attention to grammar and punctuation in school

Remembering Dr Atomic at the SF Opera in 2018, with the lights of Los Alamos shining beyond the open back of the stage, a silent chorus of Downwinders watching the scientists onstage, and a monsoon storm flashing lightning around us. www.santafeopera.org/whats-on/doc...

I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS

gotta make sure we connect the diarrhea back to the regime’s cdc layoffs that’s not just explosive diarrhea, it’s the trump trots.

You have less than two hours left to comment on this proposed rule which would turn over $1 trillion of federal funding into a giant patronage system. Destroying US science would be just the first step. Comment here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

I bet I could handle going viral

We all have to post as hard as possible about Lindsey Graham's death so we can see who wins by getting cited in an article in the Atlantic about how Bluesky is destroying the fabric of American politics next week.

César Aira’s Art of Not Editing

ICE agents feel emboldened because they know their higher ups will protect them by lying to the public about what happened. How can we trust any sort of investigation solely done by an agency that does whatever it wants, whenever it wants, with no repercussions? Justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo

I feel like I need to remind people that part of the original me too movement was to emphasize the simple fact that most women, at some point in their lives, have been the victim of sexual harassment, assault, rape or other types of gender-based violence. Hence, the “me too” part.

New episode: It's the women in the Texas Democratic Party addressing the issues voters are truly angry about, school closures and data centers. Plus Texas House Democrats under increased pressure to dump Burrows podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

let it be said that Emma D’Arcy is absolutely incredible

Graham Platner, after a 20 minute conversation with Mitch McConnell, has decided to suspend his campaign.

EXCUSE ME SIR YOU ARE NOT PANTS

Your last saved celebrity pic is your therapist Gah

God is antifa.

Asking how people can partake in joyful acts during a period of immense suffering leads me to believe this is your first time at the suffering rodeo.

When you struggle with an ornamental pond you don't tell other people how to run the sea

... that humanity could even produce such foolishness -- the erasure, I mean -- is evidence that as a species we should probably just turn out the lights and hand it all over to the roaches, who manage their affairs much more reasonably.

Not only monday, but monday at the dentist to get a filling fixed

I don't know if this is a scoop, but I haven't seen it reported elsewhere: flu vaccines expire TOMORROW, with a growing flu outbreak at an Air Force training facility in Texas www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Embroider this on a pillow

If the world made sense, no one would have invented Dr. Pepper.

You visit the national park, and then eukaryout some blue vinyl as a souvenier

The reflecting pool is being sabotaged by paid protistas

Capitulation at Versailles (disambiguation)

Breaking News: the algae has agreed to accept $300 billion to consider vacating the reflecting pool

I wonder if Trump walked into the dressing room while the UFC fighters were changing.

Thousands have turned out for an Anti-Racism rally in Belfast city centre, organised by United Against Racism and supported by Trade Unions

hard day (week month year millennium) to be awake seeing this shit hearing this shit understanding this shit hard day to clearly apprehend the great collapse but good to be here with you

The story of the Reach begins with Garth Greenhand, the legendary progenitor not only of the Tyrells of Highgarden, but of the Gardener kings before them...and all the other great houses and noble families of the Green Realm as well.

Stars, Metric, and Broken Social Scene last night at the Waterloo Amphitheater. A blast of Canadian peace and love.

Scottish Painter Dale Bissland

My new article for Pride Month upcoming: How you can be a Better Ally for the Trans Community. #transgender #lgbtq #pride #ally #queer medium.com/prismnpen/ho...

gas station cashier went to ren fair an now wont stop saying henceforth an forthwith

Raju: Who did you vote for? Texas Voter: Cornyn Raju: Why did you vote for Cornyn? Texas Voter: Because Trump did not endorse him. Raju: If Paxton wins the nomination, could you vote for him in the general election? Texas Voter: Hell no.

“Please stop. I don’t want an AI summary of my Google search. I don’t want an AI summary of the text message from my friend at work. I don’t want an AI summary of the email I’m about to read. Please just stop.” 💯

Yes. That first chart maps 💯 onto my fundamentalist-evangelical upbringing. The second is where i’ve spent my life trying to land (and mostly succeeding! Yay me!)

In chemistry, a supersaturated solution is one where you've kept adding a solute to a liquid beyond where the liquid can dissolve everything. All it takes is a nucleation site / seed crystal for the solution to rapidly (sometimes violently) crystalize. Unrelatedly, the US has more guns than people.

Pondering the similarities between Senate today and the Entmoot after Saruman starting cutting down the trees at Isengard

Magic happening in the HEB parking lot, aka “after the storm”

The Canadian invasion of Texas has begun @bword.bsky.social

grass grows, birds fly, sun shines- and

Richard Nixon, spinning in Hell, can't believe he resigned over Watergate.

William Hawkins (1895-1990) American Artist

turns out it was a bit of a whoopsie to focus on low level j6 rioters rather than throwing the ring leaders in jail immediately and tossing the keys. oh well, better luck next time!

I’m so furious about how stupid everything is