I return to ATL to discover that MARTA’s turnstile systems have joined the 21st century.

News from Pyongyang:

Whither the Democrats' Thomas Cromwell?

Because I was recently reminded of this excellent talk, I feel I must share Steve Almond's wonderful deconstruction of Toto's "Africa" with those of you who still remain uninitiated. Trust me, it's well worth 10 minutes of your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3fx...

LexisNexis is *really* trying to irritate me.

Comparing the actual situation with a purely imaginary set of facts is not a valid basis for argument, but is rather a method of distraction and obfuscation. And yet, here we are.

2008: Barack Obama wins the Democrat presidential nomination —> 2032: The University of Vermont wins the National College Football Championship.

University of Michigan wins 5 straight BCS titles because of its state's independent redistricting commission >>>>>>>>>>>>>

Someone ask Tuberville to spell "assimilate."

Are we supposed to believe SCOTUS read 107 pages — 26,000 words — conferred, voted and wrote a dissent in half an hour? The fix was already in. www.al.com/news/2026/05...

can't imagine why this wapo opinions video isn't doing well on youtube! (one of them tells us he went to harvard within the first 30 seconds, i shit you not)

If you know anyone in New Mexico looking for a sweet, goofy husky, send them my way!

Hey Siri, show me something Winston Smith would wear.

this all began because Rupert Murdoch complained to Donald that Fox was losing market share under these new NFL streaming arrangements our press repeatedly helps Trump pretend that transactional cronyism is good faith consumer-friendly antitrust reform with a focus on "affordability"

Hold on let me get my Emergency Gosling Stairs out of my car 😂 ♥️ TT: potterhuahua - Vancouver, BC🇨🇦

So crime can pay.

i love you all BUT STOP WITH SLIGHTLY INCREASING BANDS

Slightly increase a band Blue Öyster Sect

I just want to make sure I'm understanding: the Allen litigation initially concluded that Alabama's maps violated the VRA on grounds that Callais, by its own express terms, did not disturb. Yet SCOTUS vacates Allen and remands, asking the lower court to reconsider it in light of Callais.

Slightly increase a band The Alan Parsons Foundation

Slightly increase a band They Are Quite Probably Giants

Philly already had a reality show about the Parking Authority, there's no reason they shouldn't do Plane Repo Man with this guy

QRP with the doctor you'd trust leading the hantavirus response instead of RFK Jr.

Other than discovering that I’m apparently John Oliver’s son, @lastweektonight.com’s deep dive into the shadow docket is really quite good: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKeq...

THAT'S RIGHT, MOTHERFUCKERS, I WON A WEBBY AWARD. Here's my 5-word speech. #webbys

My big news: I've left The Athletic because they wanted me to stop covering the Twins. I refused to give up my dream, so I'm betting on myself and returning to my independent roots. I need your support to make it work. Join me and let's do this together: www.aarongleeman.com/welcome-to-t...

This is incredible.

“For the good of society, your son will work in the trades. Oh, my son? My son will be a titan of politics and industry. For the good of society, your daughter will be a tradwife. Oh, my daughter? My daughter will host a lucrative rightwing podcast.”

DEAR RESTAURANTS: Your servers are not volunteers. If you can't afford to pay them more than 2.13% of what you charge, you can't afford to run a business. Thank you!

Trump 2.0 distilled. Cabinet official whose only qualification is an ability to do Fox News spots. Clueless and unconcerned with actual duties of his job, with horrible consequences for the nation. Busy filming reality TV propaganda aimed solely at the base, plus huge conflicts of interest.

Monday is the day for boops!

Causality is now an election issue, apparently.

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

Thermodynamics tells us that the universe already wants to kill us. What on earth drives us to add malice, pain, and cruelty to this tiny space and time we all share?

Just imagine the fear, anxiety, loneliness of this poor young man. We see cruelty like this from our gov't every day. The challenge is not to allow ourselves to become like the evil people who govern us.

Mass market paperbacks in every grocery store, drug store, and gas station.

Every few years I feel compelled to post about the best hotel hack ever, because every time I post about it, it turns out to be new to lots of folks …

Happy Mother's Day

Two. Liters.

Decades?

Happy Mother's Day

Makes you wonder how many fake things are in law reviews. phys.org/news/2026-05...

Actual reasons: 1) POTUS expected to do a “Venezuela” in Iran, be done in 72 hours, and discounted the very predictable Iranian retaliation. 2) There’s no magic military option for securing the Strait even if POTUS had taken likely retaliation seriously.

Meet the academics refusing to eat shards of glass

The Reflecting Pool is the Trump admin in microcosm: *The pool has real problems, like leaky pipes, that are not being fixed *Superficial paint job that will actually make it look worse *No bid contract! No oversight! www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/u...

Sharyl Attkisson thought Obama hacked her computer when the delete key got stuck. I’m not kidding. Link below. She is incredibly stupid. I’ve followed her “work” for over decade because she was also one of the few media people who took the antivax movement’s most crank theories seriously.

AI* company execs and their acolytes really *REALLY* want everyone to buy into their sweaty insistence that AI* (whatever that means) is INEVITABLE, and lean into FOMO and Left Behind messaging to play into natural fears.

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.