Instead of a song being stuck in my head, today what's stuck in my head is the "fuck ya life. bing-bong!" pigeon video.

Wrote about Heated Rivalry for Smart Bitches: smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/12/heat... I was thinking more about the quality of the acting we're getting in this show--how the two leads completely disappear into their characters, and how rare a gift that is. So few actors achieve this!

We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over

Had a lot of feelings about Heated Rivalry episode 3 and posted them, at unconscionable length, on my Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/beautifulduc... The tl;dr is: I loved it. I think it set out to do a few different things (make us care about Scott/Kip; show us isolation vs community), and it did it well.

There's a lot of talk about the steaminess of #HeatedRivalry, but there are more reasons to watch. Jacob Tierney's direction and the microexpression work of the actors is sublime — especially as mainstream American-produced streaming prioritizes "passive viewing." www.slashfilm.com/2043077/cana...

Y'all this past week I've seen some baffling takes on Heated Rivalry by people who have zero knowledge or enjoyment of romance novels, romance narratives, or sex scenes as a storytelling device. "Uh where's the romance? Why are they boning so much???"

maybe i am going insane

I've officially written something so deranged that it might make it into one of my favorite authors' deathbed musings, that's gotta unlock some kind of achievement, right

guys I’m sorry but have you looked through Getty images for yesterday 💀

I'm mad. Please put in the newspaper that I'm mad.

Check out my dope ass pumpkin!!!

Here, have this... :)

"hes probably not dead" yeah no shit! shut the fuck up! im gonna spray you with a fucking water bottle!

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections? in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.

Heard the latest news from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration? We detected the collision of the most massive pair of black holes so far: #GW231123 weighing in at ~137 + ~103 times the mass of the Sun! So to celebrate, here’s a handy chart ✨ Just how chonky are these black holes? 🤔

"SLOPPER" I'm losing my mind

Modern things that the Pride and Prejudice characters would LOVE. 🩷🩵 1/12 A little bit of silliness for Monday morning.

If you're about to post something mean about Andrew Cuomo, I urge you to pause, take a deep breath, and think of something even meaner.

I’m not sure if you can overdose on schadenfreude but we’re about to find out

once again I must tap my own sign

you’re laughing? the leopards have resorted to cannibalism and you’re LAUGHING?

booby

Lmao this is basically the same argument made by industrialists who didnt want to end child labor, what fresh regressive hell is this

Angel of the Lord: He is not here, He is risen, just as He said. Come and see the place where He lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead. Alito: Okay, first of all, this violates ALL sorts of rules Thomas: This was a LAWFUL execution, who is God to interfere

One of the most incisive critiques of Harry Potter's politics came from 4chan of all places.

Ursula K LeGuin

Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.

At some point I started saying testosterone to rhyme with pepperoni and now I can't stop

physicists gotta get better at naming particles this shit reads like an AO3 tag

Who gave the script for the last season of America: The Democracy to the Coen Brothers

"average consumer will lose $1200 in purchasing power per year" factoid actually just statistical error. average person will lose hundreds of dollars per month. lentils georg, who lives in a tent & eats 2,000 pounds of lentils per year, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.

bird break take a break look at a bird bird break (photo by me)

Democrats need to come up with a name for tonight and run with it. Friday Night Coup. Black Friday. I don't care. Call it something and start screaming

Were-potato romance, in which the potato exclusively tops

🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic - 📣 News of the Times: Manhunt for Killer CEO Underway - Brought to you by the rough 'n' robust Inner Hive, including longtime member BobbyG and new member Noghar. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive E-Z) READ IT RIGHT HERE👇

whatever you feel about this you have to admit it's rare for a radicalized man who's frustrated or angry and ready to choose violence to actually correctly identify the source of their suffering, instead of just blaming and killing women and minorities.....

‘Why are so many pro writers former members of X fandom’ This is a side effect of a large fandom having a lot of teenagers in it. In fifteen years we will be celebrating the literary work of people who right now are busy writing Minecraft streamer RPF. And that’s beautiful.

imagining my life as a sugar baby on a grand estate. my gowns are dramatic, sweeping, infantile. I am intensely into *dressage.* I get rogered daily at the center of a hedge maze.

INTERVIEWER: What is most important to you when considering a new position? ME: (recently transformed back into a human after ten years of living as a sentient toilet in a French castle because my boss finally found true love) Work-life balance

[woke moby dick] thar they blow

look at this ridiculous mammal tho. like, omg?!

Damn and now Drake is going to have to pay a 25 percent tariff on that beef?

Legendary

it's awkward for them it's awkward for me it's awkward for the reader

HASTINGS: I say, Poirot, this vial’s labeled “hyaluronic acid”! Is it a poison? SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: Non, mon ami. This acid, it replenishes the skin’s barrier naturale HASTINGS: So this is a gal who takes care of her skin. SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: *irritated* The gentleman may use it as well

The Onion should buy Elsevier next