On the left is an Onion headline from March. On the right is Reuters, today.

clearing out galleys, any Berliners interested?

it's not at all surprising that the head of a company would say it's a bad idea to not do business with his company! this does not need to be treated as a major news development.

i LOVE "people talking about books" day, even if i think the opinions are bad! talking about books is one of life's greatest joys!

obsessed with how much Snake Plissken looks like he’s going to Berghain

also i don't need my own app <3

look not everyone was meant to be on camera

apropos of truly nothing but my boyfriend made this for dinner the other night and it was so good, i've been thinking about it for 2 days: cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/7768...

really enjoyed this @heistberlin.bsky.social piece on the encroachment of bathing suits into Berlin's sauna culture (boo) www.heistberlin.com/nude-to-prud...

combined two of my deepest wells of knowledge today: 2000s-2010s celebrity dynamics and political theory www.jezebel.com/checking-in-...

ahahahaha

point for germany 🙏

just saw a Rewe commercial that was clearly filmed at *our Rewe.* I feel like a celebrity!

i've been having some stuff that's Probably Anxiety but went to the doctor just in case. she asked if i've been having a stressful time (yes); told me everything looked OK ("perfect" blood pressure (brag)); and said it'll go lessen when the stress does. woohoo! a thing that will definitely happen!

i lived in England for years, and have spent the bulk of my adult life constantly consuming British media, but calling crossing guards "lollipop people" never ceases to make me giggle (even on a sincerely distressing issue like this)

I think you guys are really overestimating the influence of text-based social media

This is so bleak, ie take away our desire for (affordable, generic) food so that we can focus on buying expensive consumer products. www.ft.com/content/5ffb...

My brother in christ I’m pretty sure the issue is that Nazis took over X

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this is a wildddd story

the feverish discussion of Andy Burnham approaching London suggests that if he can make it to No. 10 unimpeded, it’s his to storm and take control of. tbf it’d be great television!

is your monday going well? why not ruin it by reading this reddit thread, "What is an industry that is currently on fire, but the general public hasn't noticed yet"? www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/...

a perfect way to put it

I was warned that “The Devil Wears Prada 2” was triggering re: the media industry but I was NOT prepared for media downsizing and venture capital to be the entire plot of the movie

i can't explain why but i absolutely loathe this headline

i am so tired of Trump's government going out of its way to do the worst thing in every situation

There is no more powerful argument against remaining on Twitter than seeing these dispatches from leftists you sort of recognize from ten years ago who don't realize they are morphing into Pat Buchanan

Justin Pearson also went to Bowdoin—he was a freshman when Zohran & I were seniors—and I gotta say, for a student population that was, as a whole, almost embarrassingly apolitical (lots of "socially liberal, fiscally conservative" ppl), I'm so proud that they're 2 of the most famous alumni under 40

weirdly moved by this Google animation celebrating David Attenborough's 100th 🥲

on top of everything else, Farage is SO ugly and annoying and unlikable. Someone who, if you knew him in real life, you’d cross the street to avoid.

an excellent poster, which brings me to my number one campaign issue, were i ever to be a political candidate: bring back attractively designed campaign posters!

one of the most dangerous truths of the modern era is this: all evidence-backed "wellness" and "life-extension" tactics are just basic diet and exercise. most people have very little they can do to impact their longevity besides regularly go to the doctor and get vaccinated, etc

sorry but making up a fake linguistics organization and a fake linguistics medal shouldn’t be a crime

I love to see this angle in the U.S. paper of record www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/o...

watching a Swiss stream for BAY-PSG and god their accents are silly

DAWKINS: You idiots believe in God? ALSO DAWKINS: The Computer is alive. And it’s also my girlfriend

im (slightly) sorry to be a brat about this on main but if you're gonna make me make an account to read one single article, you gotta let me read that article!! @heatmap.news

holy shit

meanwhile he paid $10 million to co-sponsor the Met Gala so his tacky wife could buy her way into the good graces of high fashion

I’m in @foreignpolicy.com this weekend, writing about a new book debunking everyone’s favorite Guinness Book of World Records myth: foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/01/b...

college newspapers forever

reading about a guy who got kicked out of the Air Force in the 1970s for having "a mixed personality disorder with anti-social themes and hysterical features.” things were crazy 50 years ago.

i love the emmy-award winning television show "Hacks."

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this is an absolutely extraordinary scoop by Guardian: Nigel Farage was given £5m by the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before announcing he would stand in the 2024 British general election, the Guardian can reveal www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

i've been saying it for months (years?) but smoking is very much Back.

i do NOT like manuel neuer but i'm honestly starting to feel a bit bad for him