Share something random or you’ll have an awful December

I mean, I don't want to start some shit or anything, but I would've said... 7 pounds 8 ounces?

I hate to repost something with "🧵" given my rando status and all, but this is fun.

Part of me would be delighted to see a hologram of Isaac Asimov pop up and reveal that he has retroactively become the richest man in the galaxy by suing Musk for IP theft.

And if so inclined you can always thank The Sea and Cake for bringing it into this century.

I took a break from the usual fantasy novels to read Judy Blume's Blubber in elementary school to see what all the girls were reading, and it was *revelatory*.

Beautiful artwork from a talented art collective. Help make this project a reality! @malleusdelic.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/mal...

I'm not an expert, but does this not seem very New York Times Style section-y?

Who's your favorite Jedi? (Wrong answers only.)

So we've got *that* in common.

I really liked Bryan Magee's "The Great Philosophers," which is an accessible overview and beginner reference work. And widely available.

One-Word Movie Reviews™️: Part of an ongoing one-joke premise [N]ICE!!! La Tour de Glace (2025)

And beneath every entry? The phrase "Pause for laughs."

"Fellow fascists, this is the Super Bowl we're talking about-- we need the greatest entertainers on the planet! Get me Ray Stevens, Yakov Smirnoff, and let's see... is there an Anita Bryant tribute act we can book?!"

Ensconed?! YUM!

I've abandoned almost all of my language policing stuff over the years, but every time I see 'archeology' I feel like something's being stolen from me.

"This is the world liberals want"

🧵David Kurtz is doing a tremendous service with Morning Memo in 2025, and today's is an excellent example. #tpm

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.

Amazon scuks, but here's some amazing art for $1.99. Rage In Harlem is just brilliant. www.amazon.com/Essential-Ha...

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.

May her grits be forever kissed.

Another in a series of simple observations that comes close to breaking me: "It would take only 4 GOP Senators, or 6 to 7 Representatives, to save the country."

Hell yes, I'm into K-Pop!

I see the bread is looking particularly apprehensive this evening. 🧐

Great read from @delong.social‬! I'm seemingly tailor-made for Conan fandom, yet never could appreciate the stories for some of the very reasons he outlines. And some bonus rumination of the labor of fandom. Oh, and some literary theory, but that's just the nerd icing on the nerd cake. 😄

"Hey."

Unprecedented. A complete shock. Let me see here, the right hasn't had a Cracker Barrel meltdown like this since.... *checks notes* ...August 2022, when the chain added meatless sausage to their menu. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/cr...

Fun fact: sidehacking was mentioned on an episode of the Brady Bunch!

I love this so much-- he was always committed to the role and always a genuine pleasure to watch!

If 2025 me told 2000 me that I'd find the Drudge Report more reliable than the NYT in the future, I'd have drawn a VERY incorrect conclusion about the trajectory of myself and the nation.

Free Sandwich Day will be forever honored 🦅🇺🇲🗽🥖

Slightly diminish a band: Sixthflash Likerboy The Stop-Gos Booker T and the ZZZs

Weird to find that I'm on the list of "Transphobes, Genocide Enthusiasts, and Crumbums." I appreciate the Oxford comma, but don't I at least deserve the additional 'b' if I'm going to be lumped in with the other two groups?!

Lost a bundle in the office pool betting on "there are other people that want pierogis hat." Oh, well. Maybe next week. @kenwhite.bsky.social

Tragic news. I sincerely hope Gordon Gartrell is able to deliver the eulogy.

I think this was the first time I'd actually seen a riffed educational short in actual field conditions-- my elementary school screened this one. Memorable, perhaps. Effective? Perhaps not.

Just a cool little bargain I had to share for Kindle users out there: www.amazon.com/dp/B00KACIMUS Amazon sucks, but 3 awesome Diana Wynne Jones novels for $2 doesn't. And good art helps us stay in the fight. Here's to the better, future Independence Days we're fighting for.

Gef, you're a freak. You're right, but you're a freak.

I don't know, J.G. Ballard's Stuart Little reboot just feels a little too implausible to me.

You've been assigned punchline duty on this one.

One of those simple reminders that strikes like a thunderbolt: "It’s important to step back and recognize that there is really, literally no one in the inner discussion of U.S. foreign policy today who has any level of foreign policy or military crisis experience at all."

Separated at birth? #Pokerface

Finally made it to see Sinners on the big screen, and I really liked it a lot. One thing that hadn't come up in all the discourse, though, was that it's the most aggressively pro-cunnilingus major studio release maybe ever.

Delete a letter, ruin a movie: Rots