Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:

I've seen this complexion before

It’s Eli Wallach’s birthday. A story. Eli once told a great one about The Godfather Part III. Coppola cast him; Eli asked for the script… nothing arrived. “Francis, I don’t see any lines here.” Coppola: “Don’t worry, Eli—you’re playing an old family friend.” (1/3)

It’s Boulevardier season!

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif etc. …

It felt good to get out of the place …

[enormous bong rip]

"Say I tell you 'My father is choking my brother.' What do you say to that? "How does a culture of abuse end? "What is our part in ending it?" www.the-reframe.com/cult-ure-of-...

Both sides of a conflict are calling each other evil and corrupt, rendering me, a humble journalist, helpless to discern the truth. Best I can do is let you know that both sides are in fact saying those things. Hope this helps

Again, the idea that Donald Trump is somehow not the true Republican Party, is a narcotic myth that we need to put an end to.

*youth pastor voice* Let me tell you kids about another carpenter who wasn’t very popular with the authorities

excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend

A goodly prize, fit for the devil’s grace!

congrat's to ya'll

No one has scammed and beclowned the human race like cats. "Aww she's sitting on me" she's sapping your energy. "Aww she's purring" she's communicating with the devil, her father in hell

Frog put the cookies in a box. “There,” he said. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.” “But we can open the box,” said Toad. “That is true,” said Frog.

a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me

I wrote about why cutting Kill Bill in half might have cost Uma Thurman an Oscar, and how the new 4 1/2-hour version makes whole the greatest performance of her career.

Holy sh** —

Sermons too.

The Ascension Dunk theonion.com/christ-retur...

If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER. My latest in @thenation.com

this is extraordinary. too many people in my profession have circled the wagons around someone who lacks the moral sense of a child

the body keeps the score. and i'm losing really bad to white castle

All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”

George Will on President Trump:

Remaining politically unbiased requires staying neutral on matters like evidence, relevant past behavior, clear patterns, obvious lies, and observable truth, which is worth remembering whenever somebody starts complaining about political bias.

Outstanding piece by @davidjroth.bsky.social on the conservative perpetual grievance machine.

Pretty impressive that through this entire scandal and press blitz, RFK Jr. hasn't lost focus on his life's work of shortening the life expectancy of the average American and endangering the lives of children.

God deliver us all from this …

That’s right.

And the award for Obtuse Take of the Week goes to …

Whatever ratio this ends up with, won’t be enough. But have at it anyhow.

What if we razed every Data Center to the ground and salted the earth where they stood

I have a few thoughts on how to stop our current descent into madness. Add your own in the comments. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

Who’s “we”??

Forty years? How in th-

Lots of people think this is fine: manly, bold, “genuine,” “telling it like it is.“. Lots of people will approve. Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.

It was not a plan but a capitulation document. It did not come together. It was a Russian document presented by some Americans as American. Be clear in your headlines. Help people see the simple awfulness of things.

Yes it is. The New Colossus!

Check this out, everyone —

This is the song with the record of most willing listens by me: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57g...

“Let us eat one last cookie, and then we will stop.”

I just want one single national news organization to frame its stories with human decency at the center. Just one. This ain’t it, @npr.org

Yes!