Weird Al would never

A reminder that the work requirements to maintain your eligibility for Medicaid in ACA-expansion states will also count unpaid work at volunteer organizations. The more orgs that close, the harder it will be to fulfill those work requirements and the more likely people get kicked off Medicaid.

This is the most complete information I've seen about the Anthropic copyright settlement — dates of when things are likely to happen, what to do now, and what it all means for different types of writers. nwu.org/anthropic/

my daughter really captured my essence in this portrait of me “at work”

Chotiner interviews Janeway

I would bet a bajillion dollars that man did not use those words.

The Rapture hasn’t even happened yet and the fungi have already started taking over.

Apparently the rapture takes the meat but leaves the bones.

Due dates will be adjusted if the the rapture does indeed happen tomorrow

Here's my hot take: autism is good, actually.

Evergreen

Did you remember? youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk

This is a great thread about how estrogen affects your ability to lift weights.

Remember: this is $20, supports a library in a city under attack by the federal government right now, and it makes Matt Yglesias mad 😹

Nothing’s more punk than the public library

If I were a cruise line in the Caribbean, or the potential customer of one, I would be losing my shit right now.

I mentioned my belief that Vincent D’Onofrio’s performance in Men In Black deserved an Oscar, and @kevinmhoffman.bsky.social responded with this banger: bsky.app/profile/kevi...

I appreciate that the style of music is specified in the band’s name.

Photojournalism by the Tribune's @staceywescott.bsky.social

Happy First Day of Early Voting in Virginia to all who celebrate!

My dog got me out of bed to take her outside. Did she need to pee? No, she needed to check the yard for rabbits. My dog is an asshole.

And they say there's no moral way to become a billionaire

If Andor taught us one thing, it’s that we should probably cancel Disney+ right now.

We get very few updates from the college freshman about how he’s doing and then this morning … Kid: “SYDNEY MCLAUGHIN LEVRONE JUST RAN THE FIRST SUB 48 400 IN 40 YEARS IN THE RAIN MARILEIDY PAULINO RAN THE SECOND SUB 48 IN 40 YEARS RIGHT AFTER HER YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW CRAZY THIS IS”

Looks like I’m gonna need to add another square to my crochet virus blanket

These are GORGEOUS

Wait. THOSE WERE THE LYRICS?

Started watching Say Nothing today and kept noticing similarities between 1957 Belfast and present-day America.

Welcome to the User Experience Cinematic Universe, Ken Jennings!

Went to see Idles this week (opening for Deftones) and if you ever have a chance to see them live you absolutely should do it. They were fantastic.

Why does my dog insist on eating compost? WHY??

So everyone who said gutting the workforce was a bad idea and that Musk and DOGE were a reckless waste of time that would do more harm than good were right? Then fucking say it. Say you were wrong and we were right. wapo.st/462dsvz

What a terrible day to be on social media

I was almost certain that with a Republican governor, the likelihood of Virginia following other states in having its health department issue an order making the COVID vaccine available to all adults was almost nil. I’m very glad to be wrong. virginiamercury.com/briefs/virgi...

- you clean up that banksy? - sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked

Quick question: Has anyone ever done a stage dive at a Tiny Desk Concert before? Crowdsurfed?

The early voting for the general election in Virginia starts in 10 days.

Am I to understand that all the Democrats had to do was ask?

The quote from a former DOJ expert on elections who said, “Ask how many people are satisfied with what the Justice Department has done on the Jeffrey Epstein files,” is 👨‍🍳💋

I crocheted Patti Smith’s Horses cover

based on what we’ve seen so far I can about guarantee the districts wheatpasters will have them posted up across town shortly

What a terrible day to be on social media

HOLD DOGE OFFICIALS IN CONTEMPT

Ah yes, shortchanging on safety has gone famously well for NASA.

In the two weeks since dropping my kid off at college, I have regained half the weight I’d lost this year. Just in case you were wondering how empty nesting is going.

Today I learned …

obviously what Trump wants to do is horrifying but Republicans losing the NRA over trans people is genuinely one of the funniest possible political outcomes

Me sowing: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Me reaping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.