In 1774, Dutch physicians established a society in the Netherlands, where canal drownings were commonplace. Inspired by this example, the Humane Society of London advised members that blowing tobacco smoke up a victim’s bum could resuscitate “persons apparently dead from drowning.”

Of all the types of bullshit that humans peddle, "human exceptionalism" might be the bullshittiest. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

“This is not the town I grew up in anymore. I used to remember how people loved one another.” 🎁 link: www.wsj.com/us-news/a-ta...

At this rate, the Democrats will win the House by their gerrymandering in response to the GOP's cheating... ... and that would be pretty great. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/18/t...

Our physical copies haven't arrived yet, but the IDEA of your book is alive & kicking amidst the noise & the rain (weird themes arose over the course of this monster) of our holiday catalog. simplebooklet.com/holiday-cata...

"During his first day at FEMA, Richardson held an all-hands meeting that quickly made headlines. He told thousands of staff members listening in: 'Don’t get in my way.'" Turns out he meant "Don't get in my way as I'm heading out the door." 🎁 link: wapo.st/4nYPtDa

Historian Charles Beard summarized history's lessons in four sentences: 1. Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. 2. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small. 3. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. 4. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

“I can tell you that the conversation around a potential Chris Dudley run has a lot of excitement from a lot of people that remember how close he came before.” —Dan Mason, GOP official “And *I* can tell you that the last time he ran, he claimed Washington residency to avoid Oregon taxes.” — Me

If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.

You say spumani, I say spogomi. www.positive.news/environment/...

The truth really does hurt.

AI Jesus wept.

A lot of people are saying the relationship between Epstein and Trump was really sick and twisted... www.miamiherald.com/article31290...

"Withering Heights (of Power)"

Professional Opinion-Haver: "I need a new take, something that elevates my humdrum thoughts into a society-shaking insight... wait, I've got it!"

This is a pretty cool story. www.wsj.com/business/med...

"Sure, our plagiarism machine ingests enormous amounts of copyrighted material without anyone's permission, but it's the users of the machine who are the 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 criminals, your honor." 🙄🙄 Just unbelievable levels of chutzpah. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet: “Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”

Does anyone know how Ghislaine Maxwell dies tomorrow?

The WSJ editorial board will sleep well tonight, snug in the comfort of their drollery.

"AI talking toys will discuss sexually explicit topics as well as tell children where to find matches and knives." pirg.org/edfund/resou...

yes, please. newrepublic.com/article/2028...

How is AI *really* impacting jobs? Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an: -8% drop in all jobs postings -~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs -22% drop in journalism jobs

Dude, you are literally responsible for that.

The nicest thing I can think to say is that this is the stupidest shit I’ve ever heard. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

🔥 The White House released an article on Monday citing a DoorDash report as confirmation that "inflation has been tamed." I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."

This is objectively hilarious. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Iryna Terekh is the “very artsy” architect who’s now designing Ukraine’s long-range cruise missiles. 🎁 link: www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

That is some impressive vomit.

Me (pausing in my worship of Kvasir —born of the saliva of the Aesir and the Vanir— who was always right until two dwarves killed him and distilled Kvasir's blood in a magic caldron named Odhrǫrir, then mixed in honey and made mead that gave wisdom and poetic inspiration to those who drank it): wut

Bombs dropping on Venezuela in 3, 2, 1... www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

“Well hello, Madam Chair. Welcome back. Long time no see. I hardly recognize you guys. Where the hell have you been? It’s good to see you back in the Capitol building We’ve been looking everywhere for you guys.” www.mediaite.com/media/tv/whe...

Please visit a museum, y’all. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/a...

“Hand. Hand. River. Dirt. Gollum. Hobbits. Pockets. Pockets. Finger. Envelope. Fire. Hand. Neck. Neck. Finger. Hobbits. Neck. Neck. Neck. Pocket. Finger. Lava?!?” — “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, from the perspective of the Ring

"Trump is trying to generate support by suggesting that the revenue will benefit Americans directly — while overstating the potential benefit and ignoring that Americans are the source of most of the money in the first place."

From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"

“Working remotely is great!“ they said. “It will fold time and space“ they said.

"DHS’s propaganda paints agents as heroes—for example, by editing out the screams of children and families." chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

“Americans proudly say that we live in the longest-lived democracy in the world. But that should teach us that all the others failed.” — Judge Mark L. Wolf

Just a reminder that in 2024, white men favored Mr. Trump by 20 percentage points, an increase of three points compared to 2020. White women favored Mr. Trump by four percentage points. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

AMERICAN: where’s Boston

Life is short and days are precious, so I’m not going to *recommend* you listen to this interview with Greg Gutfield, but it really is fascinating. One of the best moments comes early: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/m...

Add that to my $5K DOGE dividend check, and I’m sitting pretty.

<starts chart on sandwich violence in DC following the deployment>

A new code lures AI crawlers into a “tar pit” of randomly generated pages. Website owners use it to defend their content and troll AI companies—and we're here for it. #Butlerianjihad www.404media.co/developer-cr...

I'm losing my mind over how many reviewers are like "GDT's Frankenstein makes you wonder who the real monster is." THAT'S THE STORY! That's the story Shelley wrote!

“Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally.” www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/c...