"one officer smiled for a selfie with her as she cried."

My biggest takeaway from the Jim Henson birthday celebration is that we somehow MUST stop Muppet fans from clapping on the one.

Update: my doctor says it’s not true vertigo, which makes sense. After several tests, nobody knows what’s wrong with me, but I’m starting to adapt enough to life with mild motion sickness that I can walk, shower, and drive safely.

I wrote some silliness to celebrate this special day.

All weekend I assumed New York was wobbly because of the subways, but it turns out I’ve just had vertigo this whole time.

I’m really looking forward to producing season 2 of ‘Stick to Shorts’ when I have time and energy for it next month no wait sorry next year no wait sorry next decade no wait sorry aaaaaghgh

I like that Kermit credits himself as the writer and then credits each of the Muppet Performers by name as the performers.

We’re screwed.

as always i encourage u all not to post things that may attract the attention of an authoritarian secret police with unlimited power to surveil american citizens at this time

So I know, I only post when I've got a podcast episode, but this is a really good podcast with me and JD Hansel talking about the Mahna Mahna phenomenon, and how it all went so terribly wrong. www.toughpigs.com/70-years-mah...

So as far as interpolations of the hook from "Little Darlin'" by The Diamonds go do you prefer The Beach Boys slipping it into their cover of "Crocodile Rock" or Joan Baez suddenly pivoting to it at the end of "Honest Lullaby" and this is why I can't make smalltalk

"Nightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to use" (HT Katya Pendill)

From 2011-2016, we hosted a live monthly show in NYC called The Muppet Vault. Join us this Sunday on the ToughPigs Discord for its grand return!

If you enjoyed hearing from @jd11pc.bsky.social on out Marty Feldman episode (and we’re sure you did), don’t forget to check out his podcast @sticktoshorts.bsky.social, which just wrapped its first season.

it’s absurd that NYT forced him to delete these skeets, which … convey the factual information that Zohran Mamdani is, in fact, a man of South Asian descent who was born and raised in Africa, and that the pseudonymous source of the hacked material is a white supremacist eugenicist.

if you are going to quote the declaration of independence today like it is some radical document and rallying cry, please clearly enunciate as you read “merciless Indian savages” stop trying to build a house on a rotten foundation read: indianz.com/News/2018/07...

It’s gonna be a hot time in the old town tonight ‘cause we’re bugging out about the Marty Feldman episode of The Muppet Show! Open Sesame and welcome our guest @jd11pc.bsky.social! www.muppeturgy.com/episodes/mar...

If you enjoy classic cartoons (Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes, early Disney, etc.) you are missing out if you're not listening to this podcast. This is the final episode in the first season, so you've got a lot of good stuff ahead of you!

I just imagine how Gen X’ers must have been raised if, by the time they were in preschool, they already took for granted that the adults were always the arbiters of truth and their peers were just delusional.

While I have some unselfish, empathetic motivation for supporting LGBTQ+ folks, I also recognize that the ideas that are essential to my identity - neurodiversity and neurodivergence - were built by (and built on foundations established by) the LGBTQ+ community.

This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.

I’m not worried about my parents believing all AI videos are real. That will never happen. They will reason that the videos of Republicans doing harm must be AI and the videos of Democrats feeding babies to demons just make sense.

I had so much fun talking with my friend @muppetno.bsky.social about Tom & Jerry cartoons! Now you can listen to our conversation and have fun too!

This one’s for all you Movin’ Right Along listeners who like it when we go on tangents about old movies and junk like that!

What a treat it was to talk with @meryanroe.bsky.social and @durwoodclapper.bsky.social about this very weird cartoon!

LAPD when they think nobody is watching

SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Greta Thunberg is a Swedish citizen. Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Greta safe! Web: government.se/contacts/ X : @SweMFA FB : @SweMFA IG : swedishmfa #AllEyesOnMadleen

It’s almost like someone in a position of great power and influence has encouraged Americans to think of the press as “the enemy of the people.”

LAPD assisted by the Huntington Beach Police just came in full force firing munitions and with Horse support. Someone was trampled. Another has a serious head injury.

It was such a treat to talk with Joe Hennes and @dannyhorn.bsky.social about Fleischer's Superman! Listen now where you get your podcasts!

Here's what's coming up in the second half of this season of Stick to Shorts!

Show #4 is out now! This week, we introduce you to the MGM studio and watch our first Tex Avery cartoon!

The Superman discussion I had with Joe Hennes and Danny Horn feels like it was ages ago. I’m glad I’ll get to share it by the end of the month!

every day there's some fresh actual nazi shit that 99% of people were never taught is actual nazi shit

For @toughpigs.com #muppetationalmay prompt, I drew #JimHenson from his #shortfilm #TimePiece for its 60th anniversary! #themuppets #muppets70 #themuppets70 #digitalart #digitaldrawing #procreate #procreatedrawing

Everything is happening and I need it to stop

I relate to the Brave Little Tailor because I too like to yell my achievements out a window and also have a complicated relationship to giants

Near the end of this episode I explain what happens in an 1800s Brothers Grimm publication of the story, and it's completely free of any narrative structure or logic.

My latest ToughPigs article is mostly genuine, but it includes the hardest I’ve ever committed to the bit (in what is practically an Easter egg).

Well said!

So it turns out the more I learn about history the less hopeful I am.

Our second episode is out now! ToughPigs’ @durwoodclapper.bsky.social joins J.D. to talk about ‘One Froggy Evening’! sticktoshorts.com/podcast/one-...

yep. whereas I would argue YOU HAVE TO FIGHT AND WIN THE CULTURE WAR, POLITICS IS A BATTLE OF IDEAS AND FOUGHT IN PEOPLE'S HEADS

A great new podcast by J.D. Hansel: Stick to Shorts! It's about classic cartoon shorts that everyone loves and hardly anyone can find these days. The intro ep is thoughtful and hilarious. Can't wait to hear more!

Looks like the show will be released every other week, at least for a little while.

I am listening to this now, and it’s fantastic! Great for serious film buffs and casual cartoon fans alike.

And so it begins.

I think I’m going to miss this deadline too. Oof.