House Hippo >>> Grogu

David Wallace-Wells is spot on here, and — although I doubt he would put it this way — for me this means that the leadership class is revealing how comfortable they are with mass death, whether in Gaza or on our future planet, so long as it upholds the system from which they benefit most.

I will never forget when Biden opened his mouth and made up a completely false story about how Ozturk was killed unintentionally by a bullet which ricocheted off the ground and entered her skull. Nobody has ever even provided an explanation as to why he said that. He never apologized.

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a beautiful review of a beautiful film

Over at @defector.com I struggled to do justice to the marvel of @sophyromvari.bsky.social's Blue Heron: defector.com/blue-heron-i...

‘Blue Heron’ is a revelation: defector.com/blue-heron-i...

That's right and I certainly have done nothing to contribute to this impression among the hard-working customers of the Defector comment section

Over at @defector.com I struggled to do justice to the marvel of @sophyromvari.bsky.social's Blue Heron: defector.com/blue-heron-i...

“I like it … I like it.”

One reason I hate death penalty cases is that capital punishment is incredibly stupid and irrational. It's cruel, expensive, and serves no deterrent effect. It's rarely imposed, except against a tiny minority of unlucky defendants—and in those cases, racism almost always plays a role. Just end it.

Please see Olga Tokarczuk’s statement on Facebook for the facts about her use of AI. www.facebook.com/share/p/18b6...

So less than the last one made over three days in the US alone

Congrats @linkinglionking.bsky.social!!!!

This thing is the world's biggest dupe magnet

Two men were killed as they tried to draw the attention of suspected shooters away from San Diego's largest mosque and into the parking lot, Police Chief Scott Wahl said. https://cnn.it/4fvQdiw

"If we didn’t have gimbals in our eyes, our entire lives would look and feel like a Neill Blomkamp movie." reverseshot.org/symposiums/e...

Because it matters to you

Years ago Scalia provoked gasps in the gallery when he called the Voting Rights Act a “racial entitlement.” But turning American democracy back into a white racial entitlement, as it was for most of American history, is exactly what the Roberts Court is doing. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Publishers: if you employ me to write books I will not only not include AI but I will actually spend time writing them

Well that explains The Empusium

Trump has purged federal agencies of black workers, the military of high-ranking black officers, supports GOP efforts to purge Southern states of black representation and wants elite universities to discriminate against black applicants, lest they admit too many (who obviously don’t deserve it.)

The glamorous job of a DOJ attorney; trying to bankrupt undocumented immigrants with no savings, just to make their life even more of a hell. Congrats to every lawyer involved, now quit your job.

I remember seeing Hayden Christensen’s performance in Attack of the Clones and thinking, “they’ll probably go with someone else next time, right?”

With all due respect to Jane Austen she did not write 4 of the 100 greatest novels of all time www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

Good rundown of why I've never vibed with Hamrah's bullshit www.theideasletter.org/essay/he-los...

Guy who's excited for Lupita Nyong'o to play Helen of Troy because she's technically latina

Every San Franciscan six months into using AI

This book will restructure your brain chemistry

we used to have ugly laws. we used to have pediatricians telling parents of disabled kids to ship their kids off to hellish institutions. trump and the maha movement want this world back again, and are taking concrete steps toward it

Sharing apropos of nothing in particular www.nytimes.com/2022/06/20/w...

They're back baby

Lol

Me catching up on your cultural knife fights 72 hours after the fact

Our new album, The New World, will be released worldwide on July 31st (!). But you can watch the JM-directed video for our first single. “Daydream Unbeliever” now. youtu.be/iqfqt1XYuds...

brutal but extremely important piece from Nick Kristol www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...

yeah man, sounds, uh, 'really good'

Enjoying the world of possibilities opened up by this typo

A recent reading, 📷 by @jacksheehan.bsky.social, pin courtesy of @carolineavenue.bsky.social

There are no good platforms but culture discussion on bluesky is especially dire

It's horrible but enormously telling that most reactionary elements within US ruling circles place so much emphasis on justifying or sanitizing the historical record of #slavery. www.rawstory.com/florida-hist...

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This sounds like Cobra Starship

Another devastating blow to the MAGA coalition www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/u...

This story is WILD. Juan Orlando Hernandez, the Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump for narcotrafficking, seemingly caught on tape in dozens of conversations (if true), discussing plans with GOP and other figures to attack left-wing governments, and saying Israel paid for his pardon from Trump.

Inarguably correct in that the white house ballroom does not exist

And here's one of his oddest acting jobs, a ghost story where Welles plays himself, driving through the Irish countryside and listening to a ghost story told by a hitchhiker. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxdf...

"[The Oligarchs] are flaunting their power, destroying, exploiting, intimidating and getting richer than any group of people in human history. They show utter disregard for the world, and complete impunity. They believe they are invincible." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o...

Anthropic warns that Charlie Brown could have hoes by Q3 of this year