BREAKING: Supreme Court rules 6-3 in favor of Alabama Republicans’ bid to use what the lower court decided was an unconstitutionally racially gerrymandered map in the 2026 congressional election

Vote LWB people

#HappyPride from Ron Swanson

The real problem is when you stumble into the Beyond section of Bed Bath and Beyond.

We should be two “D&D Honor Among Thieves” sequels deep.

@taffyakner.bsky.social is the perfect person for this piece.

"Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track of how many articles you've read."

The Coolidge coin is actually quite a rare collectible precisely because the public didn't like it and the Treasury eventually melted most of them down. As a result, the rule against living persons on coins was instituted soon thereafter.

henry the tuatara is 135 years old, became a dad at 111 after a battle with cancer, and now lives in a luxurious tuatara island estate with his many girlfriends (including mildred, from whom he separated in the 80s after biting her tail off but reconnected with in 2009). chase your dreams

Is there a way to aggregate all the fun X-meets-Y descriptions of Widow’s Bay? Stephen King meets Parks and Rec, etc.? #widowsbay

1966: young Caine plays Alfie. Sleuth 1972: old Olivier wants to kill young Caine. Deathtrap 1982: old Caine wants to kill young Reeve. 2004: young Law plays Alfie. Sleuth 2007: old Caine wants to kill young Law. Got it.

I do think the word thing is an issue but they can look that up (or be taught). The complete inability to understand inference, theme, allusion, or to extrapolate motives and “off-screen” actions is truly terrifying to me. It’s how we get “anything anyone says is true and anything unsaid isn’t real”

BREAKING: The Titanic musicians have backed out of Freedom 250.

the most surreal thing about this era of open yelling about masculinity is that, if you grew up anything like I did, you were exposed to several sets of standards of masculinity and would be hard pressed to identify which of them the Paxtons and Millers of the world are living up to

Being an American during the 250th Aniversary of the United States feels a lot like if the terrorists in Die Hard demanded that the hostages continue having their Christmas party.

"Why are people so negative about the economy?" Consider this. There are two possibilities: 1) He's right and my livelihood is screwed. Maybe not 18 months but soon. 2) He's full of shit, it won't happen, and AI is a giant bubble that will crash the economy. Why would I feel good about either?

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin rocket exploded on its launchpad in Florida, prompting new layoffs at The Washington Post.

Bluesky is not "dying", in fact it's about to become the next Martha's Vineyard

The NYT sees itself not as a defender of journalistic principles or a champion of democratic values, but rather a theater critic for political actors. There are no real-world consequences here, no pain or suffering for the common people who aren't in their social circles. It's just a parlor game

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GUY WHO INVENTED SPRINKLES: they're sweet and great for lots of stuff! I'm going to call them sprinkles because you sprinkle them on, heh. yours are neat too! what are you going to call them GUY WHO INVENTED NONPAREILS: *flicking cigarette* you are a fucking joke

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live R.E.M. The Magnetic Fields American Music Club/Mark Eitzel Grant Lee Buffalo Xiu Xiu Sugar Walkmen Mitski Siouxie and the Banshees James

That’s not what this is about??

Okay but I don't *want* a conversational agentic experience, I really do want a list of links ranked for relevance by a basic algorithm, ideally 100 per page.

guy who is mad at Nolan’s Odyssey because it depicts the sea as blue instead of wine-dark

There is no shortage of great things going on in “Farewell Transmission” but you don’t hear a lot about the rhythm guitar, so: It’s exactly the right amount of fuzzy and sloppy.

hey john. its your cousin marvin. marvin cage! you know that new sound youve been looking for? well listen to this *hangs up phone*

I feel like this is both an accurate headline, and one that squares the circle of odds v stakes, too. @sulliview.bsky.social

Can't make movies like The Fifth Element anymore. Recipe is gone.

The disparity between Float On and 99 Problems is the story of our country

Happy Mother's Day!

My first job out of college, before grad school, was for a historic property redeveloper with an MBA. He asked me why he should hire a philosophy major. I said “because I can learn whatever you need me to learn faster than anyone else you could hire while outthinking them, too.” Humanities forever.

BREAKING — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed the new 9-0 congressional map into law. 🔴 +1 GOP 🔵 -1 DEM

This headline from Justice Roberts and the red banner of what Tennessee just did to Memphis after the SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act..

Jaw-droppingly good in content and presentation. A must-read for all New Yorkers.

“Remarkably zen” We’re all gonna die

We amended the Constitution so the people instead of state legislatures elect senators because the old system resulted in corruption and dysfunction, and now we have a system where state legislatures functionally decide the composition of their House delegations before a single vote is cast.

American Music Club - I’ve been a mess AMC - Fearless Mag Fields - Take ecstasy with me REM - I believe Grant Lee Buffalo - Honey don’t think REM - Seven Chinese Bros Mitski - Your Best American Girl Catherine Wheel - Show Me Mary Curve - No Escape from Heaven Lorraine Ellison - Stay with Me

I keep thinking about the ease with which they cancelled elections over the last 24 hours

Probably thinking about the Roman Empire

Louisiana governor's apparent decision to delay the primaries gave news organizations and huge and very tangible news peg to hang day two coverage on. It's not theoretical or philosophical. It's real and it's happening, starting tomorrow.

Real talk: playing by Sinners rules, does a screened-in porch count? Like if I make it to my porch then latch the screen door behind me, am I safe? Does the door need a threshold? TBH, I think about this a lot when I take the dogs out in the backyard.

Am I wrong that in Widow’s Bay e2, the pattern of the wallpaper in the Captain’s Suite actually resembles a stylized captain?

What do conservatives always say when liberals criticize a Supreme Court decision? "Get Congress to pass a law," right? That is EXACTLY what happened here. In 1982, Congress explicitly overruled a Court case that narrowly interpreted the VRA. Today, Sam Alito said, nope, we were right all along.

working on a new theory of political conflict

Hey how make much did you make an hr on your first job and what was the job? I made $5.25 at Hollister in 2008

We gotta turn the internet back off and on again. Critical and logical thinking (and spelling) are broken.

To be fair, Urban played the role so well from having studied Kelly's portrayal deeply. Which goes to prove the old adage: Deforestation leads to Urbanization

When I’m too drunk to remember the word “ravioli.”