Abdul Carter: serious person Jaxson Dart: not a serious person

that's the good shit

the federal government holding an event called the "Great American State Fair" on the National Mall constitutes official endorsement of D.C. statehood in this essay I will

buddy tagged wikipedia in his post-breakup subtweet lmao

it remains unclear how the combined powers of Simon Wiesenthal and Mossad failed to identify that Hitler's legendary missing testicle finally resurfaced in California under the name "Stephen Miller" in the mid-1980s

googled a quote from The Thick of It looking for a clip, and for the first time in recorded history AI successfully read both text and subtext

pre-season hot take I'm cooking up is that the Rams are going to be worse than anyone predicts, but I'm not sure if it's because Matt Stafford is old or because he gets hurt

Oh, this is a fun one. Introduce yourself with ten bands you’ve seen live: The Mountain Goats (many times) Bon Iver Arcade Fire Frightened Rabbit WHY? Beirut Death Cab for Cutie/The Postal Service Young Fathers Foals Green Day Roughly-ordered top 10 shows of my life

Jets sabotaging the rest of the league by allowing Jay Harbaugh to continue amassing good special teams players

Rewatching again, the COVID quarantine episode is also brilliant

the extent to which public markets (and their regulators) have just given up on the idea of corporate governance is really something

fucking TikTok algorithm coming in hot with the emotional jumpscare. you can't hit me with a random clip of the final scene of Normal People in the middle of the afternoon, I have things to do other than crying

bro you don't want to sue me my lawyers are from Caden Carter Cooper Finn Hunter Parker Porter Thatcher Tucker & Wilder LLP

I will go to my grave sincere in my belief that the dickhead boyfriend in Teenage Dirtbag “lives on my block and he drives in Iraq”

I dream of a future where it is no longer necessary to post Twitter screenshots but the first step on the long road to that Elysium is specifically not posting Taylor Lorenz screenshots

Canadian right wingers are still trying to zero in on a derogatory nickname for Mark Carney and in the process have instead come up with a fucking kickass roller derby name

we're all going to be super normal when we're finally forced to confront the fact that Mike Macdonald is almost certainly a Republican, the discourse will all be super chill and entirely hinged

knew this guy was a wrong ‘un

I lived through referenda on Scottish independence (begrudgingly legitimate) and Brexit (extremely fucking dumb), so Alberta separatists forcing a referendum on whether to have a referendum is both retraumatising and morbidly funny

«Pete Carroll» не сделал ничего плохого.

I have been looking at the JSN trophy pic all day trying to figure out if the error is “Defensive Player” or “Oefensive Player”

one small downside of spending time in continental Europe is being reminded that this car exists

Italian cats running a tourist con, respect the hustle

Did not intend to visit Pisa, but travel disruption now means I am visiting Pisa for the second time and I do not like Pisa

you, a boring biological essentialist, call it “the urinary tract” I, with the soul of a poet, call it

Season opener being a Super Bowl rematch at home is pure fan service but not in a good way, just incredibly boring

Another way of framing this might be “only 25% of Labour MPs are willing to publicly back Starmer”

is there anything more tedious than meta-discourse about where to post

Farm cat has decided I require either companionship or supervision

update: Siena is Better Florence

you need marcomentum in order to get a really satisfying splat when it’s inevitably rubiover before Super Tuesday

what fucking milquetoast California expat filed this complaint, show yourself you coward

Not sure I get Italy’s apparent consensus that all physical space up to and including directly where you are currently standing must be equally accessible to cars and humans at all times

probably one of the less-bad options

I am generally whelmed by Florence and glad we only allotted one day here, but this bistecca alla fiorentina materially changed my outlook on the universe tonight

The only actual piece of information I learned from this is that Gardner Minshew’s sister works in the Seahawks FO www.seahawks.com/news/that-s-...

Had the weirdest encounter with an Australian solo traveller in her late 70s yesterday, which included hearing (unsolicited) all of her Thoughts about Trump, Gaza, Iran, all immigrants in Australia (except for her and her family) and several other things

RIP freud. you would’ve loved whatever this is.

In the spirit of not being sensitive to anyone’s feelings you’re a bore and you look like an egg

mfw Bluesky is Andorposting

Bologna, very pretty.

Two weeks in Tuscany/Emilia-Romagna starts now* *following 20 hours on buses, ferries, trains, planes and taxis

the sotto voce “oh shit” is an entire mood

I immediately like this guy. He seems like he really has his head screwed on straight.

No shot Tim Cook has the liquidity to be the lead bidder for an NFL team frontofficesports.com/seahawks-sal...

damn Robbie Ouzts is old

Ed Balls

the Jets make so much more sense if you conceptualize them not as a professional football team but as a shitposter

KOKO THE HUMPBACK: Koko REI dry bag. Practical Koko possession bag RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a REI bag. KOKO: Good REI good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve humpback RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a REI bag. It is an unjustifiable expense. KOKO: jealousy professor