Happy 100th birthday to Cpl Melvin Kaminsky aka Mel Brooks - the Mensch of Mensches When speaking of his service with the 78th Infantry Division in WWII, he reportedly said, “I was a combat engineer. Isn’t that ridiculous? The two things I hate most in the world are combat and engineering.”

Wrong. “We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams.” -Willie Wonka I find it telling that they come for creativity first. Stick with summaries for the lazy, AI. Where’s the ecstatic joy of the process of creation in a prompt.

more like the new limp biscuit, amiright?!?

Global warming is real .... just slow

The Iranian team left a handwritten note in its locker room. It says its players came to the U.S. "with pride, competed with honor, and leave with dignity." In the next line, the team thanks LA for its hospitality. The note ends with "May peace, respect and friendship prevail among all nations."

43 years ago Minor Threat - 9.30 Club -June 1983 - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #straightedge #minorthreat #IanMacKaye #history #punkrockhistory

Teaching kindness never goes out of style 🌈

Paul Lynde, one of great queer icons of 20th-century popular culture, was born 100 years ago💗 #OnThisDay

RIP Gene Shalit. In his honor, here's a clip from the best interview he ever did.

On this day in 1948, legendary Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt was born. He created the sounds of lightsabers, R2-D2, Darth Vader's breathing, blasters, TIE Fighters, and more. The galaxy wouldn't sound the same without him. #StarWars

RIP David Hockney - art giant. 88 is damn good for an inveterate smoker I especially love his photo collages and Polaroid works that inspire so much wonder every time I get to behold them

Happy 65th Birthday to the amazing Kira Roessler, bassist for the influential hardcore punk band Black Flag from 1983 to 1985, member of the rock duo Dos with her ex-husband Mike Watt, born on this day in 1961, New Haven #punkrock #womenofpunk #kiraroessler #punkrockhistory #otd

Thou shalt not give Taylor Swift credit for that last Knicks win when it was clearly all thanks to The RZA, the GZA, Inspectah Deck Raekwon the Chef, U-God, Ghostface Killah and the Method Man. Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nothing to fuck wit.

it was all because of the wu!

RIP James Blood Ulmer. I once asked him (naively) who his influences were. “Jazz and Blues”, He told me, “I like to play jazz on guitar and sing the blues”. No one did it better.

strange how they thought spencer pratt was going to be their zohran mamdani

"Wherever people are discriminated against because of their national, ethnic, religious or linguistic origin, or because of their economic or social status, the universal principle of the equal dignity of all human beings is seriously violated." -Pope Leo XIV

If you ever need a good cry just watch his 1997 Emmy speech: youtu.be/r4GcqxiuCJE?...

45 years ago Six Pack is the third EP by the American hardcore punk band Black Flag, released in June 1981 through SST Records on 7" vinyl. Cover Art Raymond Pettibon #punk #punkrock #hardcorepunk #blackflag #sixpack #history #punkrockhistory

the mayor of new york city went on hot 97 this morning and said, and this is a direct quote, “knicks in 4, inshallah,” in case you were wondering what the vibes are like in NYC right now

The end of "Black Sabbath" on Beat Club TV, 1970

Let's not forget what happened in LA at Cooper's Donuts in 1959 (one.usc.edu/story/cooper...) and at the Black Cat Tavern in 1967 (www.advocate.com/history/blac...), where LGBTQ+ community members rioted against police brutality.

On the eve of Pride Month, the Cathedral of St. John The Divine in NYC is all aglow with the colors of the LGBTQ Rainbow.

Happy Birthday to Nicholas Bowen "Topper" Headon, drummer of the punk rock band The Clash from 1977 to 1982 – born on this day in 1955 in Bromley, Kent, England. Photo by Pennie Smith #punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #topperheadon #theclash #history #punkrockhistory #otd

RIP Sonny Rollins. Thanks for a lifetime of listening. my son shared this pic with me, lamenting that every adult in the shot has now passed. What a group of world changing artists and music that will ring out through the ages! Keep Listening.

Why aren’t people having babies? Because you’ve made the world a shit storm… pretty simple.

At a moment when climate change is slipping down the list of national policy priorities, the message at David Suzuki’s 90th-birthday celebration was that giving up is simply not an option. And that fighting for the planet is not for the faint of heart. 🌎

BREAKING: The House of Representatives just voted to require teachers to forcibly out transgender youth against their will. Censoring "gender ideology" does nothing to advance the basic promise that every child deserves the same opportunity to thrive, and that includes transgender students.

I am shocked how many times I have asked myself- “how is this not illegal?”

Frank Zappa was worried America would just scarf up the world and then shit right on it.

Drake who said what?

RIP to my favorite dive bar beer, a true legend, the beer that made Milwaukee famous. This is a genuine bummer. www.jsonline.com/story/money/...

Happy 90th Wavy Gravy! May your freak flag continue to fly.

i remember when the met gala was just a cool night to dress up and party among ancient ephemera.

I am thankful I got to meet Sid while working on the film Land of the Lost and I’m glad I got the chance to tell him how much he had blown my childhood mind. He was just as kind as you would have expected him to be. RIP Sid.

Is it Infrastructure Week already, again?….

When it comes to writing, the process is the purpose. You don’t have to always like or enjoy the process, but if you don’t respect it enough to do it yourself, there is no purpose. AI will never fill that void. www.thehandbasket.co/p/refusing-t...

❗️🇺🇦Ukrainian Railways presented an “Oscar” to Sean Penn, who missed this year’s ceremony and did not collect his award, instead choosing to visit Ukraine. The “Oscar” from Ukrzaliznytsia was made from the steel of a train carriage damaged as a result of a Russian attack.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

Country Joe McDonald, one of the starring acts at Woodstock whose satirical anti-Vietnam War song “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag” became an anthem, died on Saturday. He was 84. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/a...

“They’re punishing us so much because we have the audacity to just exist”: Kansas media expose the dystopian reality of anti-trans law

Happy 69th birthday to Rod Taylor. Rod voiced this deep roots tune at King Tubby's studio in 1978 over a Channel One rockers rhythm by Sly & Robbie. It was reissued in 1983 on this 12" along with its legendary DATC dub... youtu.be/YZ_kfPvFdlw?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky

SUGAR recorded Copper Blue AND Beaster in March 1992. More stories ahead as we continue the countdown to May 2 in NYC!

WE REMEMBER WITH SO MUCH LOVE, EMPATHY, COMPASSION AND INCLUSION‼️

This cannot stand. Surely?

To be clear, Kansas Republicans rushed through a confusing and disastrous bill, created a panic, and wasted untold number of tax dollars all to target 300 out of the nearly 3 million people in the state.

Republican political and religious leaders have managed to fabricate a nonexistent national danger involving an infinitesimal number of people who are already among the most vulnerable and at-risk communities in this nation. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-trans-...

Kat gives me hope for our next generation of leaders.