the complex process of identifying the best conference hotel in Chicago

also I just realized that my door spinner has been set on DO NOT DISTURB for the past week, even though I usually keep my door open when I'm in the office

every "mental health" initiative my institution launches winds up having a really deleterious effect on my mental health

guy who can't get ice to let him in the door of any facility despite technically being their boss: "i'm going to make them watch and comply with so many hr videos"

"The sweeping study... found that using AI in education can 'undermine children's foundational development' and that 'the damages it has already caused are daunting.'" They include limiting kids' cognitive, social, and emotional developmen, and increasing inequity. www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

the people of MN have been murdered, brutalized and kidnapped for weeks now and have remained *amazingly* peaceful in the face of it. lecturing citizens to not “take the bait” etc is pretty disrespectful after a point and avoids the real question: how long are they supposed to take this, undefended?

I don't know about this, Woody. Maybe the guitar could say 'This machine gives fascists better training'?

no one: the president of the united states: they wont stop checking me for brain damage

I appreciate that when the NYT front page shit all over the newfangled "telephone" in 1877, they took the time to absolutely cook people from Philadelphia

[scanning the code while being beaten, blood streaming over my eyes, masked men grasping to steal my phone and throw me in a van] shame on you, officer 404 error, shame

It was the omg what now of times, it was the omg what NOW of times

🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.

Each day they seem to wear their hatred and fear of women in ever brighter colours - why don’t they just say “some women do not obey and they must face the consequences”

Oh this reaction meme is going STRAIGHT in the folder

Georges Méliès, true to his stage roots, demonstrates no strings in THE MERMAID (1904). While his special effects are justly acclaimed, I think he also deserves credit for being among the first performers to understand how to play to the camera.

the entire population of England in 1086 will return in... Avengers Domesday

In Minneapolis

My social media feed is full of people protecting their neighbors. Normally reserved Minnesotans screaming obscenities at lawless nazi ICE agents. And I keep thinking of the Mister Rogers quote, "Look for the helpers." My whole feed is helpers. Brave, foul-mouthed helpers.

Soon does one learn the bitter lesson that humanity is never content just to differ from you and let it go at that. Never.

Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/

OMNES OPTANT MUNDUM REGERE www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtt7...

Yeah watching this on repeat it’s pretty much going to be the rest of my day.

become ungovernable

who exactly would they be protesting? the whole point of protesting israel on campuses is specifically that the united states and universities (see: the place they are protesting) actively enable their commission of genocide

It's a maximally dangerous moment for the republic any time Trump has to watch other people winning awards, which I will remain certain that he is doing for the next three hours unless provided with incontrovertible evidence to the contrary.

It’s funny because it’s true!

BREAKING and HUGE news for transgender people: The bipartisan final negotiated text for these spending bills REMOVED language to restrict gender-affirming care as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program. docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...

[sombrely, with tears in eyes] "truly the people of Iran embody the great spirit of Flumpo The Fart Wizard" - author of Flumpo The Fart Wizard

FOX: Where’s the protest against the regime that's killing people in the street right now? Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests? Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face

The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined

every time I see clips of this guy I imagine Lou Grant bursting out of his office and snarling "TONY!"

what are they even avenging

we all know what the *real* manly cereal is

it always makes me weirdly happy when I find out that that someone who was on an MST3Ked movie went on to better things for example, Bill McCutcheon, aka Dropo, The Laziest Man on Mars, went on to have a notable Broadway career and won a Tony for his role in Anything Goes youtu.be/6SMjQ8kpuMg?...

Holy fuck they actually did it

#BlackSky #BlackJoy

I want the light to come back

“ #BenFolds on Resigning from the #KennedyCenter: ‘What Would #Rostropovich Do?’” A very thought provoking and eye opening interview with @actualbenfolds.bsky.social

i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs

as a rule, if someone says none of your shirts will fit them, PLEASE BELIEVE THAT PERSON

"you absolutely should not watch if you won't have access to help" is a good rule.

There is no evidence that the officer who shot the woman was injured at ALL, despite Trump’s claim here that he is “recovering in the hospital.” Immediately after the shooting you can see him walking completely normally, and he stayed on the scene for a while before driving off.

On Jan. 7, 1955, Marian Anderson became the first African American to sing with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, in Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.”

It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.

brief review of Is This Thing On? (2025): Will Arnett has weird ears

For Epiphany, this glorious 1966 illustration of the Three Kings by the great Eyvind Earle (1916 - 2000), best remembered for his enormous contribution to Disney Animation's visual style during the 1950s, particularly Sleeping Beauty (1959).

BREAKING: Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court struck down laws, including the first U.S. ban on pill abortions.

You should have a tray of olives and pickles at Thanksgiving. The Midwest is right about this.