When you're willing to go down with your ship, but not with a corrupt administration.

An anthropomorphized globe checks out at the liquor store. The cashier says, “someone’s having a party.“

Karl Wallinger approved this cartoon.

It really takes the fun out of doing a good deed when I’m asked if my wife put me up to it.

(Of course she did—that’s a given.)

SCIENTISTS: Get in there, it’s nice and clean.
CHEESE: No whey.

Bugmageddon

This shop name is actually a very solid (d)ad joke.

Florence Y'alls - Wikipedia

The good news is that I've learned there's a minor league baseball team named the Florence Y'alls.

The bad news is I have to explain why I bought all of the merch from the Y'alls store. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florenc...

Uncool band names: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_per...

<Tom Lehrer voice>
🎵 “Who’s next?”

SF Public Schools Are Set for New History Textbooks for the First Time in 20 Years | KQED San Francisco’s school board will vote on district recommendations for a new elementary and high school social studies curriculum, as well as a permanent ethnic studies replacement.

I've never posted about my work as a social studies editor for an educational publisher—but I'm really pleased that our book "Voices: An Ethnic Studies Survey" has been recommended to join the San Francisco School District's permanent curriculum for high schoolers.
www.kqed.org/news/1208044...

That's right, I did it and I'm not sorry.

Uncaffeinated artists are slow on the draw.

Star Trek The Original Series scene. We're in a CORRIDOR! A room door is open, and we see two crewmen spilling out into the hallway in red and blue uniforms. They are otherwise indecipherable tho because they are entirely enveloped in a big cloud of smoke. It's pouring out all around them and into the hallway area, like there's a Phish concert in there. Closed caption reads, "[COUGHING]"

Chinese carmaker patents voice-controlled 'in-vehicle toilet' Seres' plans show how stiff competition in the EV space is putting pressure on carmakers to innovate.

When an exasperated "You should have gone before we left" becomes a resigned "Do you really have to do that in here?" ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese...

TIRED
The “madman” theory”

WIRED
The “narcissistic personality disorder gets flattened by the dementia-locomotive” theory

The Roman chamomile’s blooms are lovely, and (true to its name) one can brew tea from it. But be careful—it gives some people Caesars.

Not only did I suffer turbulence during a recent landing at Sacramento, but my snack mix was slightly stale.

I look forward to being awarded the Medal of Honor.

3 Southern California residents sentenced in bear suit insurance fraud scheme Three Southern California residents have been sentenced in a bizarre insurance fraud scheme which prosecutors say involved them staging fake bear attacks on high-end cars.

“In a bizarre insurance fraud scheme, three men staged fake bear attacks on high-end cars.” abc7chicago.com/post/3-south...

A swinging bench on a porch.

(Judge voice) “You may approach the bench.”

Another nightmarish day in the PNW.

When I became a teacher, my salary schedule had “years of service” on the x-axis, and “# of social media followers” on the y-access. Infuriating to think this might change.

Sheesh, Wayne!

congrats

Why yes, I *would* like to see a ranked list of job turnover ranked by occupation. Let's see, where are writers—

<record scratch>
flowingdata.com/2026/04/16/j...

It’s all fun and games until someone gets trampled, @dougdownie.bsky.social.

Uppies and Downies, the medieval football game that has no rules and no time limit (Gift Article) In a town in the north of England, hundreds gather each year to take part in a no-rules mass football game

“Honey, I’m doing Uppies and Downies this weekend.”

“You’re going to be on drugs?!”

“No, even worse. Medieval sports.”
www.nytimes.com/athletic/719...

Newly unsealed records reveal Amazon’s price-fixing tactics, California attorney general claims Exclusive: A trove of previously redacted documents was filed as part of the tech giant’s anti-trust battle with the state of California. Amazon denies it engages in price-fixing

Amazon is a great search engine for researching products that I then go buy somewhere else. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Hey You Got Peanut Butter in My Chocolate High Quality VHS rip 1981 YouTube video by Kevin Noonan

(context)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7oD...

“Hey, you got religion in my government!”

“No—you got government in my religion!”

"I called my parents and said this has been the craziest pizza delivery ever. I left a pizza boy and came back a pizza man," Lemmer said.

Was going through old chats and found this incredible quote from a pizza guy who saved someone's life with CPR

When the looksmaxxing hits.