“What side you standing on?”

The Strokes at Coachella 🔥

Coachella is removing these videos, so they might be about to learn about the Strokesand Effect.

Excited to share some good news for Illinois families — we’ve reached over 100,000 children in our state receiving books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

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For those who missed it: this was the moment The Strokes ensured they’ll never be invited back to Coachella again! I'm so proud of them

People have said the EU lacks a leader to speak for them in a definitive voice.

It looks as if they've found that person in the prime minister of Canada.

Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...

Today's winner of the Internet. Congratulations!

Reading matters

Why does fiction matter?

Because stories can sharpen the way we understand other people.

A meta-analysis found that reading fiction has a small but positive effect on social cognition. Including our ability to interpret emotions, motives, and inner lives.

⏰📚💙📚🎧 #books #reading #fiction

Meet Joe Giacinto, a blind and autistic clarinet phenom, performing a spectacular rendition of the National Anthem at the Diamondbacks game

Child: I know your name. Mamdani.

Obama: What’s his first name?

Child: Mayor.

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity Great swathes of rock music since the nineteen-sixties would never have existed, we're sometimes told, were it not for the recordings of Robert Johnson. Certainly the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Cla...

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity

The Librarians! Next Tuesday, April 21, I’m joining the folks behind the film The Librarians for a virtual screening and conversation.

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37 years ago today, April 16, 1989, #TheSimpsons short “Bart of the Jungle” first aired on The Tracey Ullman Show on Fox.

"The masters of war pretend not to know that it takes only a moment to destroy, yet a lifetime is often not enough to rebuild. They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation, yet the resources needed for healing, education and restoration are nowhere to be found." -Pope Leo XIV

Pentagon Prayer or Pulp Fiction Script? YouTube video by NowThis Impact

Divinely inspired Drunk Pete is quoting Pulp Fiction... guess he knows the bible outside and in or so they say...
Bless his evil heart...
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Oh yeah

This is a fun subplot

NASA Artemis II astronauts say thank you to the world Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen reflected on the highs and lows of their moon mission—the first of its kind in more than 50 years

Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen reflected on the highs and lows of their moon mission—the first of its kind in more than 50 years

a man and a woman are dancing on a stage in front of a sign that says ice cream Alt: A scene from PULP FICTION shows Travolta and Thurman dancing

One of my favorite Bible passages

We got SaveUSFS.org updated! L.L.Bean has joined the movement to protect the U.S. Forest Service. Welcome to the right side of history.

April 16 is National Librarian Day in the US. To celebrate this day, we offer fifteen books and one film for those who love libraries and the people who make them places for everyone: the librarians.

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Hungary's New PM Just Showed Us What Courage Looks Like. Where's Ours? Hypothetically, if I was elected President, here are the opening salvos of restoration

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We just won our trial against Live Nation and Ticketmaster.
 
A jury ruled in our favor and is holding the companies responsible for their illegal monopoly that cost consumers millions of dollars.
 
This is a landmark victory to protect New Yorkers from harmful monopolies.

THE SENATE IS VOTING ON THE BOUNDARY WATERS RIGHT NOW!

Tonight, while most people are watching TV or putting their kids to bed, the U.S. Senate is taking a vote that could permanently end protections for one of the most beloved wilderness areas in America.

Hollywood Stars Unite to Oppose Paramount-Warner Deal More than 1,000 Hollywood actors, directors and screenwriters have penned a letter opposing the $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. by Paramount Skydance Corp., citing concerns about ...

State AGs are leading the Paramount-Warner Bros merger

1,000+ stars & film pros are urging them to investigate—& @democracydefendersfund.org is helping lead that charge w/ partners @1acommittee.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social @wgawest.bsky.social & more

The public interest demands scrutiny - TN

BREAKING: We’re saying NO to the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger.

Thanks to your support Contrarians, our @normeisen.bsky.social is leading a major coalition of over 1,000 Hollywood professionals in opposing the proposed merger.

Follow along here for more on this tomorrow.

J.J. Abrams, David Fincher, Denis Villeneuve and Over 1,000 More Sign Open Letter Against Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger J.J. Abrams, David Fincher, Denis Villeneuve, Kristen Stewart and more signed an open letter opposing the Warner Bros.-Paramount merger.

🔥🔥🔥A thousand writers, directors, and actors signed a letter opposing the Paramount-Warner merger. That's a HUGE deal, since there was massive fear in the industry.

It was organized by @markruffalo.bsky.social who I will now call the mayor of Hollywood. www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...

Over 1,000 major names in Hollywood signed an open letter opposing the Warner Bros/Paramount merger.

This includes Denis Villeneuve, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Cranston, Mark Ruffalo, Joaquin Phoenix, Damon Lindelof, Noah Wyle, Glenn Close, Jane Fonda, David Fincher, Ted Danson & more

Following you now. That was FUNNY.

did he tweet this from coachella