The very rare intersection of “Daniel Craig photo” and “Jethro Tull mentioned.” Auspicious for new business endeavors, journeys by water

RFK Jr. just said that immigration is to blame for the outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S., not him.

Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship Fed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.

'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3

Reflecting on the fact that “Guys and Dolls” is a great song that I regularly think of, and it’s absolutely not among the top 5 songs in that show

Whenever I see these I’m really bummed by what it signals— that the simulacrum I seem to have been selected for is an on-the-nose parody universe and not some much cooler one.

Also the youngest was in a foul mood and so we walked around trying to see how much of “Kubla Khan” she could memorize

I remember visiting there and being like “wait this is a STATE PARK”?

Also reminding me that I made the poor decision to live without raspberry bushes in my yard

A red tailed hawk starting to take flight off a telephone pole with high voltage signage

Caught a red tailed hawk album cover today. 🪶

The Uk needs a version of Hot Ones but for desi food called Curried which is hosted by Tim Curry, there you go, I just made your network eleventy billion dollars

Gorgeous

this reminds me, i don't think SCOTUS should be allowed to choose their own clerks. standardize the hiring schedule, put the applications in a pool, blind reads (perhaps by a panel of former clerks) and random assignments.

In a previous job we booked him and Megan Mulally to be on our large-book-chain podcast. Instead of coming on for an interview they just sent in a recording of the two of them, baked or so it seemed, just riffing on the written questions we sent. And it was all terrific.

When I think about packing light, the first thing I like to eliminate is the garment that takes up almost no space, weighs almost nothing and is essential to personal hygiene

Spring’s pollen-dusted Hondas in the sun

I haven’t seen them play in a long time but it’s frankly cheering to know that they’re still out there doing it

Don't bring a knife to a gunfight. Bring a knife to a vault containing many wheels of cheese in a brutalized postapocalyptic society where knives are only a legend. You are now Knifebringer, Divider of the Cheese. Raise your knife and rule the clans.

Now that I’ve read the piece, I am still glad you reported on it for us but honestly it sounds like no one should have that inflicted on them

This sounds horrible and I’m so glad you went (selfish)

Under the water, carry the water
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean

Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster of an old rodeo

Every ad on the subway is now for some mysterious service called something like Sheev or Brul and it manages compliance, a strong need for all of us here on the R train

Democrats planning to run in November’s midterm elections have been advised not to antagonise pro-AI campaign groups that have amassed more than $300mn to fight for the industry’s priorities. The warnings by top party consultants, corroborated by people close to four different campaigns and party strategists speaking on the condition of anonymity, come despite internal polling for Democrats showing widespread public support for tougher AI rules.

They're calling it the best democracy ever.

www.ft.com/content/7529...

We live in a society

A grey and white cat looks up at a dangling toy with an expression of concentration, confusion and a secret third thing

Bluesky status report reading “We are investigating an incident with service in one of our reginos”

Mike D: only rock
all: JEANS
Mike D: never rock
all: CHINOS

Every time I see the ads for the miniature wife my ability to separate reality from a 30 Rock I somehow haven’t seen is degraded further

SALACIOUS BRUTES

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allbirdsgpt: you're abshoelutely correct