If Virginia gerrymandering is a cynical power grab, then so was Texas.

If Texas gerrymandering wasn't a threat to democracy, then neither is Virginia.

Or does the Opinion Board believe, as many unfortunately do, that Republicans are forever blamelessly reactive to Democrat proactive incursions?

All due deference to The Bard, but not all the world needs to be a stage.

Our new album is out today! A sincere request to help spread the word!

Hank Hill from "King of the Hill" angrily gesturing at a man in a cowboy hat, seen from behind their shoulder. The caption says "Grendel, I'll tell you hwæt". I guess that means Hank is Beowulf in this instance, about to kick Grendel's ass.

I'm a-bēot to kick your ass.

Are you a fan of the band BTS? You may have seen a teaser video last month for the band's new album, "Arirang," which shares its name with a beloved Korean folk song. The video alluded to the first recording ever made of that song, a nearly 130-year-old wax cylinder preserved here at the Library. 🧵

The President of the United States will surely think twice of his treatment of the press once he bears witness to my awesome tsk-tsking.

Amazon's "AI won't kill you, silly!" Alexa ad has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the ad.

Games Done Quick's long, difficult journey to a better gaming future

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What We D(2)0 in the Shadows

If you see this, post a chef please.

30 years ago tonight:

I assume we're not counting the SNL 50 Anniversary Special as "the show" in this case since the Pauls McCartney and Simon were both on it.

Screenshot from the Wikipedia article on Wilt Chamberlain's 100pt game, which reads: 'With 2:12 left, Chamberlain had 94 points, and he scored on a fadeaway for his 96th point. His next basket at 1:19 came off a lob pass from York Larese for a powerful dunk that was rare for Chamberlain. Gary M. Pomerantz in his book Wilt, 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era wrote that Chamberlain's usual "Dipper Dunk" was "a considerably less emphatic basket stuff, like a rock that barely ripples the pond."[52][56] With less than a minute left in the game, Chamberlain set up in the post.[52] Ruklick passed to Rodgers, who passed to Chamberlain close to the basket, but he missed the shot. Ted Luckenbill rebounded and passed it back to Chamberlain, who missed again. Luckenbill again rebounded and this time passed to Ruklick, who eschewed an easy layup and instead lobbed a high pass to Chamberlain.[57] With 46 seconds left, Chamberlain got free from the five Knicks, jumped high and put the ball into the basket to hit the century mark.[22] Eyewitness accounts of the historic basket differ as to whether Chamberlain merely laid the ball in[58][59] or actually stuffed the ball through the hoop for an alley-oop slam dunk.[22][57] In any event, the arena exploded in a frenzy, and over 200 spectators stormed the floor, wanting to touch the hero of the night.[47] Ruklick immediately ran to the scorer's table to ensure that he was officially credited with the assist.[57]'

Also would like to remind everybody how Wilt got to the century mark in what everybody today regards as a vaunted career-defining record for Chamberlain, in case Bam's team's actions seem uncouth:

Screencap from the linked ESPN article. It states: 'Bryant was astonished in his own right. "Wow. That's impressive. That's crazy. I don't care what level you're at. Scoring 138 points is pretty insane," he told reporters after the Lakers' victory Tuesday over the Brooklyn Nets. "How many 3s did he shoot?" When told it was 71, Bryant said, "Holy s---. How many points did they score as a team?" Told 179, Bryant said, "That's incredible." Bryant, who has a shoe that bears his "Black Mamba" nickname, has a theory. "(Taylor) must have been wearing the Mambas, man. Only Mambas have no conscience to shoot the ball that much," Bryant said.'

You know the funny thing is that we have Kobe himself on the record reacting to people chasing down scoring records in mercenary fashion. Spoiler alert: He's in favor it!

www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

Image shows Star Trek creator (Gene Roddenberry), actors (Wil Wheaton, LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner), library staff (Kara Chittenden), and others viewing images from the Prints and Photographs Division collections.

@wilwheaton.net do you remember what had you so entranced 35 years ago when you visited the Library of Congress? Looks like some comic strips, maybe a photo of another cast (TOS'?), can't tell what the other print would be.

(catalog link: www.loc.gov/pictures/ite...)

Honestly not at all surprised. In a genre of moon logic and uncompromising design choices, Maniac Mansion is particularly tough. Lots of softlocks (including ones that aren't evident until the final puzzle), character deaths, timed events, all sorts of ways to end your game.

If you'd rather Medieval French, ceo poeit estre ordené si bien, car je ne sui riens se je ne sui benivolent en telles manieres.

Obelix the Gaul (from the comic) tapping his head with a world weary expression on his face.

These Romans are crazy!

Altered screenshot from The Simpsons. It says "Lionel Hutz ESQ. The peace president? No, illegal wars! Phone 555-" It's been made up to look like the punctuation has been added after the fact, changing the meaning of the statement from a declarative statement to a question and response asserting the opposite.

I don't know what I take more delight in: the discovery, restoration, and digitization of this thought-lost piece from one of cinema's greatest pioneers by my colleagues in NAVCC

or

the fact that it has a letterboxd page: letterboxd.com/film/gugusse...

A white man, white woman, and grey squirrel in a suit holding hands while sitting on a wall as they look up and to the left. A large amount of tiny disclaimer text is at the bottom.

I'm not the only one who sees this commercial and thinks they read like a throuple, right?

Smashing my face in with a Kelmscott Chaucer until I start spekynge in a Middle English tunge most pleasaunt.

I learned of this order and its ring from the fabulous (and informative!) Unbeatable Squirrel Girl run by @ryannorth.ca.

It is also where I learned how to count in binary on my fingers.

You had me at "heist", you had me even more at "repatriation", you had me all the way with "bluffing past the robot".

Banned Books and the Librarians Caught in the Political Battle | Full Documentary | Independent Lens YouTube video by PBS

The Librarians documentary is available to watch over on @pbs.org's youtube page:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywQO...

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I am openly weeping.

Like, Giannis Antetokounmpo just announced he's become a shareholder of Kalshi ffs. They're not even being all that subtle about what's happening!

These major sports cozying up with gambling combined with the insanely unregulated ease in being able to place bets now is absolutely having a lot of major consequences in these sports that we're not seeing yet but will be coming out eventually.

And when we do? Black Sox x 100.

Screenshot of text which reads: "I can fortunately affirm that the pilot isn't truly lost. The Library of Congress indeed owns a tape copy, which was deposited in 1997 to register the copyright. They've even digitized it. On a whim one morning about a week after Adams died, I took a train to the LOC, just across the street from the Supreme Court, picked up my newly minted library card, and asked to see the video. The helpful staff immediately knew what I was asking for. It was obvious that I wasn't the first to ask for it."

The ease in which John Mohr describes getting to see this pop culture relic, still whispered of and long coveted in certain circles of the internet, is exactly how easy it would be for You to come here and do similar for your own interest, regardless of how esoteric it might be:

I Watched The "Lost" Live-Action 'Dilbert' Pilot Episode, And It's Clear Why It Didn't Get Picked Up | Defector The death of Dilbert creator Scott Adams in January at age 68 was followed by obituaries with a predictably wide range in tone. While some were charitable to the late cartoonist, most were less forgiv...

I've known we had the pilot for a few years, and part of me has been tempted to be the one to unearth this "lost" (very heavy quotes) piece of media.

But I'm glad an actual writer did it. And it's a great story about how somebody like *you* can come to the Library and see/use a thing only we have!