Him and Harry Enten. Calling elections like they're sporting events.

He thinks dumping on trans people is the magic spell that will make him popular.

kaiju (but make it haiku)

Who's that? Gamera?
A giant flying turtle?
Grab my camera!

Totem Lesson 1, oil painting by Jackson Pollack, 1944, on display at the Anderson Collection, Stanford University.

I don't know if it's my neurospiciness or lack of cultural education or what, but I have a hard time connecting emotionally with artwork. For example, I was at a museum this weekend where I saw this Jackson Pollack painting, and all I could think was, "gee, that looks like a pokeball at the top."

So much this!

I keep thinking about the guy quoted in an article last year who voted for Trump because it was fun, like sports, and was surprised to learn there were actual consequences to people's lives. I don't know how we address the fact that so many voters are so fundamentally misinformed.

Random thought: how come they don't call it "baking pop" in the midwest?

The Intermediaries All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again, a sentiment originating with J.M. Barrie's introduction to Peter Pan and popularized more recently in the Battlestar Galactica reboot, came to mind often as I read Brandy Schillace's excellent "The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story", a detailed history

I wrote about the excellent history "The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story" by Brandy Schillace and its parallels with current events

Stanford: Protect student privacy — reject DOJ demands for admissions data The Trump Administration is attempting to coerce Stanford Medical School into releasing sensitive admissions data that could compromise student privacy. While Stanford is not yet under a court order t...

The federal government is attempting to coerce Stanford Med School into releasing sensitive admissions data that could compromise student privacy. Join Cardinal Courage in calling on Stanford to protect student privacy by refusing to comply voluntarily with this invasive and inappropriate demand.

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I'm imagining an army of robots that are really good at running away.

Save the Green Planet has more of an over the top comic book vibe, I think. Also gave me Repo Men vibes. Bugonia was more polished.

My meaningless take of the day: I love Emma Stone/Jorgos Lanthimos collaborations, but I confess that I enjoyed "Save the Green Planet" more than I enjoyed "Bugonia". Maybe because I saw the former first, idk.

I can't believe I went with L'il Meddler when Bette Meddler was right there.

Yes! Now hospitals in New York and California have no excuse not to reopen their gender care clinics, though I'm not naive enough to believe they will do so without pressure from State AGs.

a cake sits on a table in front of a sign that says aperture Alt: a cake sits on a table in front of a sign that says aperture

Portal

If Democrats take the Senate in the mid-terms there better be no more judicial confirmations, SCOTUS or otherwise, as long as Trump/Vance are in office.

Post a weird take about modern TV shows. I'll start...

I kind of hate all the texting going on among TV characters. Either they go by too fast or I have the wrong glasses on (I'm old), but I'm constantly going, "wait, what?" and having to back up.

Mary Worth Comic Strip 2026-04-18 | Comics Kingdom Read the Mary Worth comic strip from April 18, 2026, and check out other Mary Worth comics by Karen Moy & June Brigman.

FWIW I think it's charming that Mary sets a place for her cat, L'il Meddler, on the dinner table.

It's torment nexuses all the way down.

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..."

Bluesky system status message "We are investigating an incident with service in one of our reginos" with an arrow pointing to the misspelled word "regions".

If this were Star Trek, Spock would point to this typo as evidence that the Enterprise computer had been hacked. In the real world, I point to it as evidence that everything is becoming enshittified.

Such Small Portions Life is terrible, and the portions are so small...

I'm also happily using ghost for my own minor league scribblings.
such-small-portions.ghost.io

This woman is a handpicked Trump supporter from Arkansas and she is less anti-trans than the median Atlantic columnist

I feel seen.

A gray long-haired cat with eyes reflecting a red light.

I'm taking the Demon Cat Air red eye.

Where It Ends Answering the enabler's constant question, and contemplating the depraved depths of the billionaire mindset.

A good read from A.R. Moxon

"At a certain point of wealth, what is being pursued seems not to be wealth, but the ability to make other people suffer. What's being pursued is immunity from human decency; the ability and even the right to be depraved with impunity."

"If you were in charge of Star Trek, what would you do?"

"Everybody Loves Sarek"

Cover of anthology "We Will Rise Again"

I ended up with an extra copy of "We Will Rise Again" because I forgot that I had pre-ordered it (oopsie), but I'm very pleased it auctioned for $65 for Point of Pride during the #transrightsreadathon auction. Annalee Newitz @older.bsky.social @pointofpride.org

3) Pick up donuts for the negotiating team without looking like a weirdo.