“Oohhh, I hope my greedy sister isn’t watching!” This Albuquerque episode of Antiques Roadshow is just right.

Screenshot from WaPo article: “The U.S. government has never released data on how many U.S. citizens have been wrongfully detained or deported by ICE. But independent investigations have revealed that ICE has arrested, detained, deported and issued detainers — requests to local jails to hold a person in custody — for thousands of citizens since the agency’s creation in 2003.”

A reminder to take what you’re learning now about how vulnerable people are targeted by government and remember that they remain vulnerable under ANY administration. We need real reform and legal protections.

Gift article: wapo.st/4iDFVux

Same with “TDR.”

MMR vaccine doesn’t just prevent measles, mumps, and rubella. It also prevents RFK Jr. from showing up at your child’s funeral to exploit your grief at your most vulnerable moment.

I wish people hated fascism half as much as they hate feminism

Two clouds stacked like burger buns with a blue sky patty between.

#Blueskyburger

Shout out to Jeffrey Goldberg for reporting on this now instead of waiting two years to put it in a book.

My 9yo is home sick and giggled like a maniac when I told him the joke. Then he said, “THAT’S SO GOOD!” So I guess it’s just a matter of finding your audience.

Photo of a tv displaying the intro from the Muppet Show, the part near the end when all the Muppets are stacked in their colorful archways and the song is playing, “This is what we call…”

Idly wondering which shows’ intros get skipped least when people are binging.

Is this great? Is this what you want our country to be?

Because if it is, God help you when someone who hates you takes power.

``Really, Mr. Collins,'' cried Elizabeth with some warmth, ``you puzzle me exceedingly. If what I have hitherto said can appear to you in the form of encouragement, I know not how to express my refusal in such a way as may convince you of its being one.''

What does a protest TAKE to seem real??

You know what the “paid agitators” insanity reminds me of? The part in Pride & Prejudice when Mr. Collins can’t believe someone like Lizzy won’t accept his proposal. Oh no, it is simply “the usual practice of elegant females” to increase his “suspense.” Her bafflement and frustration is REAL —> 1/2

I made this dumb meme in 2012 but my enthusiasm remains unabated. Loving this whole thread.

Yes to this. It's great to go TO the library, or it's great to find books, audiobooks, magazines, newspapers (sigh, if you must), shows, music, and movies VIA the library with Libby, Hoopla, Kanopy, PressReader, etc. <3

Page from The Saturday Evening Post. Illustration of a slice of raisin pie, raisin juice oozing from a browned crust. It reads, "A Man's Pie. Fresh—delicious. Buy it ready baked." There's a bunch more text talking up Sun-Maid's "plump and tender" raisins and appeal to both men and women ("for it saves home baking").

Please don't make me eat this.

Sun-Maid Raisins ad in the Saturday Evening Post, 1933

A woodcut of a pretty baroque-looking siren lady with bird feet, scaly nether flesh and tail, breasts like two halves of a firm orange, rope (?) wrapped around the shoulders, and a leonine face. She's looking into a mirror. She does not look happy.

Well, this is a whole mood, isn't it?

"The Siren" - A 1551 printer's token reproduced in Science and Literature in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1878) by Paul Lacroix (aka PL Jacob).

“Please give us your advertising money, Brinker Intl! PLEASE!”

Screenshot of a now-deleted tweet by Twitter user Axel_Or_Ax responding to allegations that Twitch streamer Wilbur Soot bit an ex: “Wilbur admitted to biting. Not to the abuse, 🫶 🫶 Plus, Bitting isn’t even the worst people can do. (Holocaust.) and much worse.”

I just learned about the existence of this meme, but it sure feels like a similarly deranged flavor.

Hey man sorry to hear about all your political turmoil. Would it help if I scrolled around on the computer all day and drove myself insane?

Hey, SOMEone’s gotta be the cynical misanthrope in the book group. 🤡

Pete Hegseth isn’t DEI. Daniel Penny isn’t DEI. That’s not what DEI is.

They’re just grossly unqualified for their jobs and add no value that any replacement legacy job applicant wouldn’t bring.

So stop saying “it’s DEI” like it’s a clever commentary on the situation. It’s not.

Thumb on the pulse, as always. Way to meet the moment, Dem leadership. 🫠

I’ma go with “trauma response.” Congrats on your continued awesomeness!

Love Carrington. She’s a strange and interesting writer as well.

This is the list to follow if you’re in Nuevo Mexico and want to know what you might be inadvertently supporting.

An ad from Neumann Communication Systems Limited (from a 1980 magazine) offers Explosion Proof Telephones. Features include: • Explosion-proof • Flame proof • Intrinsically safe • Rotary dial • Push button impulse selection • Touch-tone selection • Range also includes sound powered telephones and loudspeaking intercom. "Send for comprehensive catalogue."

At least we can count on

A skinny screengrab from an outlook inbox: "Clogged bowels? Squeeze [comma] Your Buttock Like This To Poop, No Matter How Constipated You Are. No preview is available."

Deeply offended by the comma splice in this spam email.