for reference:

Please tell me you saw the ones on redistricting

Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.

I think it actually is "sting," there? Don't ask me why.

Exactly one year ago today:

And in 2025, with somewhat different branding.

The vampires felt less cartoonish than the message in BoaN. I can imagine how it landed in 1915, though.

I was not expecting him to pull it up on YouTube. He had no exposure to silent films and I have had secondary exposure to blatant cultural racism, but BoaN is something else. The shoe-polish budget must have been enormous.

One of my coworkers had been bugging me to watch it (was fine with the idea, don't love watching movies at work bc of interruptions) and he said "You just don't appreciate Black culture!" So I jokingly said "Fine, if we watch The Birth of a Nation." Talk about a *fascinating* combo...

Everyone please welcome CBS News Immigration Analyst Viktor Orban.

Mr. Trump spent several hours orbited by Sec of State Marco Rubio; a few of his children; some Ultimate Fighting Championship officials; Sergio Gor, the U.S. ambassador to India; the recording artist Vanilla Ice; Dan Bongino, the former deputy director of the F.B.I.; and the manosphere shepherd Joe Rogan.

Sounds like FDR’s “Brain Trust,” except I’m not sure who his “manosphere shepherd” was and Roosevelt’s Four Sons would not have been able to attend the fights with him during WWII because they were serving in the armed forces.

I did a bunch of yard work, took a shower, plopped on the bed, and my kid apparently started a dryer load of rocks in the basement directly underneath my room.

Aide: sir you were supposed to choose ONE of the talking points

Now do the Department of Defense

It had never occurred to me that people do not know this. Thanks, Taber 😵‍💫

"Why don't Americans–"

Motherfucker, I live in Minneapolis

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This video is one of the best representations of why so many women don’t come forward. It’s quick, please share widely. We must continue to demand the release of the full #EpsteinFiles. This video is heartbreaking to hear the seats creak as people sit down

Personally i think congress and the press should stop enabling him BEFORE he uses a nuclear weapon

Ma'am you could drop that thing off the roof and it'll be fine.

i want to thank the neighborhood brass band for playing "war pigs" when we turned the kids loose for the easter egg hunt yesterday

To everyone celebrating Easter, Michelle and I wish you a joyful holiday filled with reminders of the enduring power of faith and hope.

In your what now

Mockingbirds really are assholes.

The tree wells yearn for a good Tabering, but we shall all soldier on. Glad it's going well!

There comes a time in the life of every parent of a college graduate when they ask "You have pretty good credit, right?"

lying about it happening on april fool's day: mean-spirited, hurtful, not funny at all

it actually happening on april fool's day: possibly the funniest thing of all time

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So it's kind of fun to be able to address the primary source, especially after 20+yrs of discussing it amongst ourselves.

About 20yrs ago, VCU hosted DS at a forum. My ex and I were OG Wire-watchers & we were super-stoked about the forum. The discussion questions were...awful. The most basic, no-thought-required-for-responses-level stuff you could think of. We were both so mad! And now, he's *right here* 😍

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That version was in *heavy* rotation on early cable. I wish I could buy a copy of it.