*first day on arrakis, haven't got the hang of walking without rhythm*
*hear a low rumbling*
worm (muffled but becoming less so): THEY CALL ME DR. WORM
GOOD MORNING HOW ARE YOU I'M DOCTOR WORM
I LIKE TO PLAY THE DRUMS
*as i am swallowed by worm* I THINK I'M GETTING GOOD BUT I CAN HANDLE CRITICISM
RFK Jr. snorted cocaine off the toilet seat the right way.
by Ezra Klein
photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
lol
Namaste 🙏
"A computer can never be spiteful or horny Therefore a computer must never make art"
Reminder
ABC News: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
CBS News: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
MSNBC: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
CNN: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
Fox News: "We've all texted the wrong person before."
According to a source I have at the CIA, Director Radcliffe lied today under oath. Signal is absolutely not loaded on agency computers. As a matter of fact it’s specifically prohibited as an outside app. Skype is allowed for conference calls but not Signal. He’s lying. @markwarner.bsky.social
The decisive test of our society in my lifetime was the 2024 election and our failure was spectacular and total. I will never again have any faith in the American electorate to do the obviously right thing.
Meet Evan Anzoo, a five-year-old boy in South Sudan who died when Elon Musk shut down USAID and the boy lost access to his HIV meds. Musk says no one has died because of the aid shutdown, but that's because he didn't look. RIP, Evan, you deserved better. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The GOP has a majority in both chambers of Congress and crafted a budget with *zero* input from Dems.
If there’s a shutdown, they don’t get to blame Democrats.
You knew you’d need Dem votes to make it happen. Should have spend some time earning some.
RFK Jr
Certainly a more elegant expression
Some people have a memory palace. I have a memory dungeon where names and faces instantly evaporate as they are being told to me.
Abstract painting with a band blue sandwiched between two bands of golden yellow, the top one thick and the bottom one much thinner. The borders between the colors are rough.
Mark Rothko, Untitled (Yellow and Blue), 1954, private collection
Revisionism in front of our very eyes
this is the face of a man who is about to end the bird flu epidemic by eating every infected bird
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
This is what happens when we’re convinced to “hear all sides” and to “engage with those we don’t agree with” so we can populate “the marketplace of ideas”
What absolute horseshit
I love Gill Sans but I knew nothing about Eric Gill until I read this post and looked him up. Double Yikes!!!
The problem is that your swing is too weak. You shouldn't be up at bat.
Hagan Scotten resigns from the SDNY
An excellent discussion of agricultural subsidies www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj1r...
AP executive editor Julie Pace statement on the White House blocking a reporter from attending a press conference over the Gulf of Mexico/America AP style decision
Brexit making the headlines.
Google maps screenshot of the Drake passage between South America and Antarctica
If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.
When I'm making excuses to cancel plans and one friend keeps giving me solutions.
