One of the weirdest things about Covid was that it was a collective mass experience -- that we all experienced largely on our own.

No two Covid's were the same.

i'm happy to see the onion take over infowars. i've been a big fan of the onion for quite a long time and it's given me plenty of laughs over the years. and as for infowars, i really disliked alex jones and disagreed with him on a whole lot of things. so to me, this whole situation is a win-win

I think before you build an Arc de Triomphe you should be able to identify at least un (1) triomphe

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

a real testament to stefanik’s total lack of dignity that she is doing this AFTER trump totally threw her under the bus, backed up, and ran her over just to be sure

Well Jordan is now my favorite volleyball player. Just stuntin on em.

On Cerina Fairfax The promise of a "soft life", "high value" men, the markers of the Black middle-class will not protect us. The die-hard belief that it will is wrapped up in the messy aftermath of Reconstruction.

On Cerina Fairfax
open.substack.com/pub/kaitlyng...

The Hugo has gone to terrible books (Sorry Hyperion fans). Awards are often the taste of fans which can also be mediocre.

Trump to read Bible verse from Oval Office after feud with Pope and deleted AI image | CNN Politics President Donald Trump will participate in a public Bible reading this week as the administration continues to integrate religion, particularly Christianity, into official business.

Trump to give a Bible reading from the Oval Office as the attempt to develop a theocracy continues.

That information about graphite is hilarious and reminds me to maybe buy some pencils (Jacksons is having a sale).

Thank you for your courage to publicly address abusive language.

If your thing is inventing demons on the left in order to depict progressivism as some kind of disease, go be a Republican. I think Beshear is basically a good guy, but this kind of self-credentialing is pandering trash.

What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.

An important read.
[The Atlantic-gift article]: What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center

I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.By Josef Palermo

www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Sitting here crying while after getting WhatsApped the photo on the right, so let me tell you a little story about how we got here from the photo on the left and why repatriation research matters!

Exposing a global ‘online rape academy’ that is teaching men how to abuse women and evade detection CNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.

WTF DO YOU MEAN A WORLDWIDE ONLINE RAPE SCHOOL WITH MILLIONS OF MEN?????
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...

They would have stoned Joe Biden in the streets if he did this

Young pope Leo, undated but he appears to be in his teens or early 20’s

young pope leo looks like a ska scene regular who goes by Upbeat but no one knows his real name

I would actually be interested in hearing Tom explaining the differences between a "Cloud Bob" and an Afro.
Explain it to me, a Black man raised in the 70's, like I'm 5. Please.

ngl. I loved the first season of The Mandalorian, but this is just empty.

Exactly one year ago today:

Fucking fyre fest ass government

This a day or so after someone called the afro some sort of bob is going to send me back to bed.

That's not what unc means: aftermath.site/unc-aave-afric...

ICE Arrests 85-Year-Old French Widow Who Married Her G.I. Sweetheart

Not only did the sons probably call ICE on her, the day after her husband died they took their dad's cars, leaving her housebound. Then they rerouted mail, causing her to miss a visa appointment & the utilities to be turned off. Tony and Gary Ross are going to hell.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...

RFK jr is a lying sack of shit.

Here's the article which includes the actual interview in question. Yes, he absolutely said this and yes, it's in context.

wordinblack.com/2025/02/rfk-...

They really are not going to win the rhetoric battle with the Pope.

BLUESKY IS A WEBSITE THAT TURNS (post by jay.bsky.team claiming that bluesky is made with AI) INTO (picture of bluesky not working)

And not the only one. One of my friends in high school too.