My best guess is like, sharing stuff?

Yeah! Pretty much. We're the pythons these days, which is pretty rad.

Student [to their friends]: I am never telling you who I have a crush on.

Me: Well, that means you'll never get married because getting married is just telling the whole world who you have a crush on.

Student: Oh god. I never thought about it that way.

I love telling people that until recently, my school's primary mascot was π.

Yes, like the number.

This is 100% Butlerian Jihad recruitment materials.

Yaay!! That's the perfect temperature. I hope you have a beautiful day up there.

Sam Esmail: If I name the corporation in Mr. Robot “Evil Corp,” is that too on the nose?

Palantir: It depends, what are you naming the villain?

I am reading my journals from wheb I was a teenager.

Hahahahahaha.

Zohran Mamdani on CBS — “Socialist politics can flourish anywhere, because there is only one majority in this country, and that is the working class. It’s time we have a politics that puts them at the heart of what we’re doing, not in the appendix.”

America’s Mayor can’t miss.

One thing I have observed working in museums is how many people assume that a moderator for a book talk should be there to "give the other side." They don't mean from a disciplinary perspective--they often don't realize that's thing--they mean politically. And that side should count the same.

I visited Fort Sumter in 2020. First thing the park guide said as folks got off the boat: "The Civil War was about slavery. There is no honest debate. No, I will not debate you. No, you don't have evidence. The people with evidence all know it's about slavery. Enjoy your visit."

I understand what CNN did was dubious at best in how they presented that article. Please do not find yourself so compelled to correction that you end up undermining the horror of what was done.

Sixty two million hits is still a lot of hits.
A lot of it's coming from home.

Palantir Paid $0 in Federal Income Tax in 2025 While Raking in Taxpayer Funds to Surveil Americans Its $0 tax bill comes despite the company raking in $1.6 billion and landing a $10 billion military contract last year.

truthout.org/articles/pal...

Yay! I'm not alone.

I was reading a book summary and had a little jump scare because I forgot that not all necromancers are lgbtq.

Mughal Empire Legacy in India: Living with a Past That Endures Despite Erasure Mughal Empire legacy in India—explore how Mughal history shapes modern India’s culture, language and architecture despite attempts at erasure.

The Mughals changed India in so many ways.

I contributed some thoughts on this historical legacy, specifically on language, to this piece --

www.thehindu.com/society/mugh... #Mughals #India #history

World Cup Transit Prices Are Set: $150 by Train and $80 for Shuttles

Dunno, man...seems abusive to me.

"NJ Transit confirmed on Friday that a round-trip rail ticket for FIFA World Cup ticket holders traveling from New York to New Jersey for matches will cost $150, more than 10 times the regular fare."

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/n...

It feels like everyone is in Xi'an right now except for me. I am so jealous.

Parasite That Is a 'Direct and Imminent Threat' Now Within 100 Miles of U.S. Border A parasite that has the potential to devastate livestock — and infect humans — is less than 100 miles of the U.S. as it continues to migrate towards the cattle-rich state of Texas.

I was just trying to find out if the upcoming ban on hemp products was still going to go into effect in November.

Instead, I find this!!

people.com/parasite-dir...

What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.

A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive.

One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.

Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.

(Published Dec. 2025)

Once my country is no longer a hellscape you and your gf have a standing invite to come visit any time it gets too cold up there!

Right?! Let's talk about THAT.

Saaaaame. I want to throw a copy of 1493 their way.

We are def in the era of Necroeconomics!
Capital is dead labor, and they literally tell us to privilege a dead thing over living beings.

Economists are just money necromancers

Exactly! Or the Mongols!

Yes! That is exactly what happens the instant that I have specific examples from outside of Western Europe. A guy lost it on me when I told him that it actually was realistic for someone to have a European parent and Central Asian parent.

I completely agree. It bothers me that the "historical accuracy" crowd in fantasy are selective in what they want to be accurate.

Yes! Too many people are not seeing that this is a transnational movement. The political solutions must also be transnational

I really really like the parents at my school.