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Horror show Sarah Weinman recommends a place to not go in New York this weekend, or ever

One of the reasons that art crime >>>>>>>>>>>>>> ♾️ serial killers is that an exhibit like this about museum heists and forgeries would be incredible

Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1971 #filmstrip, part of a series on people who help the community, focuses on firefighters. It's complete with its soundtrack.

VIEW AT YOUR OWN PACE: https://uncom.cc/emdw4

Infovictory / Overruled Lindsey Adler talks with The Onion’s Ben Collins; Trevor Alixopulos on a lifetime of reflections

Here's a nice little story about my friendship with @lindseyadler.bsky.social, who was around me when most people in my life we saying "you're insane," but she was saying "you're insane, but you're also right, so you should keep going."

v1.121 is live!

We've increased the quality of photos in posts by doubling the max file size to 2MB and the resolution limit to 4000x4000.

Plus, posts with multiple photos now appear in a carousel so you can show off your photography in all its glory.

APOLOGIES TO THOSE WHO STARTED FOLLOWING ME FROM @flaminghydra.com STARTER PACK - NO CLAIMS OF QUALITY OR CONSISTENCY FOR INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS ARE MADE BY STARTER PACK SO PLEASE DON'T GET MAD AT STARTER PACK JUST UNFOLLOW MY ALL-CAPS AND EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY THANK YOU bsky.app/starter-pack...

TODAY IS EARTH DAY AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

THE FRONT OF A RESTAURANT IN NYC CALLED "STEAK FRITES" WITH NEON SIGN THAT SAYS "STEAK FRITES" AND AN AWNING WITH "STEAK FRITES" ON IT AND "STEAK FRITES" WINDOW SIGNS

PROBABLY I THINK I WOULD GET THE STEAK FRITES

ON CNN NEWSNIGHT WITH ABBY PHILLIP: GERALDO RIVERA BLABBERING ABOUT HOW HE KNOWS DONALD TRUMP “I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG TIME. AND IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT I...” CHYRON AT BOTTOM: MORE AMERICANS QUESTIONING TRUMP'S MENTAL ACUITY, TEMPERAMENT Geraldo Rivera Peabody Award-winning Journalist

WHYYYYYY

This #EarthDay, we honor not only the land, but the hard working people who nurture it. #WeFeedYou

Este Día de la Tierra honramos no solo la tierra, sino también a las personas trabajadoras que la cuidan. #SoyEsencial

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Infovictory / Overruled Lindsey Adler talks with The Onion’s Ben Collins; Trevor Alixopulos on a lifetime of reflections

Wrote about my friend @bencollins.bsky.social flaminghydra.com/issue-548/

THE CODE WAS "PERSON - WOMAN - MAN - CAMERA - TV"

YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD I LISTENED TO YOUR AUDIO BOOK

GOP's Outside-Money Edge Is Being Built by Billionaires, Oil, and Crypto Around half the money fueling the super PACs allied with Republican leaders in Congress has come from billionaire donors, a new Sludge analysis finds.

SWALLOW THE MONEY readsludge.com/2026/04/21/g...

DESIGNATED ASS KISSER

SLICED TOMATO ONION MOZZERELLA PARMESAN PEPPERONI AND *CASA VISCO* PIZZA SAUCE

HEY 420 HEADS HAPPY MARIJUANA DAY HERE'S A PICTURE OF A PIZZA THAT I MADE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I COULD EAT A WHOLE THING OF 'EM

UPDATE Another Democrat Leaves the California Governor’s Race
Betty Yee, the former state controller, had faced pressure to drop out after hovering near the bottom of polls for months. The move could help Democrats begin to unify behind a front-runner. [GIFT LINK] www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/u...

Watch Out In recent weeks, the cultural discourse on my feeds has been focused on the romantic relationships of two white women who became famous for telling all: Lindy West, author of a new memoir, Adult Brace...

My second piece for @flaminghydra.com is out! About how the themes of watching and being watched have been haunting me alongside my obsession with reality TV, and about Lior Torenberg's debut, Just Watch Me (from @avidreaderpress.bsky.social):

flaminghydra.com/watch-out/

Criterion presents The Craft of Acting: Paul Dano – Museum of the Moving Image Museum of the Moving Image and Criterion present a special evening with Paul Dano in conversation with author Isaac Butler.

SOMEBODY SEND A TICKET FOR THIS TO THAT PUTZ TARANTINO

The Mets have a 3% chance of making the playoffs Since expanding to a 162-game season, only 2 of 79 teams with records as bad as the Mets' have made the postseason.

HEY POTHEAD HAPPY MARIJUANA DAY AND ALSO SPEAKING OF "WHAT'RE YOU, HIGH?" LOOK AT THIS CHART FROM @pbump.com THAT SHOWS THE METS ARE ON TRACK TO REPLICATE THEIR 1969 SEASON BONG BONG C'MON PASS THAT THING HUMPHREY www.ctinsider.com/sports/artic...

STARTING A BAND CALLED *MAGNETIC ROBOTS*

THIS IS AGAINST NATURE

Horror show Sarah Weinman recommends a place to not go in New York this weekend, or ever

Several years ago, I got really into True Crime podcasts. But after a couple of months I started feeling really gross. This review of the “Mind of a Serial Killer” exhibition highlights why. They are all just the aural equivalent of this:
flaminghydra.com/issue-546/?a...

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DONALD TRUMP SEATED AT A SMALL DESK AFFIXED WITH THE SEAL OF THE POTUS

WORST TINY DESK CONCERT EVER

Four images: 1.) A map: LONGITUDE AND TIME CALCULATOR. GLEASON'S NEW STANDARD MAP OF THE WORLD ON THE PROJECTION OF J. S. CHRISTOPHER, MODERN COLLEGE, BLACKHEATH, ENGLAND. SCIENTIFICALLY AND PRACTICALLY CORRECT; 2.) Stovetop clock reading 8:56; 3.) A melanistic squirrel; and 4.) Close-up front view of a white painted door with an old round metal door knob that has been painted white.

Today is a perfect day for a journey down (or up) THE STAIRS, a serialized novel by @tomscocca.bsky.social found exclusively at INDIGNITY www.indignity.net/tag/the-stai...

Anyone who advocates for Villaraigosa for any public office after his disastrous tenure as L.A. Mayor should have their heads examined.

The Stairs, Chapter 23 Indignity Vol. 6, No. 35

Any resemblance to actual people, places, and events is entirely coincidental, with the exception of the events in Chapters One and Two, which happened more or less as written, in 1999: THE STAIRS, Chapter 23, by @tomscocca.bsky.social www.indignity.net/the-stairs-chapter-23/

The Stairs, Chapter 23 Indignity Vol. 6, No. 35

Any resemblance to actual people, places, and events is entirely coincidental, with the exception of the events in Chapters One and Two, which happened more or less as written, in 1999: THE STAIRS, Chapter 23, by @tomscocca.bsky.social www.indignity.net/the-stairs-chapter-23/