Celebrating the cosmic symmetry that produced news of The Onion finally actually for-real taking over Infowars on today's very particular date, and it sounds almost exactly like this:

Update: I caught the last screening yesterday morning and it was perhaps the single greatest, most profound and awe-inspiring theatrical experience of my life. A wonder.

"holy shit! you were censored for believing in God?"

LOL no, not that

"for thinking it's appropriate to observe religious holidays in the workplace?"

haha no not that

"Which religious beliefs, exactly?"

oh, you know the ones

Marshall McLuhan observing modern society: haha holy shit lol

how this news finds me

Congratulations!

It’s a telling indicator of media desensitization that the US government’s ongoing program of murder on the high seas—which according to the perpetrators has killed fourteen (14) people this week— is no longer a subject for much serious or sustained news coverage.

Strike number 54 in Somalia of 2026 announced via press release (year’s total here is by count of confirmed strikes not by AFRICOM confirmation of the total so could be more unannounced).

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--Ms. Miller says defense lawyers and the judge have learned late, from prosecutors, that hearsay evidence from a former prisoner that could help their case was “torture borne,” unlawful to use.
Capt. Stinson, prosecutor: We’ll stipulate that the witness would have said the same things in court.

i can't believe i'm only now finding out there's a nationwide 3d imax screening of werner herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams happening tomorrow. that's a beg, borrow or steal level of movie ticket

It's the 7th month of the US bombing random ships in Latin American waters they claim are drug smugglers (reminder that two survivors who were rescued were repatriated, not charged), and the death toll is 150+, and it barely gets discussed.

Years and years of "what is a woman" discourse only to settle on a definition that includes 15-year-olds.

love the car flip narrowly missing the stuntman at the end, he just barely steps aside and visibly winces as it goes by

Vote preferences "are driven more by opposition to the GOP rather than enthusiasm for the Democrats."

Dems "are 17 points likelier than those aligned with the GOP to describe themselves as extremely motivated to vote even as they’re 14 points less likely to hold a favorable view of their own party"

A new CNN poll reveals how people mad at both parties see the midterms | CNN Politics Americans’ views of both the Democratic and Republican parties remain deeply negative, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. And in an election year that may turn on which party voters see as the lesser of two evils, the Democrats hold an early advantage.

"Just 28% of Americans hold a favorable view of the Democratic Party, with the Republican Party a few points higher at 32%."

The fact that nobody seriously believes there is an institution in this country that will check the president—that we’re all just sitting here hoping that he gets distracted and fails to follow through on his genocidal threats—is the most damning indictment of our political system I’ve seen yet.

Italian poster for 1989's "Nightmare Beach" with Michael Parks and John Saxon, showing a black motorcycle helmeted figure with a woman's terrified reflection on the visor and an array of bodacious silhouettes on a beach against the setting sun behind them

It's a great platform, such a cool mix of high- and lowbrow movies available without commercials and all free of charge with a simple library card -- I just watched Umberto Lenzi's "Nightmare Beach" on Kanopy last night and had a blast

Kalshi is aggressively advertising on TikTok, seemingly targeting young people while promising a “money hack” Leading expert on gambling behavior tells Media Matters: “The younger you are when you start and the more frequent you do these activities, that’s where the likelihood of addiction and harm go up”

Kalshi has been flooding TikTok with advertisements seemingly targeting young people, often promoting using the platform as a type of “side hustle”

Divisions emerge in right-wing media as Iran war stirs anxiety about food production, fertilizer

I wrote about how the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is threatening a global food crisis, which is driving divisions in right-wing media. Many conservative pundits are using fertilizer shortages to call for escalation, & some are saying this proves the war was a bad idea from the outset.

The bedrock belief of the supremacist spirit is that life must be earned, and those who fail to earn it deserve to suffer and die.

There's not a single bad track in those first three albums, truly an incredibly accomplishment and I still listen to them all the time. Though "Police on My Back" from "Sandinista!" is my go-to jukebox play these days.

crazy that all of this is happening because our pedophile president simply must have his concentration camps and deportation regime

The illegal alien is a line-jumper and a violator of sovereign borders, a thief of both time and space, and generally speaking a thief may pass no valid title to stolen goods. Of course the child of an illegal alien is innocent of any personal wrongdoing, but the problem is that the parents lack the kind of lawful status that could ground transmission to their descendants of the citizenship, and the share of sovereignty, to which the parents are not themselves entitled. Our law, interpreted in this way, would merely deny to the illegal alien, a violator of the republic's laws, the ability to pass on to their children the fruits of the parents' own wrongdoing, the crucial ability to vest a share of republican sovereignty in their own descendants. A mild remedy indeed.

Well, that’s the most repulsive thing I’ve read in a minute. I suppose I appreciate Adrian’s candor in saying all of this out loud.

A wonderful piece, Parker. Thank you.

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this is bar drunk stuff

Fantastic interview about the funniest movie I've seen so far this year, and one which I haven't haven't been able to stop thinking about:

Nothing more poetic than Alex Jones going on a disgusting coughing fit directly into the mic for half a minute, then sputtering out, "We're winning"

Alex Jones: Infowars will be shutting down in “the middle of next month”

On Tim Pool's show, Jones slurred his way through the announcement before leaving early; Pool later said Jones had "a very serious medical issue"

At least one panelist mentioned they could "smell" the alcohol on Jones

I'm begging for an ounce of media literacy over the chance to make a quip on the internet.