The headline is ludicrous. "Art Olympics," what? "Novices"?
This is diluting what happened here. @nytpitchbot.bsky.social

I stepped away for the day and, apparently, we are STILL paying a sociopathic child rapist to golf while he kills people and trashes the economy.

Seems impossible to believe that we’re still doing that but we are.

Please call your reps: 202-224-3121
#RemoveTrump

Will there be a list of all the journalists who consent to attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner this year somewhere? I want to know whose work to avoid reading in the future.

As Trump Threatens Iran, Veterans Arrested Protesting 'War Machine' at US Capitol | Common Dreams Veterans arrested protesting Trump's war on Iran.

www.commondreams.org/news/veteran...

"Messy" plaintiffs? "Homicidal abusers" more like it.

A Data Center Is Getting a $77 Million Tax Break. It Promises to Create 1 Job. The type of tax break given to the JPMorganChase data center was designed to attract companies that bring steady jobs.

The $77 million subsidy is the largest of its kind, per job, in the country. That figure represents sales taxes that JPMorganChase would otherwise be paying on materials and equipment for the billion-dollar project, with about $40 million withheld from state coffers and the rest from localities.

This, one hundred times THIS.

RAYE in Philadelphia, April 19, 2026

RAYE on stage in Philadelphia, April 19, 2026

At the risk of sounding like a grandma, I'll say:
Raye is such a lovely person and so talented.

Salt Lake City is ready to add more foothill trails nearly 5 years after pause Utah's capital city is finally ready to move forward with an expansion of its popular foothills trails following a nearly five-year snag in the program.

Salt Lake City’s NIMBYs managed to halt the construction of mountain bike trails for *five years.* The city is supposed to resume construction this year but funding is limited and I’m not confident we’ll see new trails anytime soon

RAYE Dazzles New York’s Radio City Music Hall With ‘This Tour May Contain New Music’: 7 Best Moments RAYE on one of the most impressive shows of the year at New York's Radio City Music Hall with This Tour May Contain New Music. Read the full review.

“Arguably the most outstanding pop show of 2026 so far. [ ] Pristine vocals are simply a part of the deal with RAYE, yet it truly cannot be overstated just how ambitious some of her choices were through this section — and she nailed every single one.“ @billboard.com

Just landed back down to earth after the Philly show 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

My kingdom for a book website that allows you to separately rate the EDITING of the book from the CONTENT of the book.

As a genre reader (mostly romance and mysteries), I'm so so so tired of buying a book only to find that it was copyedited by a blind elephant. #BookSky

Video: Opinion | Can a Bot Love You Back? What happens when your parent falls in love with an A.I. chatbot? In this episode of “Divided,” Ernie confronts his mother, Celeste, and they try to bridge their differences — and rethink what love co...

The worst people have progressed from hijacking our attention systems to hijacking our attachment systems.

Can a Bot Love You Back?

It feels like two-thirds of all the posts now on LinkedIn are AI-generated "here are five things I learned" nonsense. Dude, I just want to know where my friends work so it's not awkward when I have to ask them.

West Philadelphia Alliance for Children (WePAC) WePAC promotes childhood literacy in West Philadelphia by reopening school libraries, cultivating diverse book collections, and delivering engaging programs that inspire lifelong readers.

. . . as I do every week! Volunteering with www.wepac.org

Join me in building school libraries in West Philadelphia with WePAC! www.wepac.org 🔔

Feeling this. Exhausted by trying to fact-check neighbors in online groups on local issues. There's no point when they're willing to talk endlessly and lie incessantly.

Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Tim Curry in Clue

Tim Curry in The Three Musketeers

Tim Curry in Muppet Treasure Island

Happy 80th birthday to Tim Curry who has always, *always* understood the assignment.

my way of subtweeting and agreeing with Pontifex

I don’t think we talk nearly enough about the fact that corporations like Amazon, don’t pay a single cent to maintain the roads they use, the transportation system they use, the courts they use, they pay nothing for the infrastructure that is absolutely critical to their business.

WE Pay for

Imprison all of these grifters, playing with people's lives and earthians' well-being to enrich themselves.

Vigilante Injustice | Charlotte Rosen Two recent books take on the Bernie Goetz shooting—with differing results.

“A cursory glance at modern American history suggests that the ‘rule of law’ has often deemed extralegal violence against racialized groups lawful.”

Thinking back to my teen years, when cigarettes were social media.

Child: I know your name. Mamdani.

Obama: What’s his first name?

Child: Mayor.

This whole report is shoddy at best. If I were the social scientists on the committee, I'd be deeply embarrassed to have put my name on it as scholars.

I'm really just fed up lately that lots of otherwise progressive people have decided traffic violence is an issue that we simply cannot address. How can people claim to care about equity and ignore the toll of car dependency?

Car dependency and car size are two issues where progressives theoretically *should* want to advocate for a better world but are often defensive and protective about the choices they've made in their own lives.

Crescendo? Sounds pretty pianissimo to me.

Check out some of the parks, too, like Ueno and Hamarikyu (latter is near Tsukiji). If you go between May and October be prepared for heat and humidity.
Baseball games are a trip.

Muji Hotel is cool. Hotel Tsuki near old Tsuki fish market has rooms with giant square wooden bathtubs (hinoki). Take trains. You can do an easy day trip to Yokosuka and take ferry to Monkey Island or the boat tour around the Japanese and US navy ships.