Andrew Hacker, Provocative Political Scientist, Dies at 96

Smart, thoughtful guy. RIP

free to read:
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/b...

i feel like people track their stats b/c otherwise all the shows would start to blend together. Phish @ MSG -- i know i've been like 7-10x but i couldn't tell you which night or which year(s) i skipped since 2015 or so....

they are calling it the perfect summary of the "keep men out of women's sports" movement

Goose presents: Chill vibes to study to.

Unpopular(?) opinion -- this Green River is better than that really long/goontzy Creatures

What a photo.

Not knowing what the worst people in the world were thinking every fucking day

In thinking about this topic of moving at a snail's pace to improve their apps, i keep coming back to how trivially easy it is for normies to vibe-code now and it just strikes me as an even bigger slap in the face.

Sure, the product hasn't changed in 3yrs but our prices are up 50%! (or more?)

Congrats to @nugs.net on finally implementing a web (browser based) interface for playing shared playlists! I've attached my feature request -- let's start with telling us the date on each track. Other enhancements on the screenshot...

Export to csv/xls/google docs i won't hold my breath for.

If i had a clearer schedule and was home earlier/done with running around in the early evening, earlier would work for me too.

On the flip side, the 6pm(?) or whatever it was in Florida was also a disaster

These are so good - they really get the cadence of the news network reporting and the anchor/reporter interactions down so well. As for the topic, it's just a sad state of affairs that no one has gone to jail for any of it.

This one is just as bad. WOW...
bsky.app/profile/atru...

Missed this one initially. Added it!

Love that footnote: "...it excludes AI tools bundled with other products such as Gmail" -- Oh, the same Gmail that when you search for something will show you emails in 2021 before they show you emails from last week?

My goodness.

I don't have one, but saw a lawyer using one in a meeting i was in and they swore by it. I think they just came out with a smaller version which looked interesting.

CAR (avis rent-a-car) up 600% in the last month

Totally normal things happening at $CAR these days...

Turn on Your Love Light YouTube video by Them - Topic

Here's the Van Morrison (excuse me, THEM) version which is also a banger:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXF5...

Bobby Blue Bland Turn On Your Love Light YouTube video by greg b

"Without a warning, you broke my heart
Shaken it baby, tore it apart
you left me sitting, in the dark cryin'
you said your love, to me was dying."
-Bobby Bland(!)

[never heard the original until today, lyrics vary vs others]

And it's never women... Always men. Every single time.

Another reminder of why women choose the bear.

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.

This story has been out for ~month and I never saw it on my timeline. Is it being censored because of the R word in its title? This was an important story that I had to go digging to find.

Anyway this is horrifying and makes one question how a society can be this way.
www.cnn.com/interactive/...

What a transition. 💯

Also holy shit this transition

(non-derogatory / complimentary)

2001 vibes on this jam. (Or borne 2024 if you prefer)

Ya know, Nerd and Hero look similar. The world needs more of both!

This Dustin held up. Great listen.
bsky.app/profile/sean...

I have 12 on mine at the moment but I may be missing a few. I'm pretty much caught up on a first listen but I'll compare notes here and come back!

There's a magic school bus tease in here and I won't be taking questions at this time...