It’s inaccurate to say Mario is brave and Luigi is cowardly

Luigi is afraid of death, so he runs away from danger. Mario is afraid of living, so he runs towards death. Both brothers are cowards in their own way

low key why the Climate Corps is a idea. men should graduate college, get a few years romping around the forest planting trees and shit to get these hangups out of their system so they can realize working in AC sending emails is chill instead of making it everyone's problem

When Jimmy Carter's rescue mission to Iran failed, he went on TV and took full personal responsibility

The US is in *every* way worse off than six weeks ago. And Iran, for all its losses, is in a stronger position.

Starting with control of Hormuz. And NorKor-style determination to develop nukes

Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.

"I'm a cop, I don't understand the law" is literally one of the most on-brand things I have ever heard in my life

absolutely incredible. Trump might have done more damage to American imperial power than anyone ... ever?

masterful gambit to make shipping costs go up higher by artificially reducing the supply of truck drivers in the middle of the biggest energy crisis in 50 years

can't stop saying this

So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

Some really fun set pieces, but majorly lost steam for me in the second half and eventually became cartoonish. A big swing!!

I’m out on the wily, windy moors and you’d best believe I’m gonna roll and fall in green 🙂‍↕️

One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés

Bringing this back x

STEPHEN MILLER: so you've gone through all of these files and made sure there's nothing incriminatory about Trump or his friends and associates, right

KASH PATEL: *standing in line at berghain dressed like the Ikea monkey* oh yeah definitely

Everyone is making fun of this but I hope I look that good when I'm Fran Lebowitz's age

i'm going to spend the rest of my life figuring out how a small band of elites decided that acting as the global currency and primary military hegemon was gay and feminine coded

This speech feels like a long-overdue reckoning with the end of an old world and the start of something new

#deer 🦌

Great question!

It’s not just about whether or not the gyre is widening – its that the falcon cannot hear the Falconer. In today’s blood-dimmed world, it’s a game-changer that many don’t consider.

The kicker? A beast that is rough, slouching, and born.

Just finished reading The Remains of the Day…

Fight well. I'll see that your remains are sent home to your families.

Moonlight's beauty weakens the androids. It's why they seek out sunlight

The peace you take for granted was the result of war. You dishonor the dead and the unborn when you refuse to fight.

Will all nations fall to tyranny of angels?

Been rewatching Golden Girls. Grew up with the dub, it's crazy how different the sub is.

Laura Palmer's Theme

“You can still get them a gift card in time, you piece of shit. You worm” - companies via email today

This is the exact lighting they use for the pic to accompany a profile of a professor who got suspended because he kept using slurs in class as a supposed intellectual provocation.

Koda Kumi performed Real Emotion live on Fuji TV during the weekly Ninety Nine Music presents FNS Late Night Festival. It was her first time singing the Final Fantasy X-2 theme on the network. Credit to whoever recorded the broadcast. Here is the performance in case you missed it.

jealousy psychiatrist

THE PERSON WHO INVENTED GREEK YOGURT: Do you like it? It’s supposed to taste like that by the way. That was on purpose.