I won’t feel bad if this shirt is not officially licensed.

This administration’s priorities: Clemency and pardons for right wing militias, criminal charges against the SPLC.

Went to a gift shop at SFO to get a pack of gum before my flight. Put a five on the counter. Cashier said, “$6.29.”
I was stunned. It was a regular pack of Orbit.
“For that?” I said.
“Yes, sir. Everything is up.”
“I guess I don’t need it.”

Does chewing gum go through the Strait of Hormuz?

The alternative is they got the point and they identify with the most evil things in Middle-earth

What is with all these tech bros using LotR references in their names, and always missing the point?

Is the US committing war crimes by targeting Iran’s civilian infrastructure? International law experts ‘seriously concerned’ about ‘strikes on schools, health centres and homes’ in contravention of Geneva conventions

This article presents a good intro to the question of whether targeting civilian infrastructure constitutes a war crime. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr...

Zig-zag bridge - Wikipedia

It looks like Asian zig-zag bridges. (I always thought these were meant to block evil spirits, but apparently they’re meant to inspire mindfulness.) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zig-zag...

This shirt says, “I sure do like music in general.”

Invasion of the Body Snatchers. My dad loves seeing movies set in San Francisco, so thought it would be fun to take my sister and me to see it when we were maybe 6 and 10. Too scary.

Here’s why tornado sirens will blare across Minnesota, even on a warm and sunny day Test sirens will go off at 1:45 and 6:45 p.m. Cellphones may buzz too as part of the statewide drill.

MN, Just FYI: www.startribune.com/heres-why-to...

Maybe going back in time to kill Hitler isn’t enough. Maybe we need to go back in time to kill John Wilkes Booth.

In many ways, that locally-owned and operated taco truck my friends loved in 2015 was the McDonald’s of the 21st century.

RFK Jr can claim to know more about medicine than actual doctors or medical scientists, so, sure, why not let JD Vance claim to know more about Catholic teaching than the Pope?

You remember, don’t you? You appointed Amy Coney Barrett to fill Ginsburg’s seat? You had a little party despite the fact Covid was in full swing? It was a big story.

I’m here for the backlash to the backlash.

Image shows still from animated program “Star Trek: Lower Decks” in which character Shaxs describes something as “Tacky Cardassian fascist eyesore.”

Me whenever I see mockups of what the White House ballroom or this stupid triumphal arch are supposed to look like.

I’m saying this because it’s increasingly common to hear right wing figures talk about demons and it’s really weird. Often these aren’t old-school TV preachers or even primarily religious commentators. People like Tucker Carlson talk about demons. And the mainstream media just brushes it off.

Maybe I’m behind the times but I feel it’s deeply weird to talk about political issues in terms of demonic possession. People who talk like that are not serious people and they should not have the ears of our politicians.

As the old saying goes, Republicans run on the messages that government can’t do anything right and all politicians are corrupt, and when they get elected, they set out to prove it.

Seems like Wired is conflating “psyop” with “hype.”

Yes. It’s fun to talk about cultural/historical milestones we share, but ultimately, all talk about generational traits requires generalizing about a birth cohort that contains millions of people from different backgrounds of class, race, region, ethnicity, etc. It doesn’t hold up.

As a Gen Xer, I find it deeply embarrassing. Not long ago, I would have said that a hallmark of my generation is distrust of authority, and this would make us less susceptible to authoritarianism. But it looks like I was wrong.

Uptown is a case study in what can go wrong when you let chain stores take over a trendy neighborhood.

The cropped version is authentic.

Yes, @sanderfeinberg.bsky.social shared the original, which was more cropped. I regret sharing an altered version.

Here is the original cropped photo I have. Even this copy has been enhanced in Photoshop. The one on the internet has been reconstructed by AI. You can see differences in the background and it reconstructed their missing bodies. what is most important is the spirit of the photo/Lugosi's intentions.

Thank you

Lucinda Williams’ husband Tom Overby, lived in Minneapolis. I don’t know where he grew up. They famously got married at First Avenue.

Well, now I’m embarrassed. I’m glad it’s not completely fake, at least.