The diametric opposite to the search for gollum

"As a Yankees fan, do you hate the Mets?" -a non-sports fan friend once asked me

"You can't really hate the Mets, unless you're from Philly or root for them." -me

It's just pointless. More wringing out the sponge to see what moisture is left. As if the fact that the three hobbit movies left zero impact in culture wasn't sign enough, making an in between film is just...no one wants this.

God what depressing idea for a movie

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We didn't deserve this day.

Screenshot of Joker and Batman from the Adam West Batman series surfing. Joker says "Cowabunga, Bat-Drip! As surfers go, it looks like you're all wet! Ahahaha!", to which Batman replies "Shut the fuck up! Fuck you!"

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Exactly. These fraud cases have been reported on and prosecuted for so long, but the right found a useful way to pretend this was still something to get mad about, and absolutely succeeded in convincing people to go along with it.

Excellent list of rules for any creative endeavor!

@jomboymedia-mirror.bsky.social Got one for next week here

Was trying to remember a Will Forte quote from Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie and accidentally figured out how to make Google’s AI tool shut up

Linda Davis was killed by ICE today. A Black woman, a beloved teacher, killed by ICE in Savannah, Georgia.

Her name is Linda Davis and she was killed by our government.

a stop sign on a lonely corner. it says "STOP" with "ICE" plastered on beneath it. a fire hydrant in the foreground ruims the composition

to everyone whose nervous systems are absolutely shot from the reality of living in mpls the last few months: try to get outside today. soak the sun, listen to birds, talk to your neighbors, feel the wind.

healing starts with you. when you're ready, extend out.

remember to love yourself.

breathe!

The Rangers are America's team

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Until the goons leave town for real, Columbia Heights residents are still in major need -- please contribute and spread the word!! gofund.me/e0a150fa1

We are facing a humanitarian crisis here. Each passing day we learn of new neighbors who haven’t left their homes and have fallen through the cracks. Lots of people aren’t connected to mutual aid networks. Just terrible suffering caused by the federal government.

It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.

There is a major political organization allied with the president that got so mad a Latino artist was tapped to play at the Super Bowl they made a whole alternative show. We should all take a moment to reflect on that. It is so blatantly racist.

OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit

I’d love to be able to enjoy the Muppets as much as everyone else does but whenever I watch them I just feel sick imagining what the man inside the Kermit the Frog costume must look like

SO, RIGHT HERE IN A PLACE CALLED NORTH CAROLINA, HAVE YOU HEARD OF IT? HAVE YOU HEARD OF IT? WE ARE GOING TO HAVE 10 PERCENT TO 20% TARIFFS ON FOREIGN COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN RIPPING US OFF FOR YEARS, WE ARE GONNA CHARGE THEM 10% TO 20% TO COME IN AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING, TO TAKE OUR JOBS WE ARE GONNA CHARGE THEM AND BRING BACK MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF JOBS BY DOING SO AND MILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

Trump, in North Carolina speech, signals openness to expanding tariff plans The remarks suggested an escalation in proposals many experts already see as likely to cause a global trade war.

Trump actual speech

vs.

What WaPo put into article.

Judge denies DHS bid to rush removal of Liam Ramos and his family Kristen Stenvik, superintendent of the district where Liam goes to school, said the ruling provides both “additional time” and “continued uncertainty.”

Breaking MS NOW:

The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official.

At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
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TWIN CITIES

Armed Citizens Against Tyranny is a HONEYPOT action.

No one in the Twin Cities, including the MN Gun Owners association, knows anyone supposedly in this group.

Local orgs are STRONGLY urging folks to STAY AWAY from their planned "protest."

acatusa.com

Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began.

Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.

ice sculpture reading prosecute ice at the minnesota state capitol on february 5 2026

This morning at the Minnesota State Capitol.

An ice sculpture that reads "PROSECUTE ICE". I'm told the organization behind the sculpture is Common Defense.

A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.

It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.

“ICE GTFO OF MN”

Minneapolis February 4, 2026

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Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.