Honestly, nothing will ever be funnier to me than the fact that one of the cleverest people I know once wrote a letter - as a school project - to Anwar Al Sadat.

In 1990.

She did not receive a personal reply.

"Blow winds, crack your cheeks, you cataracts and hurricanos!" from Lear definitely needs the full onomatopoeia treatment.

(Going from memory, and I last did Lear about 15 years back)

"Anyway, while I'm here. I might as well ..."

Look, I'm not making any actionable threats, but I'm pretty sure we're headed towards the first recorded worldwide tickertape parade for a blood clot.

Good morning.

The world sucks, but at least you can still sing the words to the Meow Mix jingle mapped directly over the bridge of "Sober" by @toolmusic.bsky.social .

The meter matches, and the first amendment still holds at least that far.

It's a relief that normalcy has been restored. It was a little disorienting imagining a world in which Starmer had a spine.

Consistency appeased as he reverts to his standard form: A lukewarm flan in a business suit.

It is admittedly more efficient than the usual method of ignoring experts.

I thought this was about Shelby Foote.

I have a scientology joke, but I can't tell you the punchline until you pay for three more auditing sessions.

Like the linguistic sleight of hand that gave us civil commitment.

Basically

"Right to counsel doesn't attach because this is a civil matter. And It's obviously a civil matter, because otherwise the right to counsel would attach."

Also on the wish list: Enshrining right to counsel into law for immigration hearings.

For the not insignificant amount of actual good that the Biden administration did, arguably their biggest failure of forethought was in not pushing through hundreds of immigration judges to buttress due process.

You had me at CCH Pounder, and that voice. I would listen to that woman read litigation transcripts.

I'm not surprised that the superrich are corrupt, venal, and malicious.

I am disappointed in how -utterly boring- they are. Never seems like they're having any fun.

If I had access to Bezos money, his amorality, and distribution, I would ship every person in America 3 kazoos and a vervet monkey.

There are master practitioners of Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu who cannot match the speed with which this regime is capable of throwing people under the bus.

I assume you also read Ms. Huerta's letter?

Reprehensible acts. And I've already seen some scab accounts trying to do a victory lap as if his actions invalidate the workers' movement.

Got as far as "Nick Offerman plays ex-pro wrestler", and realized there was finally a reason for Apple TV beyond Sounders MLS matches.

Thank you for the recommendation. I'm adding it to my "at this point it's like 60/40 whether I'll even make a dent in this stack before I croak" reading list.

Ms. Huerta has always been an inspiration. As more information appears, these allegations reveal Mr. Chavez's actions as even more reprehensible.
Even the noblest movements are not their leaders, but a true candid accounting is the only way forward, and the workers' struggle will be stronger for it.

Obvious CW.

Ms. Huerta has always been an inspiration.

Even the noblest movements are not their leaders. As more information appears, these allegations reveal Mr. Chavez's actions as more and more reprehensible.

A true blunt accounting is the only way forward, and Labor will be stronger for it.

This probably makes me a horrible person, but I can't help thinking that our world would've been if only Rand Paul's neighbor had been in slightly better shape?

(Also valid for the tree branch that -almost- took care of Governor Abbott for us)

"Don't even think about pleading incompetence. We've already adjusted for that."

a man talking on a phone with the words " oh there 's just one more thing sir " below him Alt: a man talking on a phone with the words " oh there 's just one more thing sir " below him

"At that point, we noticed some problems." (Colorized).

Incroyable.

The wrestler known as Ricochet is a colossal piece of shit.

And if you're still a fan of his after today, then so are you.

Linkin Park - What I've Done (Optimus Prime speech 2007) [HQ] YouTube video by Silva2599

The temptation is to observe the catastrofuck nature of the world around us and to give up, because what can be done in that overwhelm?

Just remember that Peter Cullen and Chester Bennington manage to gift the bayformer abomination with one of the best film endings ever.

youtu.be/rdMCuLfTk7s?...

Fuck everything about this.

Studs-up tackles to anyone crossing a line.

I once got into a full on fistfight in the UN General Assembly Chambers.

In my defense, I never heard my little sister call "dibs" on the armrest.

All I can say for certain is that there is absolutely -zero- chance that Dr. Doofenschmirtz's favorite wrestler is not @danhausen.bsky.social

#GetThatManABlimp

I've come around to the position that we must drill for oil here. Because as long as Americans view the ecological devastation as in the Niger Delta as a thing that happens to other people, the true damage is ignorable.