Hollywood’s World Map of California This is a map published in 1927 by Paramount Studios showing the areas of California & Nevada that doubled as shooting locations for far-flung locales, including Siberia, Wales, the Nile, New England, the Red Sea, and th

This is a map published in 1927 by Paramount Studios showing the areas of California & Nevada that doubled as shooting locations for far-flung locales, including Siberia, Wales, the Nile, New England, the Red Sea, and the Alps. [kottke.org]

The text: “Make an impact. Positions available nationwide” The image shows a flak vest with the text: “U.S. Postal Inspector Police Federal Agent”

I got this image from the official USPS Informed Delivery account. Rather than showing me my mail, they appear to be mimicking ICE agent thugs.

There should be no connection between our wonderful mail carriers and lowly ICE agents.

Why do postal inspectors need body armor and use the word “police”

Another quintessential Minnesota experience: going to a show at 1st Ave. Fun regardless of the bands playing.

Staff At Minnesota Deportation Hub Received ‘Obscene’ Trump-Themed Challenge Coins Adorned With Skulls Federal employees involved in the massive operation that led to a surge...

Exclusive: At the mass deportation hub in Minneapolis they're handing out "challenge coins" commemorating oppo "metro surge" as tho it were a scene out of Fallujah in 2006. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/staff-a...

A truly wonderful local journalism site, but I only realized today that this was a joke. 🤦

As someone with severe insomnia so I’m watching TV at 5 AM, it is amusing to be constantly served ads for mattresses.

Malcom Yards is a better food hall than Eat Street. If they’re in to museums, the Walker and its sculpture garden, and the MIA are both great. And of course, doing something out on the water is very Minnesota.

NYT: Iran War Live Updates: Trump Escalates Threat to Hit Iranian Power Plants After U.S. Rescues Downed Airman President Trump used an expletive-laden social media post to taunt Iranian leaders, saying that the United States would attack if they did not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

NYT: President Trump on Sunday escalated his threats to bomb Iranian power plants within the next two days and taunted the country’s leaders in an expletive-laden social media post. Mr. Trump, seemingly emboldened by the successful U.S. rescue of an American airman in Iran over the weekend, issued a new ultimatum to Iran to end its chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz, a major Persian Gulf waterway for the transport of oil and gas, by Apr. 6. If Iran’s government did not, he said, U.S. forces would target the country’s energy infrastructure, which supplies power for millions of civilians. “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” Mr. Trump wrote on social media. The president has previously postponed his deadline to attack twice and the Omani foreign ministry said on Sunday that officials had discussed how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz with Iranian counterparts without reaching a definitive agreement.

“Praise be to Allah,” Mr. Trump added, before signing off in all caps. Iran has threatened to retaliate by intensifying its attacks on critical infrastructure in Israel and Arab states that are allied with the United States. An escalation could further derail the lives of civilians throughout the region and add to worries about the global economy, which has been rattled by soaring energy prices since the start of the war. Over the past two days, the U.S. military has been in a race with Iranian armed forces to find the missing airman after an F-15E jet was shot down over Iran on Friday, in the first known instance of a U.S. combat aircraft since the start of the war. The plane’s pilot was quickly rescued. But a second officer was stranded in Iran and injured in the incident. American commandoes found the airman deep inside Iranian territory under the cover of darkness.

The New York Times deleted Trump’s “open the fuckin’ strait” line to make him look less insane

Their write-up falsely says his post says only “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” and “Praise be to Allah”

An Oral History of the US Government’s Attempts to Fake the 1969 Moon Landing “We didn’t like the idea of cheating, but, on the flip side, a lot of our rockets were catching on fire and exploding. So, ultimately, we decided we didn’t h...

"Eventually, we got to thinking, 'Would it be easier just to send an actual rocket to the Moon?'"

Screenshot from the Atlantic covering yesterday’s protest, showing a woman dressed as lady liberty being arrested. The caption reads Etienne Laurent / AFP / Getty LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as Lady Liberty in chains, following clashes near the Metropolitan Detention Center during the "No Kings" national day of protest in Los Angeles on March 28, 2026.

Her grin knowing how this arrest looks

(Published in The Atlantic today)

BOLIVIA VENEZUELA CUBA IRAN IRAQ PALESTINE TO DO AFGHANISTAN DONE LATOFF 2007

This cartoon is from 2007. What does that tell us?

Jim Jarmusch and Johnny Knoxville.

I did not see the Jim Jarmusch/Johnny Knoxville convergence coming.

The Arrogance of Ignorance. What I have learned in 45 years of interviewing experts about peace and war, and how it applies to the tumult of these past nine days.

What I've learned in 45 years of reporting on the military.

And why that makes the current reckless folly even worse than it looks.

(Most before paywall.)

fallows.substack.com/p/the-arroga...

In Blind Test, Audiophiles Unable to Tell Difference Between Sound Signal Run Through an Expensive Cable and a Banana A forum mod ran high-quality audio through a banana, old microphone cable soldered to pennies, and wet mud. Nobody could tell the difference.

“High end” audio cables are a scam (and bananas are gross no matter their use).

futurism.com/robots-and-m...

The “News Radio” clip you posted is one of the funniest scenes in T.V. history.
“Jimmy has fancy plans…and pants to match.”

I have been crippled by this life-long addiction.

Yes, I just searched for “solar lamps indoor” and was puzzled as to why I received so few results. Live and learn.

Part of a sign with the letters “DE” on it.

Oh no! The world’s most terrifying looking strip club, Paris House in West Hollywood, is no more. #WeHo

The Minneapolis council member on the front lines of the resistance to ICE • Minnesota Reformer When heavily-armed federal agents and Minneapolis police officers surrounded a Lake Street taco shop in June, Minneapolis City Council Member Jason Chavez was incensed.  “This is completely wrong,” Ch...

I profiled Jason Chavez, the Minneapolis city council member who has been embedded in community efforts to combat ICE.

“To leave your constituents to face off with a racist fascist regime on their own, without having someone that has some power…I could not let my constituents be out there alone.”

That brings me back. Perkins was the hang out location for my friends and me in high school, though we always tried very hard to order the absolute minimum amount of food possible.

ICE Out of Our Communities: What Comes Next? · National Day Laborer Organizing Network For weeks, people across the country have raised one clear demand: ICE OUT NOW. But despite public pressure, ICE has not left Minnesota and continues to operate all across the country. They are still ...

I'm attending National Day Laborer Organizing Network's event, “ICE Out of Our Communities: What Comes Next?” - sign up now to join me! #AdoptACorner www.mobilize.us/ndlon/event/...

An album cover for Loretta Fudge’s “Fingering And Praying for the Lord”. She is holding a flute and is in a church.

Me too! Now I feel the need to suggest some alternate album covers:

An album cover- Eddie Santiago “Lluvia” “Baile Total” and a sad-looking guy with a mustache.

I’m honestly not sure if this is intentional or not, but when I added @tbtl.net’s “Greatest Hits” album to Apple Music, this is the cover art I got. (The guy on the cover looks rather sad.)

@walsh.bsky.social @half-bear-half-man.bsky.social @lukeburbank.bsky.social

I have been drinking a few small beers everyday watching everything that’s happening.

The Orb ft Alan Parker - Grey Clouds (unofficial video) YouTube video by Scotto Moore

Here's some music to start the day.

youtu.be/zMxpfBONLEA?...

doubles luge. one guy lays on his back on the luge sled and the second guy lays on his back on top of the first guy

been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis

Worth watching this in full. The statement is more powerful than this quote alone. Here is is from USA Today, with alt text.

Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.

Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me