Sister Jennifer of the Little Flowers of Perpetual Annoyance

Oh, you're so funny

Kristeva would never

Ellis starting the day off by reading out Carl Sandburg's poem "Chicago" in its entirety.

"Others will take time in catching up to that." whew

WOULD JAMES CARVILLE AND GAVIN NEWSOM LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND EAT SHIT

There are more of us than there are of them.

Rachel being given the Voight-Kampff test by Deckard in Blade Runner

"You're watching a stage play - a banquet is in progress. The guests are enjoying an appetizer of raw oysters. The entree consists of boiled dog."
"I could smell the onions and the mustard. Are you testing whether I'm an android or kosher, Mr. Deckard?"

DING DONG, MOTHERFUCKER

hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.

we’ll all subscribe en masse

Hire Lex and their team so they can keep doing their great reporting

As an American and former NARA staff member, this is fucking shocking. Impeach now.

My name is Osymandias, King of Kings, look on my works and know this place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here.

How Mexico Learned To Polka Renee Montagne speaks with Felix Contreras, co-host of NPR's Alt.Latino, about the link between Tex-Mex music and Eastern European waltzes and polkas.

www.tpr.org/2015-03-11/h...

Rep. Crockett Launches Investigation into the Administration’s Cover-Up of President Trump’s Failing Health WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) issued a formal letter to White House Physician Captain Sean P.

“In her letter, @crockett.house.gov cited multiple reports of the President exhibiting visible swelling, discoloration, difficulty walking, and cognitive lapses during public appearances.” crockett.house.gov/media/press-...

He hates Cuomo and loves NYC.

Do I think his policies for NYC would be good... no. But I do think his love is pure.

It’s an unfortunate certainty that the defining sentence of 21st century America was written in the Gawker unlimited mozzarella sticks blog: “everyone sees this terrible thing happening and no one is doing anything to stop it”

Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!

Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.

Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!

#MundaneHalloween

The vascular system of a tree exposed after a fire. It looks like spaghetti spilling out of a burnt marshmallow. It's weirdly beautiful

I don't want to take away from tiddy talk, but while we're on trees, here's an awesome image of exposed xylem and foenem in a burnt tree

Danny, would your colleagues comment, or even frown ever so slightly, were you to chug gravy from a mug like a soup?

YouTube video by Slordy Purdy Ronnie Spector - Say Goodbye To Hollywood

It sounds sweeter (and more painful) coming from Ronnie

MFA Boston returns works by 19th-century enslaved artist David Drake to his heirs The terms of the restitution of the two ceramic pots have been cast in the mould of Nazi war-loot agreements

A rare happy story: The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has restored its holdings of the works of the enslaved potter David Drake to his descendants, following the pattern of Holocaust art restitution, the first time a museum has restored a work produced by an enslaved person.

Foreplay tbh

Each and every one of them the mirror image of a coked-up Hollywood mogul. Tough audience

I actually find that frustrating--it's a good thing, but not being able to look into causes & correlations leaves us with slightly better poultices

that will never be studied because there's no money to move from "this is a thing I'm seeing" to "this is a thing we can quantify and qualify"

And, as long COVID has made tragically clear, the phase where "actually able to help people" is far down the road

A Comprehensive Review and Update on Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome Cannabis, derived from Cannabis sativa plants, is a prevalent illicit substance in the United States, containing over 400 chemicals, including 100 cannabinoids, each affecting the body’s organs differently upon ingestion. Cannabis hyperemesis ...

This one?

Yup, coming from a large Italian-American family, fifty years later I'm still not sure who's actually blood.

“Do you really expect Mamdani to get everything he’s promising done?”

No. I’m sure a lot of what I want won’t happen. But I’m ready for someone who’s willing to actually fucking try rather than tell everyone why trying is pointless and must be saved for an undefined later moment

I'm listening to the debate and thinking "at least Sliwa cares about his neighbors and wants to make their lives better, even if I think he's coocoo for cocoa puffs" and I understood Mamdani's willingness to throw him a ranking.