✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️

And so the president will clearly send the national guard into violent Texas cities next right?

Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is.

Good thing I’m finally more on the slow upswing from Covid given that Madge now has it too. 😒
Otherwise I wouldn’t have any energy to clean and our kitchen would look more like the one in Withnail & I.

CHALLENGE: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell hole it is.

He told his friends “he married Halle Berry and expected her to cook” and those were not good friends because they weren’t like Dave, never say that again you sound incredibly dumb

DC statehood is now an imperative. No more dicking around. Next Dem majority, get it done immediately.

The 2nd Ammendment has insured that America is full of armed patriots so when the government oversteps and becomes tyrannical, they can join in, support it, and then go home and cuddle their gun.

BlueSky meanwhile is a depressing place to be too but mostly as a reflection of the reality of our world right now, less due to the platform itself.

Made the mistake of briefly stepping onto Threads; it’s like the worst of Twitter preX with none of the good, just people yelling at each other and trying to fact check unmoderated bullshit posts from bots that somehow went viral. Yeah, I’ll pass, thanks Meta.

Are Trump's claims about 'dangerous' Washington, DC backed by data? The President has repeatedly claimed that Washington, D.C. has high crime rates.

You probably could guess the answer to this without even needing the backup but hey let’s take a look, are Trump’s claims about “dangerous” DC backed by data?
(Spoiler: No, not at all.) www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

trump is lying about crime in dc. and yet almost none of the mainstream media will assert this obvious fact. why? because the media sucks. it has lost any capacity to just tell its audience obvious truths. it is afraid to rock the boat, to lose access, and to displease its financial masters.

ah yes that den of crime, the national mall

The Hudsucker Proxy with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger Podcast Episode · Blank Check with Griffin & David · 08/10/2025 · 3h 41m

Here’s a link to that comfort food of a movie pod, which is, you know, for kids! (Not really.) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

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Timing is perfect to cheer me up: a new @blankcheck.bsky.social pod covering the Coens’ Hudsucker Proxy! many favorite universes colliding— incl special guests @doughboys.bsky.social—wow! And I am like griffin Newman in that it’s one of my favorite Coens even if I wouldn’t deem it their best.

Israel is a rogue state at this point and the US is not far behind

As a creative writer who values human-centered writing over heartless bot-slop trying to mimic it to save $, yeeaaahhh I don’t think I’ll apply to this sorry

The Order | Critic Reviews Read what top critics are saying about The Order. See ratings, reviews, and more on Rotten Tomatoes. Click to explore full critic breakdown.

I may have said this already but Justin Kurzel’s The Order with Jude Law is under seen. It’s a tense but unpretentious approach to this dark crime story, set in 80s but obviously with current day relevance ( thst it doesn’t hammer home). Streaming on Hulu. www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_order_...

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TY!

Bart Simpson from the episode Bart of darkness, stuck in his room watching kids play and pulling down the shade while Marge says he’s becoming isolated and weird

Me looking at tons of photos of friends and family having summer fun this week while I’m stuck inside feeling dogshit with Covid

He called the CDC a cesspool of corruption that lied about the COVID vaccines. Now someone has committed violence because of the same misinformation.

The events of yesterday are sinking in and we are all feeling very shaken up.

CDC staff, please reach out to family and friends. We need each other right now. If anyone doesn’t have a buddy to talk to, DM us here or on signal.

Here's some info from the NCIRD all hands that happened at 11 today👇

Democrats shouldn't hesitate to "politicize this tragedy" because it is a politicized tragedy. Republican propaganda fueled yet another mass shooter, and at the very center of the lies are Trump's own appointees, including his malicious and amoral Health Secretary.

Was so shocked by this even tho I shouldn’t have been I had to doublecheck IG that it was real. What a sick F. Apple doesn’t fall far from the misogynist tree.

Funniest thing about some Twisted Metal Reddit threads is how fans of the game get mad when they “change” characters or add backstory in series. I mean, yeah duh it’s tv expanding on a game with no backstories and very little character detail?

You know that classic Edward Hopper painting evoking isolation and despair? We used AI to make it look terrible for no reason

You’ve had success having a point of view on your show, as Colbert has, at least in the ratings. Late night used to be broad, unifying entertainment. I know Jay Leno recently spoke on this topic, about making a show for everyone … I’m going to take a hard pass on taking comedic advice from Jay Leno.

John Oliver just says the thing. I'm happy for him.

Stupid COVID ruined plans to go to Outside Lands music fest today, but maybe just as well. Will keep me from feeling like a cranky ol GenXer saying how boring new music is. But to be fair, every year I’ve discovered 1-2 musicians that I really like. And speaking of GenX, was looking fwd to Beck.

no more educational material for your children. just poisonous right wing slop.

Must read of the morning:

Why am I reminded of this, but maybe yeah we can do something like this?