John

I think they were on the Aware compilations (alongside other bands like Train and Matchbox 20). They should've been though - their early stuff is fantastic.

1. you don't have to entertain Nazis because of numbers or an algorithm.

2. every amendment to the US Constitution is important, whether it has been repealed (rightfully) or stands

3. AI is about the only thing that can kill the planet faster than unchecked humans.

4. you are loved.

A black cat with a little patch of white fur on her chest lucks her chops.

So we just got a new scale. And for a laugh, we weighed Delphi. 6.2kg! We've got a little chonker!

Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Love the alt text :D

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

ICE is already responsible for overloading shelters bc detained/fleeing families have to leave beloved pets behind. ICE will also kill a lot more dogs.

I know @weratedogs.com is already bold in taking political stances, but any amplification of this carelessness could further grind down ICE's rep.

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

Happy Yankee Season Is Over Day to all who celebrate!

Baseball Sickos cartoon

When the Yankees get eliminated

this is so sweet

I know the world is on fire, but I gotta say, setting that aside for a moment, it's really nice to be able to tuck up on the couch and actually watch a postseason baseball game (I'm normally at work because they start at 9 or 10am over here).

Pope Leo XIV Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal Austin I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

guys I know every one of you wants to act out this specific tweet to the letter but one of the non-negotiable things about being a catholic is that the pope is the real pope

being a cat person is so crazy bc you live with someone who is undeniably annoying and you're always thinking "maybe i should get another cat"

I still think it’s backwards that every mass shooter owning an AR-15 is considered a right while their victims’ healthcare is considered a privilege.

from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’

Tomato soup in a mug, with a cheese toastie on the side, cut diagonally, of course.

Yeah, it needed a little more seasoning than I'd started with, but good lord that turned out well! "Slow Cooker Vegetarian Cookbook" ftw!

The wounded knee thing is really Trumpism distilled to its essence. It’s not enough to be able crush people who can’t fully defend themselves, it’s not enough to actually crush them, you also have to love and admire those who do the crushing otherwise the Trumpists’ delicate feelings are injured

If you voted for him, you've done this.

Do you have five bucks to help my friends at Merrymac? Lots of people chipping in modest amounts = big results! ❤️

A crock pot shows the beginnings of fresh tomato soup, with onion, chili, and herbs.

Makin' soup. Will update how it turns out in about 4 hours ^^

*waves from Australia*

Greetings from Australia folks, where it is the 23rd of September and we have yet to be raptured as of my lunch break! Enjoy your day!

Thicc Satan

Wordsworth: welcome to the meeting of Romantic Poets. We need to set our agenda, and I am recommending clouds, flowers, or possibly clouds shaped like flowers

Percy Shelley: or the severed head of a tyrant

William Blake: or thicc Satan

Wordsworth: or what???

Blake: I have produced a sketch-

Also worth remembering, as we talk about Free Speech, that the first speakers the current administration targeted were those demanding the freedom and safety of the Palestinian people.

Also - I can't believe we let the worst comedians on the planet spend *years* defining Freedom of Speech as a moral obligation to laugh at their bad jokes, and not as a protection against government censorship. You've been crying wolf for a while now gang, and a real wolf just got here! SPEAK UP!

Naked authoritarian fascism. Love and support to the entire team at @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social, who *will* come out the other side of this horrendous abuse of power. Disgusted to see ABC caving to this glaringly illegal and unconstitutional threat from Brendan Carr.

This is just *chef's kiss*

I know we keep focusing on Colbert and Kimmel as we should, but we also need to remember there are hundreds of people who work for these shows who also just lost their jobs because of this bullshit, and most of them are probably not millionaires.