Kurt Van Thomme

Wish we could have kept him in Minnesota

Cris Carter being interviewed at the Vikings game today: “I love the Bears. I wouldn’t be in the Hall of Fame without the Bears.”

Visible on the north side of Des Moines as well, even with light pollution.

I was a kid at this time, but vividly remember the generic "beer" cans (but for some reason not the others). Interesting history of generic beer here: vinepair.com/articles/fot...

Game time. SKOL.

Handwritten drawing of the flux capacitor from the movie Back to the Future

70 years ago today, Dr. Emmet Brown came up with the idea for the flux capacitor, making time travel possible.

Just a reminder: they were never actually against cancel culture. They were against the cancellation of people they agree with or like. They’ve always been enthusiastically in favor cancelling people they don’t like. If you took them at their word you’re a useful idiot.

a woman in a black dress says it-it-the-f-it-flam-flames Alt: Madeline Kahn as Mrs. White in the movie Clue says it-it-the-f-it-flam-flames

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 8: Declan Rice of Arsenal celebrates after scoring a goal to make it 2-0 during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Quarter Final First Leg match between Arsenal FC and Real Madrid C.F. at Arsenal Stadium on April 8, 2025 in London, England.

One of the most memorable nights in Arsenal's history.

A Declan Rice brace (both from free-kicks) and a Mikel Merino goal means #AFC take a 3-0 advantage into next week's second leg against Real Madrid.

#ARSRMA | #AFC | #UCL

Drake three-peats in Arch Madness to punch their ticket to #MarchMadness!

Good day to be a Bulldog. #CultureWins

One down, two to go. #BeBlue

If you do a Nazi salute to own the libs or to troll or to generate discussion or to make a point you are still doing a Nazi salute.

Well crap.

Ten Thousand

Turns out I’m one of today’s lucky 10,000. Thanks!

Spotify Hits 252M Premium Subscribers, On Track For First Full Year of Profitability "We’re where we set out to be — if not a little further — and on a steady path toward achieving our long-term goals," said CEO Daniel Ek.

Spotify just reported record-breaking profits.

In totally unrelated news, Spotify stopped paying nearly 90% of artists on the service ANYTHING (no royalties for songs w <1k streams/year)

Really irritating when companies do this without a related announcement so you know to go opt out.

Vikings 28-6 Giants (Sep 8, 2024) Final Score - ESPN Game summary of the Minnesota Vikings vs. New York Giants NFL game, final score 28-6, from September 8, 2024 on ESPN.

SKOL. That is all.

Institutions work until they don’t. It’s banal but true. Courts as institutions worked when Trump tried to steal the election, but FedSoc has been chipping away at them for decades, and I think it is very rational to doubt they will work any more to restrain an executive.

What this stupid idea needs is a big obvious button that reads "Deactivate this feature and never turn it back on ever, and then launch the idiots who thought it up from a large cannon into the Sun."

One of my senators is Chuck Grassley, so I don't think it's ever safe to assume they'll retire.

you guys we talked about this

Photograph of the Drake Bulldogs men’s basketball team celebrating winning the Missouri Valley Conference basketball tournament

Good day to be a bulldog. #BeBlue

Still frame from Clue the Movie (1985) with the characters from left to right Wadsworth, Miss Scarlet, Mrs. White, Professor Plum, Colonel Mustard, Mr. Green, and Mrs. Peacock.

Recite 80% of a movie and you get $500k. What movie are you picking?

screaming starfleet ensigns in a crashing shuttlecraft to promote a free month of paramount plus using code STLD.

Blueskies: share this P+ binge code with someone who needs to see Lower Decks! 

It's helpful to have new viewers show up as I negotiate how many starships we're budgeted for in season 5.

Code expires TOMORROW. 
(You can also watch the D&D movie on there, which is great.)

For many (like me) who didn't post much and only followed people whose thoughts we were interested in, the experience hasn't degraded as quickly. The end will come when there aren't enough quality voices left and it becomes non-viable for those users. Or when invite codes aren't needed here anymore.