Ivan Plis

(Also thanks for the books; I am constantly recommending them to everyone.)

“A new edition [of] my first book” and “Anyone finding [a] new typo or mistake” — I’ll keep the promise of an almond in mind!

What about typos in your post?

hope Jacques Pépin is having a great day

Bovinitos

shoot, *array of moms

Resonant with @philipchristman.bsky.social’s writing on the Christian Left as an areas of moms, regardless of their gender

imagining a type of guy who thinks the refrain of Russian lullabies is “bayou bi”

The cathedral the Greeks have there is crazy, looks like the entryway to an underground lair

Never not thinking about that action-packed paragraph at the start of that one LaGuardia chapter of The Power Broker

ok some of us rent rowhouses

Do thou, too, remain warm among ice.

(Smitten’s challahs are pretty good for low-confidence bakers!)

iirc the 70s (of course) saw an internal coup at the NRA in which a bunch of PAC-type guys essentially cannibalized the organization’s infrastructure to focus on the new 2A movement

The Soviets had an honorary designation of “hero city” for places that withstood the Nazis (Ukraine has continued the tradition in the current war).

Matthew 25 is what got him. Then:

"I dont want to believe in hell. I dont want to believe youre going there. But this is what Jesus says. You can walk away. You can choose justice. You can use your skills and training for good. You can be a protector. But right now you're not."

Preaching at CBP officers about justice and repentence and one started crying and had to walk to a different area

Snowstorm is the natural disaster that calls for silly little treats

(My understanding is that the ability to upload vids on Bluesky still isn’t widely distributed)

None of this is in keeping with the First Lady’s anti-bullying initiative.

What’s with the symbol of a country that ceased to exist 35 years ago?

I have held this one very specific grudge since 2014

— McCarraher, 2019

We have an opera house here too, still, I hear.

For a second I’d forgotten you’d moved; was about to joke about getting a great deal on bus tickets.

Jad Abumrad just did a podcast series about Fela

It’s even stupid in DC this week, which, make your own joke

@andrewhunterm.bsky.social Flabbergasted that nobody on today’s Little Fish made the connection between corn mazes and the “grain boundaries” in a single-crystal alloy turbine.

This is how it feels when your original route is canceled after you arrive at the airport though. I once took an overnight bus from Seville to Madrid for a direct flight to the States, only to arrive and learn my flight was canceled, and that instead I would take a different airline (!) via Germany.