Astrid Phillips Mayer

I’ve always enjoyed “Grace Kelly,” but that was all I’d known about MIKA. Kicking off my Friday by listening to No Place In Heaven now, thanks for the rec!

No idea, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the video director turned out to be a Byrne fan!

This video is Art. Is it just me, or do the visuals have a Talking Heads vibe?

Back when I found out my blood is B positive, my immediate reaction was ‘My blood is only a lousy B-plus?!’ Then I realized I could interpret it as my blood reminding me to ‘be positive.’ It’s sappy, but weirdly it still cheers me up.

I never expected to have a strong opinion about a White House bathroom before, but I now miss the quiet simplicity of the Truman-era Lincoln bathroom. That green tile was lovely.

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

I’d never heard of this before, now I can’t wait to check it out!

I love mushrooms, but my ex-husband HATES them: he can’t stand the slimy/spongy texture, or the earthy/musty flavor, or that they they’re land-based yet have gills. That last part actively freaks him out 🤷🏻‍♀️

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

America Doesn’t Have Enough Weapons for a Major Conflict. These Workers Know Why. This summer, employees at several big defense companies went on strike. Their grievances highlight a much larger problem brewing beneath the surface.

Capitalism is even failing the military-industrial complex. Wild times.

"Instead of hiring workers & paying workers more in an effort to retain them, these companies are far more focused on meeting the demands of Wall Street, trying to entice investors and boost their stock price by cutting costs"

so we're voting for Weird Al for president in 2028 right

The only word I know for that is “[formless scream]”

If only English let me construct usable compound words like ‘deadtabletsadness’, or ‘deadtabletgatekeeper’! 🤔

4) Gregorian chant, but with a dance beat just for shiggles

The front cover of the New Yorker is pictured a parody of Trump silencing free speech.. It is a cartoon where only Trump’s hand is visible holding a TV remote. The options say: Power Mute Pause Stop Stifle Silence Shun Banish Sack Oust Muzzle Ace Dismiss Torment Deport

The front cover of this week’s New Yorker. 👏

I care about exactly one thing in all of this bullshit: they are using any excuse at all to come after queer people, minorities, and leftists.

Keep your head up. You are not alone. They will not succeed.

YouTube video by The Librarians Film THE LIBRARIANS | Official Trailer

Libraries and information are one front of the war against democracy and decency and librarians are heroes. When the man says, "This can't be America," I want to hug him. It always was for some people. And the fight has spread around the world. Take care and good luck.

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Would L.A. Story and Sneakers also be acceptable, or would they each require a separate dating app? What if I sometimes prefer a Pepperidge Farm Chocolate Cookie Collection?

I HAVE QUESTIONS

Wikipedia doesn’t seem to want to cooperate with me this morning, I just wanted to point out Betteridge’s Law of Headlines: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no." 😂

Just leaving this here 😊

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Happy anniversary!!! ✨🖤✨🖤✨

Who in the “DC Follies” hell is this?! He looks like a foam marionette version of himself 😬

Could you put them both in your mouth at the same time and play them in stereo?

Or maybe have them in different parts of your home, like a rich flute person: ‘This is my kitchen flute! And that’s my bathroom flute! No single-fluting in this home, like a peasant!’

I dunno, just spitballing here 🤷🏻‍♀️

I suddenly feel like *I’m* the weirdo for being so clown-neutral

You’re inspiring me—I just might break down and get the waffle maker with removable plates, too!

Ooh, which one do you recommend? I just assumed all protein mixes are gross 😆

100% THIS ^^

Dash is awesome, I use their egg cooker almost daily! I didn’t know they now have a waffle maker with removable/dishwasher-safe plates, that looks RAD. (I wouldn’t use it because I hate making anything that requires combining ingredients first…y’know, ‘cooking.’)

NONONONONONONONONO

FUCK

I had no idea Tom Lehrer was the composer for The Electric Company…and now that I’ve just listened to some of the songs with my middle-aged ears, nothing could be more obvious. RIP Lehrer, he was truly a joyous barrel of monkeys 💖

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