Chad

You can write this only if, by virtue of your income, identity, or both, you are utterly removed from the consequences of politics. To pretend that the racist, misogynistic, anti-gay vileness that Kirk spent his life spreading is secondary to the fact that he spread it "the right way" is appalling.

Every presidential candidate should be legally required to do a 30-min interview with Jiminy Glick.

Very excited to have a witch car shirt!

All the President’s Tech CEOs At a White House dinner Thursday night, America’s tech executives put on an uncanny display of fealty to Donald Trump.

Every time the Apple event cut back to Tim Cook, I couldn’t help but think about his recent visit to the White House and the utter sycophancy of his demeanor, as well as all the other tech CEOs.

www.wired.com/story/tech-c...

Probably safe to assume Tampa is also too humid

I’ve been to Miami. C-. Too humid.

we all know he’s a 24/7 bs machine, but when it’s pointed directly at you, you really get to see how it works. our city is amazing, not “hell”, downtown has been uneventful for *years*. yes, there are protests at ICE, one building not downtown. but things are super normal. now… maybe not for long?

It's disorienting living in the Wile E. Coyote portion of a country's life cycle. We ran off the cliff but haven't plummeted down yet. We're just now starting to hold up the big YIKES sign

now do “Star 69”

👉 www.stereogum.com/2321412/mich...

A sign announcing Cool Machine, bitches!

Summer 2026

Firefighter arrested by US border agents was on track for legal status, lawyers say Lawyers say arrest of man fighting Bear Gulch fire in Oregon was illegal and demand immediate release from detention

This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.)

h/t @joshuajfriedman.com

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Matt Damon and daughter, a giant duck

she looks nothing like him

Well I guess I like literally one thing about college football now

Tech companies spending hundreds of millions to hire individual AI PhDs with the revenue they collected distributing endless medical and climate science misinformation is really just something else

Defiance, desire and devastation: Patti Smith’s 20 greatest songs – ranked! As the punk poet prepares to tour and reissue Horses for its 50th anniversary, we count down the best of her rich, rabble-rousing work

Defiance, desire and devastation: Patti Smith’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

A notional design studio. — ethanmarcotte.com A design language, if you can keep it.

🦊

I wrote about the administration’s “national design studio,” and how its shoddy construction isn’t a mistake. It’s a clear signal of priorities, and ones we need to actively, urgently rebuke. ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/a-noti...

It’s bad enough to flatter the boss as a requirement for employment. But it’s even worse to sell out your fellow Oregonians along the way.

Wednesday Addams on a zipline

Watching the new season of Wednesday, and getting major I Think You Should Leave vibes from this zip line scene

I just wanted to see how bad it really was. perfect, adobe. no notes. great tech.

Jack Antonoff: and I guess that's how we sorta landed on the bedroom pop feel of Midnights

Andy Reid: [wiping blue cheese dressing from his mustache]

call your reps' megadonors and beg them to remember they are also members of the human family

Too bad that our legal and institutional safeguards only work to prevent good policies. It would be cool if they also stopped the evil stuff

Democratic Strategists: "Don't get sucked into culture war issues like...uhh...civil rights."

Republican Operatives: "It is your duty as a patriot to commit suicide by cop to protect the old Cracker Barrel logo."

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From way back in the early 1990s, here's "So You Think You're In Love"... 

Got trucker hats & tees up now at birdbatindustries.com

It's a shame that you can rise to the absolute pinnacle of power and money in this world by being a shameless, obvious, habitual liar. Doesn't seem good?

U.S. Populace Lurches Methodically Through The Motions For Yet Another Day

U.S. Populace Lurches Methodically Through The Motions For Yet Another Day theonion.com/u-s-pop...