Monica is so tired

Westerville, Ohio!

Counterpoint: No. and rename the whole city while we’re at it. (I’m Italian-American, btw)

Going to be amazing to continue the narrative when it’s all senior citizens waving American flags.

My application for unclaimed funds was approved! Suck it, Haslam, you’re not getting my $50.

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

WIRED spoke with Mark Bray, the Rutgers historian trying to flee to Spain with his family after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back from the airport on his first attempt.

read @davidgilbert.bsky.social:

I’m sorry, what now? Not only should his wife do all the cooking, but she shouldn’t even be seen doing it?

They need to go all Groucho Marx on her and ask, “when did the president stop the treatment for his dementia?”

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

As a Buckeye, um, yeah, you’re right. I’m ashamed for my alma mater. (Reason #432)

No lies detected.

Also heard AA defined as “13 square miles surrounded by reality.” So watch out for Ypsilanti I guess.

Literally heard this weekend about a guy who is afraid of parts of Ann Arbor. Like completely normal “donut shop and Indian grocery” neighborhood.

Fair enough. I can only imagine a robot for the laundry and dishes anyway. And that just seems creepy.
Heard a consultant at work yesterday say that we will come to think of AI agents as people/colleagues and I shuddered.

I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.

WWII soldiers storming the beach at Normandy. They were anti-fascists, or the OG antifa

Pictured - a large group of antifa on their way to commit severe acts of property damage

Google telling me that no, Lenny from Laverne and Shirley is not in This is Spinal Tap. Then immediately letting me know that the same actor plays both roles, which is what the original question was asking, of course.

I was looking up the cast of Spinal Tap (don’t judge me) and came across this AI gem. It’s actually telling me that the Lenny character is not in the movie, lmao. (I knew the answer to the displayed question because I am old, just wanted to see how it was handled.)

I passed a house last weekend where the occupants have displayed a giant “Hillary for prison” sign for going on 10 years now.

Chalk on an asphalt path: Here’s a hug

Someone chalked the path along Hoover Reservoir with loving and encouraging statements ❤️

Security cam view looking south underneath a deck into Lake Erie. // Image captured at: 2025-09-14 02:22:33 UTC (about 2 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Port Rowan: 60.67 F | 15.93 C // Precip: clear sky // Wind: NW at 4.205 mph | 6.76 kph // Humidity: 91%

Current* conditions near Port Rowan, ON:

NW view from the Power Tower overlooking the Top Thrill 2 ride and others in Cedar Point Amusement Park, on the shoreline of Lake Erie. // Image captured at: 2025-09-13 21:24:02 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Sandusky: 72.12 F | 22.29 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: N at 5.995 mph | 9.64 kph // Humidity: 68%

Current* conditions near Sandusky, OH:

1) pic of Melissa and Mark Hortman 2) pic of Melissa Hortman and dog Gilbert

Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).

FIRE gives Ohio State University, five other Ohio universities an "F" on latest free speech ranking • Ohio Capital Journal The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression gave six Ohio universities a failing grade on their 2026 College Free Speech rankings.

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression gave six Ohio universities a failing grade on their 2026 College Free Speech rankings. ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/fire-...

👏 Strongbad!!

So gross

Several anti-ICE protestors on the Ohio-Kentucky border.

This is how the police dealt with them.

Literally beat the hell out of them.

This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.

Epstein survivor says Les Wexner gave him 'enormous' wealth that funded sex abuse Disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein financially benefited from New Albany billionaire Les Wexner, one of Epstein's victims said during a Capitol Hill rally.

Disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein financially benefited from New Albany billionaire Les Wexner, one of Epstein's victims said during a Capitol Hill rally.

Not sure why I should still read @dispatch.com. What's the point? (Rhetorical: I realize the point is to bleed it dry).
www.dispatch.com/story/sports...

www.dispatch.com/story/sports...

The way we accept medical debt and think of this as a feel-good story…