🎃 Pumpkin Spiced Colin Ryan

"My Cousin in Milwaukee" (Pardon My English)

CHOTINER: And you didn’t know this person - what did you call him again?

CELEBRIMBOR GREATEST OF THE ELVEN SMITHS: Right, his name was Annatar but

CHOTINER: And you taught him to create a ring harnessing all his malice and cruelty?

CELEBRIMBOR: Well I mean I was deceived

CHOTINER: So you’ve said

But he got your crewmates killed? I don't recall the details. He was a very magnetic person. He taught me a lot about whales. I don’t know anyone who showed that level of curiosity. Well, next time someone brings up a terrible anecdote about The Pequod I will definitely drop the "whale facts" thing to show that people have two sides. Yeah.

[new Isaac Chotiner interview]

GMA: TRUMP ADMIN CLAIMS LINK BETWEEN TYLENOL & AUTISM

CBS Evening News BREAKING NEWS: White House Claims Link Between Autism & Tylenol

ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT: TRUMP ADMIN LINKS TYLENOL TO AUTISM RISK

CNN BREAKING NEWS: TRUMP ADMIN LINK AUTISM TO ACETAMINOPHEN USE DURING PREGNANCY

All your media is state run

When I say "Maxie", you say Zeus"!

Keep your friends close, and keep your enemy’s toaster.

they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law.

they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence.

the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear.

do not offer it to them.

Our new website is live! And our new online store! Now you can support #EastSideMags from anywhere! 😄

[the shooter is unidentified] the left must be purged with the sword

[the shooter is, again, a compulsive masturbator who loved Hitler] I believe it was pascal who said that the heart has reasons that reason may not know

c) hoist with is own petard

If you’re feeling fine, it’s Rodgers and Hammerstein. If it hurts your heart, it’s Rodgers and Hart.

Let's be clear what this image represents.

Those skull masks were first popularized on the far right by a very specific Nazi terror movement that began on the pro-terror Ironmarch forums and entered mainstream news with the Atomwaffen Nazi terrorist murders.

THAT is the reference here.

Me: Can I have one of those blue milkshakes that symbolizes Grimace’s blood?

McDonalds Cashier: (offended) We believe every beverage symbolizes Grimace’s blood

Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.

NJ students in grades 6-12 will now learn about “the history of organized labor, notable strikes throughout history, unionization drives, and the collective bargaining process and existing legal protections in the workplace.”

This is genuinely so important, and so good to see. Jersey strong, baby!!

Pentagon officials were still working Wednesday on what legal authority they would tell the public was used to back up the extraordinary strike in international waters.

Such an odd thing to read in the newspaper
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

"My top political advisor's comment that I'm wary of entering the political fray has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my top political advisor."

Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment:

"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."

W.E.B. Du Bois: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel - not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

I fixed the Cracker Barrel logo if anyone is interested! #illustration #branding

Agree, but kind of like it because rubber suits are real objects that exist in physical space!

[writing the constitution]

Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"

Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that

Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down

I like to imagine, when I'm shopping, that I'm not shopping for myself but rather for the person who has survived the zombie apocalypse & is now ransacking our house.

sometimes we get etymology confused with entomology and it bugs us in a way we can't quite put to words

Looks like you already follow them, but my FLCS is @eastsidemags.bsky.social and they are terrific. Really friendly and welcoming space that hosts a lot of great events!

Washington DC has 702,000 people, is 45% Black and has 0 senators

Wyoming has 590,000 people, is 86% white and has 2 senators

DC needs a state with proper representation, not a military takeover

Love it. The first Captain Marvel story I remember reading, courtesy of a copy of A Smithsonian Book of Comic Book Comics owned by my (non-comics reading) parents.

That episode of Seinfeld where Kramer's window faces the Kenny Rogers chicken sign but instead of chicken light it's un film di Dario Argento, Jerry