Bill Weir

Good front-paging.

I'm old.

If you're not, listen to this.

Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.

Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.

It's literally never been more important.

Diane Ladd, 3-time Oscar nominee, dies at 89 Diane Ladd, the three-time Academy Award nominee known for roles in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” and “Wild at Heart,” has died at 89.

A wonderful actress who also happened to be Laura Dern's mom. Watch them both in "Wild at Heart" for something truly bonkers. RIP. apnews.com/article/dian...

Pop Base tweets: "Kim Kardashian said on ‘The Kardashians’ that she believes the moon landing was fake: “They’re gonna say I’m crazy no matter what, but like, go to TikTok. See for yourself. […] There’s no gravity on the moon. Why is the flag blowing? The shoes that they have in the museum that they wore on the moon is a different print in the photos. Why are there no stars?”"

"go to TikTok. See for yourself."

This World Series commercial shows something crazy. That giant blob of light south of Manitoba is bigger than Chicago but there’s no big city there. It’s actually light from burning off natural gas during the fracking extraction process in the Bakken Oil Fields of North Dakota.

"The NOAA aircraft left the storm early after
experiencing severe turbulence in the southwestern eyewall."

These men and women are not being paid due to the US government shutdown. Not to mention that according to AOML's director emeritus Robert Atlas, they are down 40-50% staff. #Melissa

From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.

Can the Deadliest Catch crab fishery survive warming seas? After a brutal heat wave, scientists race to predict how Bering Sea snow crabs will cope with climate change

"Suddenly, a $150 million 🦀 fishery mythologized in the Deadliest Catch reality TV show found itself with no catch at all."
www.science.org/content/arti...
🌊 🦑

Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast) Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

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Crazy weather. . . .

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

“How Bike Share went from death’s door to one of Toronto’s fastest-growing ways to travel” in the Toronto Star www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department. Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

"Asked what percentage of children she imagines should be in public schools going forward, Justice told ProPublica: 'I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.'”

by @megomatz.bsky.social / @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The munchies, planet-sized.

Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival

Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on.
www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...

I really miss when actors had to go to Japan to do commercials.

HEB JIJ 'M AL? МАКЕ EARTH COOL AGAIN

New Dutch advert:

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.

If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!

Donate at blinkingguy.com

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

How to track the super polluters next door | CNN A new tool allows people in the world’s largest metros to track their air pollution exposure and who’s doing the polluting.

Innovative new "plume" maps from @climatetrace.org show you how to identify and track emissions from the polluters you're exposed to. www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/c...

YouTube video by Energi Media Gaslit by the Yanks. US Ambassador Disappointed by "Elbows Up"

Gaslit by the Yanks. US Ambassador Disappointed by "Elbows Up"

US Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra embarrasses himself and his country with brain-dead remarks on Friday in Halifax.

Included a clip. The guy's utterly clueless.
@MarkJCarney @canadianpoli
youtu.be/B_qldDdMsdU

When those leaves eventually fall, leave the leaves!

It’s good for your yard and supports wildlife.

Judge allows Orsted to resume construction on wind farm blocked by Trump administration The Interior Department had ordered Orsted on Aug. 22 to halt construction on Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut.

This is the right outcome. Revolution Wind is 80% complete and will deliver much needed low cost energy to the grid.

And, as was apparent when I asked an admin official about the stoppage in the Nat Resources Cmte - they had no clear argument for stopping the project.
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/22/j...

X has restored the account of Gavin McInnes, founder of the Proud Boys group.

McInnes's account was banned by Twitter in August 2018 ahead of the "Unite the Right 2" rally in Washington DC for "violating" its policies on violent extremism.

A US-funded nutrition program was helping to keep this woman’s baby alive. Days after the program was cut, he died | CNN Weeds cover the grave of Yagana Usman’s baby – a painful reminder of the months that have passed since she lost her infant twin to malnutrition. Her surviving twin’s fate now hinges in part on decisio...

A US-funded nutrition program was helping to keep this woman’s baby alive. Days after the program was cut, he died. https://cnn.it/4ndDYbl