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Shabba Ranks, Donald Trump, Unidentifed, Cyndi Lauper, Unidentified... Shabba Ranks, Donald Trump, Unidentifed, Cyndi Lauper, Unidentified and Marla Maples pose for a photo at a Grammy Awards party at the Plaza Hotel in February 1992 in New York City, New York.

A big part of my work day involves being on Getty Images. Here's a super random one I just found while searching for a photo of this bozo. Shabba Ranks, Tony Terry, Cyndi Lauper and Supercat clamoring for a photo at a 1992 Grammy party. Look at Marla Maples getting boxed out lol.

It Was a Relic of the ’90s. The Food Was OK at Best. Now It’s the Hottest Restaurant in America. What Happened? It started with a cheese pull.

If you haven't walked into a Chili's and ordered a Triple Dipper or a 3-for-Me in the last couple of years, you might be lacking something truly fulfilling in your life. slate.com/business/2025/08/chilis-menu-restaurants-food-tiktok-red-hot-mozz.html

The moon was bright orange for a little while earlier. I hope I wasn’t the only one that saw it.

Just saw the first Halloween superstore billboard of the year. NBA released the Xmas Day schedule.

Can we just slow the f*ck down? It’s August 8.

I 100% feel you but Andrew Nembhard and Pascal Siakam are not exactly a ratings bonanza.

It’s Raining Dildos on WNBA Courts. You’ll Never Believe Who’s to Blame. The WNBA needs to get tough on spectators behaving badly.

Probably the most ridiculous photo illustration I've ever had to cook up in my almost 12 years at @slate.com. (And I've done some doozies.) Shouts to @c-cauterucci.bsky.social for breaking down one of the most idiotic things going on in pro sports right now. slate.com/culture/2025...

I'm not familiar w/ that $ilkmoney album or the artist in general but best believe I'm about to go find it now just off the strength of that title.

agreed, MIKE hasn’t dropped the ball once since 2016 and this is a joy to see. In the back of my book I list ten essential listens from each year and ‘Burning Desire’ is there but I’d go further, that’s easily one of the best albums of the decade so far

So if I’m not mistaken, we’re on our fourth dildo incident, correct? I’m not understanding how ppl aren’t getting punched in the face by now.

Got me out here jammin’ cuz I see you added new jammy jams to the Peach Umbrella playlist @deephunk.bsky.social. Literally the soundtrack to sunset watching from the balcony tonight.

YouTube video by NPR Music MIKE: Tiny Desk Concert

One of my most important artists to come out of NYC in the past five years got his own Tiny Desk. Good sh*t, MIKE! youtu.be/TaBgZnScmY4

These are my big three too. Got some others in here, but these stay stocked.

Damn, you got a hot sauce VIP section.

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Louisiana, Cholula in all flavors, Sriracha and Tabasco in all flavors.

Not the biggest fan of Cholula but they'd make a top 10 if I had space for it LOL. That second one I'm gonna have to hit up Google.

That's what I'm saying. Sriracha is sort of in a class by itself. Some ppl put it on everything. It's crazy to me.

I feel like sriracha is not a good everyday hot sauce?

Yes, before that it was Red Hot but Valentina has knocked it down a tier.

We keep three types of store-bought hot sauces in the crib at all time: Tapatio, Louisiana and Valentina. They cover all the bases.

Yes, the stimulants! In a tall boy! It was all bad lol.

The first time I ever saw Cutwater was at a small festival here in LA (summer of 2021). I went w/ my wife. She bought two margaritas and drank both in about 45 mins. She's walking around TWISTED. I'm like "How are you tipsy already? You only had tw--" and I showed her the fine print. She said: 🫢

The original Four Loko was 12% ABV which was *crazy* for a canned drink circa 2010. (I stayed far away.) Cutwater came out in 2016. The most popular margarita flavors are 12.5%. The strongest is the LI Iced Tea - 13%. So it's the same sh*t. Just a prettier can design and slick marketing.

I haven't got to a point in my life yet where I've needed to ask ChatGPT a question about something or ask it for help in creating something. And I'm pretty proud of myself.

I just need the right moment but I'm 1000% gonna watch this.

I *really, really* don't like playing the "imagine if this was Biden" game but... WHEW BUDDY. There are two things declining here. Look closely.

I think they’ve been able to get to a point where they’re just cordial to each other for big things like this.

Salt-n-Pepa and Spinderella don't get along, sadly. Unpaid royalties, wrongful termination and exclusion from a biopic still remain. But you can't exclude her. I'm glad she's able to claim her spot in history. (And peep how she gets her own name on the plaque compared to the other two.)

I always viewed Pam in a position of strength. If Martin would crack on her, she would have a rebuttal and it would get the same amount of laughter that Martin got, if not more. She was the most confident person within that friend group in my eyes. But it's good to see it through this lens as well.