Joel Tillman

Congratulations :)

Personal news update: I'm delighted to announce that as of today, I am an actual Bluesky employee! I'll be working to welcome indie media and local govt to Bsky—and supporting those already here.

I'll always want to hear your thoughts on how we can make Bsky the sort of social media we all want!

Saja, looking rather proud about the amount of poop he can produce.

It's genuinely remarkable to me how much poop this one small creature can produce in such a short time

Loaded potato soup with bacon, mug of black coffee

Persistence.

i'm staring at a can of soup on the counter waiting for it to walk itself into the kitchen and get cooked

Sometimes the “best” service isn’t emotional labor like smiling. It’s matching the customers urgency. A fine distinction in the basically dead art of customer service.

Nellie Bly, a pioneering investigative journalist who went undercover to expose abuse in a mental institution.

MY MAN, THAT IS SO MUCH BUTTER

Causes of the Iran-Israel Conflict: A Primer - Profolus The Iran-Israel Proxy Conflict, which began in the 1970s, escalated to direct confrontations beginning in 2024.

The longstanding proxy war between Iran and Israel escalated to a series of direct confrontations on 1 April 2024 after Israel conducted an airstrike on an Iranian consulate complex in Damascus, Syria, and killed 7 Iranian soldiers and 1 Iranian advisor.

Tom Holland and Zendaya are now married, says stylist Law Roach

(via: @accesshollywood.bsky.social)

Oh how I wish our leaders read history books.

Since the end of the world is on its way,
I’m ordering two thin crust pizzas and flopping one on top of the other to make a sandwich.
Wish me luck.

Little flip flops

(the reason it was so valuable is that the cognitive load of driving, especially driving in congestion, lowers people's defenses and makes them more susceptible to dubious but emotionally satisfying claims, combined with the ephemeral nature of live radio)

Never get an autoimmune disease. -100/10

MAGA, MAGA.👇

My final FR team will be:
Charizard, Clefable, Electrode, Hitmonlee, Cloyster, Weezing

I had a nice phone call with my stepmom earlier today. I really appreciate my family being supportive and can honestly say our relationship has never been better.

.
A good one Aaron,

but seriously . . . I miss those days very much... 😎

💙 😔 💙

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live Mumford & Sons: Rubber Band Man ft. Hozier, Aaron Dessner (Live) - SNL

Hozier turned out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBLm...

The Mournful Ballad Of Punch The Monkey | Defector When I first heard rumblings that the world had assembled a conclave to elect a new celebrity zoo animal, I felt preemptively wary, partly due to world events and partly because we still don’t know th...

I wrote about Punch the monkey and who, if anyone, is really to blame for the suffering of primates
defector.com/the-mournful...

Voltorb (#100)

- Quality control. Dinner looks good.
Biscuit

crocuses purple kind

crocuses

January: Kidnap the president of Venezuela

February: Launch an unprovoked war with Iran

March: ???

I dunno man

i think i like them

YouTube video by malacomg LaShun Pace - I Know I've Been Changed

another deep cut for your Saturday night. one day I’ll share more playlists.

youtu.be/UzMKZcoFTrM?...

strong reverse Sapir-Whorf

spiritual successor to lechonk?