Brandon Millman

NOT YOU, FAT JESUS.

Simply Red releases “Holding Back the Years” 40 years ago today.

“I didn’t realize what it was about until I’d finished it,” said Mick Hucknall. “It’s about that moment where you know you have to leave home and make your mark — but the outside world is scary. So you’re ‘holding back the years.’”

I think it would be absolutely HILARIOUS if Boise State was a season-long bubble team, but ultimately is the First Four Out *solely* because of this loss.

Cute Lola.

Lola with a red nose, courtesy of the laser pointer from the 8-year-old.

Early morning Lola. #CatsOfBluesky

Sinclair Reached Out to Charlie Kirk’s Widow Amid Jimmy Kimmel Suspension: “How Can We Make It Right?” In a previously unreported element of Jimmy Kimmel‘s brief suspension from ABC, representatives from Sinclair Broadcast Group reached out to Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, to see if they could help secure an apology from the late night host.

In a previously unreported element of Jimmy Kimmel‘s brief suspension from ABC, representatives from Sinclair Broadcast Group reached out to Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, to see if they could help secure an apology from the late night host.

🎶 All our times have come
Here, but now they're gone
Seasons don't fear the Reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun, or the rain 🎶

...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site

This security detail costs more every week than I ever made in a year as a journalist

For years, we’ve been quietly working on Cabernet SauvignJohn. Made from the finest Napa Valley grapes with notes of vanilla, plush tannins, and the essence of a TV host who needed something named after him. We’ll be donating $50k of sales to food banks in California! Visit cabernetsauvignjohn.com!

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Police Chases: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Here’s last night’s story about police chases, why the risks involved massively outweigh the benefits, and why people should be allowed to say “shit” on the news. We, as a nation, are well beyond the word “shit” destroying anyone’s innocence. Just…look around. youtu.be/wVFXUkFx5Y8

"Country music sensation"?

it is BONKERS how much people will stan for billionaires who do nothing instead of their employees who do all the work

a woodcut of a bird above the text "I am sad from sports"

Gonna listen to ALL THE "LAST CHRISTMAS" I can over the next four weeks... I'M GONNA WIN WHAMAGEDDON THIS YEAR.

I was so close to winning last year. 😂😭

AAHHHHH!!!!

Judge orders Trump administration to release billions in SNAP contingency funds The government did rely on contingency funding to keep food aid going when it shut down during President Donald Trump’s first term.

Breaking News: The Trump administration was ordered to release billions of dollars in backup funds for SNAP, the nation’s largest anti-hunger program, after the administration said the government shutdown meant it couldn’t tap contingency funds.

A bit jarring. 😳

‘Ridiculousness,’ Often the Only Show on MTV, Is Ending The cable outlet is planning an overhaul that will harken back to its earlier, more experimental days

BREAKING: MTV Cancels Half Its Schedule*^

(*one show that it runs 10-12 hours a day, sometimes more)
(^reruns will still be airing when the sun explodes)

I... I didn't even think MTV was legally allowed to end this show. 🤣

This is crushing. Decades of cool uniform stuff nobody else covered, gone

I remember thinking the internet would be better at preserving work than the pre-digital age, and it feels increasingly clear the opposite is true

Just started a rewatch of 'The Crown' & hit S2E7 earlier today... the one where the third child of Elizabeth is born, and she tells Margaret the name of the baby in a very telling exchange.

Okay then, it appears we've entered the "fortune cookie advertising with what appears to be a not-so-subtle 'fortune' to gamble" stage of life on this entire planet of Earth. 🤦‍♂️

On this day four years ago: fortune cookies officially jumped the shark.

WLDB Begins Airing K-Love Programming; WLUM Flips To Air 1 While the approval and closing of the $4 million sale of 93.3 WLDB and 102.1 WLUM Milwaukee to K-Love Inc. is being held up by the government shutdown, K-Love Inc. has begun operating one of its pending new acquisitions.

WLDB Begins Airing K-Love Programming; WLUM Flips To Air 1

Barbara’s headstone

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has restored the status of late Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel, USMC, saying Hummel served his country admirably as a warfighter despite the DEI policies of military brass. Hummel now qualifies for a full military burial at Arlington alongside Barbara, his wife.

‘King of the Hill’ Renewed for Seasons 16 and 17 at Hulu The animated show’s revival has been a strong performer for the streamer.

[Peggy Hill voice] Hoo yeah!

The Blue Jays Make The Dodgers Look Fake And Silly | Defector Wednesday night in Los Angeles it was finally the Blue Jays’ turn to benefit from a historic performance. They’d lost Game 2 of this World Series to an unhittable Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who put together…

The Blue Jays make the Dodgers look fake and silly: defector.com/the-blue-jay...

#LoveIsBlind Season 9, summed up in three sentences (and a NutriBullet):

"When fast ecotourism growth meets a lack of regulation, especially around property values and sales, those living around “gateway” communities like Fayetteville can find their lives becoming unaffordable — even more so with the steep terrain of the Appalachians further limiting buildable land."