T.J. Mitchell

There's an Australian pie seller at our local farmers market, but I haven't yet been desperate enough to give em a try. The clock is ticking, tho...

YouTube video by The Five 8 American Gestapo

AOC said we should laugh at them, and on tonight's program, @lincolnsbible.bsky.social & I are going to laugh at them like never before. You've been warned.

See you at 8pm ET. 🥃🍸🎱
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtlX...

My essay collection focused on ancient literature and translation will be available for pre-order in the UK in October.

@drjudymelinek.bsky.social

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

Translator's note: this is a pizza pie, which is...a pizza. Not a pie. I still have not found a savory (sorry—savoury) pie worth a second look in all of this my native land, as compared to the glorious pies of Aotearoa #NewZealand.

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

The foot of Vallejo St beckons @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social from under the shadow of #sanFrancisco’s Telegraph Hill

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A tiny human (1?) is fascinated by Mum's shoelaces.(Ohhh.)
Whenever he undoes them, he sits back, looking at Mum expectantly.
Mum bends down, ties them and...
OOPS Tiny Human's undone them again!
A huge gummy grin on his face. (1)

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

No sun today so thank goodness he’s still fully charged from yesterday. #dogs

YouTube video by KATU News 'Frog' protester recounts being pepper-sprayed at protest outside Portland ICE facility

Yesterday they deliberately sprayed pepper spray into his air intake hole.
Such bastards.
youtube.com/shorts/g0kt6...

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

"With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport."

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

You chose well, cummà.

I guess the idea is to black-eye the GOP by pointing out that tariffs are taxes & "taxes" is a dirty word? Even if that's the strategy, the tactic is, yes, bad.

Crypto's $245 million campaign finance operation filled airwaves with ads not about crypto The crypto sector emerged as a top donor this election cycle, but the ads it funded weren't about digital currencies.

It's kind of wild that crypto scammers became *the single biggest source of political donations* in the last US election and barely anyone even noticed. These dipshits basically own both parties now and are getting whatever they want and there's been zero (0) public deliberation or debate about it.

Embiggens is a perfectly cromulent word

Jimmy Fallon is a coward.

Sure beats driving cross country, a thing I have done a bunch of times

Me, experiencing a moment of temporary professional bliss and using a common figure of speech: I'd do this job for free.

The magical bird that landed outside my window one moment ago: I will grant this, his greatest wish.

Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.

You'll be shocked to learn New College of Florida is on the brink of implosion just a couple of years after DeSantis engineered an extreme right-wing takeover

Fun fact: NCF's new overlords spend $134K per student (!!...the average at other FL publics is $10K) www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

…and sunrise from the sam train as we roll thru Hamilton County, Kansas. We have a beautiful country.

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.

I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.

Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

Sean Connery is a red strapped outfit. He's very hairy.

William Shatner as Captain Kirk. He's in a black strapped outfit and has a smooth chest.

before and after hegseth's directive