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In addition to being inclusive, writing the alt text for images is fun tbh.

A nation of newspapers and newspapermen indeed. I guess "objectivity" is when you're such a smug and effortless propegandist you don't even notice how deeply sick you've become.

Those further south stretches are what I grew up near

CUBE HEDGE

Is that Bernie on the right? I must have slept through his presidency

I know that I sound like a broken record but I think once this society was ok with accepting mass covid deaths just to be able to eat at Applebees then all bets were off.

Collage of 12 photos of lions and lambs (and sheep and rams, oh, my!) made of stone and terra cotta, which adorn buildings in Chicago.

Coming in like a lamb so far

She's not approaching junior high age, is she? She can't be! She was just turning 6!

Riveting!

I’m in

OK, now I watched the video. Hello Fresh, Blue Apron, and Marley Spoon offer lots of meal kits with those sorts of seasonings! And yes, those meal kits are US things. That woman is obtuse. (Being mystified by dried sour cherries!)

I win! I just bought an unfamiliar spice blend at Penzey’s this week. Something Ethiopian. (Did not watch the video.)

We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time." Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed. That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.

From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

There are indeed things I don’t understand from the coasts. Specifically, how tides work.

Scouting America says transgender kids are still welcome after Pete Hegseth claimed they weren’t "We have transgender people in our program, and we’ll have transgender people in our program going forward,” the group's CEO, Roger Krone, said.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Mar 1
Scouting America wastes no time in pushing back on SecDef Hegseth's claims that it agreed to limit membership based on assigned sex: "We have transgender people in our program, and we’ll have transgender people in our program going forward,” said CEO Roger Krone.

Images of an old silver 1999 Toyota Corolla for sale

You want a car that gets the job done? You want a car that's hassle free? You want a car that literally no one will ever compliment you on? Well look no further. The 1999 Toyota Corolla. Let's talk about features. Bluetooth: nope Sunroof: nope Fancy wheels: nope Rear view camera: nope...but it's got a transparent rear window and you have a fucking neck that can turn. Let me tell you a story. One day my Corolla started making a strange sound. I didn't give a shit and ignored it. It went away. The End. You could take the engine out of this car, drop it off the Golden Gate Bridge, fish it out of the water a thousand years later, put it in the trunk of the car, fill the gas tank up with Nutella, turn the key, and this puppy would fucking start right up. This car will outlive you, it will outlive your children. Things this car is old enough to do: Vote: yes

Consent to sex: yes Rent a car: it IS a car This car's got history. It's seen some shit. People have done straight things in this car. People have done gay things in this car. It's not going to judge you like a fucking Volkswagen would. Interesting facts: This car's exterior color is gray, but it's interior color is grey. In the owner's manual, oil is listed as "optional." When this car was unveiled at the 1998 Detroit Auto Show, it caused all 2,000 attendees to spontaneously yawn. The resulting abrupt change in air pressure inside the building caused a partial collapse of the roof. Four people died. The event is chronicled in the documentary "Bored to Death: The Story of the 1999 Toyota Corolla You wanna know more? Great, I had my car fill out a Facebook survey. Favorite food: spaghetti Favorite tv show: Alf Favorite band: tie between Bush and the Gin Blossoms This car is as practical as a Roth IRA. It's as middle-of-the-

When I ran the CarFax for this car, I got back a single piece of paper that said, "It's a Corolla, It's fine." Let's face the facts, this car isn't going to win any beauty contests, but neither are you. Stop lying to yourself and stop lying to your wife. This isn't the car you want, it's the car you deserve: The fucking 1999 Toyota Corolla. Google map of cars location

Never forget: 8 years ago a random person on Craigslist wrote the most effective ad for the Toyota Corolla, ever.

@acinonnap.bsky.social

A children's hospital is renamed for Dolly Parton and hopes to transform pediatric care in Tennessee Dolly Parton’s name might inspire full-throated sing-a-longs to her working woman’s anthem “9 to 5,” or evoke memories of thrilling days spent at her Dollywood theme park.

“Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital did not share how much Parton donated as part of the naming announcement. But Matt Schaefer, its president and CEO, said her support would ensure ‘every child who walks through our doors receives the treatment they deserve.’”

GOD BLESS DOLLY PARTON

They are literally trying to convince you that starting a war is ending a war.

it's stunning how bad and EXPENSIVE fruit is in America. we really pay too much for such crappy food.

A screenshot of Rachel Dratch from SNL. She's a white woman with short dark hair and blue eyes, and she's making an awkward expression that implies, "Sorry I have to tell you this and ruin your good time. But also I'm kind of not sorry about it." I've added a subtitle that reads, "That's AI."

an updated debbie downer sketch but it's friends showing her funny videos and she has to respond like this to every single one like this:

Hope things turn up for you! That sounds like a super frustrating day.

Bluesky has as much bad news as X but over here, we're against it

So, this is a story about Online Harassment. I had a dude who used to email me EVERY. DAY. to tell me I was clinically insane and would hurt my kids and that my Dad left me because I was worthless and etc. I got him banned from Twitter, so he just started emailing. One day, I found out who he was.

Heroic Chicago trans comedian recalls saving infant from ice-cold Lake Michigan: ‘I guess I’m going in’ “The most important part of this entire story is that the baby is okay,” Lio Cundiff told The Advocate.

“It’s weird,” he said. “I just did something that I would think anyone would do. What do you mean you would watch a stroller and a baby just sink?”

We've reached that point in the solar calendar where I get mad at the thought of DST because LOOK HOW LIGHT IT IS OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW! The sun does not need any help!!!!!!

Reich forgot TikTok

The Obama Center in Chicago which I guess is opening soonish? It’s a multi-faceted gray slab. One top corner is decorated with largely indecipherable typography. If Star Wars stormtroopers were lined up outside of it you wouldn’t be even a little surprised.

Look I actually like brutalist aesthetics for the most part and I think this is an interesting looking bit of geometry but also if this were on a movie screen there would be TIE fighters flying past in the background and you’d hear the Imperial March

I welcome our new teleportation nephrology overlords

I’ve puzzled out the Trump doctrine. It has many facets. The most important:
1) I said something!
2) If I buy something I want from you, you are RIPPING ME OFF!
3) Foreigners? Yuck!
4) Did I ever tell you Putin is a friend of mine?
5) Give me that!
6) I’ll do it myself!
7) I’m just resting my eyes.