When Bruce Springsteen sang "at night, we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines", he was talking about people who log on to LinkedIn after 6pm to write fanfiction about how good they are at their job.

E.E. Cummings once had a collection of poems rejected by 14 publishers. When he eventually got it published as "No Thanks" in 1935, he dedicated it to those 14 publishers in a visual poem shaped like a funeral urn

I am listwning to this and realizing Buddy Guy is still with us 😭

First they came for POV and I did not speak out...

This of course opens up the question of who of the old gang will be the next to join the team.

YouTube video by lale87 Bananamen - 02 - Bekstvo iz zatvora

Here's the Serbian dub I remember
youtu.be/vwB0XUBZk2I?...

"Is your velum raised or are you just happy to see me?"

😭
Well, know that you made a part of my life much nicer.

Is there ever going to be another Rum Doings episode!

Hey, Cameron, quick question: what mic do you use?

Uhm, 'propaganda' is truth-agnostic.

Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97

He outlived Henry Kissinger and New Math. RIP Tom Lehrer.
(Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

How Tom Lehrer Escaped the Transience of Satire The late songwriter’s targets are mostly forgotten—so why do new generations keep discovering him?

“This self-contained quality—the songs deliciously fixing their subjects in formaldehyde—is part of what keeps Lehrer’s work alive.” — Adam Gopnik
www.newyorker.com/culture/post...

when you reply back to a mean comment and they immediately fold

bsky.app/profile/news... very cool to fail to understand the difference between "enforceable laws that protect children" and "conversations middle-aged couples with no children have after being on a bus with a crying child for 15 minutes"

I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.

But now I am sad that I don't know whom it was referring to!

Footnote 3 appears to be missing from the body!

The cover of Beasts by John Crowley, depicting a Lion-human hybrid really angrily looking through a gate.

On the new SFUltra, Matt from the excellent Bookpilled channel joins me to discuss Beasts by John Crowley. This really blew us away, especially considering its slight pagecount and reputation. Click here to listen right now: www.patreon.com/posts/131392... It will appear streaming elsewhere later on

millennials in 20 years: “Well, if you want to afford a house, maybe you should cancel your ChatGPT subscription”

Internet Roadtrip Let's take a streetview roadtrip

Internet Roadtrip is my favorite thing on the internet right now—it’s basically Twitch Plays Google Street View. They started in Boston, spent several weeks on a quest to cross the Canadian border, and are now exploring New Brunswick. neal.fun/internet-roa...

On my drive home from a bungled MRI appointment, I fancasted Alexander Skarsgard and Diego Luna as Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser.

'Classics with Pelagia' is here! The first piece on Huxley & Aristotle is open to everyone. If you like it pls click "free to join" then upgrade to paid membership (5$ a month) to read monthly pieces. In June my thoughts on K. Hamsun's Pan are coming. Link in the comments!😊

Yay!
andrej.bjelakovic (at gmail dot com)

Hi, Betsy! Would it be possible for you to share the paper?

Uber was subsidized by venture capital to operate at a loss with a cheap service so as to break labor, legislation, the transit industry. Same w/ AirBnB, Netflix etc. What is AI trying to break by operating at a loss? What do they need to diminish the quality of so as to make opting out unpleasant?

Lol, they would have erected a statue of Satan himself if he'd helped them get rid of the Serbs.