Chronicle Of Cardboard Tube Samurai - Penny Arcade Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.

Penny Arcade for January 15th 2003, 23 years ago today was (I believe) the first real Cardboard Tube Samurai strip.
www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/0...

Experts Point To Long, Glorious History Of Successful U.S. Bombing Campaigns WASHINGTON—In light of increased pressure on President Obama to order a military strike on Syria, leading historians and military experts on Tuesday simply pointed to the United States’ longstanding a...

Experts Point To Long, Glorious History Of Successful U.S. Bombing Campaigns https://theonion.com/experts-point-to-long-glorious-history-of-successful-u-1819575498/

What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things

I read with my CS brain non-compilers??? people who don't check other people's work for errors? People who won't take a high-level vision statement and translate it into concrete, understandable action plans to actually make the thing happen? Explicitly tying my proposal to the mission statement- NO

A cat mayor has been named after a contentious race at Somerville's bike path After a grueling election cycle over the summer, a winner has been named in the race for cat mayor of the Somerville Community Path.

@nogodsnomayors.com for Municipal Item Discoteque

Somerville MA cat mayor elected: Minerva wins race – NBC Boston share.google/qp9fZrmBrsoc...

@ihatejamesdobson.bsky.social I've been wanting to ask: did you chhose your theme song because you can sing the words "I Hate James Dobson" to it? If you didn't, now you have a new ear worm.

@worstpossible.world

Jupiter Core xkcd.com/3083

photo of a red shopping basket filled with turnips, under the headline: If you’re worried about food tariffs, adopt a frugal mindset and cook smarter Learn to shop for groceries like a thrifter and work on eliminating waste By Sheryl Julian Globe Correspondent,Updated April 7, 2025, 7:21 a.m. caption: The big question is, writes Sheryl Julian, are we expected to remove all the pleasures from the table and turn the nightly dinner into a feast of locally grown turnips (above) and leafy greens?Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos

Top Bun

Brilliant

Excellent

Hamburger and the Condiments

The Big Boys

Bob and the Boys

The Lobby

OH in the hallway at my college: Bro, don't worry. I'm an adult.

I am now immediately more worried.

When you design an exam and get perfectly normally distributed results, it's oddly satisfying.

Hey there, fellow Gen-Xers and Milenials -- especially those in college settings, consider getting a MMR (measles vaccine) booster.

Trump Administration Executive Actions Tracker_Sheppard Mullin

This seems useful. Track the details and status of exec orders.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ahoy-hoy!

I'm having teriyaki jerky and cinnamon toast crunch for lunch. I'm handling things well, I'd say.

@datedateline.bsky.social Bunny and Kitty, bein' best friends