The Wind-Up Boy

Tumblr post from every-lemon Sep 8 so my spouse is part of a weirdly intense but mostly benign men's workout group that meets at like, 5:30am outside every day, even in winter. they do a lot of burpees and lugging cinder blocks up hills and stuff. they take turns leading the workouts and tomorrow is his turn. I asked what he was planning. he handed me a sheet of William Carlos William poems from a large stack he'd printed. I said "what" and he explained, helpfully, "it's a William Carlos William themed workout." I asked what inspired it and he said "l've been planning this for months."

Follow up tumblr post every-lemon Sep 9 it was a smash hit. a dozen guys showed up (more than usual). spouse brought a red wheelbarrow and they took turns bringing cinder blocks up the hill with it. then they broke up in teams and did a relay with an "icebox" (cooler filled with 40lbs of ice). at the end he opened the cooler to reveal it was full of beach plum lacroix and all the guys cheered. they drank sparkling water as he read 'approach of winter' out loud. he was home by 6:30am.

dudes rock

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She Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She Wants to Do It in Congress Kat Abughazaleh, 26, made her name swatting down right-wing talking points on social media. Now she’s hoping internet fame can propel her to Congress.

Kat Abughazaleh, 26, made her name swatting down right-wing talking points on social media. Now she’s hoping internet fame can propel her to Congress. www.wired.com/story/kat-ab...

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Dying in Darkness: Jeff Bezos Turns Out the Lights in the Washington Post’s Opinion Section The tech mogul’s decision to revamp the editorial pages around his own views threatens not only independent journalism, but the Post’s business future.

Column: Jeff Bezos threw the Washington Post under the MAGA bus. His decision to revamp its opinion section threatens not just independent journalism, but the Post's business future, writes our senior editor Michael Schaffer.

Secretary Sean Duffy & @SecDuffy Big News - Talked to the DOGE team. They are going to plug in to help upgrade our aviation system. 10:37 AM • 2/5/25 • 71K Views

Thoughts and prayers to anyone getting on a plane in the U.S. right now.

Tim Leong @timleong.bsky.social inspired by Val De Landro @vdelandro.bsky.social made this, which I drop here for no reason whatsoever. Do with it as you see fit.

Musk cancels voter’s healthcare

I wrote this book that I’m quite proud of about how fundamental physics teaches us new and wonderful ways to think with and about our universe and it’s coming out next year and I’m worried about whether anyone will be in a position to read it 😔 #BookSky

To America’s 2.3 million federal employees:

Don’t accept a buyout.

Neither Musk nor even Trump has the legal authority to make such an offer.

And even if they did, would you trust them to follow through on it?

Sincerely,
Robert Reich
Former U.S.Secretary of Labor

Another mess: "Top Dem on the House Intel Committee Jim Himes says in a statement that he understands that the White House “insisted” on the CIA transmitting the list in an unclassified email" bsky.app/profile/hugo...

Sound on!

All those people posting math videos on PornHub come to the rescue

There Is No Safe Word How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.

I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...

Haven’t read this yet but I'm sure it's going to be heart breaking. Take your time, folks, and take care of yourselves!

If I were Jack Smith, I’d ignore congress, and anyone else who might get in his way, and leak everything.

This. There’s definitely fun in the Lynch version, but (i can’t spell his name)’s version really gives this profound sense that this universe is borderline unknowable. I love it.

👇🏽🎯

Inside of you, there are three blind mice.

Fun fact: my most popular post on twitter was, on Election Day 2016, posting "man I picked a bad day to get to the part in @greatdismal.bsky.social's The Peripheral where he describes The Jackpot", which he reposted.
first time I ever went viral.
still a haunting bit of text.

Can I just say it’s incredibly irresponsible of the LA Times to put their (very detailed and reliable) fire map behind a paywall

he got you to stop trusting the media he got you to stop trusting scientists he got you to stop trusting our legal and judicial systems he got you to stop trusting federal agencies he got you to stop trusting military leadership he got you to stop trusting economists he got you to stop trusting educational institutions he got you to stop trusting our closest allies he even got you to stop trusting his own spokespeople the only person you trust is him... and that is why we say you're in a CULT

he got you to stop trusting the media
he got you to stop trusting scientists
he got you to stop trusting our legal and judicial systems
he got you to stop trusting federal agencies
he got you to stop trusting military...

the only person you trust is him...
and that is why we say you're in a CULT

The Towers Of February by Tonke Dragt. It’s a kids book, and not a huge success in her home country of the Netherlands, so finding a translation here is challenging. I read it in 5th grade, I think. I found a copy and my ex-wife read it and said it explained a lot about why I’m so weird.

These losers do this because their only shot at companionship is a hostage situation, so they spend all day harassing people into thinking a woman’s self worth should resemble their own.

If they tried being kind and not approaching every relationship as a transaction, they would be much happier

Don’t leave out the context of what they have zero problem lying about now.

Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter — and every Republican lost their shit sit your hypocritical asses down and shut the fuck up

here's today's post: "Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter — and every Republican lost their shit" — sit your hypocritical asses down and shut the fuck up.
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Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (‘Court’), in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine, unanimously issued two decisions rejectin...

The ICC has issued arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and ex-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

The charges include the war crime of using starvation as a method of warfare and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts.

www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...

The actor?? (Please let it be the speechwriter)