Russ Hanser

Tom Stoppard: A BBC Radio Collection Check out this great listen on Audible.com. The collected BBC radio productions of the internationally renowned playwright Tom Stoppard. One of the giants of British theatre, Sir Tom Stoppard has been...

This collection of Stoppard’s radio plays is fantastic. It includes audio of the original London casts in “Arcadia” and “Rock ‘n Roll.”

www.audible.com/pd/178753991...

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

*Camera pans to a group of fans outside of the Vatican in pope jerseys, going nuts even though most of them haven’t heard of the pick before last week*

A tweet by Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25 ) reads: "He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. Don’t you see what’s happening here?"

I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

Mook is an undercover agent heading up an Interpol task force investigating a ring of old bald criminals operating out of Koh Samui. She barely manages to shoot the ringleader, one Greg/Gary, moments before he kills nemesis Belinda Lindsey to silence her. You heard it here first. #WhiteLotus

The famous “Reverse Operation Paperclip.”

“REPLY TO ME OR YOU’LL GET FIRED 😭” is real loser energy.

Meta removes Facebook ad criticizing Musk Meta removed an advertisement earlier this month criticizing Elon Musk’s use of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to seize Americans' private information.

1. Meta removed a Facebook ads criticizing Elon Musk's efforts to seize Americans' private information through DOGE.

A notice from Meta said the ads violated its rules on "Unacceptable Business Practices."

They seem to think young people are watching this show. I’m less sure. #snl50

I trust @qjurecic.bsky.social and suspect she’s right.

I’m all for delegation, but if I ever become the evil Emperor of an entire galaxy, I’m going to make clear that a subordinate who wants to use our most advanced weapon to destroy an entire planet inhabited by intelligent life needs to get my sign-off first.

Daveed Diggs already has the magical charisma of a Muppet.

What did you find to celebrate?

the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment

Sound view.

The good news is that, going forward, it will be much easier to teach the Dunning-Kruger effect to students.

So say we all. (Oops, wrong franchise.)

If you wanna end war ‘n stuff, you gotta sing loud.

#groupWbench #notproudortired

At the end of the day, don’t we all just want a bookshelf with a rolling ladder?

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing. Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.

They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.

The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

Nothing at the moment is driving me quite as nuts as the folks who are earnestly preaching how Dems must reignite themselves because of their election “disaster.” On what planet? Trump edged out a candidate who had only 15 weeks to campaign and who was running against a global anti incumbent trend.

I think the nominee just proved that inflation never has existed, and never will. Brilliant!

Alice Brock, Restaurant Owner Made Famous by a Song, Dies at 83 Arlo Guthrie’s antiwar staple “Alice’s Restaurant” was inspired by a Thanksgiving Day visit to her diner in western Massachusetts.

Remember Alice? This is a song about Alice.

#groupWbench

Nature abhors a vacuum, but it doesn’t exactly love an iron, either.

Of COURSE he did.

As an investigative reporter, I have learned that usually when people want reports about them kept secret it’s because they absolutely definitely have nothing whatsoever to hide

Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality /]csarah McBride a book by Sarah McBride and Joe Biden "A brave, powerful memoir" (People) that will change the way we look at identity and equality in this country, from the activist elected as the first openly transgender state senator in U.S. history"T...

It would be very very very bad (for hate-mongers) if lots of people bought and read Sarah McBride’s memoir right about now. #McBride #transrights #transequality

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The House GOP spent today insisting that it’s nobody’s business where Matt Gaetz’s genitals go but everyone’s business where Sarah McBride’s go.

#Gaetz #McBride

Or Disney+, I think.