‘The mixture of that which the world sends towards us. And what we need to project onto the world.’
—William Kentridge (with thanks to @andypatton52.bsky.social for steering me to him)
Is this somewhere near the heart of what art is, for some?
“We don’t need anything from anyone. But please join my stupid, unnecessary war as combatants.”
SUCH a photo.
‘catastrophically boorish’ is perfect
Phrasing, Peter!
This is amazing “it is open for transit should Iran not do that” … ‘that’ bring Iran shooting at ships
It is almost unfair to Pirro. In the wide open contest to be the most rancid Trump official she got such a late start. Also, by the rules, Noem is not out of it. Nor is Musk.
"I'm willing to take a not guilty. I'm willing to take a no true bill."
What she means is she's willing to bring legally deficient cases that harass innocent defendants, waste her line prosecutors' time, and makes her office look like jerkoffs in front of judges and juries.
When do we see the first Noem & Lewandoski ‘Shield of Americas’ condom ad?
It is a tricky move to throw someone under a bus when you yourself are already under said bus.
Hmm. Maybe there are multiple buses!
There is an ongoing problem with people who think ‘smugly cynical’ is a grownup position, without actually thinking about an issue.
Does fucking Hegseth know what ‘quarter’ means in combat terms? Does he know that ‘no quarter’ means not allowing soldiers to surrender?
Or did he hear the phrase in some video game and just think it sounded macho to the max?
Backlash, plus lawsuit?
Feels like it was/is a catch and kill writ large.
OK, then you’re locked in, yeah. Condolences.
NEVER underestimate FIFA’s vulgar corruption.
Out of real curiosity: is this a mandated word count from publisher, or an internal sense of optimal length and range?
That makes sense. Teams do have legit agendas here.
curious to see whether lying incessantly, massively and delusionally about a horrific war for no reason that is going catastrophically will incur more of a political cost for Trump and his court than lying incessantly, massively and delusionally about everything else for the past decade has
If the shoe doesn’t fit…
It isn’t even a record.
There are many dumb things said by people discussing sports, but this … this is Prime Dumb.
none of us should have to spend this much time thinking about an elderly cognitively impaired person to whom we are not related
I am exceedingly glad Canada is about to win and qualify for the next round in the WBC … for the first time ever … but I am actually embarrassed for the Cuban fielders this afternoon and even sad for them. This is very bad.
Another tough day for team “there’s no point in complaining about AI, just accept it.”
In the category of ‘we must try to preserve our pleasures in life as best we can’ tonight is Whisky Group. Host is a short walk in the rain for me.
Yes, yes. That’s who it is! At least I didn’t say Mark Twain…
They failed to capture his good defile?
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor from sleeping under bridges.
—Ambrose Bierce
(From memory, but should be pretty close)
I gave up on hoping Oscars reward my favourites long ago.
