Dave Provost
@daveprovo.st
He/Him. Veterinary librarian. From Boston, now in Raleigh.
Someone should remake them but flip the polarity, so Goodfellas is the wacky comedy and MBH is the gritty, violent, mob movie
February 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Someone should remake them but flip the polarity, so Goodfellas is the wacky comedy and MBH is the gritty, violent, mob movie
I heard someone refer to AI as “the new radium”. Has some amazing uses, but is being crammed into anything and everything, and the damaging effects will only be revealed later
February 10, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I heard someone refer to AI as “the new radium”. Has some amazing uses, but is being crammed into anything and everything, and the damaging effects will only be revealed later
You ever read a post and feel like a whole new category of thought has opened in your mind?
Pepsi gets:
Sprite
Powerade
2027 1st rounder (top 7 protected)
Ayo Dosunmu
Coca-Cola gets:
Gatorade
Who says no
Sprite
Powerade
2027 1st rounder (top 7 protected)
Ayo Dosunmu
Coca-Cola gets:
Gatorade
Who says no
February 10, 2026 at 12:43 AM
You ever read a post and feel like a whole new category of thought has opened in your mind?
Reposted by Dave Provost
ok one last thing of pure joy is Jon Batiste riffing on "Song of Storms" from The Ocarina of Time
Playing Legend of Zelda Music with Jon Batiste!
YouTube video by Josh Harmon
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:30 AM
ok one last thing of pure joy is Jon Batiste riffing on "Song of Storms" from The Ocarina of Time
Yeah, like it’s mostly cultists vying against each other for control of the cult, but sometimes, the prayers get answered…
February 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Yeah, like it’s mostly cultists vying against each other for control of the cult, but sometimes, the prayers get answered…
This is a really good idea
February 9, 2026 at 6:54 PM
This is a really good idea
I really can’t get over it
February 9, 2026 at 2:37 AM
I really can’t get over it
If it touches the grass but not the ground, what is the ruling?
February 9, 2026 at 1:13 AM
If it touches the grass but not the ground, what is the ruling?
It’s the Gronk Spike arabesque for me
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 PM
It’s the Gronk Spike arabesque for me
Yeah, I was about to do that with my wife a little while ago and backed out because I didn’t want her to worry about my mental health 😭
February 8, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Yeah, I was about to do that with my wife a little while ago and backed out because I didn’t want her to worry about my mental health 😭
Orientation so I can volunteer at a tiger sanctuary
February 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Orientation so I can volunteer at a tiger sanctuary
I wish I could like this post more than once
February 7, 2026 at 3:35 AM
I wish I could like this post more than once
I think the look on his face really says “entering a fey pact”
February 7, 2026 at 1:24 AM
I think the look on his face really says “entering a fey pact”
Or maybe just something as ominous as this
February 7, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Or maybe just something as ominous as this
This, but like all kinds of food. Racks of lamb, suckling pigs, steaming tureens of stew, towering piles of fruit, cakes, pies, cookies, carafes of wine, tankards of beer, etc
February 7, 2026 at 1:08 AM
This, but like all kinds of food. Racks of lamb, suckling pigs, steaming tureens of stew, towering piles of fruit, cakes, pies, cookies, carafes of wine, tankards of beer, etc
Library world has lost an amazing scholar, thinker, and activist who was never afraid to express hard truths. I’m sorry I never got the chance to meet her, but I know I will be thinking about her work for the rest of my career. Rest in power. Please consider a donation to the gofundme in the thread.
February 6, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Library world has lost an amazing scholar, thinker, and activist who was never afraid to express hard truths. I’m sorry I never got the chance to meet her, but I know I will be thinking about her work for the rest of my career. Rest in power. Please consider a donation to the gofundme in the thread.
Yeah, the trolley problem is just the framing for the actual point of that post, which is “it’s boots-on-the-ground workers that know how to solve problems, not head-in-the-clouds bosses”. But I do agree with Guy in that sometimes people on the internet are too clever for their own good.
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Yeah, the trolley problem is just the framing for the actual point of that post, which is “it’s boots-on-the-ground workers that know how to solve problems, not head-in-the-clouds bosses”. But I do agree with Guy in that sometimes people on the internet are too clever for their own good.
Oh absolutely! Pretty sure they had Giuliani and Ed Koch host, so there is plenty of precedent!
February 6, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Oh absolutely! Pretty sure they had Giuliani and Ed Koch host, so there is plenty of precedent!
I think I could draw a reasonable facsimile of that Rakshasa by memory at this point
February 6, 2026 at 3:35 AM
I think I could draw a reasonable facsimile of that Rakshasa by memory at this point
Reposted by Dave Provost
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
“I feel that you should be aware that some asshole is signing your name to stupid letters.”
Some asshole is signing your name to stupid letters
A legal letter of note
news.lettersofnote.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM
“I feel that you should be aware that some asshole is signing your name to stupid letters.”
My Calabrian nonna always put a good pinch of sugar in her Sunday gravy
February 4, 2026 at 9:46 PM
My Calabrian nonna always put a good pinch of sugar in her Sunday gravy