A Self-Respecting Fish
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Fish in a jaunty boater.
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Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
January 25, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
@roywoodjr.bsky.social I emailed Sam at Sechel PR about this as well, but I'm writing a feature for the Chicago Tribune on the birth of Black radio in the 1920s and '30s. Did your father ever mention a man named Jack L. Cooper?
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 AM
@roywoodjr.bsky.social I emailed Sam at Sechel PR about this as well, but I'm writing a feature for the Chicago Tribune on the birth of Black radio in the 1920s and '30s. Did your father ever mention a man named Jack L. Cooper?
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
My second-grader is "e-learning" today because of the cold. Right now, his gym teacher is showing everyone YouTube video compilations of American Ninja Warrior Junior.
Just take the fucking snow day, school district.
Just take the fucking snow day, school district.
January 23, 2026 at 8:09 PM
My second-grader is "e-learning" today because of the cold. Right now, his gym teacher is showing everyone YouTube video compilations of American Ninja Warrior Junior.
Just take the fucking snow day, school district.
Just take the fucking snow day, school district.
A designed, thoughtful computer-assisted educational plan is a lot different than shoving iPads at a lot of kids on a day it's too cold to go to school just so you don't have to tag a day on the end of the school year.
January 23, 2026 at 8:02 PM
A designed, thoughtful computer-assisted educational plan is a lot different than shoving iPads at a lot of kids on a day it's too cold to go to school just so you don't have to tag a day on the end of the school year.
I mean, I already knew senators' replies to constituents are form letters, but Dick Durbin's office couldn't even be bothered to make sure the font size matched.
January 23, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I mean, I already knew senators' replies to constituents are form letters, but Dick Durbin's office couldn't even be bothered to make sure the font size matched.
The time has come to decide whether Muppets references are fun and relevant or sound like when my father-in-law talks about Froggy the Gremlin from "Andy's Gang."
For context, the reference is the 1970 song "It's not easy being green," not like the Muppets Christmas Carol or Kermit drinking tea.
For context, the reference is the 1970 song "It's not easy being green," not like the Muppets Christmas Carol or Kermit drinking tea.
January 23, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The time has come to decide whether Muppets references are fun and relevant or sound like when my father-in-law talks about Froggy the Gremlin from "Andy's Gang."
For context, the reference is the 1970 song "It's not easy being green," not like the Muppets Christmas Carol or Kermit drinking tea.
For context, the reference is the 1970 song "It's not easy being green," not like the Muppets Christmas Carol or Kermit drinking tea.
I went to high school with a current Chicago alderman, so every so often I'll see a news photo and say, "Yep. I was in 'Meet Me in St. Louis' with that guy."
January 23, 2026 at 4:02 AM
I went to high school with a current Chicago alderman, so every so often I'll see a news photo and say, "Yep. I was in 'Meet Me in St. Louis' with that guy."
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This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 PM
This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
May all the gestapo who went to Minnesota to do war crimes in chinos and light henleys freeze to a hellbound slurry like little Nazi Icees. Nazees.
January 22, 2026 at 2:57 PM
May all the gestapo who went to Minnesota to do war crimes in chinos and light henleys freeze to a hellbound slurry like little Nazi Icees. Nazees.
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Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
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Hung a guy at Nuremburg for doing this, FYI. Not "a thing like this" but literally this, exactly.
January 21, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Hung a guy at Nuremburg for doing this, FYI. Not "a thing like this" but literally this, exactly.
No way in hell I'm spending $1,300 on a novelty keyboard that looks all pirate-y, but... yarr.
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January 21, 2026 at 6:45 PM
No way in hell I'm spending $1,300 on a novelty keyboard that looks all pirate-y, but... yarr.
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The "to boldy go" bit in the Star Trek intro went to infinitive and beyond.
That dumb thought was stuck in my head and now it's in yours. You've been "The Ring"-ed, sucker.
That dumb thought was stuck in my head and now it's in yours. You've been "The Ring"-ed, sucker.
January 21, 2026 at 11:29 AM
The "to boldy go" bit in the Star Trek intro went to infinitive and beyond.
That dumb thought was stuck in my head and now it's in yours. You've been "The Ring"-ed, sucker.
That dumb thought was stuck in my head and now it's in yours. You've been "The Ring"-ed, sucker.
I successfully stopped myself from getting involved in a Bluesky debate between two truly uninformed people about an area I happen to know a lot about. Where's my parade?
January 20, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I successfully stopped myself from getting involved in a Bluesky debate between two truly uninformed people about an area I happen to know a lot about. Where's my parade?
BRB, photoshopping Nana with a bowl of poutine and a hockey stick. canadianimmigrant.ca/immigrate/ci...
January 20, 2026 at 6:39 PM
BRB, photoshopping Nana with a bowl of poutine and a hockey stick. canadianimmigrant.ca/immigrate/ci...
I had a moment when I thought they were oversize novelty earmuffs hanging from a porch.
if you dropped your fuzzy pink earmuffs they're hanging on this tree
January 20, 2026 at 1:28 AM
I had a moment when I thought they were oversize novelty earmuffs hanging from a porch.
I always feel weird when a place's mascot is the food they're trying to get you to eat. It's one of the many reasons I left the Catholic Church.
January 19, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I always feel weird when a place's mascot is the food they're trying to get you to eat. It's one of the many reasons I left the Catholic Church.
Of course officials believe the system is at least a little bit fair. That system elected them. Right or left, they see their own election as at least one time "the system worked" and not "chaos and weird shit put this dipshit in office for a couple years."
January 16, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Of course officials believe the system is at least a little bit fair. That system elected them. Right or left, they see their own election as at least one time "the system worked" and not "chaos and weird shit put this dipshit in office for a couple years."
I want a Democrat to do the right thing without sending me a text asking for $10 after.
January 16, 2026 at 5:24 AM
I want a Democrat to do the right thing without sending me a text asking for $10 after.
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"Their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness."
North Minneapolis ICE shooting: 6 children hospitalized after flash bang hits van
A family was caught in clashes between protesters and law enforcement during civil unrest in north Minneapolis, leading to six children, including a 6-month-old baby, being hospitalized.
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January 15, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"Their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness."
The Stigmata-matic
A motorized hand that oozes lotion from its pores, patented today.
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January 13, 2026 at 6:36 PM
The Stigmata-matic
Anytime someone says "I used AI," I hear "I had a computer pop an oozing cyst and smeared the pus in a Word Doc for you."
January 13, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Anytime someone says "I used AI," I hear "I had a computer pop an oozing cyst and smeared the pus in a Word Doc for you."
Who has eight thumbs and knows where to find Clone Stamp?
Who has at least two thumbs and finally learned where to find the Paint Bucket tool in Photoshop?
January 12, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Who has eight thumbs and knows where to find Clone Stamp?