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Is Billy Schuh one of the greatest what-if stories of indie rock? What if the Foundry Field Recordings could have sustained a second LP?
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Is Billy Schuh one of the greatest what-if stories of indie rock? What if the Foundry Field Recordings could have sustained a second LP?
It's a good thing he can't sweat, because if I was going to be homeless I would certainly be.
LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will strip Prince Andrew of remaining titles and evict him from royal residence.
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It's a good thing he can't sweat, because if I was going to be homeless I would certainly be.
Why does waking up every day feel like I've just read a damp book I found in a cave somewhere outside of Innsmouth?
October 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Why does waking up every day feel like I've just read a damp book I found in a cave somewhere outside of Innsmouth?
Is it wrong that I want a bathroom reader of Eric Adams quotes?
October 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Is it wrong that I want a bathroom reader of Eric Adams quotes?
It's still kinda weird we don't know anything about the FBIs raid Xiaofeng Wang, right?
October 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It's still kinda weird we don't know anything about the FBIs raid Xiaofeng Wang, right?
Name a film everyone loves except you.
Well, I'm going to cheat here a bit because I don't know that I can separate them out;
The Lord of The Rings Trilogy.
Well, I'm going to cheat here a bit because I don't know that I can separate them out;
The Lord of The Rings Trilogy.
Name a film everyone loves except you.
THE MATRIX (Wachowski/Wachowski, 1999)
THE MATRIX (Wachowski/Wachowski, 1999)
Name a film everyone loves except you.
SORCEROR (1977)
SORCEROR (1977)
July 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Name a film everyone loves except you.
Well, I'm going to cheat here a bit because I don't know that I can separate them out;
The Lord of The Rings Trilogy.
Well, I'm going to cheat here a bit because I don't know that I can separate them out;
The Lord of The Rings Trilogy.
These would be the same troops who likely have a large number of officers with tattoos of the Irish and Confederate flags?
June 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
These would be the same troops who likely have a large number of officers with tattoos of the Irish and Confederate flags?
How's this dude gonna have time to fight terrorism when he's still out there fighting bedtime?
June 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
How's this dude gonna have time to fight terrorism when he's still out there fighting bedtime?
In the case of my demise I explicitly grant permission for people to use my voice and likeness in any and all capacities, but only to torture my enemies.
i wonder if we'll start seeing "do not recreate my voice or likeness in any capacity with AI" riders in peoples' wills
May 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
In the case of my demise I explicitly grant permission for people to use my voice and likeness in any and all capacities, but only to torture my enemies.
Everything Everywhere All At Once... but.. uhh... everything does at the end? Am I doing this right?
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie.
Those Two Things You Do!
Those Two Things You Do!
May 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Everything Everywhere All At Once... but.. uhh... everything does at the end? Am I doing this right?
Through Public Square I have now learned that there's a local Curling Club that advertises on the anti-woke marketplace that also has a DEI policy on its website?
NEW: PublicSquare, a website that lets you search for businesses in your community that explicitly want you to know they endorse Trump/MAGA values, is backfiring as people use it to boycott those businesses. www.huffpost.com/entry/public...
Website For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For Boycotts
Social media posts about PublicSquare have gone viral as Trump critics use it to find companies not to support – the opposite of what the site was set up for.
www.huffpost.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Through Public Square I have now learned that there's a local Curling Club that advertises on the anti-woke marketplace that also has a DEI policy on its website?
I really hope we get an Anti-Pope out of this. I need some weird guy in Toledo to form his own conclave and setup shop.
April 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I really hope we get an Anti-Pope out of this. I need some weird guy in Toledo to form his own conclave and setup shop.
And somehow they'll find a way to blame this on fentanyl exposure.
First military casualties of the renewed effort for the military to occupy the US-Mexico border: two dead in a vehicle rollover.
2 U.S. troops deployed for border mission killed in vehicle rollover
The fatalities are the first since President Trump ordered the domestic deployment of thousands of service members as part of his crackdown on illegal migration.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
And somehow they'll find a way to blame this on fentanyl exposure.
Hey guys, did we ever find out what happened to Xaiofeng Wang? That's weird, right?
April 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Hey guys, did we ever find out what happened to Xaiofeng Wang? That's weird, right?
Area Man Just Wants A Nice Pilsner and a Chill Patio
April 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Area Man Just Wants A Nice Pilsner and a Chill Patio
This thread not including The Wrens is a travesty.
Can't stop thinking about the McSweeney's Sad Dad Bands, (first published January 14, 2022.)
Back on Twitter, I started a thread of my own riffs on Sad Dad Bands on January 17, 2022. Here is that thread, recreated.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...
Back on Twitter, I started a thread of my own riffs on Sad Dad Bands on January 17, 2022. Here is that thread, recreated.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...
What Your Favorite Sad Dad Band Says About You
The War on Drugs
You make your own paella and take super long naps on Saturday. Like over two hours, consistently. You prefer the smallest possible...
www.mcsweeneys.net
April 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This thread not including The Wrens is a travesty.
How do you play chicken against an opponent who doesn't think other people are real, and that they can't die?
April 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
How do you play chicken against an opponent who doesn't think other people are real, and that they can't die?
Does this mean we can finally finish Reconstruction?
Trump: "You know, our country was the strongest, believe it or not, from 1870 to 1913. You know why? It was all tariff based. We had no income tax." (This is nonsense.)
April 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Does this mean we can finally finish Reconstruction?
I'd like to say I feel vindicated in my analysis, but it's phyrric at best.
Sources close to the president say Trump is tanking the economy for little reason beyond his grudges and long-running obsessions.
Read more from @andrewperez.bsky.social and @swin24.bsky.social ⤵️
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Trump to America as Markets Crash: 'Sometimes You Have to Take Medicine'
Following Trump’s tariff announcement, stock market futures dropped again Sunday afternoon. Trump said he is not deliberately tanking the market.
www.rollingstone.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I'd like to say I feel vindicated in my analysis, but it's phyrric at best.
I've been on a British Quiz Show kick lately and it dawned on me that you could do a US quiz show centered almost entirely around the NYT Games, but they'd probably need some exclusive new games for. And since this is the NYT one of them will invariably be incredibly transphobic, like misgendering.
April 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I've been on a British Quiz Show kick lately and it dawned on me that you could do a US quiz show centered almost entirely around the NYT Games, but they'd probably need some exclusive new games for. And since this is the NYT one of them will invariably be incredibly transphobic, like misgendering.
I think the real order is:
1. Is this a grievance (racism/misogyny/etc.)?
2. Is this a grift or scam?
3.) Oh, no they're just dumb.
1. Is this a grievance (racism/misogyny/etc.)?
2. Is this a grift or scam?
3.) Oh, no they're just dumb.
Pretty simple rule of thumb when wondering why the Trump administration does anything is to ask two questions:
1) is it racist?
Or
2) are they stupid?
Tends to cover most Trump administration stuff.
1) is it racist?
Or
2) are they stupid?
Tends to cover most Trump administration stuff.
April 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I think the real order is:
1. Is this a grievance (racism/misogyny/etc.)?
2. Is this a grift or scam?
3.) Oh, no they're just dumb.
1. Is this a grievance (racism/misogyny/etc.)?
2. Is this a grift or scam?
3.) Oh, no they're just dumb.
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Thinking like a lawyer should be in the DSM-IV
Anyone discounting a 3d Trump term per the 22d am + the 12th am is thinking magically: The 22d dsn’t bar *serving* a 3d term, only being *elected* 3 times. The 12th dsn’t bar running for VP unless “ineligible” to serve as Pres, but Trump isn’t ineligible. QED!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/u...
Trump Says He’s ‘Not Joking’ About Seeking a Third Term in Defiance of Constitution
In wide-ranging remarks to “Meet the Press,” Mr. Trump said “a lot of people” wanted him to serve a third term and vowed to impose tariffs on global rivals, according to a transcript of the interview ...
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Thinking like a lawyer should be in the DSM-IV
Young Folks by Peter, Bjorn, & John
Fuck your favourite song. Tell me your least favourite song. The one that makes you die inside the moment you hear the first 3 seconds.
March 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Young Folks by Peter, Bjorn, & John
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On this date in 1991, Slint released SPIDERLAND
March 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
On this date in 1991, Slint released SPIDERLAND
I know everyone is up in arms about how stupid they look, or the price but can we talk about how these are sized? The model is wearing a size 34... 34 what?? It can't be the waist because there is none. How the hell does the sizing work?? I smell toast.
I have seen the most cursèd jeans imaginable and now you have seen them too.
Please guess to yourself what their price is and then click the link in replies to see how close you were.
Please guess to yourself what their price is and then click the link in replies to see how close you were.
March 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I know everyone is up in arms about how stupid they look, or the price but can we talk about how these are sized? The model is wearing a size 34... 34 what?? It can't be the waist because there is none. How the hell does the sizing work?? I smell toast.