Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad

@xkcd.com My son posed this one: if you were in an electric car with zero charge, how long of a hill would you need to go down to charge it to 100% purely through regenerative braking?

@timgrierson.bsky.social getting dragged to Tron Ares tonight. Read your Screen International review. By G&L standards was that a C+?

@timgrierson.bsky.social TIm, been meaning to write to tell you that your discussion of watching movies as you age in last week's podcast was terrific. Very thoughtful piece, and really a great example of why I listen to podcasts in the first place. Thank you for that.

This July 4th feels like a birthday party for an 18 year old dog

hey remember when a rich ceo died then when they caught the suspect they made a circus of it like they found osama bin laden and charged him with terrorism but less than weeks ago two democrat lawmakers and their spouses were shot as literal assassination to shift control and everyone already forgot

We hadn’t won World War II by May 8th. I know because my family and I were still in an internment camp in Tule Lake, California.

There it is, in a nutshell.

Fuck the Russian Oligarch Billionaires and their Dictator who want to exploit Ukraine. 🇺🇦

Fuck the American Oligarch Billionaires and their wannabe Dictator who've been exploiting the United States. 🇺🇲

SAY NO!

Behold this absolute unit. Name’s Ammo, has thyroid condition. Still a very good boy, 10/10.

Much awesomeness here. youtu.be/d_z0XW05lJQ?...

@griersonleitch.bsky.social Any particular reason you guys didn't review Moana 2? I was curious which side of the B-/C+ divide it would land on.

Just finished "The Last Days of the Dinosaurs" by @restingdinoface.bsky.social Really enjoyed it. Couple things that'll stick with me: species that evolved over millions of years gone in a day; and the evolutionary concept of diversity driving more diversity. Good stuff!

Sports Bluesky! Quote post with your favorite teams:
MLB: Angels (fml)
NFL: Rams
College: nah
NBA: nope
NHL: Kings
F1: Nope
EPL: Zzzzz
MLS: see above
Soccer overall: see above also
Cricket: Impenetrable
Rugby: Wish I knew more

"Now take this home, throw it in a pot, add some broth, a potato.

Baby, you've got a stew going."