Big JB has friends everywhere
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Big JB has friends everywhere
That’s my boy Guillermo
Our friend Peracca's Plump Toad is a very rare species of toad who lives in the Andes of southern Colombia and northern Ecuador! They are one of a few toads who are born directly as small toads and do not have a tadpole stage! (photo by Augustin Bussac)
November 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
That’s my boy Guillermo
Shout out to cough drops. If cough drops are secretly bad for some reason, I don’t care, don’t tell me, I’ll be mad if you tell me.
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Shout out to cough drops. If cough drops are secretly bad for some reason, I don’t care, don’t tell me, I’ll be mad if you tell me.
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Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Day to all who celebrate. Be sure to let all your screams out and then disappear.
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Day to all who celebrate. Be sure to let all your screams out and then disappear.
Blues Brothers
Blues Brothers 2000
Chicago
The Fugitive
Blues Brothers 2000
Chicago
The Fugitive
Pope Leo has shared his four favorite movies of all time, as the Vatican prepares to host dozens of actors and directors in a “World of Cinema” gathering on Saturday at his official residence. See which films made the pope's list. nyti.ms/4p3exK9
Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event
The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Blues Brothers
Blues Brothers 2000
Chicago
The Fugitive
Blues Brothers 2000
Chicago
The Fugitive
In case there was any doubt, the actual list is also embarrassing all on its own. Just a bunch of If Books Could Kill style airport book nonsense and Wealth of Nations (which he definitely hasn’t read)
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
In case there was any doubt, the actual list is also embarrassing all on its own. Just a bunch of If Books Could Kill style airport book nonsense and Wealth of Nations (which he definitely hasn’t read)
You guys wanna see a metaphor
October 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
You guys wanna see a metaphor
I was just sitting here thinking “man, Mark Ruffalo was incredible in Task” and then I realized the next thing I’m gonna see him in is 100% Now You See Me Now You Don’t
October 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I was just sitting here thinking “man, Mark Ruffalo was incredible in Task” and then I realized the next thing I’m gonna see him in is 100% Now You See Me Now You Don’t
So-called “small talk” is not aimless, and people who claim to hate it are often interminable boors. Engaging in small talk with folks - friends, strangers, people you’re working with for the first time, service industry employees - is an essential responsibility for making societies feel connected
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
So-called “small talk” is not aimless, and people who claim to hate it are often interminable boors. Engaging in small talk with folks - friends, strangers, people you’re working with for the first time, service industry employees - is an essential responsibility for making societies feel connected
Samuel Beckett is one of the funniest writers of the 20th C and if you don’t think so, that reflects a dour, performative seriousness on your part that exhausts everyone around you
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Samuel Beckett is one of the funniest writers of the 20th C and if you don’t think so, that reflects a dour, performative seriousness on your part that exhausts everyone around you
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BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.
While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.
While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.
Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row
Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.
www.choosechicago.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.
While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.
While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.
“Alright tough guy, just relax.”
To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.
Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert
When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.
cnb.cx
October 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“Alright tough guy, just relax.”
There was a tweet going around a few months ago that was basically “AnyAustin’s whole thing is that every one of his videos invents a new genre of video and then instantly perfects that genre” and I agree and think you should watch his stuff
the last bit about arc lighting vs incandescent lighting in Red Dead 2 is insane youtu.be/mTtMCoJrGxk?...
Do Red Dead Redemption 2's Power Lines Connect to Anything?
YouTube video by Any Austin
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
There was a tweet going around a few months ago that was basically “AnyAustin’s whole thing is that every one of his videos invents a new genre of video and then instantly perfects that genre” and I agree and think you should watch his stuff
Where are we on making leaf blowers illegal? Feel like we gotta get a think-tank on this
September 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Where are we on making leaf blowers illegal? Feel like we gotta get a think-tank on this
Real shanty-heads know that all it takes is a few solid heave-hos and we’ll be back in port before you know it
remember that one-week period a few years ago when sea shanties were a huge cultural phenomenon?
has any trend burned so bright and then disappeared so quickly?
has any trend burned so bright and then disappeared so quickly?
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Real shanty-heads know that all it takes is a few solid heave-hos and we’ll be back in port before you know it
It’s honestly probably not even that good objectively but I’m about to make House of Guinness about 30% of my personality
September 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
It’s honestly probably not even that good objectively but I’m about to make House of Guinness about 30% of my personality
Marshall Berman, 1982:
“… in the literature on modernism, Marx is not recognized in any way at all.”
lol
“… in the literature on modernism, Marx is not recognized in any way at all.”
lol
September 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Marshall Berman, 1982:
“… in the literature on modernism, Marx is not recognized in any way at all.”
lol
“… in the literature on modernism, Marx is not recognized in any way at all.”
lol
And a lot of the people who think they’re pros (often people who *are* pros) get a little high on their own supply and forget that lots of forms of writing benefit from those structures for pragmatic reasons.
Breaking the rules just for the sake of breaking the rules can make writing worse.
Breaking the rules just for the sake of breaking the rules can make writing worse.
Yes. You've gotta learn how to write with strict structure before you can learn to write without it.
I think a lot of people who become pro writers were precocious bookworms with bookworm parents and don't actually need this the same way average kids do so are maybe blind to this
I think a lot of people who become pro writers were precocious bookworms with bookworm parents and don't actually need this the same way average kids do so are maybe blind to this
I mean, the teachers surely know this. The structural conventions kids learn in high school English are training wheels for people learning how to write. Which most students at that stage need, even though skilled, mature writers almost never write like that.
September 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
And a lot of the people who think they’re pros (often people who *are* pros) get a little high on their own supply and forget that lots of forms of writing benefit from those structures for pragmatic reasons.
Breaking the rules just for the sake of breaking the rules can make writing worse.
Breaking the rules just for the sake of breaking the rules can make writing worse.
me watching any Star Wars property
*christine mcvie voice* show me guys, show me weird little guys
August 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
me watching any Star Wars property
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My suspicion is that rather than the left being worse at hiding or suppressing our humourless dogmatists, what's actually going on is taste makers find leftist humourless dogmatists more irritating because more influential on their emotional and professional lives. So they get complained about more.
August 24, 2025 at 6:19 AM
My suspicion is that rather than the left being worse at hiding or suppressing our humourless dogmatists, what's actually going on is taste makers find leftist humourless dogmatists more irritating because more influential on their emotional and professional lives. So they get complained about more.