Still my all time favorite album.
R.E.M.@remhq.bsky.social · last wk.Here’s to 40 years of Lifes Rich Pageant
Darren Glass
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Mathematician, Bar Trivia Junkie, Baseball Dad
R.E.M.@remhq.bsky.social · last wk.
hear me out. we need more taxes on people who are bad at math for the same reason we tax cigarettes and carbon.
JLRay@jlray.bsky.social · last wk.The latest from YouGov (n ~ 16k). If you had a choice between instantly receiving $50,000 or flipping a coin for a 50% chance to win $1 million, which would you pick? 65% in the US select the $50k, 25% take the coin toss. yougov.com/en-us/daily-...
lmao theonion.com/citys-beauti...
City’s Beautification Initiative Hamstrung By Commitment To Local Artists
BLOOMINGTON, IL—Amid a campaign aimed at improving the aesthetics of previously neglected public spaces, the team behind a new beautification initiative admitted Thursday to feeling impeded by the cit...
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Ok I figured out who needs to hear this
weeder@weeder.bsky.social · 2mo agoNot sure who needs to hear this but admitting you're wrong doesn't kill you instantly
Was anyone else annoyed that yesterday’s @nytgames crossword was entitled Boxed Sets and used curly braces to indicate the sets but they were clearly ordered even though sets are inherently unordered? Probably just me, I guess. #VennDiagramOfNerdiness
Go read this book, folks. It’s wonderful and smart and heartwarming and inspiring and anger-inducing, all at the same time.
Chad Topaz Queer DEI Race Traitor@chadtopaz.bsky.social · 2mo agoToday is — at long last — official launch day for my book, "Unlocking Justice." I wrote it to help and to be hopeful. Tradition says I post a pic of me with the book. 🤷♂️I'm overthrowing tradition and posting (abbreviated) acknowledgments. This book exists only because of so many people. I feel moved.
One thing I hadn’t appreciated is if you start waking up at 5am every day you can fit SO many more cups of coffee into your morning
For women in math day, let's remember that the US just bombed Maryam Mirzakhani's alma mater.
plus.maths.org@plusmaths.bsky.social · 3mo agoToday is International #WomenInMathematics day, set up in honour of Maryam Mirzakhani, the first female Fields Medallist. To celebrate, we've collected together articles celebrating the incredible women in maths we have worked with over the last year. plus.maths.org/happy-2026-w...
Obviously I loved the discussion of state movies that @hodgman.bsky.social and Janet Varney had on #EPluribusMotto, but how could they leave Gettysburg off the list of PA films?!? (Or Wonder Boys, for that matter) Still, great podcast that you should support before #MaxFunDrive ends.
E Pluribus Motto | Maximum Fun
In each episode, Janet Varney and John Hodgman spotlight one state and chat about its motto, bird, beverages, songs, and–occasionally–muffins in a celebration of regional culture. Pack your snacks and...
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JD Vance may have had a rough week but at least he can look forward to his upcoming rollout of his book on Catholicism
Had this experience a few weeks ago on day 830 or so. What a roller coaster.
John Moe@johnmoe.bsky.social · 4mo agoRealized I broke my 737 day NYT crossword streak. Felt crestfallen. Then I felt free from this years-long compulsive behavior. Suddenly lighter, full of possibility, it’s only a marketing manipulation anyway! Then realized oh, nope, streak is in tact. Okay well, that’s good too, that’s cool.
Looking forward to reading Walter Isaacson's "The Greatest Sentence Ever Written." Very much hoping it's, "Is he strong, listen bud, he's got radioactive blood."
My ears are still ringing from the US-Venezuela game three years ago.
Nathaniel Rakich@baseballot.bsky.social · 5mo agoVenezuela’s 7th inning rally was the loudest I’ve ever heard a stadium.
The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.
First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says
nytimes.com
I know it’s not quite what Alan is talking about but I was hoping his article would help me figure out which one is The Night Agent and which one is The Recruit because I’m still not sure I can tell them apart.
Alan Sepinwall@sepinwall.bsky.social · 5mo agoIn yet another TV confluence of two shows with near-identical premises, HBO's Rooster and Netflix's Vladimir star, respectively, Steve Carell and Rachel Weisz as sexually frustrated teachers at liberal arts colleges. My review of these two messy comedies:
This is a bananas stat from Garrett.
Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhen we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946. In 2007, the US president was born in 1946. In 2017, the US president was born in 1946. And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.
trump says he has brought on a "turnaround for the ages" and he's not wrong
This reminds me of the study a few years back that showed that bicycling is worse for the environment than driving…because it will cause you to live longer and consume more fossil fuels in your lifetime than you save in your commute.
X2Y@x2y.tech · 6mo agoSAM ALTMAN: “People talk about how much energy it takes to train an AI model … But it also takes a lot of energy to train a human. It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart.”
Let’s put our heads together, and start a new country up.
BNO News@bnonews.com · 6mo agoBREAKING: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shuts down due to lack of funding
yes but that does not excuse their imperialism in kuwait, iraq, and afghanistan
simi@simifresh.bsky.social · 6mo agothe bushes were people 😂
I’m starting to think that my retirement plan of investing all my money into back issues of The Sandman wasn’t as solid as I thought when I was 25.
It’s possible to be glad that an artist makes a quick strong response to a political event and still think that the song sounds as if someone asked AI to generate a song by that musician responding to a newspaper article you uploaded, right? Asking for a friend.
My @washingtonmonthly.com column today chronicles Trump's 5-decade history of advocating for an "unshackled" police and violence against protesters & immigrants washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/28/b... The paper & video trail is long. Let's take a look...
Don’t Make Bovino the Fall Guy for the Violence Trump Long Craved
The White House is scapegoating Greg Bovino for killings in Minnesota. But Trump has spent years urging police brutality and mob violence.
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Carman’s Country Kitchen in Philadelphia closed in 2013 and I think about the brunches there at least once a week.
Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · 7mo agoSunday night timeline cleanse please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
Fun part of the morning routine is looking at which of my daily puzzles I did in the middle of the night when I woke up and couldn’t get back to sleep.
I'm still writing "one long unending nightmare" on my cheques
Who doesn’t feel this pain in their soul?
Paul Fairie@paulisci.bsky.social · 8mo ago2025 Headline of the Year nominee (August)
It’s always a highlight of the year.
Paul Fairie@paulisci.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees 🧵
