My three-year-old was watching CNN when he turned to me gravely and asked “Daddy, why is the nice orange man firing the nice wine lady?” And when I told him “Because she became too woke to protect the reflecting pools,” he started crying.
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I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.
me: the simpsons have four fingers on each hand so you’d think they’d live in a base 8 society but as far as I can tell there’s no evidence of that in the show my wife: *screaming during labor* the obgyn: hold on i want to hear more about this
Its embarrassing how many grown ass adults live in these fantasies where people work for some nonsense like the artificial cultures oligarchs manufacture over survival.
section of "undisputed championship (boxing)"
I had a teleology joke, but it didn’t really go anywhere
JLRoberson@jlroberson.bsky.social · 4d agoI had an espionage joke, but what espionage joke
oh no. he said the c-word. we are now at war www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Quick hits: Aussie walker's 'in your dreams champ' taunt before gold
An Australian gold medallist trades barbs with a fellow competitor, while an English weightlifter makes a stunning revelation ahead of her Celebrity MasterChef debut. Here are the quick hits from day ...
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Downplay a book or movie: Dog Day Afternoon Tea
Jake_Vig@jakevig.bsky.social · 6d agoDownplay a book or movie: "Reasonable Expectations"
If I won the lottery I would hire an interior designer and just say “Columbo murderer” while waving my hand around my home office.
whenever I see a headline in the format [ORGANISATION] USING AI TO DRAFT REPORTS it’s impossible to tell if this is (a) disclosing a scandal or (b) promoting how smart or innovative they are
bombs or burritos? ordnance or hors d’oeuvres? is there nothing dronedash can’t do
The Verge@theverge.com · last wk.DoorDash is going airborne with new drone delivery division
o sweet abyss what horrors have you brought me today the abyss:
Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅@cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 7d agowe cannot allow this technology to fall into furry hands
USE ALT TEXT. in addition to it being essential for accessibility, some of us have no idea who anyone is (also it helps mute pics as the mute applies to alts not just skeets)
I really hope they give him a segment called "Did Ross Douthat?"
Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.
less a brainstorm and more a driverless train of thought
cmon now it’s gotta be Paradise Lost part of the Blind Bard Cinematic Universe
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now
Best adaptation of The Odyssey Wrong answers only
Waiting For Godot: Classic Theatre Scene
Alt: Waiting For Godot, black and white clip. Vladimir and Estragon, dressed as tramps stand on a barren grey stage with a stylised tree behind with only two leaves. They exchange hats in a comic-style routine.
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Holly Ross@hollyross.bsky.social · last wk.Best adaptation of The Odyssey Wrong answers only
and here’s how I learn for the first time that the Sydney airport curfew is systematically ignored anyway www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
On the good news side of the ledger, Ausftralia’s wholesale energy prices are trending DOWM despite the sudden rise in gas prices, all while moving from fossil fuel to renewables (plus massive investment in batteries). We’ve gone from most expensive to least expensive of the nations studied here.
remember how everyone used to confuse James Cromwell and Donald Moffat onscreen just realised I’ve been confusing Josh O’Connor and Callum Turner onscreen