Someone in DC set up a “little free blockbuster” with DVDs inside instead of books lol

No dude I'm talking about baby yoda, the actor. grogu is the guy he plays in that Grogu movie.

Reminder: THE GREEN KNIGHT is a Christmas movie and it is your chivalric duty to watch it annually. #filmsky

a man in a yellow robe is holding a crown and a sword

ALT: a man in a yellow robe is holding a crown and a sword

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John Cleese said What have the BBC ever given us? , 1986

The local Turkish shop has weird AI videos playing on a loop on its sign. One is of a cat sitting on a swing playing a guitar and another is of a cat sitting on a sofa shaving a watermelon. The future is rubbish.

With no hope or expectation, until this government tells a positive story about this country including immigrants then Reform will keep on winning. Sure, delivery. But that has to be in the service of a better vision.

BREAKING: COUNTRY NOT BROKEN

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS SET A FIRM JULY 8 DEADLINE TO FINALIZE TRADE DEALS, PUSHING COUNTRIES TO SUBMIT THEIR BEST OFFERS BY WEDNESDAY TO ACCELERATE NEGOTIATIONS AND AVOID THE REINSTATEMENT OF SUSPENDED TARIFFS.

Magic!

Trump: "Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30"

So, this seems aimed at Bill Maher, but really could be pointed at anyone trying to normalize Trump (including the NY Times). www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...

Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf (Gift Article)

When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.

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Before press came in — but while live feed was running on Bukele’s feed — Trump said to him: “home-growns are next. … You’re gonna need to build about 5 more places.” x.com/nayibbukele/...

As the risk of financial market malfunction climbs again to an uncomfortable and worrisome level, this is not just about a "game of chicken" on tariffs between China and the US. It is also developing into one between the Administration and the Federal Reserve. There is a lot at stake here. #economy

At this point the EU and UK are the barmen who hide under the Saloon counter until the trade gunslingers in the tariff shootout kill each other.

In fact "if you think globalisation was bad wait till you see what deglobalisation is like. In fact we got a taste of it with Brexit, didn't we, and that's been a sh1tshow. So we're not turning inward"* would be a far more cheerful message for business to hear.

I feel seen.

Levi Stahl@levistahl.bsky.social · last yr.

Oh great

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · last yr.

GOP MOVES TO DEFUND ‘CHRONICALLY BIASED’ NPR, PBS, AFTER DISASTROUS HEARING After a hard-hitting hearing by the House DOGE Subcommittee, Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, is introducing a bill Thursday to pull all government funding from "chronically biased" outlets NPR and PBS,

Leopard: I will eat your face Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp

Michael Derby@michaelsderby.bsky.social · 2y ago

J.P. Morgan econs on Trump’s latest are “increasingly concerned that the policy mix may tilt into an unintentionally far less business-friendly stance. The sustained 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico set to start this weekend is materially different than the tariff increases built into our baseline.”

Just had the most expensive pint of my London life - £7.45 for a Camden Hells….

Los Angeles January 2025

I like that every 2-3 years there’s a major news event that causes Mark Zuckerberg to sit down in increasingly bad outfits and somberly talk to the camera saying the company is going to change everything for the worse from the last time they changed everything for the worse

Hmm not good: www.ft.com/content/c755...

US credit card defaults jump to highest level since 2010

Consumers are ‘tapped out’ after years of high inflation and as pandemic-era savings have evaporated

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A brief vision of the world's worst stag party.

cartoon of the day

This was supposed to go out on the front porch but she’s decided it’s her new best friend and won’t let it out of her sight. Fuck.