Happy riverboat brawl day to all who celebrate! Today is the 3rd anniversary of the Montgomery Alabama river boat brawl! Also, Nathaniel Alexander, a Black man, patented the folding chair we use today in 1911
Paul and Storm
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Two guys, lotsa songs, and a cruise (http://jococruise.com). 3 seasons of "MST3k", plus Despicable Me 2 (long story). P=Paul, S=Storm in posts. Both he/him.
[P] "Wherever there's a fight so hungry Munchkins can eat, I'll be there. Wherever there's a flying monkey beating up a scarecrow, I'll be there."
John Moe@johnmoe.bsky.social · 5h agoJohn Steinbeck’s Wizard of Oz prequel.
[P] "Does the fact that you're currently polling 18 points behind Darth Vader, a block of moldy Monterey Jack, and a papier-mâché sculpture of a butthole change your response at all?"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h agoBLITZER: If a Democratic Senate primary were held in Pennsylvania today, do you believe you would win? FETTERMAN: ... Like, today? BLITZER: Yeah FETTERMAN: Uh. Yeah.
[P] Reposting for the daytime crowd. The replies are a hoot.
Paul and Storm@paulandstorm.bsky.social · 2d ago[P] “Toys That Weren’t Actually Toys from a Gen X Childhood” Feel free to add more.
[P] “Toys That Weren’t Actually Toys from a Gen X Childhood” Feel free to add more.
[P] Yeah, whatever; but can Mamdani demonstrate the various places your child might hide contraband in their room or backpack?
Democrats@democrats.org · 2d agoHUGE: Under Mayor Mamdani, New York City just recorded its safest first 7 months of a year in history—and its safest July ever. In July: Major crime dropped 13% Murder dropped 32% Robberies dropped 15% Vehicle thefts dropped 25% Democratic mayors are putting public safety first.
(Reassuringly) the president has the zoomies
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoSen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."
[P] The bar for being the worst “Miller” currently working for the government is astronomically high, but dammit if Max isn’t gonna take a shot at the title
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"
[P] Sometimes you need an in-person timeline cleanse. This one was a golden retriever event at a minor league ballpark.
Someone said my brother's dog looks like Jeff Daniels, & now I can't unsee it
[S] There is no bottom to Rowling being The Worst. But I read about her hero when verifying: author and journalist Jessica Mitford. Who would probably be ashamed to be associated with JK. And then I stuck gold: Mitford's delightful 1995 recording of "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" youtu.be/FKqQIhTCTzY?...
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Josephine "beckbook.com" Riesman@josie.zone · 4d agoAlways hilarious to me that the true story of JK Rowling's harrowing and #relatable story of writing while unemployed was actually "she was fired from Amnesty International (!!) for writing her dumb novel on company time" m.economictimes.com/magazines/pa...
[S] He simply keeled straight over after pronouncing "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!"
John Moe@johnmoe.bsky.social · 4d agoI somehow missed yesterday’s anniversary of the publication of one of my favorite headlines in St Paul history. (upper right column)
[P] I’m calling this now: on Monday (or whenever he ends up getting asked by the press), Trump will continue to claim there was vandalism, the press corps will wanly push back a little, and everyone will continue to act as if it’s normal.
Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”@ryanjreilly.com · 5d agoBREAKING: The Trump administration has moved to drop its felony Reflecting Pool case against a former Olympic canoeist, admitting their allegations against David "Davey" Hearn don't hold water.
[S] The short guitar solo in Elton John's "I'm Still Standing" isn't the best solo in rock history, but it is the most perfectly placed.
lil miss big boy@lighter.bsky.social · 5d agoPost your hottest music take. Mine is New Order is better than Joy Division.
I think for some people it is more comforting to believe that there is a vast conspiracy to hide the truth than that sometimes the best scientists in the world sometimes don’t know what’s happening
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 6d agoThis is it, the entire conspiracy: In early 2020, Fauci and a bunch of scientists thought the virus could be engineered. Then they did more research and found that it didn't show any evidence of that. Nothing we've learned since has overturned this finding.
[P] It's after 5 on Friday, which means it's FAILURE DUMPIN' TIME!
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5d agoFLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
If I won the lottery I would hire an interior designer and just say “Columbo murderer” while waving my hand around my home office.
So with regards to what I said about how Fark won't survive this year without more TF subscribers, I wrote up a longer explanation about what we're all up against. Not just Fark, all of digital media.
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