Haha, holy shit! The most surprising part of this story was the spine on that campaign manager. Good for them🫡
Missouri Independent@missouriindependent.com · 6d agoA Republican legislative candidate in Joplin plotted to plant cocaine and Adderall on his primary opponent in an effort to derail her campaign, federal prosecutors allege. #moleg #mogov
@thatbilloakley.bsky.social ‘s #CuriosityDinner was a great time! Each of the seven courses was a fun surprise and a journey through American culinary history. 10/10, would go again.
The end of One Hundred Years of Solitude did this to me. I’ve read the book once, but I’ve reread the end so many times.
Writers Write@writers-write.bsky.social · last wk.#writing #reading #booksky #writingsky
Solidarity feels so good. All the cool kids love a boycott.
Starbucks Workers United@sbworkersunited.org · 2w ago🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:
To Kill A Mockingbird 2 Kill 2 Mockingbirds To Kill A Mockingbird: Tokyo Drift
I don’t know how Spreadsheet People became the main character, but I want you to know that Spreadsheet People are not a monoculture. You think an Index Match Person would give the time of day to a VLookup Person?
I know what her job is.
Tables! - I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson
Alt: Tables! - I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson
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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 3w ago"She is a platinum blonde geyser of positivity, there to buck him up when the going gets rough." @shawnmccreesh.bsky.social and Maggie Haberman profile Natalie Harp, the Trump loyalist who has become the subject of endless commentary and memes these days. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
From the news stories, one would conclude that Flock cameras are only used for cops to stalk women.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3w agoA Florida police officer is accused of using Flock camera tech to track his estranged wife’s vehicle 717 times, according to an affidavit
My prediction: They’re going to rub down with tallow to own the libs.
Sam@samd.bsky.social · last mo.I’m starting to realize that all of the annoying pundits just suffer from oppositional defiant disorder increasing your kids’ risk of melanoma to own the libs
I’m feeling very hopeful for the future today, and @themountaingoats.bsky.social new album is fitting right into the vibe perfectly.
the Mountain Goats@themountaingoats.bsky.social · last mo.you know how you have a cold and then you don’t have a cold but the symptoms did not get the memo? And you can’t breathe? That’s me on our release day 2026 it seems. Enjoyed six or seven hours of flight delays yesterday en route to Portland. Still doing my best! Here’s new music: 30tgrs.ffm.to/days
Missouri elections be like: Hitler (R) 79% - Christ (D) 21% And then the ballot initiative: Amend the Missouri constitution to require the state to own the means of production and work towards full communism? Yes 92% - No 8%
I’ll put the St. Louis “I VOTED” sticker up against any other municipality’s sticker. Can’t beat our flag.
I do recommend going to PuffPies on Gravois and picking up an assortment of delicious empanadas. ThePuffPies.com
[Homer sits backwards on a chair] let me tell you about ANOTHER giant brute who was being beaten by Nobody
A wonderful read from @collinpreciado.bsky.social
The Cardinals' Tarps Off section: reviewed!
One in an occasional series of irreverent reviews designed to help people navigate St. Louis in all its quirky glory. It’s no secret that attendance at Cardinals games is way down, and while the inter...
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This makes me very sad this morning.
Stereogum@stereogum.com · last mo.Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash at age 56
Hey everyone, I have a really funny idea for Gunther’s next exhibit.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · last mo.Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist who generated both fascination and revulsion around the globe with his "Body Worlds" exhibits of preserved human corpses, has died. He was 81. https://to.pbs.org/4vX0Yz9
I spent my thirties playing with and against IGR teams, and every one of them was full of the best people you could ever know.
Baltimore Banner Sports@sports.thebaltimorebanner.com · 2mo ago“We’re not asking for permission to be here. We’re playing.” In February, USA Rugby banned transgender women from competing in women's matches. It was, on paper, a massive blow to the Baltimore Ferals, one of hundreds of teams affiliated with International Gay Rugby. Instead, they kept playing.
If I want to piss off my wife and her sister, who are both over six feet tall, I tell them about the time I walked into Old Navy, went straight to the clearance rack, and bought a nice looking pair of jeans for under $20 without trying them on.
It was a sausage po’ boy in New Orleans almost 10 years ago.
Supreme Executive Council Of Posting@swolecialism.bsky.social · 3y agoevery adult over 30 has a sandwich that they had one time that could easily go in this picture frame
People who keep pointing out that golf courses use as much water as data centres as some sort of defence of data centres drastically underestimate the amount we also hate golf.
I saw The Odyssey last night, and it was a great movie. I like how we don’t have to worry about plot spoilers when discussing it, but there are still spoilers. Like how they played, “Where Eagles Dare” by the Misfits when Odysseus fought the suitors. Or they should have played it, at least.
Pretty much the same column.
I Am Fucking Insane
Hello, friends, just a few random thoughts from yours truly…. Five minutes with Walter Matthau is like 10 years in an Ivy League school…. It’s a shame what’s happening in Sarajevo…. There is nothing m...
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The Columbus Dispatch@dispatch.com · 2mo agoOpinion: A retired professor shares how political polarization is impacting his dating life in modern America.
I kinda hate this cycle of grilling a presidential nominee, presenting the myriad valid reasons why they absolutely cannot have the post, and then getting enough votes to secure the job. It’d be pretty cool if a crummy nominee was actually told to hit the bricks but I just don’t see that happening.
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
“in Jackson, Miss., the financially most harmed are Black women, specifically Black mothers, and that is because of the policies and the systems that we have put in place that make it virtually impossible for them to earn at the same level as their counterparts.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
This program gives Black single moms $1,000 a month for a year. The results are undeniable
The Magnolia Mother’s Trust is the first to target low-income families led by Black mothers in Jackson, Mississippi
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