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Odd music, old movies, avian friends. FOT.

Boiling a big pot of water to pour down my drains for fruit fly prevention, feeling like an evil king pouring boiling hot oil to dump on the attacking hordes at the castle gates.

Watching the first Nightmare on Elm Street, where the freakiest thing isn't Freddy Krueger being scary, but rather Johnny Depp attempting to be normal.

Where was the media's outrage over DOGE? Few if any were willing to call his illegal destruction of the federal government, even now when the results have become undeniable. How many people lost their life savings due to the tanked SpaceX IPO? Why platform such a failure at all?

Paris Marx@parismarx.com · last wk.

After The Economist’s interview with Elon Musk, will major media finally reassess how they cover the fascist billionaire? As its editor-in-chief did the rounds saying she was “not a Musk hater,” he was on X calling her a traitor to the West and suggesting she be murdered. Please, have some dignity.

GM CEO Mary Barra is introducing Trump at his rally. Something to keep in mind if you're in the market for a vehicle anytime soon.

No word of a lie, I was listening to White Stripes' Icky Thump when I saw the Goodies' Bill Oddie died. Oddie was the major player in the Ecky Thump routine (named after the Yorkshire martial art involving hitting someone with a black pudding), which gave the album its name. #RIPBillOddie

Two "then and now" pictures of U.K. comedy trio the Goodies, in their garb for the Ecky Thump sketch, about the Yorkshire art of self-defense. Ecky Thump generally involves hitting someone on the head with a black pudding.

Sometimes it's the little things in life that make you smile ... like putting fresh newspaper on the parrots' snack stand, and noticing that there's a picture of Elon that will, before the day is out, be covered in bird poop.

Had my first Robin's Brekwich in something like two decades this morning, and I'm happy to report that the biscuit was slightly less cardboard-y than the last one I had. Hooray for progress.

TRUMP: "I am going to make the history told at the Smithsonian more accurate." REPORTER: "What year was The War of 1812 fought in?" TRUMP: "That is a a very great and beautiful war. It meant a lot to a lot of people." REPORTER: "What year was it fought in?" TRUMP: "You are a very rude person."

The Odyssey was great until Penelope used "party" as a verb, and now I think Christopher Nolan is the worst thing to happen to cinema since the talkies came in.