M. Ryan

Does anyone here remember the 1990d NYC public access show, Concrete TV?

If you're at the airport and Kristi Noem is doing the ominous little message from the TSA screens, you no longer have to do anything she says. Leave your laptop in the case, whatever.

Every elected representative who even theoretically supports this war needs to answer whether they regard a seven-year-old Iranian girl as a human being

Grant Lee Buffalo’s first three records (1993-1996) are sadly all-too-applicable to the moment, as well.

49 turning 50 this year. I often find myself under the assumption I’m a median voter based on general trends in winners, references, etc. but maybe that’s my generational solipsism… whatever

I know journalism is a rapidly deteriorating industry, but it also feels like fighting a losing battle when folks on here are mostly sharing articles to dunk on them, rather than solid pieces from journos and critics out here trying our best every day to stay working and writing

'It was surreal' Holidaymakers on first flight out of Abu Dhabi describe petrifying experience Explainer What to do if your flight is cancelled due to the US-Israel war on Iran

Everything is normal why do you ask

trump wearing green ribbon on neck

Looking great, sir!

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

If Costco is serious about competing in the glossy magazine space, this should have been a listicle

"In Amerika the VOID screams into YOU."

Two critically acclaimed box office powerhouses going head to head in awards season from the same studio that is months away from closing up shop and going extinct. The entertainment industry is terminally ill. #sagawards #awardsseason

Note: never make fewer than 30, so friends always have a reason to stop by

Algorithmic thinking—the idea that anything you see must be intended for you, individually, the sole audience, leading you to misunderstand the context of practically everything.

One day, sooner than you think, you’ll spend the day making only 40 Swedish meatballs. And then 30. But, that’s different for everyone. It sucks.

I have a reminder set for every three months.

I realize this technically doesn’t answer your question, but, well, here we are

Siding with the Constitution isn't siding with Iran.

I work out all the time, but you would never guess by looking at me. I call it looksminning.

They’re a top 3 band for me, so all due respect to them, but worth pointing out this is the explicit approach for like half of The Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs.

At this point, I’ll maybe take either

Hegseth only watches movies about “war fighters” who win, bruh, like Apocalypse Now or Full Metal Jacket uh wait

The more I hear about inverse proportion, the less I like it.

Maybe there’s some sort of Brewster’s Millions thing going on we’ll eventually learn about when someone inevitably but unintentionally leaks a Signal chat

Surely @biblioracle.bsky.social has something to contribute here?

as in Putin’s Russia, the goal is not to convince people that a lie is the truth; it’s to make it impossible to tell them apart

Columbia President with NEW details:

5 DHS agents entered a residency with no warrant.

They said they were police looking for a missing kid.
Security camera even captures them showing pictures of the "kid."

A campus officer asked for a warrant & their boss.

They ignored him & took the student.

CBS, Fox, the Washington Post, and Twitter are all owned by Trump-loving billionaires and soon CNN will be too. Here's why American media has a liberal bias problem.

seems obvs to me that mamdani gets far because of his charm. why do "male self improvement" types always focus on things like looksmaxxing instead of personalitymaxxing or charmmaxxing?

The playwright’s name is spelled “Aya Ogawa.”

Does this …”food” set the floor for minimum time in existence to then be considered “discontinued”?