David Blackman

New Mr Beast contest: one lucky winner gets safely evacuated from Iran while the other contestants look on in horror as they are left behind

I know it is easy to doomscroll, especially today. Please plan for yourself at least one or many more offline activities. Buy a pastry, read a book, go to a museum, see a friend, cook a meal, play with a pet, or even a trip to Costco. Try to limit time on your phone and avoid stewing in anxiety.

A possum in a frantic looking pose, mouth wide open, surrounded by the words: NO WAR BUT CLASS WAR on an orange background with yellow radiating lines

If Schumer wants this to be his job, he should resign as senator and go work as a lobbyist for AIPAC

also “connections”

Also oh god I’ve turned into a pbs dad

Have you watched “secret life of components” or the Original “secret life of machines”?

What if a lovable old grandfather, the British bill nye, spent an hour in his barn talking about his favorite glues, and at the very end how it applies to his diy London arcade

i hate living in the second act of CABARET. i miss living in the first act of CABARET

Saddam Hussein

Nicholas Maduro

just figured out why i’m currently experiencing a debilitating bout of déjà vu

if the mta sold F/M swap merch they'd be funded for the next decade

But I didn’t want a LOST remake, I wanted a sharply observed surrealist workplace drama about the alienation inherent in corporate labor.

Wow. Big same.

Jesus I read her resignation letter and tentatively nodded along for a sentence or two until we got to … every single other insane racist sentence from her pen. Your take is 100% correct.

I’ve been trying to figure out since yesterday if this was a Halloween party

Honestly, when I started reading, I was scared he was going to suggest imprisoning people inside an Optimus exo-skeleton and force them to do community service, so this seems positively clearheaded in comparison

Earlier this year, I met a Croatian journalist who was in the US doing a piece on America’s politics and I asked her what surprised her. And she said, “What you all call the far left is just being normal.”

Schumer still hasn't endorsed Mamdani yet, right?

Remarkable.

Everyone pay attention and keep receipts.

What did I miss while I was asleep on European time?

how is this guy simultaneously completely fucking insane and a more honorable opponent than any republican in national office

… is Curtis Sliwa a glitch in the matrix?

???

There are third party flanges you can buy, I like the foam ones for secure fit though they are extra sound isolating. check Amazon etc?

“Most people get about five minutes of happiness a day … if they’re lucky” lives rent free in my head

I’m consistently confused how this throwaway snl skit is more impactful than dozens of well regarded CBT / IFS books!!!

A black and white cat sitting in a baby bed

stupid cat, get out of there, you are not our fifteen day old daughter!

When I first saw this I genuinely thought it was an early Don Hertzfeldt sketch

trying to figure out why that incredibly casual sentence make me laughcry

good rec! I will do what I always do and forward it along to everyone I know in London even though I don’t live there. Saw the piece in nyc, Andrew is a friend of a friend. Felt like it would have been easy to fall into cliche but his presence really carried it.

I fear I missed some Discourse

How do we get this in Europe? Lab111 would
be the obvious Amsterdam spot

The first time Trump made the national news was 1973 when Richard Nixon's, (Richard Nixon's), justice department said he and his dad violated fair housing by having managers write C for colored on rental apps, so they would know not to rent to blacks or Latinos.