Fortuna Vernalis

a person is holding a metal hand gripper with a black spring Alt: a person in a long sleeved black sweatshirt is squeezing a metal hand grip exerciser with a black spring

Macron always preps thoroughly for meetings with Trump

What a guy

I’m still owed an hour from the year I sprang forward here and then had to do it again three weeks later in Europe, but only got one hour back in the fall. Boooooooo 👎🏻

When you’re done with him, send him my way - I wished you 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 returns of the day last year. The dude’s clearly been slacking on the ‘happy’ part. May the year ahead suck far less than you expect, mate 🥳🎂🎉

Ho una casa nell’Honan, betch

Cyrus reincarnate remembers the story Croesus told about Solon, and is biding their time. Whoever it is is not a Pahlavi or a Rejavi 😒

impatient
a million tiny frogs
cheer winter’s end

#haiku

Not to mention that they should’ve taken the dog to the vet for an emergency booster and quarantine (mandatory and state-funded in many jurisdictions) the moment they suspected exposure. Rabies is 98% preventable, ffs

Naildt

Top panel: A painting of a disgusted looking white guy with long medium brown hair and a beard, who’s meant to be Jesus even though Jesus wasn’t a white guy Bottom panel: a zoom on the angry eyes of the disgusted white guy who’s meant to be Jesus Caption: Gabriel… blow the trumpets.

Chotiner: And when you engraved "One Ring to rule them all" on the—
Sauron: I don't understand why everyone keeps taking that out of context.
Chotiner: Well, do you mean to rule us all?
Sauron: I'm here to talk about Gondor's illegal encroachment in Ithilien, Isaac.

I do wish he’d gotten him before that stupid This Is Xmas (War Is Over) song, but time machines may not be that precisely calibrated.

This is just to say

I would mail you
the plums
that are in
the icebox

and which
you would probably
receive
in a week or so

Forgive me
they would be icky
so bruised
and so old

Thread!

Have you checked the icebox?

US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war

Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

If I'm reading this right, *50% to 90%* of voters at high-turnout locations are being redirected to their precincts????

If that is causing voters to just give up, it would explain the massive undercount for Crockett thus far today in Dallas.

(Noted by @votehub.com at the Other Place.)

Mmmm, morbidly snarky. You’ve taught him well!

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with papers on it and the words hd film tributes on the bottom right Alt: Sidney Poitier, in a suit and tie, is sitting at a desk, where his students have just presented him with a pewter mug and a card that reads ‘To Sir, with love’ with all their signatures on it

To Syrup, With Love

#CanadianFoodInASongOrMovie

a woman is making a funny face with the words not it written on the bottom Alt: a woman with auburn hair and a black dress is making a funny face and poking her nose with her index finger saying ‘Not it!’

There are worse arguments to get caught in the middle of

Not just a show for women, but *porn* for women. Because apparently women appreciating anything whatsoever about men is inherently erotic? 🤔

🗃️ Using #AI LLMs for "quick answers" in your research is a truth roulette: you risk not just inaccurate text but also fake images...

Boooooooo! 🤨

If you’re trying to evade a predator whose best tracking mode is visual, giving them a big, bright target to fixate on - and then being able to hide the target they’re fixated on at will - isn’t the worst tactic.

If a werewolf asked nicely, I’m sure a butcher would oblige! Or asking not-nicely, if nicely didn’t work.

Are the werewolves going to have roast bone marrow on crostini at some point? I feel like werewolves would be into that.

Well, if they’re down with taking out one head of state who causes regional instability over there, perhaps they’ll turn their attention to heads of state causing instability in their own region one of these days… 🤞🏼

Canada, if you’re listening….