Happy Yes Day (a federal holiday in the United States)
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Happy Yes Day (a federal holiday in the United States)
Bald Trump
The Senator has a right to defend his honor. They used to have duels for that. Now it’s all tweets.
Hell yeah
I will have to check that out. What makes it so special?
Not my fault Britain’s blood sausage is the best one
Every culture has a blood sausage, and haggis is nothing but seasoning (black pepper)
i've decided that making fun of british food is now gen x coded. continue this discourse at your own peril
We really need to get payment processors regulated into the ground, make those bastards have no right to decide what you buy, you just get to process the payment and shut the fuck up Paypal.
Rogers Communications Inc lacks the community spirit of the Scotiabank Saddledome
I want to live I want to give I've been a miner For a dome of sky It's these expressions I never give That keep me searching For a dome of sky And I'm getting old Keep me searching For a dome of sky And I'm getting old
Full grocery run for under $100 in these bags (50lb rack capacity)
Two blocks across Flatbush from the Livingston Lidl
Oh same, and I even visited some shops in Minneapolis a few months ago entirely because he plugged them. He has done a few videos about Japanese records, and I find it very funny that he talks about Japanese pressings of KISS records, and not anything actually Japanese.
If people in the Hamptons feel they have a right to dictate city government, Zohran should simply promise to bulldoze Suffolk County. If that’s unrealistic, I’ll be happy to accept free childcare as a compromise in exchange for the East End’s continued existence.
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Is this the same Robert Zimmerman who lost a congressional race to George Santos?
Do that to the car wash around the corner from me first
There’s already one on Livingston Street! (I’m also eagerly awaiting the Empire Blvd one)
Lidl’s even better
Genuinely good (albeit pretty Classic Rock boomer oriented) YouTube channel for this too www.youtube.com/channel/UCpw...
Have fun on the Discogs forums!
I know you've done episodes on Classic Rock Guys, but Record Guys are a distinct type of guy from that (they're related, and there's decent overlap between the two)
@jane.meangirls.online @amidanruo.bsky.social @cooperlund.online how was it?
I would bet anything that Schumer will be voting for Jim Walden in the privacy of his voting booth, because Jim Walden's whole thing is that he provided pro bono legal services when Chuck and his wife tried to kill the Prospect Park West bike lane years ago (thankfully in vain)
Pritzker out here giving a master class in countering the right wing propaganda machine’s efforts to justify further federal invasions and occupations of American cities: he’s effectively reframing the discussion (beyond debates re: crime rates) to one of rising authoritarianism & federal overreach.
Am I right to assume that “really into numerology” also means “shit at math”?
They stopped wearing them because too many people thought the “Press” cards were actually buttons
Expecting cocktails to have flavor is a form of ableism
yes, but also, literally the entire movie 🎸🔫😎🎹
Nipple piercer’s aim was low :(
alright i'm going to be honest some of you are hoping against hope the president is about to die and some of you are lifelong mariners fans lamenting another loss and none of you are being all that clear about which one you're feeling right now
This is truly the Guards Ball of presidential deaths
In times like these, it’s nice to remember that you can’t visit Horst Wessel’s grave because communists desecrated it after the war :)
David Bowie in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), particularly the part when his character says he's never been any good at singing. Also Ryuichi Sakamoto, who acted in and scored the movie.
Boy, Guards Ball is a lot less fun to watch when it's not being played against the Yankees
#DragonCon, home of the Very Niche cosplays. This may as well have been crafted *specifically* for me 😆
this ultimately boils down to how the person I am quote tweeting here is annoying and grating to be around, and it's grating that pop culture caters increasingly to them bsky.app/profile/exxz...
I do like his giant hammer
ironically enough harry potter is a much richer and more interesting text if approached as criticism for how much it absolutely sucks
"My heart has been broken by my true love, Cho Chang. Guess I have to find a new true love, whose only qualities are being a girl and my buddy's sister."
But also, that's not the issue here. It's people getting pissy because you've insulted the honor of their childhood fave. Like, Marvel movies are not Shakespeare (I'm not saying you're saying this, but you surely know people consume only that level of art and behave that way)
I've been to that museum and it's exceptional even if you've barely seen any Miyazaki movies. And Miyazaki obviously has a much greater respect for his audience (of children) than Disney does.
right about kids' entertainment being worthy of critical analysis, that is, in case that wasn't clear. I happen to think Harry Potter is bottom-tier fantasy that only endures because so many of us grew up with it, but there's a lot to explore there, even w/o JK Rowling being a monster (which she is)
I'll also add that I collect records, and this is one of my absolute favorite country albums. I am, however, fully aware of what it is. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I'm not assuming that, but you're absolutely right about the rest. Luckily, "this thing is for kids" is a real and legitimate critique.
online tummyaches are no joke
Trump take LEGO www.404media.co/lego-stops-s...
"sentenced to ten thousand years in little space" shut the fuck up
No one's saying you can't enjoy the kid stuff, but also, people are allowed to remind you you're an adult.
Art and pop culture should strive to be more than just a safety blanket for children. It's bad for society if there's nothing deeper than that to consume, and in the absence of criticism, that's all there will be.
My increasingly close-held crank take is that we need to be way better about casting off childish things, or at the bare minimum recognizing they’re for children and feeling weird about that
this is misinformation & should be taken down, as it could deter folks from seeking vaccination. in short, it depends on the state whether you need a prescription for off-label vaccination — in many cases, you may not need one. here is much better vaccine info @ YLE: substack.com/home/post/p-...
the grown ass man appears to have stolen it from the kid on behalf of his own kid
update: Kamil Majchrzak is an adorable sweetie
I do like how the photo here is Shohei Ohtani at bat. Imagine the dingers that man could hit against Rockies pitching while unencumbered by oxygen. I'd pay a lot more than eleven dollars to see that.
In the shithead adult's defense, his son really needs a baseball cap not made out of Coach leather. Imagine how many lockers that kid has been stuffed into.
Did the guy who took your ball in 1995 have a son with a Coach leather baseball cap?
"Susan Collins is also old" isn't a defense here
Joni Ernst on the Senate floor next week
I live in a large building run by a management company now, and the guy who fixed our dishwasher a few weeks ago and the “electrician” I asked for to put GFCI outlets in the kitchen were the same all purpose handyman (he did get both jobs done)
The Guardian US is releasing a new tool today, a tracker tallying the arrests, detentions, and deportations since the start of the second Trump admin. We are going to continue to update as the admin releases new data: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Even if you life offsite and are generally conscientious, you’re just not gonna notice things as much when you’re not there literally all the time.
And the Rs have younger governors. I never said there was a conspiracy, I just think it’s poor strategy. Chuck Schumer’s not smart enough to do a real conspiracy.
That one asshole with like 30 properties who got the sad sack treatment in Tablet mag a few years ago
And I’m saying that reflexively doing that with near-octogenarian governors is putting a bandaid on a much deeper rot in the party and in the caucus. (This is not a knock on Janet Mills specifically)
Susan Collins was challenged in 2020 by the state house speaker, who was funded very generously by the DSCC, what are you talking about?
Well let’s just hope Senator Mills does that (I do also think rage at the gerontocracy among the general electorate is salient enough that it could be a liability by the time people actually vote)
Even so, Janet Mills was still 77 years old before last week. You don't recruit someone that old if you give two shits about building a bench for any kind of future.
I got an NYT push alert about Taylor Swift getting engaged, but not about the United States spying on Greenland
he's gonna be wired
did he enjoy his maple cruller?
How was the noise?
I don’t think it would be unreasonable to add some kind of residency requirement to any kind of governmental support for “mom and pop” landlords
I think the difference maker is if they live on the premises too. Our last landlords were a married couple who live on the bottom floor with their three teenage boys. Things are gonna be kept in much nicer shape if their kids have to live there.
No statues of southern traitors in The North
And “Cheapest Weddings” is the most Canadian-titled Australian TV series of all time
@alexanderfromspace.bsky.social get a picture with this guy
My photos are gone from the original blog post lol, but you can read about what a good time @harvilla.bsky.social had there too www.villagevoice.com/live-the-arc...
Photographed one of Arcade Fire’s MSG release shows for The Suburbs for The Village Voice. Also saw Chairlift’s last ever show at Brooklyn Steel many years later. www.flickr.com/photos/lefty...
A pile of research studies shows that small biz owners have no idea how their customers travel and that they consistently exaggerate the share that drives. Journalists who don’t acknowledge that reality are failing their readers.
This is more of a general complaint about popcorn, irrespective of the movie context, but that shit stays in your teeth forever. My favorite way to remember a movie is to excavate a popcorn shell from between my gums and my molars four days after seeing said movie.
I got my tires via for cx season via PostNL in the nick of time and am now rich in Baby Limus like I was rich in 11 speed chains during the pandemic. May we all make it through the season, drive trains intact. 🫡
Fantastic time to collect records too, especially records from the former Eastern Bloc and Japan. It rocks almost as much as the records themselves.
Never forget what they took away from you (the chance to eat Soylent at a completely sans serif Cracker Barrel)
Have fun! Feeling hella FOMO rn (I was very lucky to get to my first post-baby Mets game after only 2ish months)
How many of the "Go Birds" were for this guy?
Oh for sure! The luck of the draw just happened to pair me with the team that I share a last name with. I feel like I just happened to get the true Fan Exchange experience with the Mariners instead, and I’m very happy and grateful you put this whole thing together.
I obviously understand there are very real logistical challenges to this too
I had a blast with the Jays, but it might be fun to pairing teams on opposite coasts in future exchanges. I'm a Mets fan who already followed the Jays, but I've gotten into the Mariners recently while up late w/newborn. Personally, I've gotten a lot more from becoming Mariners pilled this summer.
This is how you react, every single time. Blame every single Republican politician in the goddamn country. They're all complicit and counting on you to listen to them bleat about decency while they allow this and every other kind of gun violence to proceed unhindered.
Honestly, it’s a shame that PDX is geographically too far west to be more of a domestic hub. (I’ve never had a layover at BNA, but I’m there once or twice every year, and I’d be shocked if connections there would be anything other than smooth after the remodel)
Telling these people that their specific god can go fuck himself is correct and entirely deserved
This is sick freak shit to say and it's alright to point that out
lol I see that all the time. I also saw one of the guards sneak their friend in through the emergency exit at 33rd St on the 6 once.
I’m so glad we’re investing in two rent-a-cops to play Candy Crush at one station exit to finally liberate us from fare evasion (7 Av F/G)
I have a signed photo of Billy Mays from when he was at opening of the Port Chester NY Costco in 2002, and similar ones were fetching $200 the day he died