Bob the Callithumpian

Creativity isn’t a race. It’s a relay. Hand the baton to Tomorrow You and rest. 💤🏃‍♂️

This isn't Musk threatening Congress or the Dems. This is Musk assuming that any Democratic congressperson who might threaten him with investigation is as captured by an oligarch is "his" pets are. I'm curious if his assumptions are right.

Did you know? (Do you remember?) The 250th birthday of the United States of America was a bit over three months ago.

Yesterday was a great representation of two powerful trends. First, that the passion to participate is still strong, and second that those that profit from passivity are threatened. Keep showing up! E plebnista, baby!

Fall, and something of what we'd like to see happen to some regime, I daresay.

I had not realized, here in my ivory tower of chosen high-quality relationships, how empathically stunted too many of my fellow citizens are. Can we include universal therapy in ambitions for universal healthcare?

I might just be an idiot, but I find the whole dramatic climax and conclusion of Kung Fu Hustle genuinely moving. Like, the movie is definitely a bunch of goofy comedy adventure shit, but I sincerely believe it's also profound.

Once the press pool is back in place, I encourage them to ask the Orange Monster this question: "Regarding the war in Iran, could you explain to us how your experiences fighting in Vietnam have informed your choices in the Iran conflict?" Let his own mouth prove his dementia.

It's amazing to me that some people just haven't heard this yet, but just in case: Never hit your grandma with a shovel, it makes a bad impression on her mind.

This @obsidian.md plugin is absolutely nuts. An exceptionally full-featured and slick RSS reader baked right into the Obsidian interface. github.com/amatya-adity...

he thinks you 🫵 are stupid

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015-2026)

took me way too long to realize that Master Onion from Parappa is a literal Rap Scallion 💀

This engine is more candy than you should eat. This engine is a greased pig. This engine is a drum kit for your seventh birthday. This engine is Friday night forever. Make it sing. itch.io/jam/havoc-en...

I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution. Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.

I don't know anyone who is a White House correspondant, but I might suggest to them that Stephen Colbert might be a fantastic returning host.

California Indigenous tribes are restoring ‘good fire’ to the land. New laws now recognise tribal sovereignty to conduct cultural burns - small, intentional fires that nourish native plants, strengthen biodiversity and reduce megafire risk. buff.ly/LWimZlE #ShareGoodNewsToo

we need a PaRappa the Rapper of the left

As an older business person, I'm not a fan of hustle-bro culture. While they might frame it differently, it's the equivalent of that old joke about the young bull looking down the hill at a herd of cows. To which the most appropriate response is, "nah bro, let's _walk_ down and do them all."

Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/

Credit where it is due, Trump's subversive path towards implementing the Green New Deal is very clever. Oh sure, everyone is "allowed" to enjoy luxuries like hamburgers and coffee, but fix it so that no one can "afford" them? Freedom that still supports capitalism and suvival of the richest.

Kidnapping. Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping. Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking. A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.