It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charles Freeman

El-Sayed on Trump's cognitive tests: "I went to medical school...In my neurology unit, I would have to give that MoCA exam...The only people that you give a MoCA test to are people who you worry may have cognitive deficits. By definition, if you're taking one of those tests, something's wrong."

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This scenic view of nature is from…an interstate rest area in eastern Illinois?

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

Wow, she is just being toxic all over the place…

This is the absolute worst travel day (highway-wise) in longer than I can remember.

Clearly the correct answer is RC Cola.

Sounds a bit idolatrous, yes?

#DaveGranlund

So it sounds like Tennessee is committing voter fraud?

🎶”I was born in a small town…” IYKYK

This is who Republicans are.

What “pro-life” victory has meant in Idaho.

So is the “inevitable” thing about AI going to be bankruptcy?

The “god” in question is, of course, DJT.

About 2/3 through @kkdumez.bsky.social #LiveLaughLove and the book continues to be illuminating, but there are moments when the connections and relationships that keep getting revealed leave me feeling a little bit like this guy:

This is who Republicans are.

We are sensing a pattern

Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.

For the love of all that is good and holy, Brewers, win the damn Series. A sweep would be nice.

@slkollmann.bsky.social Following you back for “Illinoisances.” 👍

Hell yeah, Coalition of Immokalee Workets! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Musk has constituted himself a shadow RNC. Make sure people know it. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Nine new recordings of this one work? Good grief, the classical music world is hopeless. With nine new recordings of Mahler’s epic Resurrection Symphony this year alone, which rises above the rest? www.theguardian.com/music/2026/o...

So Alabama Sen. Tubberville from Florida is coming out as a full-fledged Russian agent.

Hold on loosely But don’t let go If you cling too tightly You’re gonna lose control Wise advice from .38 Special, of all bands.

Watch my debate with Andy Barr tonight! Sip bourbon when he says “socialism,” “communism,” or “radical.” Sip vinegar when he explains how he’ll lower prices or pay for healthcare. Your bourbon will run out first. Please drink more responsibly than Andy Barr legislates!

OK, this story turned even scarier... www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

This isn’t even satire. It should be, but it isn’t. It’s just what Tommy the Fascist is.

The truck was parked alongside the field, and then it entered the field of play. Did it just start up and go all by itself? Nothing about this makes sense.

Do you disavow the Grimm Brotherhood? Do you disavow the Pointer Sisterhood? Do you disavow the Invention Motherhood?

The right is spending the day complaining that Abdul El-Sayed was "rude" and "a bully" to Tommy the Republican Operative at his town hall, which is hilarious given how they had nothing to say about a woman getting beaten up at a Trump rally as the president cheered on.

Meet Tommy the Fascist, who got his head handed to him on a platter but is too bigoted to acknowledge it.

America now has second-generation school shooting survivors nypost.com/2026/10/17/u...

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

Hell yes, this.

“The implication appeared to be that Suno offers customers the experience of making music without any of the tedium or expense involved in doing it the old-fashioned way. What could be better than that?” Anything. Literally anything music-related would be better than that.

For those doing #NoKings, your scripture reading for the day: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...

Always interesting to see what happens when a Republican who never imagined he’d have competition suddenly has competition.

Running up the score is not only permissible in this case, it is mandatory.

Yes, this is bad, but also it seems like the most likely outcome for an act that bears the name of Lindsay Graham.

Forget the sandbags, duct tape applied properly to an outside door does a better job of protecting against flooding! theconversation.com/duct-tape-ke...