Werner Herzog's Bear

Went to Bordentown, NJ this weekend, where my favorite American Revolutionary lived. His memory prompted some reflection and prompted some inspiration. open.substack.com/pub/jasonteb...

He was the voice of Husker football in my youth and in those days when few games were televised hearing his voice over the radio is an indelible memory for me.

Oh, man, he's so close to getting it.

A new survey of 1,000 American adults found that the strongest supporters of transgender sports bans are not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women. www.helenwebberley.com/news/transge...

This from a petition against Ramaswamy at his old high school is tremendous on multiple levels.

The dream of the 90s is alive in Chicago (Also want to note despite the hype about the Sun Belt being cheap, the numbers for Houston, Vegas, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, etc. are really high. I'm assuming it's because rent isn't as cheap there as they say plus Right to Work state = low wages.)

When Republicans assert that they'll be immune from accountability even in defeat, and Dems say it's a distraction from prices, it's like watching a computer play chess—maybe "right" on a scoring system. But fully drained of the moral force that drives politics. www.offmessage.net/p/wheres-the...

My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

If they think this is true then they can shut it down, instead of bullshitting us.

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

After yesterday’s elections I want progressives worldwide to start fighting reactionary populism with the premise that we are right and they are wrong and stop fucking apologizing for being in support of such manifestly good things as immigration and universal rights!

Like realizing your parents aren't infallible, political adulthood begins when you realize the "great minds" elites rely on are all dumb fucking propagandists that capitalism lifts through the system because they're shameless in their wrongness and are willing to serve as dull priests of whatever.

Lula - Billy Joel axis

Excellent piece this:

Serious question: is the mainstream media going to dig in and report this? They have treated Obama's Cheesecake Factory joke with twenty times more scrutiny.

Vance literally held a rally for Orban in Budapest, after which Orban's numbers tanked.

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.

Lula:

Neste momento

It's not just the AI connection. Parents in the elite strata treat every situation like a game to be played that can be rigged for their kids and so Mayer thought this task was a "hard problem" because she was looking for the "right" answer that would give them the biggest boost of some kind.

if voting didn't matter they wouldn't be working so hard to stop you

Vucic has announced defeat

Was just talking today about how being funny is a talent that a lot of ordinary people have at a level that matches professional comedians.

Peter Cushing was wearing slippers while playing Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars due to having sore feet.

McCabe and Mrs Miller

The big honkin’ shredded wheat

I kinda think Caesar crossed the Rubicon months ago and people are under the delusion that we are still a democratic republic and not a personalist regime.

Saw a total loser driving a pickup in my town with a giant “Trump 2028” decal. I pointed and laughed at his dumb ass instead of getting mad because I’m not giving these chuds the satisfaction.

Obama: "The guy has become billions of dollars wealthier in office. Nobody disputes this! It's just -- how do you do that when you're supposed to be looking out for you? And the worst part of it not a single Republican in Congress has done anything to stop it."

Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge