Scary Smith-Ready

Kudos to TIME for getting it right time.com/article/2026...

I emailed Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for standards and trust at NYT, to ask why their story about a House report with new details of rape allegations against the President of the United States included neither those details, nor a single use of the word "rape." archive.is/1s9AM

I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.

Brazil’s results tonight are a big endorsement for the idea that every country should have a second “are you you sure about that” election a couple weeks after the first one for the important stuff

Another huge win for democracy, this one in Serbia. Good riddance to this guy: www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Not only a vital defeat of the far right, but also a win of inestimable value for the planet.

Here it is: My #SpookySeason 2027 Finale. Although I might still get a couple things here or there, this is my final quest: A crow perches in front of tonight's Full Moon, a week before All Hallows' Eve. Shot freehand, F10, extremely high ISO, 120FPS. Set to Orden Ogan's "Moon Fire." 🐦‍⬛ 🪶

Read 🧵 & piece "My argument is not that Trump wouldn’t do anything illegal or unconstitutional...It matters that there is no constitutional or legal pathway to martial law bc it means there is no avenue for Trump to exploit, no realistic mechanism for him to abuse, NO LEVER TO PULL." (Emphasis mine)

"if you like piña coladas and gettin' caught in the rain... create the change you desire through a discrete partnership with the CIA"

Trivial compared to cancer treatments but unless an album's liner notes had lyrics we had to guess and argue over what they were singing.

There is *so* much less air pollution in big cities.

Just came across this side-by-side video of Bugs Bunny and Tom playing Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No2. Tom's finger placement is true to life, which is extra impressive when you realize he had only 8 fingers. youtu.be/DARLjh197qQ?...

This is great! Also be sure to choose "Human narrators only" and "Human translators only."

Women don’t come forward because of men like Vivek Ramaswamy.

Stop what you're doing and look at this incredible work by Reuters: www.reuters.com/investigates...

The US failed to provide advance warning of Russia’s ballistic missile attack on Kyiv – a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Air Force. I can confirm that because the air raid alert went off almost at the same time the explosions began. You can see and hear it in my video.

In Kyiv region 1 person was killed in a Russian strike, and 10 others were injured, including 3 children ‼️ Three people remain missing, and information on casualties is still being clarified and updated.

Sniveling coward.

This is inspiring in the way that kids running a lemonade stand to pay for their friend's chemotherapy is inspiring: the kids are amazing but they should never have to do this. if this inspires you at all, let it inspire you to create a real right to vote so they can just vote on campus.

everyone assumed that a scaramucci was the smallest unit of time to measure a trump appointment but as with quarks, you gotta go where new evidence leads you

As a writer I'm supposed to have a vivid imagination, but I cannot imagine what would be worse than, "We murdered innocent schoolgirls because an AI told us to and humans couldn't check it because our demented President wanted to announce 1000+ strikes in the first night."

Watch to the very last second

Well that was more hypertension-inducing than it should’ve been but #SAFC come away with a #EuropaLeague win that they eventually deserved. Much screaming here for Sadiki’s long-awaited first goal!

I'm so glad this asshole's no longer my Rep. Hopefully he'll be nobody's Rep after next month

Shame and sorrow are ever-present for all self-respecting Americans these days, but this brings a new low. Write/call your Reps and Senators. They need to know Americans overwhelmingly support Ukraine.

Happy #SpookySeason! Here are thousands of crows flying below a crescent moon. no edits except increased audio, straight from my camera, captured 20 minutes ago. 🪶 🐦‍⬛

Relevant to my interests x1000

"HUG ME FOR EAR PIERCING FOREVER HUM" www.wired.com/story/adopt-...

The story is hilarious, and this photo makes it look like she's walking into void space, a space that has already eaten the corner of her file folder.

Hard to devise a better metaphor for the past decade and a half of Premier League football than Man City winning while playing with an extra man.

Can we finally address that the senile old man is just fabricating imaginary deals in his head?

All #ShamCity goals will be as dust.

"We've won it Al!"

NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/

I'm just here for the Anfield boos. #LIVMCI #ShamchesterCity

It's been a geologic era since the last PL game, so it feels almost like the start of a new season. Ha'way the Lads! #SAFC #SUNBHA

My man ended USAID, condemning millions to death

This. Symbolically it looks terrible, but in practice it's the sort of wishcasting by a deranged individual we've come to expect on a daily basis.

oh no

ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court. www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...

Your gentle reminder that the selection at @bookshop.org is just as good as at Amazon, and that using them doesn’t enrich someone who’s never missed an opportunity to fall on his knees and kiss an authoritarian’s jackboots. Seriously, what’s the point of “fuck you” money if you’re this servile?