Morgan Smith

Anyone remember Coyote Ugly? Me neither.

JAMBOROO! defector.com/a-cool-night

Ate too much chili tonight. Will do it again next time I make it.

When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

Giving social media such credence is so weird to someone who grew up in AOL chat rooms and MySpace forums. Like, you're really hanging on the word of ObviousTroll319 and believing what they say? And the media is reporting it like its important? Ignoring the trolls use to be standard, now we amplify.

After their hand to hand training, they have intense tactical vehicle driving courses led by Vin Diesel.

I've seen others make this point (or something similar to it) before, and I've talked about it on panels before, but I'm not sure I've seen someone land it so perfectly and succinctly as Anand Giridharadas @anandwrites.bsky.social does right here. Wow. Bravo. This has *always* been an issue.

An inauspicious start for the Chiefs.

So, as an unfortunate American, I keep reading on what Man City did and it dawns on me "This is normal business practices for most of our teams". I need to move.

These people are the most inept, insecure losers I have ever seen get positions of power.

NEW: Brown Brothers Media is the most successful media company you've never heard of. For years, its success was fueled by AI, fake writers, and fake reporting. When we started asking questions, BBM started mass-deleting content. Somehow, what came next was even worse. futurism.com/artificial-i...

This is the look of someone who is not cognizant of what's going on.

The movement and instincts look back for Mahomes, but there does seem to be some timing and placement rust that needs to be knocked off.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has DENIED Trump's bid to continue with his USPS vote by mail restrictions! HUGE WIN.

And the J.J. McCarthy experience is back on for week 2!

The origin of Mark getting gold fever and syphilis

CBS News now performing oafish racism on behalf of Bari Weiss: defector.com/cbs-news-now...

“At your age, it’s perfectly normal to notice some changes—your metabolism slows down, your hair starts thinning, and occasionally your body begins assembling unused cartilage and tissue into a smaller, extremely wet person.” — Dr. Alan Keller

My perfect little bastard. #cats #catsofbluesky

Must read by @derekberes.bsky.social

Wrote about the proposed Paramount-WBD merger and why it is bad across the board.

Food news from the USA right now is basically just a book of MadLibs [Food Item] recalled due to possible contamination from [Previous Eradicated Disease] and [Non-Organic Building Material]. Buyers are encouraged to [Horrifying WebMD Advice] and contact their local [Type Of Medieval Physician]

The Substack Sensible Medicine commented on current events constantly when COVID raged and as MAHA loomed. Today, it’s a dispatch from an alternative universe where MAHA doesn’t even exist. I discuss the phenomenon of loud pandemic pundit who are suddenly silent about MAHA today. My latest.

A group trans men in Kansas are using women’s bathrooms in public facilities like an Emporia library and a Garden City swimming pool — as is required under a GOP-passed law — to highlight what they say are flaws in the "bathroom bill." Sometimes, police have been called.

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“Tony Romo got arrested in Wisconsin on suspicion of driving under the influence, which I did not think was possible. It’s like someone getting arrested in Texas for Possession of an Overly Large Belt Buckle.” HEAR IT FROM COWBOYS FANS! defector.com/why-your-tea...

One of the least talked about advantages of having a kitten: that little doodad you thought you lost 4 years ago will be found again.

WNBA suspends Seattle Storm minority owner for being rude to transphobic shitheads:

I love that half of my feed is about Temwa.

“Data centers—bland, inert structures that add no aesthetic or intellectual value to the landscape they’re built on—stand as the physical embodiment of the AI sector’s grotesque avariciousness.” www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

Mephisto, by Joaquín Espalter y Rull, 1872, 📸 by Dan Mullan

Excellent review and we had similar thoughts

It takes alot to be more despised than the team who's captain golfed with Mango Mussolini, but Argentina has somehow done that.

New monkey! New monkey! There's a new monkey! defector.com/new-monkey-n...

With Odyssey coming out, gotta say (and Iknow I'min the minority), never understood the Nolan hype. He always has some great shots and set pieces, and there's almost always an interesting idea or theme he tries to introduce, but it usually isn't well explained and his sound design is always shit.

If dragons were real, would they poop in the air like birds? Or poop on the ground?

Love this song and video #musicsky

Fuck that Claude WC commercial.

Is Mitch McConnell dead? Well, what is "death"? defector.com/is-it-mitch-...

Now that the World Cup is over for the USA and I can stop blocking out everything awful, I can say this... Fuck you Maine

Balogun should have been immediately dismissed from the team after the WH interfered. That would have been the only way to stave off the curse of the orange ahole.

We'll try something else to combat the Agent Orange curse. #musicsky

To clear out the bad vibes of Mango Mussolini getting involved in the World Cup #musicsky

Everything Sparks does is amazing. ##musicsky

Meanwhile here’s some peak Roth. defector.com/dead-country...

#musicsky

Balogun like "Not offsides this time!"