Charles Louis Richter

"for context, I've sent like six of their family members to the cornfield, and they still say it's a real good life. so I'm not the monster they make me out to be"

just get stuff done! just gotta roll up our sleeves and govern like nothing happened until we hand the country over to fascists with more practice in 2028

ironically, Vance would almost certainly mispronounce Portland, Oregon's Couch Street

[Nick Cave voice] He's a ghost, he's a god, he's a man, he's a guru You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan 'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp-dressed man

telling the kids this was martha stewart and snoop dogg

i submit that the way to respond to this is not to invoke things that happened more than a thousand years ago but to point out that this person exists and was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_M....

the thing is, they literally do. The claim is that the Arab world *once did* great things and *no longer does,* and that second part is not true. Conveniently, they keep records of who gets those prizes, so you can see that it is not true.

"we were simply playing a game of reverse blindman's buff, and we all happened to find the hiding president at the same time, which is when the misleading photo was taken"

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.

"You encounter a strange, cult-like group that lives in almost total isolation from the outside world. They jealously guard their arcane knowledge and practice some exceedingly cruel rituals." buff.ly/oR5kV77

carbon ring structures

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.

they would like to harrison bergeron this kid

be sure to check your kids' halloween candy carefully. one parent found the Alan Smithee cut of DUNE inside this candy bar

National Discourse Service has announced a generalized Discourse Watch for all areas of the platform. No discourse emergencies have arisen yet, but the conditions are right for surprise surges in dangerous levels of discourse. Be wary.

a green new deal president and they redecorate the white house like rainforest cafe

man i don't even understand why everyone spent has spent a day and a night discussing the class and calorie aspects of the cheesecake factory, when the joke was a very clear reference only to the fact the the place's aesthetics are bonkers; a fact that—unlike class-based connotations—is indisputable

This footage shot by a tourist aboard Jacksonville Boat Charters near Amelia Island, Florida shows a leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). At 2000 lbs (900 kg) & 7 ft long (2.1 m) they're the largest turtles & indeed one of the heaviest extant reptiles on Earth. Here There Be Monsters!

getting appointed ambassador to the nation of my choosing by sending trump a "world's best boss" mug

oops! all beans

if you ever happen to see someone post a joke you don't understand or discuss a subject you aren't familiar with, you are well within your right to complain, and perhaps even scold them if necessary. you are their customer and you have rights

Remember, if you see someone burning down a Nazi pilgrimage site, no you didn't

now taking odds on trump... - telling his rallies he'll pardon the arsonist - threatening to leave NATO over the event - mobilizing troops against germany - constructing his own eagle's nest in DC, but gold