Speakwell

the basic theory of DOGE was that if powerful people said it was fine it didn’t matter what the law said. I think proving that theory wrong is worth significant effort

priest: and so wise king solomon said “i will cut the baby in half” me: ohhh. i get it. baby was a worm priest: no it was a test me: risky test. what if he’s not a worm

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

Everyone keeps saying "what can we do" and a big shout out to the team of Some More News who just released a massive collection of things from how to organize tenant unions to destroy Tesla from the inside. If you need a pick me up in a dark time this is fantastic www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed-r...

EXPLORER 1: what should we name this new land we found EXPLORER 2: how bout Newfoundland EXPLORER 1: damn that’s fucken good

Have been thinking about the myth of Persephone as the flowers in my yard begin to open, and what a gift she brings to Hades. What a beautiful thought for all of us that through her we are allowed to share the Spring with our beloved dead. I hope our Winters warm their bones.

A flight from LA to Salt Lake during Sundance is a pretty interesting mix of industry faithful and sister wives

I always make sure to find out what’s in a person’s pocket when they come into a room. I don’t want to be in the middle of a meeting and you just start throwing dice. Where’d those dice come from?

Every time the barber gives me the little mirror and spins me around to show me the back of my head, it’s basically equivalent to showing a dog its reflection. What am I going to do with this information?

dolly parton as snow globes: thread

It’s impossible to be taken seriously in a business context when you’re eating a banana on the Zoom

Delta commercial before in-flight entertainment: “geography isn’t learned; it’s lived”. Okay, but counterpoint…

We’re about to enter the toughest stretch of the year: the multi-week drought of new podcasts at the same time that I have nothing to do

Hunter's only crime was caring too much. And the gun stuff. And the drug stuff. And the stuff with the ladies. But right after that: caring too much

Do the people of Oz do that production every time someone comes to see the Wizard? Seems wasteful

A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)

I'm reminded for no particular reason that the mob once threw Johnny Carson down a flight of stairs

Time to get the fame on Bluesky that eluded me on Twitter

Can you imagine being such a jerkoff that you would publicly refer to yourself as a ‘patriot’?