This is dumb, but it's the bane of my existence and also it's a slow news week. So, I go to an exercise class MWF 6 am. I've been going to this same class since 2013. It used to be crossfit, and then they decided to stop paying for the licensing, but it's still more-or-less the same thing. Now, I've always been a napper. I'm a champ at stretching out on the floor for a 20 minute nap. (You don't…
1. I can't remember what Substack I was reading, but they regularly get other Substack guest writers to answer short blurbs, and I was skimming and realized "This writer is extraordinary! I have spotted a diamond in the rough!" It turned out to be Daniel Lavery, who has a substack with incredibly charming columns like this one. It's much more personal blog than The Toast was. (Although I can't…
1. There is a chaotic story that I keep seeing over on Reddit. First off, there is a dispute over a consigned lego collection, and whether or not it should have been valued at $100K or more like $150K-200K$. This is taking place in American Fork, Utah, although the store seems to be located in Oregon. Then a California YouTuber named Reckless Ben takes on the case, and ends up being a nightmare to…
1. We went and saw Spiderman over the weekend. It was great! AIHMHB, I am not a movie person and rarely watch them. But at the beginning of the movie, I sank into one of those movie-recliners, and had my popcorn and soda, and Spidy was swooping all over the screen, and the whole thing was euphoric and relaxing, the way people seem to enjoy day spas (another thing I can't enjoy). I think maybe I…
I heard this on the radio the other day: For the first time in history, the Top Five is made up of all country songs, including those by Taylor Swift, Ella Langley, and Stella Lefty. I have a conspiracy theory that this is partially or completely ginned up by rightwing ownership of platforms, and who they're promoting. (I mean, producers have put their thumb on the scale for different artists…
1. As the Danube River dries up, World War II shipwrecks and mammoth bones come into view 2. A Shortlist of Potential Future Euro Banknote Designs
This is interesting: As of early 2026, women held more payroll jobs than men in the United States. This has happened twice before — briefly during the Great Recession and again just before Covid — and both times it reversed. Laura Ullrich, a former regional economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond who authored a March analysis through Indeed’s Hiring Lab, says this time is structurally…
1. We could discuss the Michigan primary! 2. We could discuss the Merriam-Webster time travel site, which lists words that first appeared in any given year. (via) Such as: It does create a specific kind of snapshot of a moment in time. "Word to my mother" is just plain funny.
A friend of mine (who likes to troll) likes to argue that you should lose your right to vote at age 65. (This was partly in the context of our revenge-seeking 70+ year old mayor, who is furious that their hand-picked successor attracted a strong young challenger.) There is no way in hell I'd try to defend that position here! What I do wonder is this: if mainstream voters knew that power was…
This is so sad! The reign of the dinosaurs undisputedly came to a dramatic conclusion 66 million years ago, after the six-mile-wide Chicxulub asteroid slammed into what is now Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. However, the exact timeline of their extinction remains a matter of debate. Did most of the Earth’s species die a slow death of starvation after a dust-choked atmosphere blocked sunlight and…
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference. To be fair, not every country had a label. So they only mislabeled those countries that they attempted to label. The very best people, etc.
Via IG: Better or worse than a traditional recipe layout? I think I like it. The website is down, but here's the Wayback Machine version.
Waymo locked a couple teenagers inside the car and called the cops on them: The 15-year-olds were allegedly drinking alcohol and shooting toy guns from the car, according to the police. They said Waymo's systems detected behavior that then triggered a safety response, after which the company disabled the vehicle and contacted police. This strikes me as totally fine, to be honest. Sorry, kids!…
This NYT article is both disturbing and confusing! A Secret Service agent based in South Florida was arrested Sunday on charges that he took part in paddling a new fraternity member so severely that the student suffered kidney damage and nearly died, according to court records. The agent, Marquez Pinder, 29, was booked into a Miami jail on felony charges of hazing, attempted manslaughter and…
Is this real? Is this website legit, and is this as bad as it sounds? Iran Sent Message to JD Vance Warning that Kushner and Witkoff Were "Abusing" Their Inside Access to Negotiations. A senior Iranian official said Tehran privately told Vance the pair were exploiting the negotiations for financial gain. The Trump administration says it never happened. ... The Iranians warned Vance that the…