- Twitch streamer Kai Cenat gifted a home and car to a mother and her son after they were evicted.
- Del Shannon, best known for his 1961 hit Runaway, hired Tom Petty on as his producer for the 1981 album Drop Down and Get Me.
- “Pasta alla Cacio e pepe” is a traditional Italian dish made with pasta, pecorino cheese, and pepper. Despite its simple ingredient list, achieving the perfect texture and creaminess of the sauce can be challenging. – via kottke
- This is not the first time I’m urging you to learn about the paradox of tolerance.
- “I think it’s embarrassing, where they’re at. […] Like, they have no pride. They have no gut. They’re embarrassing. They’re an absolute shame and a dark mark on the University of Florida right now. Billy Napier should be gone. [But he] is not public enemy number one. He is not enemy number one of me, at all. That falls on the spineless, greedy losers that aren’t willing to make the call that needs to be made because they’re padding their own pockets, and because they don’t care about winning.” – via Brandon Olsen, Locked on Gators
- Related: SEC annual opponents revealed. Call me crazy, but I don’t like the new format and miss having divisions.
Good news for people who love bad news:
- Confirmed: Fascism is worse than UV rays.
- This time around is different; things are actually getting materially worse each day, and the human brain is unequipped to notice, let alone process, all of it. – via The Handbasket
- Here’s a very comprehensive overview of all the many indefensible things the current administration is doing to terrorize… our food.
- Every year thousands of Americans die on the roads. Individuals take the blame for systemic problems.
- In the olden days, a kingdom threatened by a strangely-tinted, tiny-handed, fire-breathing beast might opt to attempt to buy it off with a princess or two. Now we offer him a night at Windsor Castle.
- We Already Know a Way to Save a Bunch of Lives. Thanks to insurance companies, we’re not doing it.
Posts tagged “Twitch”
- In September of 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. (I love stories like this!) – via mikeachim.bsky.social
- The Wikipedia List of Unexplained Sounds – via my son
- I enjoyed this quick profile on Howard Katz, the man behind the NFL schedule.
- Someone on bluesky asked, “Do you remember the hardest you’ve ever laughed at anything?” That was an easy answer for me: I remember watching the SNL All-Drug Olympics sketch when it aired in October of 1988. I was fifteen and thought it was the funniest thing I’d ever seen. I still think it’s hysterical.
- Related: I’ve seen Overboard (1987, Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn) at least 1,000 times and Mother’s Day 2025 was the first time I noticed that one of the VHS tapes in Grant’s collection is clearly a porno titled Pink Clam.
- Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, became an instant hit among trading card collectors.
- Can confirm: It Only Tuesday
How Is Any of This Happening?
- POTUS is attempting to place Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, the guy who defended him in his porn star hush money trial, as the interim acting librarian of Congress. I cannot fathom how anyone is acting like this is… normal. (How does the AP even allow that headline?!) POTUS and/or anyone in the Executive branch cannot simply hire or fire someone who is de jure employed by the Legislative branch. It’s the Library of Congress, not the Library of the President, ffs!
- I couldn’t have said it better myself: POTUS accepting a $400 million jet from the royal family of Qatar is banana republic shit.
- The ICE detainment of progressive Twitch streamer Hasan Piker is a cautionary tale for multiple reasons.
- A contestant (justifiably!) feels betrayed after spending $10,000 auditioning for a fake singing competition on the Nathan Fielder
HBOMAX series The Rehearsal. - “This is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years.” – via bcmerchant.bsky.social
- Employees who use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini at work face negative judgments about their competence and motivation from colleagues and managers, according to a new study. – via sethpartnow.bsky.social