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I hope that in spite of everything, Trudeau announces he will remain Prime Minister. Why? For one simple reason: that shit would be MAD funny

JG Ballard could never write Crash today. Woke car companies made cars too safe to allow someone to endlessly imagine and eroticize various elaborate car crash scenarios

A front page for the ages.

Tried this Cranberry Currant recipe. Substituted the cranberries for a nest of angry hornets. I was stung severely and the the end result tasted rather off. Would not recommend this recipe! 2/5 ⭐️

What is it about both Death Grips fans and Swifties that turn them into amateur cryptographers

Fantastic day for guys who put "CEO/Entrepreneur/Dad 🙏" in their IG and linkedin bios

The question isnt "why is Jesse Singal obsessed with talking about trans people", it really is "Why is Jesse Singal obsessed with talking about how he keeps getting owned online"

has anyone considered giving the scared CEOs a copy of Who Moved My Cheese

'Yawn' by Ay-Ō, 1978. 🌈 www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smiths...

He’s finished! I love embroidering a tabby. 🪡 🧵

A personal favorite. The older I get, the more poignant it becomes...

If even five years ago you told people the richest, most evil villain of your book was also the most annoying person on the planet, you'd be mocked for "shoehorning" in a ridiculous character trait that made no sense.

Me: "i can't believe lighting another man's cigarette is considered gay, such insecure masculinity" Also me, reading about lighting someone's cigarette as a cruising cue 60 years ago: "how delightfully coy"

It's perfectly fine to dislike the classics, but refusing to parse the text before rendering sweeping opinions about the worlds and values buried in these works makes you look like Carmela Soprano ranting about how BILLY BUDD isn't gay.

The Mosfilm Youtube channel is absolutely full of beautifully restored Russian films from the past hundred years, all free and open to the public. It's a really extaordinary act of archival generosity. www.youtube.com/@Mosfilm_eng

Berlin

Currently listening to The Secret History audiobook and the way Donna Tart voices Bunny got me imagining him looking like this:

Cat. Ca. 1904 - 1908. www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks...