🤳 GOP Candidate Derrick Anderson Borrows Friends Family for Photo Ops /// Rolling Stone

This right-wing obsession with the straight, multi-child, nuclear family is just weird. They want everyone to conform to the same ideal so they can feel good about their own decisions. Not everyone wants kids. Not everyone wants to get married. Let people be.

💸 If you must raise taxes, raise VAT /// The Economist

Sure… but also… maybe tax the rich…?

🗿 43-Foot-Tall Naked Trump Marionette Debuts in Las Vegas /// The Wrap

Oy vey.

⛴️ The ship goes adrift /// Flaming Hydra

Otherwise real news involves poll numbers and hundreds of bottles of baby oil and pets in Ohio who are not actually being eaten.

Genocide, on the other hand, is something more like weather. Despite all reports to the contrary, the Earth is cold and getting colder.

The devolution and idiocy of our society, ladies and gentlemen…

📊 The Data is In: Anti-Trans Legislation is Hurting Kids /// TPA

In a revelation that’s as shocking as finding out water is wet, a study published yesterday in Nature has confirmed that state-level anti-transgender laws are causing significant harm to transgender and non-binary (TGNB) young people.

If only data and facts could actually sway the mongrels who want to control people’s bodies…

🔡 At Umami /// Arillatype.Studio®

Fun new font from one of my favorite foundries. I don’t have a use for it at the moment, but I dig its softness.

🗞️ The New Republic CEO and Publisher Michael Caruso Steps Down /// Adweek

I’ve been enjoying a lot of their election coverage, but I do wonder what it’ll look like when that’s all said and done.

🎸 Oasis Add North American Dates to 2025 Reunion Tour /// Pitchfork

I wonder if any books have odds around them actually making it this far in the tour before breaking up again.

⌚ Trump’s $100,000 Watch Likely Made in China, Vastly Overpriced /// THR

Who could’ve seen this coming from such an excellent and honest business man.

📰 Deadline and Variety Feud Continues /// World of Reel

This feud is too funny, especially when you consider they work in the same building and are both owned by the same company. I guess some healthy competition isn’t a bad thing, but I’m not sure if this is exactly healthy. Get it together folks.

🏀 ESPN lays off NBA senior writer Zach Lowe /// The Athletic

Wow! One of the only good things about ESPN’s basketball coverage has been Zach Lowe. Pretty crazy he was making seven figures, but hopefully some place like The Ringer scoops him up quickly so we don’t miss out on his coverage this season.

🐂 Former MVP Derrick Rose retiring from NBA after 16-year career /// ESPN

Man… I still think about those playoff runs. I was lucky enough to be at a few of those games with the 3OT win against Boston being a highlight for me. It felt a bit like a coming out party for both him and Noah during Rose’s rookie year. Tons of what if’s with his career and even with it getting derailed by injury, he’ll still always be on the Mount Rushmore of Bulls players as the local kid and youngest MVP in league history.

🤖 How do Bay Area locals really use AI? /// Gazetteer SF

Goldman Sachs estimates that investment into AI will top $200 billion globally by 2025. Analysts are predicting that tech companies will spend a trillion dollars on AI over the next few years. All of this AI development will likely have a massive negative impact on the environment.

I still look at both crytpo and AI as solutions without a problem.

🌲 New indoor-grown hops could change the flavour (and price) of beers /// DPA

Pretty exciting to see some of these advancements. It does make me worry about the environmental impact of regulating temperature and light sources for cultivation. Now that I’m in Napa, I’m wondering if any of this can eventually be applied to grapes too.

▶️ YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads /// The Verge

I have zero problems with this. I’m honestly surprised it has taken this long—imagine it was just about figuring out the rage // effectiveness. I obviously wish they’d have done this instead of the unskippable crap, but ads are part of life—might as well show them in a way that doesn’t prevent or delay me from doing what I want.

🏛️ GOP Mayor Rob Rue to Trump: Don’t Come to Springfield After Your Dog-Eating Slurs /// Daily Beast

I don’t imagine this will have too much of an impact, but I have to think Republicans in Springfield have to see this, take offense, and start questioning all of the other bat shit crazy things he says. Maybe it’ll convince a couple to vote for Harris or just not at all.

👨‍🎤 David Bowie Songs Reimagined as Pulp Fiction Book Covers: Space Oddity, Heroes, Life on Mars & More /// Open Culture

These are all so wonderful.

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📺 Abby Phillip’s Wild Primetime ‘NewsNight’ Gains Steam at CNN] /// Variety

I think I might have to start giving this a watch. Clips from NewsNight seem to be popping up all over and going viral. Maybe CNN is finally on to something. I do think format is super important. A lot of these shows talk about the same things over and over without bringing much different. We need more shows doing unique things less often i.e. weekly instead of daily.

🃏 Elon Musk Owes You $100 /// Cards Against Humanity

Elon Musk’s SpaceX was building some space thing nearby, and he figured he could just dump his shit all over our gorgeous plot of land without asking. After we caught him, SpaceX gave us a 12-hour ultimatum to accept a lowball offer for less than half our land’s value. We said, “Go fuck yourself, Elon Musk. We’ll see you in court.”

Pretty stellar stuff from CAH.

🔫 Statement On NYPD Mass Subway Shooting Over $2.90 /// Popular Resistance

This shit is so fucking ridiculous. Cops should be punished for pulling out a gun in any non-violent situation. Period. They use it as a crutch to feel powerful and in control, but they aren’t serving or protecting anyone in these situations.

👃 The Nasal Strip Edition /// WITI

I can relate to this so much—I think I have narrow nasal passages and a deviated septum and nose strips help so much at night.

📰 Jennifer Mills News

Just came across this on https://gilest.org/ via People and Blogs and absolutely adore it. Very similar to what I’ve been trying to do with Little Letter of Nonsense (which I’ve had to put on hold due to the puppy Nightmare Nina…)

🏀 Adrian Wojnarowski retires from ESPN, joins St. Bonaventure /// ESPN

Wow! This is huge. Going to miss the Woj bombs, but good for him in doing what’s best for him and getting a chance to work at his alma mater as GM.

🙀 J.D. Vance offers ‘proof’ of pet-eating, but it’s proven false with 1 phone call /// nj.com

What a fucking dumbass. This shit would almost be laughable if not for the blatant lying and the fact schools and government buildings have had to be evacuated due to bomb threats.