hell of a way to find out I didn't get the job of Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas :(
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hell of a way to find out I didn't get the job of Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas :(
Thank you for your service, for real.
The cursed bronze statue that transformed Cristiano Ronaldo into... Daniel Jones, I guess
Can never see that photo without thinking of this
went to the store
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AI Summary ✨
Grammy-nominated R&B singer Jon B. posted that he is going to the stove – perhaps to "cook up" another hot, hot radio single. Frogs and toads, which are the same, can live on the Sun and often choose to.
Hey, so! This book that I wrote and that I love is now out in paperback!
My parents drove me to see UHF on my 17th birthday because my girlfriend ghosted me. Sat alone in the theater and had a blast; truly a top 10 birthday in hindsight, and I've had some good ones.
So UHF'd be my pick, too, but I did see The Iron Giant three times in the two weeks it played in theaters
Sure, this flapping buffoon has mountains of money and power and fame and attention, plus elected officials and judges and policymakers who do exactly what she wants them to do, every minute of every day. BUT THOSE 12 MINUTES OF TV DIDN'T CATER TO HER AND SHE'S NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE
It was a thrill to team up with our friends and colleagues at It's Been a Minute to unpack the Super Bowl halftime show, and Bad Bunny's joy as an act of resistance: www.npr.org/2026/02/09/n...
Seeing this bogus stat credulously shared by people who should know better and it's driving me *berserk*. Whatever you think of TPUSA, Kid Rock, the supposed need for a MAGA-friendly Super Bowl halftime show, etc., the TPUSA show has been viewed millions of times. Why lie about that?
I saw it, too, but no one else I've talked to has seen it or said anything. You're not misremembering it!
Oh my gosh, YES. I have a friend who reflexively distrusts "the media" but swears by AI, which is like swearing off meat and deciding to eat only hot dogs. Where does she think AI is getting its information, and what is AI gonna do when there are no more reliable, painstakingly fact-checked sources?
Obviously, I'm in the tank for public media, which always need support. I love employee-owned places like Defector, Flaming Hydra, and Maximum Fun; that model has a ton of potential for growth. But we still ALSO need heavily resourced institutions. Watching them get ripped apart is heartbreaking.
Wrote this reply to someone describing independent journalism -- newsletters, Substack, podcasts, etc. -- as a replacement for institutions like WaPo. ("The change we need," was how it was described.) Cannot overstate how much forcing journalists into self-employment is NOT the change we need.
It's not, though. To do their best work, amazing reporters need not only stuff like health insurance, but also editors, fact-checkers, IT support, equipment, security and training in hostile environments, lawyers, brilliant colleagues of every stripe... losing that infrastructure is devastating.
Gonna go with Tiny Ruins, "Me At The Museum, You In The Winter Gardens" and go to bed happy, thinking about how much I love that song
I think I wrote this overnight, I don't remember
Sure, I get that! I love what I do -- and am much, much better at it when I take breaks from it to live life, hang with family, spend time soaking up the perspectives of my friends, etc., etc.
Writing songs during his skincare routine, I guess!
Not sure that Pharrell speech at the Grammys is moving the needle with regard to... pretty much anything, but I just had to log in here and say that "don't do anything but work" is TERRIBLE advice.
*I* don't even want to pee in my backyard, and I own it!
Yesterday, we watched a large family of deer as they plodded and skittered around in our backyard -- even the biggest left almost no hoofprints.
My initial reaction to the Catherine O'Hara news, besides a basically word-for-word recitation of what Aisha just said, is that I'm fucking FURIOUS. Which is the product of an accumulation of stuff, of course; anger usually is. But I'm just so goddamn mad.
Such a fun walk down memory lane with @idislikestephen.bsky.social & @annkpowers.bsky.social ❤️
www.npr.org/2026/01/20/n...
I mean, it's got Ralph Fiennes with a shaved head, fully nude and oiled but also kind and funny and sweet; it's not really your thing
A ChatGPT search that, given the prompt "stephen thompson and kennedy on mtv," produces a list of confidently stated nonsense about my career as an MTV VJ in the late 1980s. (I was in high school at the time and never became an MTV VJ.) It then describes my career as a music writer for The A.V. Club and NPR (both true), as well as Rolling Stone and Pitchfork (both false).
I appeared on MTV with Kennedy one time in 1993. Told the story to coworkers, one of whom quickly searched ChatGPT in hopes of finding video. He got this result.
The thing about AI is that, while it’s killing the planet, spiking our energy bills, and making us dumber, it’s also piping-hot dog shit!
1) His name is Stove! His (nice, grateful) owner came to get him after work last time, and I suspect today will follow a similar timeline. Come visit him while he's still here!
2) Danielle, he is just the nicest, sweetest, gentlest boy. Truly, everything is an adventure to him.
The world's handsomest dog and the world's smartest dog are, it turns out, not the same dog.
Timeline cleanse! Sometime last year, my son rescued this handsome dunce as he (the dog, not my son) wandered in a busy street near our house. Today... we've got him again.
It's time to enter the Tiny Desk Contest, y'all! Send your original video and music in by Feb. 9 and maybe we'll see you here! @npr.org @nprextra.bsky.social ❤️
www.npr.org/2026/01/13/g...
Between this and "Better Things Are Possible," I genuinely feel like you've missed your calling in political messaging. Someone's gonna figure it out, hire you pronto, and give America the winning slogan it needs.
"Gallego 2028: The Ass Is The Father Of The Legs"
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