It was a great show, and it's really impressive 1) the number of deep cuts they played and 2) how Shannon memorized the lyrics to about 35 songs. Still, I realized that my 14 year old self would have thought it strange in 1980 for my parents to go see a band covering Tommy Dorsey songs.

Stupid, irresponsible, unserious, and exceedingly narcissistic is starting to seem like a really bad collection of traits for the most powerful people in a country.

She's one of the great character actors of her generation. Always good in whatever role she's in.

One of my all-time favorite sitcom moments is from an episode of Good Times. JJ's sister accuses him of some improper behavior and JJ replies, "I resent that accusation." When she asks him if he denies it, he says "No, but I resent it!"

James Dean repurposes the same line in Rebel Without a Cause

I know I shouldn't be focused on it, but the little fire emoji just sets me off in its craven stupidity. And also, you're not f------ responding to a song you like or a great slice of pizza. JFC, the level of elite discourse is so depressingly low.

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period."

This is bigotry, pure and simple.

open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

I'm more team just openly laugh when he spouts absurdist bullshit.

Love it!

Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM. BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.

The Supreme Court:

People, especially journalists, really need to do this to Trump and his lackeys constantly.

And great in the 90s indie "What Happened Was", which he also directed.

Yesterday was rough for cinephiles: R.I.P. Robert Duvall. 🥀 R.I.P. Frederick Wiseman. 🥀 Two legends of cinema, each charting their own path and continuing to work into their 90s.

I think I'd forgotten that, but it was probably somewhere in my unconscious.

It feels like we're in an alternative timeline where someone like Biff from Back to the Future got access to a time machine in 2040, came back, and killed a bunch of people before the 2016 election so that we'd end up with Trump and this Supreme Court.

Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."