The​ Supreme Court of the United States settles disputes between the Congress, the presidency and the judiciary, determines the meaning of federal statutes, allocates authority between states...

It began​ with the beheading of a god. In a dispute over theological primacy, Brahma – traditionally identified as the creator – insulted Shiva. The offended deity poured all his...

I’ve​ had several official letters recently (including two in one week) telling me to look out because I’m a ‘clinically extremely vulnerable person’. They’re...

Ursula Le Guin was able to direct a whole array of ‘what if?’ questions against the conventions of children’s fantasy. What if you don’t need heroic quests? What if keeping going and tending children through damage and disaster and getting home is the form of heroism that matters most? What if girls can be dragons?

About a third​ of the way into Ottessa Moshfegh’s Death in Her Hands, the protagonist, Vesta Gul, walks into a library, fires up a web browser and clicks on a page entitled TOP TIPS FOR...

Table of contents from London Review of Books Vol. 43 No. 2 ()

Everyone around me in the temple was concentrating on their own business, so I copied them and kowtowed three times to the statue of the God of Fortune. I organ­ised my thoughts into a prayer chant, a question about my life and work prospects in this chaotic year. I felt a little embar­rassed. Sometimes it’s hard to admit to ourselves what we really want, and even harder to say it out loud. But the god won’t know unless we ask.

Much​ of what Pauline Kael had to say in ‘Raising Kane’ (1971), her long article in the New Yorker, got lost in the controversy it created. One of her aims was to draw attention to...

Paul Laurence Dunbar​’s poem ‘We Wear the Mask’ was published in 1895.We wear the mask that grins and lies,It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes, –This debt we pay to...

If the curator should wish, for example,         to save for later scrutiny (orwonder, wonder’s worthy too) a once-         ubiquitous...

Make my skeleton kiss me on my skinlips

Alternate jokes: Roast Bleef, Slalamli, Tlurkey Breast

Who doesn't want a slippery butt. Get that butt as slippery as you can, please.

Mission Control check out my dick

So uh uh you know uh

:|

These penises are badly water damaged

bugs

So sick

That is what a taint is, in my art

Welp, seeya later!

It's Basil!

Bzzzzzzzzzzz Bzzz bzzz bzz

Beep boop don't be a homo beep

:I

Lady, seriously?

Gonna do it

The slimy thing is called that because it is slimy

Ssssssssssssssshoot

Initializing

Right?

X _ X

Local artist commits suicide

Open your fucking ears! I said I have a real bad tummy ache!

Kiss him!

it's like a coin purse, or just a regular purse

I'm not even sure fluffers are real

Ommmmmmm *hngh*

Ghost mom, you're embarrassing me!

zeros across the board

*cough*

Ooooooool' uncle slops

knife fight

voyeur

reaching

Teen Spy

ihop

good

papers

Put those organs in there

I WANT IT I WANT IT I WANT IT

Also you're dying

I HATE BIRDS

nature does not care

Deep dickin'

Two sort of offensive strips in a row *fistpump*

Oh heck eh

And I dunno, Alf. Alf is in the movie?

Life does not go on forever

it is true

um, aaaa

frrtt

You did this too

Now is it bigger than a truck? Nobody knows

I FUCKING LOVE MY BRO MOM BRO

Journal Name: Review of Keynesian Economics

Thinking back, I'd say a big mistake Obama people made was too often surfing the waves of the daily news cycle bullshit, responding to the cable news nonsense of the day.

Create your own news, and Onion Joe can throw his signature "Come on, man" at them if they try to get a response about the fake outrage of the day.

New: US Capitol Police arrested a Virginia man as he attempted to pass through a police checkpoint in downtown Washington Friday with fake inaugural credentials, a loaded handgun & over 500 rounds of ammunition, CNN reporting.

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 16, 2021

Here is one about why Amazon took down Parler:

Yesterday I had a fascinating conversation with some very nice people who genuinely thought ‘big tech’ took down Parler because people were using it to argue about the election. They hadn’t see any of this, from AWS’s filing. This is why they took down Parler. pic.twitter.com/GMkWMmzM04

Why was Britain allowed to break its agreement that it would not conduct thermonuclear tests in Australia?

There remain a number of unanswered questions about Australia’s nuclear testing. Throughout Robert Menzies’ second prime ministership in the 1950s and 1960s, not only was the British atom bomb being developed but so, too, were nuclear ballistic missiles, manned nuclear bomber aircraft and “something approaching an H-bomb” being developed in parallel in Australia.

At the outset, I cannot emphasize enough the tremendous value and insight provided for the framing of this reportage by What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About #MeToo by JoAnn Wypijewski, an important anthology of sex crime journalism offering an essential lens for analyzing our neurotic social mores about sex, crime, public hysteria, and justice. Its important chapters on the Boston clergy abuse scandal gave me the backbone to write the following report

Russia’s Supreme Court rules attending football match is good reason to miss work

(Thanks to Ralph)

A French waiter fired for being “aggressive, rude and disrespectful” says his behaviour wasn’t out of line – he’s just French.

(Thanks to Ranald Adams)

This blog, speaking from personal experience, agrees with the waiter.

Yoga Joes

(Thanks to Nancy Gill)

Disinformation campaigns are dangerous. People become convinced of false information, and act on it. But there is hope. We can disrupt disinformation.

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Dammit guys, all this baby-eating is just gonna give ammunition to the people who don't like us.

Today's News:

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As the bourgeoisie wracks its brains for solutions to this epochal crisis, the tax lever has become one of the main tools that left reformists believe will end capitalist aggression and bring substantial benefits to the depleted pockets of the proletariat.

Today, David Osit, filmmaker and director of the movie "Mayor” joins us, to talk about the Mayor of Ramallah and all the challenges for life under the occupation. Today, we also have John from Discourse Podcast join us as a guest host.

The film is available on Virtual Cinema

Show Notes

2:00 - How Ramallah Changed

4:00 - Limitations on the Mayor’s Job

5:01 - City Branding and What it means

Why does Donald Trump seem so desperate to stay in a job he clearly has no interest in doing? Continue reading

The post The World of the White House Falls to Pieces appeared first on BillMoyers.com.

Guppies have varying levels of self-control

(Thanks to Jim Kenaston)

Oscar Mayer hiring ‘hotdoggers’ to drive Wienermobile

(Thanks to pharmaross and Matt Filar)

Fish are better and happier now they are British, claims Rees-Mogg

(Thanks to Ralph)

A man who makes a living by renting himself out “to do nothing” has garnered an enormous following online and thousands of clients.

(Thanks to Rick Day)

Scientists make 'extraordinary' find of electric eels hunting in packs

(Thanks to Art Kraus, who says "Some might call this discovery 'shocking', but I'll settle for 'illuminating.'")

Snakes in your wine bottles

(Thanks to Asher Scheiner)

A lot of these people (Trump, obviously, but the rest, too) are addicted to being the Main Character and their brains are just going to dissolve when they no longer are.

I'm sure people have thought about this more than I have, but I don't think this is the normal way the celebrity and fame are talked about. Maybe less about glamour and adoring fans, and more just about reality bending more towards the inherent belief that we are personally the center of all things.

Are animators happy?

Of those surveyed, 59 percent of professional animators enjoyed their work and are proud of the work they do.

…

More than 80 percent plan to continue working in this field and more than half would recommend a career in animation to friends and family..

Are animators in high demand?