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A ship stuck in a canal
Snippet of the opening crawl text from Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: Episode III REVENGE OF THE SITH War! The Republic is crumbling under attacks by the ruthless Sith Lord, Count Dooku. There are heroes on both sides. Evil is everywhere.
Google Resistance 2025 & you will learn that it is a call to progressive activists to oppose the Trump administration's every effort to harm democracy. You are welcome to be on either side of this issue but it is not an appropriate theme for a celebratory 4th of July Parade. I for one do not want to see a 4th of July parade celebrating revolutionary resistance. I want to celebrate our glorious democracy & our love for freedom which is unique in all the world.
screenshot of a social post that says "you can't just respect the penis. you've gotta" and then there's an image of "Honoré de Balzac"
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1. Introit (0:36) 2. Prophecy At 1420 MHz (5:04) 3. Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan (4:44) 4. Age Of Capricorn (3:52) 5. Father And Son (3:24) 6. Somewhere Right Now In The Future (2:26) 7. Naraka (5:01) 8. Acts Of Magic (1:18) 9. Memory Death (2:37) 10. The Word Becomes Flesh (5:20) 11. Into The Magic Land (4:35) 12. Blood In The Labyrinth (4:55) 13. Deep Time (3:18) 14. All Reason Departs (6:14) 15. Arena Americanada (5:22) 16. The Process (3:01) 17. You Retreat In Time And Space (5:25) 18. I Saw Through Platonia (2:39)
a photo of Ryan Gosling as Beavis and Mikey Day as Butt-Head
a screenshot of the "New Bestsellers" list from Substack, with Andrew Tate in the #1 position
The presidential order of succession is set by the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, as amended. The order consists of congressional officers, followed by the members of the cabinet in the order of the establishment of each department, provided that each officer satisfies the constitutional requirements for serving as president. In the table below, the absence of a number in the first column indicates that the office is either vacant, or that the incumbent is ineligible. No. Office Incumbent Party 1 Vice President JD Vance Republican 2 Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson Republican 3 President pro tempore of the Senate Chuck Grassley Republican 4 Secretary of State Marco Rubio Republican 5 Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent Republican 6 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Republican 7 Attorney General Todd Blanche Republican 8 Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum Republican 9 Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins Republican 10 Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick Republican 11 Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer Republican 12 Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent 13 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner Republican 14 Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy Republican 15 Secretary of Energy Chris Wright Republican 16 Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Republican 17 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins Republican 18 Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin Republican
NASA's Artemis II spacecraft approaching the Moon which appears as a dimly lit crescent in the background against the blackness of space. A small sliver of Earth is visible just beyond the Moon's edge. The NASA logo is displayed in the upper right corner.
Graph that shows annual income normalized to hours worked per week of western European countries and several US states. Most of the European countries have higher normalized income levels than the US states.
top: Apple Sports scoreboard showing the score of a game between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid (2-0). R. Dias Belloli is shown as one of the scorers. Bottom: Google scoreboard for the same match; Raphinha is shown as one of the scorers.
A masked Bane hijacking a jet in Dark Knight Rises
Kottke brand bath bombs for kids
Homer is sleeping with fake glasses that are made to look as though his eyes are open. Another character brings this to the attention of the judge and takes Homer's glasses off.
Bright album cover for Rave ‘til Dawn
December 18 (Friday) Avengers: Doomsday (+ IMAX) Dune: Part Three
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
ICE out National shutdown No work No school No shopping Stop funding ICE Fri Jan 30
a four-quadrant meme template. top left: several frowning horse stuffed animals; top right: a blank space for something the horses are frowning at; bottom left: a smiling horse stuffed animal; bottom right: a blank space for something the horse is smiling at
a meme photo that's generally labeled Nicole Kidman leaving her lawyer's office after her divorce from Tom Cruise was finalized. photo is of a very happy woman with her arms spread in triumph
a meme photo that's generally labeled Nicole Kidman leaving her lawyer's office after her divorce from Tom Cruise was finalized
Cover Search: Finds high-resolution cover images for any given TV show, movie, album, book, or podcast. Curator: Generates a digest of interesting links, given everything I’ve written about on this website.
Michelangelo's Creation of Adam with Adam replaced by a Brother laser printer
We are currently investigating failures on all Git operations, including both SSH and HTTP. Posted 9 minutes ago. Nov 18, 2025 - 21:11 UTC We are seeing failures for some git http operations and are investigating Posted 28 minutes ago. Nov 18, 2025 - 20:52 UTC
Mr Burns showing Smithers his plan to block out the sun over Springfield.
clothing label that says "Jacobs by Marc Jacobs for Marc by Marc Jacobs in collaboration with Marc Jacobs for Marc by Marc Jacobs"
A New Yorker magazine cover illustration showing a crowded subway car filled with diverse passengers of different ages, ethnicities, and styles. New NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani is in the middle of the scene, holding on to the rail.
a dark gray Dodge minivan with several Batman-themed stickers and a license plate that reads BATVANN
Screenshot of the small town of "Swastika, NY" on a map. Text reads: "Swastika is an unincorporated community and hamlet in the town of Black Brook, Clinton County, New York, United States. The community is 19 miles southwest of Plattsburgh. The area is not very populated and appears as a wide spot on the road with a few buildings."
An orange IPhone 17 Pro on a black background
An orange iPhone 17 Pro on a black background
Screenshot of current Bluesky trending topics: Bari Weiss Ted Cruz Harvard Epstein Files Eric Adams Nigel Farage
A very happy old white woman holding a blue sign saying “Mass Deportation Now!” at the 2024 RNC
Miller attended Franklin Elementary School, where he was described by a former teacher as "off by himself all the time",[13] and Lincoln Middle School.[14] In 1999, he began attending Santa Monica High School.[15] Miller opposed his high school's chapter of the Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán and was said to have taunted immigrants by the chapter's founder; he reportedly insisted to other students and teachers that they speak English. Miller called into The Larry Elder Show (1993–2008; 2010–2014) and successfully brought the eponymous host, Larry Elder, to his high school.[16] He later appeared after the September 11 attacks to describe an incident in which a Canadian teacher placed the flag of the United States on the floor and discussed its importance, though Miller alleged that the teacher had dragged the flag across the floor and trampled over it. Miller appeared on The Larry Elder Show sixty-nine times, according to an estimate…
NY Times headline and subhead: "3 Republican-Led States to Send National Guard Troops to D.C." "Gov. Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia said his state would send 300 to 400 troops to Washington, while Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina pledged 200 members. Gov. Mike DeWine said he would send another 150." Under those is a photo of a white man gesturing at a crudely pasted in butterfly from the "Is this...." meme and in big white letter it reads "IS THIS CIVIL WAR?"
The poster for a 2025 film called 'Deep Cover' that pictures the three leads. Its accompanied by a screenshot of the Wikipedia entry that reads: "Deep Cover is a 2025 British action comedy film starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom and Nick Mohammed as improv actors recruited by the police for undercover operations in the London criminal underworld, where they must use their skills to infiltrate a gang."
greasy-haired Wormtongue whispering to old King Theoden in the Lord of the Rings movie
You have been blocked from The New York Times because we suspect that you're a robot. Why am I seeing this? There are a few possibilities: You are browsing and clicking much faster than is typical of a human being Something is preventing Javascript from working on your computer There is a bot with the same IP address as you
Donald Trump, who experts said is president of the United States, which experts said is a sovereign state on the planet Earth, which experts said is an oblate spheroid and revolves around the Sun, which experts said is a G-type main-sequence star about 93 million miles from us, said on what experts said was Saturday that he was considering revoking (which experts said is a process of making invalid) the U.S. citizenship of a person with the last name of O’Donnell, who experts said is a living human person and U.S. citizen with the first name of Rosie (which experts said is a diminutive of Roseann).
A white bucket in a barn that says “Neigh-Lox: Maintains normal stomach function.”
Text conversation that reads: Him: “You still haven't put ur gender on yet right?” Him: “Gender” Him: “fender” Me: “No I haven't”
Selection choices for the model on the ChatGPT iOS app, all with inscrutable names
Movie poster for The Godfather of Fentanyl
screenshot of a news article with a headline: “Conclave live: black smoke emerges from chimney as cardinals fail to agree on new pope” And a video still of thick black smoke coming out of the Sistine Chapel chimney
a photo of a smiling Fred Rogers in a red cardigan
several bottles of A1 steak sauce sitting on a grocery store shelf
Screenshot from Terminator 2 where Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character is saying “Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29.”
An airport stair car from the show Arrested Development with text that says “watch out for hop ons”
Poster for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
A video of Toonces the car driving a car off the cliff
You’re what the French call Les incompetents.
A claymation model of Wallace from Wallace & Gromit, a smiling man holding a pencil and clipboard in front of a car.
And but so anyway, the point is that there’s so much important stuff going on! Fundamental human rights are under fresh attack daily! This is not a drill! But at the same time, the fundamental situation has not materially changed in a few weeks. There was a coup. It was successful. It is ongoing and escalating. Elon Musk retains more or less total control over a huge amount of the federal government’s apparatus and its spending. Protests are building. Congress largely hasn’t reacted. The Democratic Party shows few signs of behaving like an opposition party. Some of the purges are being walked back, piecemeal. The judiciary is weighing in, slowly. There’s talk of cracks in the conservative coalition. We’re in a weird sort of stasis where each day’s events are both extremely significant and also just more of the same.
photo of a low-level bureaucrat from Andor trying to play tough-guy
recent kottke.org post with the wrong URL
SNOW RAIN HEAT NIGHT FASCISM Nothing stops the mail.
a list of trending topics on Bluesky: USPS Control, CPAC, Baseball, Wemby, McConnell, James Bond