At bedtime the 8 yo told me his teacher said: “Think of your mind like a pond full of fish and each fish is a feeling. Try to be the pond, not the fish.” And all I can say is primary school has significantly improved.

A Digital Archive of Hieronymus Bosch’s Complete Works Zoom In & Explore His Surreal Art openculture.com/2022/03/a-digi…

Pretty sure I saw this Cybermen episode of Doctor Who. iclarified.com/85410/dyson-un…

So… Plague, War, now Famine?

Given Amazon’s positive reputation with consumer satisfaction, and the American medical–industrial complex’ treatment of American “consumers”, I can’t see how this could possibly be worse for healthcare “consumers” (god that word again) . And that’s a truly depressing notion.

Step 1: we form a private security company Step 2: get hired to protect a billionaire in their apocalypse bunker Step 3: once inside the bunker,

Damn. A tremendous loss.

IMPACT SUCCESS! Watch from #DARTMIssion’s DRACO Camera, as the vending machine-sized spacecraft successfully collides with asteroid Dimorphos, which is the size of a football stadium and poses no threat to Earth.

Disobey. It’s the law. youtu.be/oKuZCIBCy-0

Best known for his collaborations with David Lynch (including TWIN PEAKS, BLUE VELVET, and MULHOLLAND DRIVE), famed composer Angelo Badalamenti has passed away. (1937-2022)

Why Not Mars (Idle Words) idlewords.com/2023/1/why_not…

Everyone evacuated from baggage claim at Newark airport. No one is answering any questions

eat my cloaca

RIP

I’ve only been waiting for this game for like 30 years!

Philosopher Daniel Dennett has died. dailynous.com/2024/04/19/dan…

I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: Stop The Eviction & Save ESG. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-t…

Dear Uber Eats DoorDash Grubhub why do you make me use the Notes app? You all love recommending I order from places I’ve ordered from before, but why not let me leave myself helpful notes, like “Medium spicy is way too spicy” or “I didn’t actually like this dish I ordered.”

Director-writer David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and network television with “Twin Peaks,” has died. He was 78. bit.ly/40is3yQ

RIP Tom Lehrer, one of the funniest and cleverest men who ever lived. nytimes.com/2025/07/27/art…