Entry for the lede hall of fame:

“Kristi Noem’s damage-control tour is in full swing. It appears destined for the same fate as her late dog Cricket: dead in a gravel pit somewhere near Pierre.” politico.com/news/2024/05/0…

I have a solution.

The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting.

Nothing makes me laugh as consistently as remembering the story of Hitchbot, the hitchhiking robot that made it all the way across Canada and tried to do the same in the USA but was immediately beaten to death in Philadelphia

[dog voice] Yes, hello, I would like to promote a tweet. My name is Dr. Pets.

I will give him the money to do this

[me telling my story how I survived a plane crash and lived on a deserted island for a year] it was crazy
[friend who once got a text from me where I accidentally called the grinch the grink] was the grink there?

32 Jump Street: bostonglobe.com/2024/05/01/mag…

Simple, really, one small apple and damson pie to each plate, four candied plums, three honeyed greengages, and a good ladle of whiterose cream to dip 'em in, per plate, per creature.

8 Possible Trump VP Candidates Who Haven't Shot Their Dogs

(As far as we know!)

w/ Liz Skalka huffpost.com/entry/trump-vp…

“warming to the idea of trying to be helpful' is also my 2024 vibe

What a lede politico.com/news/2024/05/0…

Need a court appointed attorney on Wednesdays in DC? Not this summer thanks to budget crunch. NBC4 Washington nbcwashington.com/investigations…

Dear PR people: calling your client a 'thought leader' actually makes me want to talk to them less.

Let us pause to reflect on the number of prominent Republican politicians who watched Mike Pence's trajectory over the last 8 years and thought, 'Yes I want that, sign me up.' twitter.com/nancook/status…

Spent a week reading everything Elon tweeted and I don't think anything has turned me off of a product this hard since Requiem for a Dream: motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

that’s a me, espresso

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Wyoming removes anyone who didn't vote in the most recent election from voter rolls (in this case, the 2022 election).

So the state just purged 28% of its voter registrations: wyofile.com/wyoming-voids-…

Top two, tree, I’d say