Reposted by Storm MesaK.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 2hHost: What do you know about Jason and Friday the 13th? Very young kid who plays Jason: I’ve loved Jason ever since I was a kid. Audience: *hips break* 2371
Reposted by Storm MesaCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h“Marathon Man” turns 50 today. 🎂 It’s true: Hoffman really did stay up all night to look "out-of-it during the dental scenes," director John Schlesinger said. It didn't work. "I had to completely reshoot.. That’s when Olivier said to me 'Why doesn’t he just try acting?'" 723237
Reposted by Storm MesaKelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 11hDo we really need to explain to people that it is really, REALLY important to read to young children? Like, you, personally, need to read to your child - your voice, your face, your hand gestures, your lap, your arms, your closeness. What kind of parent doesn't know this in their bones? 1229546
Reposted by Storm MesaSitting on a corn flake @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026In 1992 Peter Ratcliffe received this rejection from Nature. Almost 30 years later he won the Nobel Prize for the same discovery. 013237
Storm Mesa @stormmesa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Why are they just standing there? It's like the TSA: "thousands standing around." 010
Reposted by Storm MesaArienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Today, I resigned as Vice Chair of the ODP Pride Caucus. The state party expects us to be a sales team, censoring our voices when we beg candidates not to trade on trans lives. I am still a Democrat, but I will not value party approval over true, defiant advocacy. Full text below. 👇 522168475
Reposted by Storm MesaEric Pazdziora @ericpazdziora.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Opera doesn't make money. Opera’s what you spend money *on*.” “But . . what do you get out of it?” “You get opera. You put money in, you see, and opera comes out,” said Salzella wearily. --Terry Pratchett, 'Maskerade' 71259352
Reposted by Storm MesaShepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Oh my heart is so full reading about this. The US Colored Troops were huge in the story of emancipation and in the human dignity of enslaved Black people. For the first time they had weapons and uniforms, just like white men. 231059
Storm Mesa @stormmesa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Is there a scene like that in the Beetlejuice movie? My other thought was an MTV bumper? 160
Reposted by Storm MesaOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 02/10/2026> an increase in thin papers of narrow scope, as well as ‘salami’ papers, where a single work is broken up and submitted as a set of smaller papers. There is also a marked increase in dense, AI-written papers. AI tools are making it easy for authors to flood arXiv [and others with] low-value papers. 321762
Reposted by Storm MesaDanny (they/them) @dannyfaust.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Have you ever found yourself wondering "Gee, what would it be like if Rosalind Russell played Archie Goodwin?" Well, buster, have I got a book series for you! 056
Reposted by Storm MesaBulletPharm @bulletpharm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"And here is Deshaun Watson who is playing well but also credibly accused of sexually assaulting at least 26 women. If you're watching with your kids, here is an opportunity to have a conversation about consent and bodily autonomy. Now let's see if they can convert this 3rd down" 21646
Reposted by Storm MesaKieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 01/10/2026I keep seeing this Semafor graph that seems to show the Trump administration’s effect on international visits is comparable to the pandemic. My first thought was “that can’t be true” and indeed it is not. This is monthly data. We only have to Jun/Aug 2026. The lines are over-fitted to the months. 12460133
Reposted by Storm MesaEthan Kocak @ethankocak.com · 29/09/2026BTW, new (silly) page up over at The Unfamiliars. theunfamiliars.site/comic/85/theunfamiliars.site85THEY LIVE for references around here. 02513
Reposted by Storm MesaBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's a good day to google "Foxconn," "Wisconsin," "Trump," "2018," "13,000 jobs" and "didn't happen, didn't even come close" 15770194
Reposted by Storm MesaKingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 28/09/2026This gorgeous little blue guy is West Texas Grass Sage, Salvia reptans. It forms an airy clump for much of the year, then flowers into this. 32844
Reposted by Storm MesaChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026Mike is a scientist so yeah he’s going to be interesting in questions of quantification and specificity Treating that like it’s weird, socially criminal behavior is itself deeply anti-social 323513
Reposted by Storm MesaPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 04/09/2024Guy who tries to be a free-thinkong contrarian but instead of saying the usual Nazi shit he's just constantly ranting about how "dogs aren't like they used to be" and "doesn't anyone remember when dogs used to talk?" 551872
Reposted by Storm MesaSteven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026At what point do these corporations get charged with felonious activity? Humans certainly aren't allowed to mess with government websites or else the FBI would be knocking on their door. We all saw Wargames. 1324658
Reposted by Storm MesaCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure. 5843441194
Reposted by Storm MesaJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context. I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad. 8146951173
Reposted by Storm Mesasonnybunch.bsky.social @sonnybunch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I think V FOR VENDETTA is much more relevant now than it was during the War on Terror years for reasons I got into with director James McTeigue on this week's Bulwark Goes to Hollywood. Interesting movie to look at 20 years later! www.thebulwark.com/p/how-v-for-...thebulwark.comHow ‘V for Vendetta’ Perfectly Explains Our AgeDirector James McTeigue on the push-pull between progress and reaction. 063
Storm Mesa @stormmesa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026static.klipy.comClap Slowclap ReactionALT: Clap Slowclap Reaction 030
Reposted by Storm MesaK.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 24/09/2026I know everything feels overwhelming right now, but that's because we're all overwhelmed. I should probably put something happy here so, I dunno, we've all gotten really good at sadly poking things with sticks, I guess? Go clean something easy and very small. You'll feel better. 1321532
Storm Mesa @stormmesa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I vote for anomaly: don’t know what rates should be, but ZIRP felt like lalaland. 000
Reposted by Storm MesaCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Potash humor. @cnn.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/09/23/e... 17599144
Reposted by Storm MesaPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A flatteringly comprehensive portrait of our show. They consulted experts! www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...poynter.org‘The darker times get, the more important it feels’: The enduring joy of NPR's ‘Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me!’ - PoynterThe NPR news quiz has survived nearly 30 years of media upheaval by staying funny, familiar and surprisingly adaptable 2649859
Storm Mesa @stormmesa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Bingostatic.klipy.comNemoAlt: Nemo the little clownfish 142
Storm Mesa @stormmesa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"...the tables have been almost completely turned" Sure, Bret. 110
Reposted by Storm MesaSteven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026When Ds reached 60 seats they had seats in Arkansas, Nebraska, Iowa, West Virginia + Dakotas, Montana etc. That’s what made the Affordable Care Act possible. It wasn’t that long ago. 1758
Reposted by Storm MesaJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 16/09/2026...Assumption #4 has been driving me batshit, yet no one seems to realize it: if you're worried trans ppl might potentially harm your Dem candidate's chances, then YOUR CANDIDATE MADE A BAD DECISION! so why not join us in trying to get them to reverse position? juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats... 5624201
Reposted by Storm MesaJames Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Been reading about Paramount's promise that an outside body will ensure CNN's editorial independence, and man is it wearisome to be the sole person on Earth who remembers anything that happened more than 10 years ago www.theguardian.com/business/200....theguardian.comWall Street Journal committee claims Murdoch broke agreementA special independent committee accused the press baron of breaking agreement to protect editorial integrity 129377
Reposted by Storm MesaK.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 21/09/2026Hey so we're going to see a lot more of these polls. They have a chilling effect on voting bc we think someone else will do the work. If we've learned ANYTHING over the last ten years, it's that we cannot count on anyone else doing the work. WE have to do the work. Voting is work. 19838
Reposted by Storm MesaMax the comics guy who does comics about comics @waitingforthetrade.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The thing I like about the X-Men is that if you join it doesn’t matter if you were an assassin or raised in a murder cult or worshipped as a god, at some point they will make you try to teach geometry to a bunch of fifteen year olds. 16951234
Reposted by Storm MesaEmily J. Edwards @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 20/09/2026it's genuinely shocking to see just how *dedicated* portions of the internet are to "Fascism is only happening in the US" when this has been brewing in Germany for literal years, Italy's PM is an avowed fascist, and the UK has had multiple masked, anti-immigrant protests in 3 months 1194
Reposted by Storm MesaLEE GATLIN @neilaglet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Some old ones for #batmanday 11689251
