The lifecycle of that particular fungus is absolutely mental - it sounds made up and if it were, you'd purse your lips and say, "That's a bit much. Maybe dial it down a bit to keep it believable."

That's a pretty stunning sort of allegorical representation of their perspective.

The waning days of the Trump-Vance campaign feel like being behind the scenes of a community theater production of Glengarry Glen Ross, only nobody's read the script, the director is huffing paint in the corner, someone's pet monkey is loose, Hitler's cameo has gone badly and everybody's yelling.

@backlisted.bsky.social Yes! I will read Sally Rooney.

It's what happens when you have a pathological case of Main Character Syndrome.

This feels like the most transparently obvious wild goose chase since our hominid ancestors chased the ancestors of modern geese.

I'm not certain our glib social politics is really able to deal w/ "Israel is guilty of genocide but the urge of American authorities to send in uniformed thugs is even more troubling than a bunch of white kids cosplaying Palestinians when a fucking bake sale would have done more good."

Media reporting that the mass shooting in KCMO had no connection to terrorism. Imagine my relief. What about the fact that there are more guns than people and some of the most prominent characters in many Americans' media diet have zero emotional regulation - does it have anything to do with those?

I feel like it might be better suited to Fortean Times.