Forrest Gump: the FBI gave me a pistol and told me to shoot a man named Malcolm X they said he was a mean man saying rude things about white people even other blacks like minister farrakhan thought he needed a spanking
Me: *checking watch* where is this fucking bus dude
“I love the great open spaces where boys are boys, and men are men, and women are – are – are – mirrors, reflecting the marvelous beauty of nature’s handiwork.” – Castor Oyl, January 27, 1929
Dad at swim lessons this morning was reading an NYRB classic deep cut (Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky) but I’m not threatened by him because that’s a writer I’ve heard of
Patrick is a 34-year-old orangutan at the Metro Richmond Zoo who recently became an online sensation after a video of him tying a perfect double knot went viral.
To celebrate his birthday, the zoo gifted him a royal cloak, which he tied neatly on his own 🦧
Mitch Larkin has an uncanny knack for knowing when someone will become famous. But when he hedges his bets on a risky asset—the volatile Syd Morris—Mitch realizes he’s met his match.
MEAT PUPPETS, by Hannah Smart
5.5.26
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Granta was saddened to hear of Alexander Kluge’s death. In honour of his life and work, we have lifted the paywall on his essay for Granta, ’Today We Just Say Germany’.
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Sorry to hear that happened to you man. Maybe some kind of hugely expensive vertical farming scheme could help you — and revitalize our city’s downtown core
33 years ago today, Mr. Burns hired a group of strike-breakers — “the kind they had in the ‘30s.”
“Last Exit to Springfield” first aired on March 11, 1993.
St Michael’s Church in Kreuzberg has been a fixture of the city since the 19th century; its architect August Soller died during construction and is buried inside. The Engelbecken was going to be a public pool when it was created in 1926, but the plan was stopped by Catholics.