The new record is not Earth-shattering, but I am enjoying it. Definitely feels like City of Echoes, Part Two, which I'm not mad at. A lot of the record sounds really joyful to me, which is always welcome.

I'm just really glad Laurent is back -- he and Trever together hit a sweet spot for me.

Sounds like we need a public duel to settle this. I see no other way.

Gramsci wrote: Sat May 31, 2025 1:54 pm This is phenomenal

Thanks for this. I only had a passing familiarity with them back in the day, and I see they are worth revisiting. Cheers.

No vote for the poll yet, but Ted Parson with Prong was fantastic.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54466652971_1d8403dd86_c.jpg [/url] I gotta say, Dr. -- just looking at your gut shots brings me a profound sense of calm. So clean. So serene. A paradigm of tidiness. I could unironically print them on nice stock, frame them, and put them in a meditation space. ...

Ohio police find pet raccoon in car driver’s seat with meth pipe in its mouth

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... -pipe-ohio

None of the above poll options.

I have considered using it several times, but never have. I just skip by the offending posts.

If I have trouble ignoring a certain post or forum member, it's probably time to get off the PRF for the day and do something else anyway.

This was super cool. Thanks for sharing.

Curious: is there a “green book” for hotels and restaurants that don’t discriminate against LGBTQ+ people? Actually, scratch that—that are pro-LGBTQ+? Something that like would be useful for anyone who has to travel to red states. Were I to travel to Texas, I’d be pretty insistent on only giving mo...

I've read some commentary that suggests it's partially just Trump enjoying being a bully, trying to look "strong", without any real understanding of how markets work -- and when some of the backlash inevitably gets so bad that he backpedals on some of it, he gets to look like the good guy....

I agree that there is a hell of a lot to be said for regular exercise, stretching, strength training, good posture, better sleeping habits, etc., but I've been a half dozen times or so over the last 20 years and it's been incredibly helpful. It's almost always a case where a run of bad sleeping and/...