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as far as i can tell the new pope is the first american citizen to be a regnant monarch, which is fun!

thanks to @adapalmer.bsky.social we've got two chicago popes www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...

#1C000LEST double feature, with two epochal pop figures 12. Prince & The Revolution - When Doves Cry (Produced by Prince. Warner Brothers, 1984) & 11. Madonna - Like A Prayer (Produced by Madonna and Patrick Leonard. Sire, 1989.)

new thread for #then0ughtie5, bringing some bad news 35. Rilo Kiley - Portions for Foxes (2004, USA) (a consummate power pop banger; after reviewing their 2001 work for that tournament it's impressive how streamlined this is, relatively speaking) youtu.be/Gw0YeT0nJ3A

sochan being in rn is so funny. just a little callback

a miserable second quarter of basketball. this is, truly, what we watch this sport for

i like the olivia rodrigo songs where she goes full sophistipop

continuing #then0ughtie5 with a mash-up, perhaps the defining pop form of the 2000s 40. Jay-Z & Linkin Park - Numb / Encore (2004, USA) www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLlF...

friends and mutuals in the bay! my husband is playing the entirety of his first album at the lost church in SF on june 20th! come thru! thelostchurch.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket#/inst...

if it all goes wrong for me i'm moving home and starting the Orange County Review of Books

new claude doesn't let me ask salmon disease ecology questions. sad !

the keldon johnson vs dylan harper +/- differential for this game is exactly the opposite from what you'd expect

the team with castle and vassal has defeated the team named after the colonial dutch bourgeoisie. huge blow for early modernity tonight