Also, in 6 days, this year's @desertbus.org!

It's a delightfully unhinged event where a whole mess of thoroughly entertaining people subject themselves to a terribly boring video game for as long as we're willing to pay them to keep going (or two full weeks, whichever's first)

youtu.be/vvU3KXtOg8Q

Mamdani and Brad Lander at the deathbed of Cuomo's political career:

Ȟ̷̤̤͚̮̟é̶̢̛̘̝̻͙̯̙̼͚̻̠̘̬̮̣̾̉̋͛ͅy̸̧͙̳̾!̴̖͙̹͖̻̖͎̇̈́̔̀ͅ ̴̞̽͑͗͘͝W̸̨̗̺̱͇̺̺̳̯̯̿͗̄̂̌͘͜à̸̛͙̘̺͖̹̫̲͔̪̦͚̲̲͊̏̀̄͘͜͝͝͠n̸͇͇̝̣̾͆͛̍̌̈́̉̐͠͝ņ̸̢̰͔̱̂̅̌̌̄̈́͗̀̽͛̀̈́͘̕̚͝ͅȁ̷͓̜̹̘̟̠̺͗̒̄̓̒͌̈͊͊̅͛̅̏ ̶̜͉̫͈̰͐͂͗͊͊͆͌́́͊͊́͠͠͝g̷̥̳̻͍̬̫̪̳̘͓̰̜̥͈̰͛̄̾̽̎͆͌͊o̴̢̡̦̻̪̼̼͕̹͕̙̳̪̻͎͋̇̉̎̎ͅ ̶̠͕̦̘͙̮̜̻̈́̈́́͝f̶̨̢͉̯̹͙͇̘̟͚̙̞̻͓̀̿͆̓͒̉̑̔̍̏ȋ̵̺̞̣͕͖̰̗̌͂͑̏̊s̷̯̹͕͍͇̭͇̯̳̩͍͔̰͍̒̀̉͋̋̿̉͛̀̈̋́̚͜͝͠ͅḩ̸̠͎͈̭̘̙̹̙̰͒̐̍̓̾̕i̸̧̧̹͉͎͖̼͔̜̱̣͍̣̺͉͇͗̉̀̆̆̔͌͆̕͝n̵̗͚̥̞͎̩͎̝̩̘̥̞̰̿̋͋͋͒́̚͝͝g̸̡̬̮͙͙͔̗̩̜̖̖̀̃̐̓̓̑͋͐̇̎̈́͗͂̅̈?̷̧͓̯̳͇̮̮̖̤̝̪̯̩͈͓̗͐́̋̄͐̔͒̀̏́͆̅͝

congratulations, you're one of today's lucky 10,000: meet Kike Hernandez, Dodgers leftfielder and emergency bullpen arm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=01N3...

Dieter Ruehle is a national treasure

right, we're agreed!

the (attempted) joke was that NYC's progressive politics often get dismissed as unrepresentative of "real America" or untenable for Democrats elsewhere, which is dumb, and it's dumber to say half of the city's Jewish population don't count when NYC has more Jews than 48 states

look, it's great that these young, idealistic, coastal elite NY Jews are making themselves heard as part of a multicultural coalition behind Mamdani, but you can't really expect their views to be representative of people in the real American Jewish heartlands of Los Angeles and Elsewhere in NY

so, this is genuinely one of my favorite independent brands because excellent quality, cool art, and earnest chronic/mental health advocacy is always a winning combination, but occasionally they also put out stuff like this:
twocrowcollective.com/collections/...

the good news is that, at this rate, they'll get them!

is there any particular sketch (or crapshot, or character, or even a specific bit) you were initially down on or uncertain about when you made it that has pleasantly surprised you in how much your audience has enjoyed it/connected to it?

"Regional Cryptids" implies the existence of National and even Global Cryptids, which is a terrifying thought to start the week with...

third prize is a pint of Phish Food

That experience (and too many others like it) pushed me into a decade+ of training to better meet the needs of people experiencing suicidal thoughts/behavior

This week, every week, it's important we remember you shouldn't need formal clinical training to feel ready and able to support a loved one

More personally, I'm grateful to LSU's student paper, The Reveille, for the opportunity to share my own origin story of seeing a friend thinking of suicide and having no idea what I could do to help them keep themself safe, because no one ever talked about suicide
lsureveille.com/261733/opini...

as someone who's spent a good chunk of his life in hypermasculine environments, who or what have you seen get through to guys when a team's culture (e.g., hazing, "locker room talk") is/turns toxic?

@sergeyager.bsky.social, since you asked: Authority of the Consuls gained Alex 33 life, Lifecreed Duo gained Alex 8 life
Total Life Gained - 41
Total Life Gained 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘦𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘰𝘵𝘊 - 17

🎵Fisty's gonna punch you...🎶