Gutting. William Orbit was my entry point into electronica and beyond his producing for Madonna (one of her best albums) & countless other artists, his solo work was groundbreaking and unique all the way back to Bassomatic and Torch Song. I wrote to his Strange Cargo albums for years. RIP to a great

I sent him this picture and he said "this is basically my job now, except for massive companies"

TIL that Susan Ann Sulley & Joanne Catherall of Human League were high schoolers dancing in a club when lead singer Philip Oakey approached them to become backup singers even though they had no experience because he loved their style & look, so in other words the perfect 80's synth-pop origin story

Fits perfectly with this one

We saw a heron yesterday too. On our neighbor’s dock! 😮

I saw two yesterday too!

Okay, did we do this one? Also one of my faves

Kind of like when you learn that this is the same guy

Covered raisins + almonds FTW

Pick a Bond from the photos you already have on your roll

Not a word?!? Clearly no one at the NYT tried to buy marijuana in the 90's in the Midwest

Mid 60's Corvette convertible. Bonus Prince points if it's red

young pope looks like the guy in a Burning Man camp that's always bringing around killer grilled cheese sandwiches and everyone's trying to figure out his deal, is that dude he's sharing an RV with just a friend, who's that woman he always goes dancing with, is he straight or bi or gay or what

Post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet:

*reads news, stops reading news, goes to give head scritches to this sweet little goof*

Researching Tom Steyer this morning for obvious reasons and America's most pudding-brained pundit being apoplectic at the idea of him becoming Governor is definitely a mark in his favor

We have very similar Chewies! (Except ours is a girl whose official name is Cholula)

Caught the first part of the 1999 Mummy and gotta say, connecting these two roles was one of the better "wait, where else do I know that actor from?" pulls I've had lately

This screencap of the Meta Director of Safety trying to stop the Openclaw AI Agent from deleting her inbox (she did not succeed) feels like a sneak preview of how humanity is going to end

I don't want to be a Spelling Bee troll but genuinely surprised CONCOMITANT didn't count, it's a perfectly cromulent word

Absolutely incredible alignment on my timeline.

Such a great cast. Two Oscar winners *and* a Bond

Filling in my emergency contact for a doctor's appointment and wait a minute who the hell is Carlos

“Show me what comic you loved when you were 13, and that’s all I need to know about you.” -Brad Meltzer

I'll take it.

Very excited I got to spend Christmas night with the Three Kings of Douchebaggery, they're so terrible and so perfect

I find most of these year-end wrap-ups unnecessary but this is probably the first one that felt shameful