“In a recent review, published online Jan. 10 in the journal Astrobiology, a trio of scientists from the U.S. and Japan posited that viruses may be spread across interplanetary space. Those researchers want to convince astrobiologists to devote more time looking for these curious molecular machines.”
“Dear White Evangelicals, I need to tell you something: People have had it with you. They’re done.”
How likely it is that a reboot may happen for your favorite TV sitcom.
“But the sad fact, one year into this presidency, is that the current approach to covering this White House is no longer working. We are reading the same memes again and again, and the president, a savant at intuiting public sentiment, is doing everything he can to keep the treadmill moving.”
“As a straight male, the best teacher I ever had was a gay man.”
“The fitness tracking app Strava is giving away the location of secret US army bases.” Oops.
I for one welcome our new robot newscaster overlords.
“There have been very, very many attempts to identify the core of Trumpism, but this — stripped of conventional politics, stripped of considerations of wealth and celebrity — seems to reach it as few other anecdotes have: Donald Trump is a guy on dry land, staring at the television for hours because he wants to make himself feel terror and loathing toward sharks.”
Meet Rachael Denhollander, the first woman to go on the record to publicly accuse Larry Nassar of sexual assault.
Tom Hanks will play Mister Rogers in a forthcoming biopic of same.
RIP, Kevin Towers, former general manager of the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks.
“That belief is a political choice. It is a political choice to accept a big lie that the president and his defenders have been peddling for months about federal law enforcement and intelligence.”
“Alleging a concerted conspiracy by the FBI/DOJ in obtaining the Page FISA necessarily implicates the judge who approved it, and suggests they are incompetent (at best) or corrupt (at worst). If Nunes is alleging serious crimes on the part of the FBI and DOJ, he must put his money where his mouth is and identify the judge who approved the FISA application. If he doesn’t, it’s likely because even he knows that this would be taking his accusations too far.”
RIP, Oscar Gamble, former Yankee outfielder known for his glorious Afro.
No one says “No” when they mean “No”, so maybe we shouldn’t fixate on that.
“I’m in a 7-foot blue shark costume. There’s no cool in that. So what’s the other option? Well, I’m gonna play a different character.”
“A Texas-size bollocking over proper attire, wasting taxpayer money and spying for the bureaucrats in Washington.”
RIP, Emma Primas, supercentenarian, businesswoman, and honorary ambassador for Houston.