Miles Davis Quintet – “Autumn Leaves”:
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How many hors d'oeuvres you are allowed to take off a tray being carried by a waiter at a nice party?
Two, but there are ways around it, depending on the style of the hors d'oeuvre. If they're those little pastry things where you can't tell what's inside, you take one, bite off about two-thirds of it, then say: "This is cheese! I hate cheese!" Then you put the rest of it back on the tray and bite another one and go, "Darn it! Another cheese!" and so on.
-- Dave Barry, "The Stuff of Etiquette"
Wars are won by logistics
Every military leader since antiquity: wars are won by logistics hegseth: you win wars when military look like fitness influencers
— Adam Serwer (@adamserwer.bsky.social) August 5, 2026 at 7:57 PM
RiffTrax – Holiday From Rules
Republicans, summed up
Republicans, summed up Dude hitting his wife: “Not my business.” Transperson living their life: “ABSOLUTELY my business!” I loathe these people
— M. Belanger (@sethanikeem.bsky.social) August 5, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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No more effortless toppings!
MST3K 0311 – It Conquered the World
Anti-trans sports policies harm all girls
An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
— Gillian Branstetter (@gbbranstetter.bsky.social) August 3, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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Police Surveillance Technology
Police Surveillance Technology – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:
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