What a week!

 

Sad news from all over today:

Jeff Beck, Robbie Bachman, Lisa Marie Presley … gone. ☹️

Life is fragile folks. pic.twitter.com/XJ7FVj7pJu

— Larry Updike (@LarryUpdike) January 13, 2023

In other news, one has to wonder how incredibly stupid will this get?

For those playing along at home, Merrick Garland knew Trump stole classified documents as early as January 2021 and... took almost 2 years to appoint a special counsel.

With Biden, it took Garland 2 months.

I keep trying to tell you guys that Merrick is a pathetically weak man.

— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) January 12, 2023

Increasingly, I am convinced that Garland will never have the courage to indict Trump for anything - I doubted he would do it even before the Biden documents were announced, but now it would likely be impossible. Oh well.... 

And WTF is this?

The leader of an RCMP unit tasked with policing resistance to resource extraction in British Columbia says injunctions justify his squad spending nearly $50 million on operations over five years. https://t.co/6smGGRw1bw

— CBC News (@CBCNews) January 14, 2023

I don't suppose anybody thinks that negotiations might be worth trying, for cry sake? 

On a lighter note, here's some funny stuff to enjoy this weekend. 

First, an excellent point!

The most common side effect of the COVID vaccine is not dying of COVID.

— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) January 14, 2023

Next, a thread about the fun of hate-watching Jurassic World, which I think I actually went to see in a theatre back in 2016 and it struck me as pretty dumb at the time -- if I am remembering it correctly, one of the dumb things about it was that the woman who was supposedly the manager of the dinosaur park spent the whole movie with carefully styled hair, full makeup, and high heels:

four minutes into jurassic world, searching for the remote to pause it because I’m laughing too hard

— kilgore trout, death to putiner (@KT_So_It_Goes) January 14, 2023

I’ve actually never felt so personally insulted by less than thirty minutes of simply looking at something and I’m on twitter

— kilgore trout, death to putiner (@KT_So_It_Goes) January 14, 2023

Oh, and here's some more tweets that made me laugh:

talked to my financial advisor on the phone today. he says i should try to get more money somehow

— more mr. nice guy (@juniorhoncho) January 2, 2023

As of today,... fully half off U.S. states let people carry firearms without permits.

No permits, no background checks, no gun safety classes, no questions,... no nuthin'.

What could possibly go wrong?pic.twitter.com/eHUj2hkGfa https://t.co/PngTTmpFkO

— Roshan Rinaldi (@Roshan_Rinaldi) January 1, 2023

Someone is going to Hogwarts. pic.twitter.com/ae8vyPP4Up

— Figen (@TheFigen_) January 6, 2023

Dogs, bruh!

Best. pic.twitter.com/3F55BFvlBK

— fk™🌎 (@Im__not__a__bot) January 9, 2023

Purebred Tibetan Mastiff defends the sheep flock from the wolf...🐑🐕⛔🐺 pic.twitter.com/pfiJHUxGSJ

— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) December 30, 2022

heck ! the toy came alive !
(jukin media) pic.twitter.com/ezl0JIoNDN

— theworldofdog (@theworldofdog) January 5, 2023

The Dogs of 2022 pic.twitter.com/jiDzh4GhHg

— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) December 30, 2022

the best thing i did. this entire year. was love you

— Thoughts of Dog® (@dog_feelings) December 31, 2022

“Pets have a huge role in human health … and we need to expand that understanding,” @USask sociology professor Colleen Dell said. https://t.co/FMIZlwCWko

— USask Arts and Science (@usaskArtSci) January 10, 2023

And a palate-cleanser:

Warm your heart tonight everyone deserves to see this pic.twitter.com/qlRImoS8Jy

— DnD Sesame Tweet (@DnDSesame) January 11, 2023