Orban lost in Hungary, it looks like. Not going to pretend I know about who or what comes next, but since he seemed to want a Putin-style stranglehold on the country, that feels like a healthy sign.(Also, commentators are saying Vance's intervention was a fricking disaster and I can't get enough of reading that, personally. Your schadenfreude may vary.)
Mal: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know... shoot 'em. Zoe: Shoot 'em? Mal: Politely.
'Serenity'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
erikaj - Apr 12, 2026 12:49:30 pm PDT #12279 of 12473
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
-t - Apr 12, 2026 1:25:44 pm PDT #12280 of 12473
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Better than him winning, surely. I don’t know what comes next for Hungary but I am rooting for them
And I hope it’s a bad sign for authoritarians everywhere
JenP - Apr 12, 2026 1:39:44 pm PDT #12281 of 12473
From your pixels to the universe's earballs, -t.
Laura - Apr 12, 2026 2:07:10 pm PDT #12282 of 12473
Our wings are not tired.
Gee, after a personal visit from JD and a phone endorsement to the populace from the orange Don.
erikaj - Apr 12, 2026 2:48:53 pm PDT #12283 of 12473
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
T. is becoming the opposite of a kingmaker.
Steph L. - Apr 12, 2026 5:01:03 pm PDT #12284 of 12473
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
We had a delightful afternoon at the symphony, and my hip let me walk about 1/2 a mile to the restaurant afterward (that is very seriously so much more than I've been able to walk at one time in about a year -- maybe my hip is improving!), and we had excellent tacos, including a life-changing huitlacoche taco.
And then I had to come home and file our tax return. Rude awakening indeed. (We got a refund; the problem is that the H&R Block program kept giving me a glitch because I auto-downloaded Tim's W-2, but it seems the program didn't like the auto-downloaded W-2. Ultimately I had to delete his W-2 and then key all the info in by hand, which I would have done from the start if I had known that auto-downloading the W-2 would be a problem. I'm going to blame this one on H&R Block. But at least it's finished!)
-t - Apr 12, 2026 8:23:56 pm PDT #12285 of 12473
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think I had that problem one year, Tep. Has not recurred, this year downloading my docs was fine
Tom Scola - Apr 13, 2026 7:54:41 am PDT #12286 of 12473
They pay me in WOIMS
It’s going to be a long baseball season for this Mets fan.
-t - Apr 13, 2026 8:02:31 am PDT #12287 of 12473
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It was my understanding that it always is?
Note - I have not paid any attention so if there is something specific happening right now I definitely do not know about it
Tom Scola - Apr 13, 2026 8:05:02 am PDT #12288 of 12473
They pay me in WOIMS
The Mets were just swept at home by the A’s.