Kid Rock Compliments Kendrick Lamar for Turning 'DEI into an IED' at the Super Bowl

Hellllo! And welcome to the second half of February! Weird. January lasted, I don’t know, approximately 89 days, right? Like, it was at least 3 months long. Wasn’t it? And yet it’s already the middle of February? Something fishy is going on here. I don’t know what exactly, but I know it’s something. And it’s probably something that portly, f%cking, a$$hole muskrat thing did. The groundhog thing in Gobbler’s Knob, I mean. But the other one you thought I was talking about is probably the culprit.

The Mumpks Admin restores deleted web pages per court order, but they added a whole mess of bigoted bullsh$t to the top of them. - (Jezebel)

Kid Rock appeared on Bill Maher last night (I know, I know!) and said that Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance was “the epitome of DEI blowing up,” but I think he meant to complement the performance, but he somehow does it in the most racist way possible: “Kendrick Lamar goes out there and basically turns DEI into an IED. It’s all Black people, or all people of color, speaking to his crowd in the hood, Black people. It was like the most exclusive thing ever and I’m like, ‘F— yeah, that’s awesome.’ I’m laughing my ass off.” I’m not sure that Kid Rock has any idea what he’s saying. (Deadline)

‘Faerie smut’ is having a moment — just like it did in 1500. - (National Geographic)

Personal Plug: My husband has a new Kickstarter project. It’s for Zine Quest! A resource for fantasy role-playing games for the City of a Thousand Gods. If this tickles your nerdsense, have a look. - (Kickstarter)

Jay-Z Rape Suit Dropped. (Sean Combs also, but he’s still on trial for sex trafficking and dozens of other heinous sexual assault crimes so I don’t want to include him in the headline. F%ck that guy.) - (Deadline)

Roxana shared this in our Pajiba Slack and I had to laugh. The Lorne Michaels Book-Event Thread Is the Reply-All Disaster We Need - (NYMag)

No Stefon for the SNL 50th Anniversary Special. I guess this show won’t have everything. - (LateNighter)

After Chappell Roan’s Grammy speech calling out label execs for their lack of health care coverage for artists, Jeff Rabhan wrote an article for The Hollywood Reporter telling Roan that record labels “are businesses not charities” and she should “put her money where her mouth is.” So she did. And so far, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, and Noah Kahan have joined her. - (Yahoo)

The Electronic Frontier Foundation sues DOGE for privacy violations. GOOD. - (Celebitchy)

If you don’t already subscribe to or follow Heather Cox Richardson, I encourage you to do so. Her daily records are full of necessary information with historical context. - (Substack)

No LGB without the T — queer community protests Trump’s transgender erasure at Stonewall - (Advocate)

The 100 Greatest TV Performances of the 21st Century. Hmmm, I know you’ll have opinions on who should be on here and who shouldn’t. Any major omissions though? - (Variety)

Demi Lovato is engaged and her pictures are very lovely! - (Lainey Gossip)

Awww, and Cobra Kai’s Tanner Buchanan and Mary Mouser are engaged! So cute! - (PEOPLE)

A lot of great moments in the SNL50 concert, but the Lonely Island medley with Lady Gaga and Eddie Vedder — in the Michael Bolton role — probably tops them all.

I know Valentine’s Day was yesterday, but I wrote this on Friday, so technically, this is still Valentine’s Day… yeah, it makes perfect sense in my head. So, here’s Charlie!