Things We Saw Today: Now We Will Call Trump’s Hair a “Morgellons Tesseract” Forever

When you read a truly perfect description, you just know you’ll never be able to unsee it.

Thanks to the brilliant minds over at BoingBoing, who titled an article about the wind running through the improbable object that is Donald Trump’s hair, “Morgellons Tesseract atop Trump’s head peels off in high winds,” my day was made early in the morning. Hats off to this.

If you’re curious as to the sight that BoingBoing was so aptly sketching, here it is.

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• As Congress nears a budget deal, Paul Ryan is still refusing to agree to hold a vote on a solution for the DREAMers, even though Mitch McConnell agreed to hold one in the Senate. And so Nancy Pelosi is holding the House floor.
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  Pelosi has now been talking about Dreamers for 7+ hours. In 4-inch heels. https://t.co/rWArktEeSg

  — Sheryl Gay Stolberg (@SherylNYT) February 7, 2018

• One of the magical sisters in the Charmed reboot will be a feminist lesbian, and her girlfriend’s name is Detective Soo Jin. OK, now I’m listening about the Charmed reboot. (via TV Line)
• According to DNA analysis of the 10,000-year-old “Cheddar Man,” early modern Britons had dark skin and blue eyes. (via The Guardian)
• Where is the lie?
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  This looks like the Han Solo from a porn version of “Stars Wars,” and, like, not a high-quality erotic production either pic.twitter.com/HcW43lDocp

  — Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) February 7, 2018

• We got our first poster for the upcoming Venom movie starring Tom Hardy, and reports say we’ll see the first trailer tomorrow. (via Comicbook.com)

So what’ve you got for me today?

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