And yet, this is the first I am hearing about it.

Aaron pulls the money quote here, but its interesting to hear his full answer. He's not purposefully going after Trump, but he's not going to bend the knee or kiss the ring either to get him to do basic stuff that he should be doing anyway.

12 days, still no follow from brendel. What more must I do? Who more must I be? This existential angst is unbearable!

And that, in a nutshell, is why our current form of government has been truly fucked over by this president, this republican led congress, and this Supreme Court. Laws passed and budgets agreed to mean nothing when they can be tossed aside when inconvenient, so why bother?

Twin Cities 10 mile is Sunday. Today I woke up to foot pain, think its plantar fasciitis. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck me.

NOTE TO DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP: It's inconsequential little nice things like this that makes her popular.

Know what comedians didn't perform at the Authoritarian Chuckle Hut? @joshgondelman.bsky.social and @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Know what comedians you should see on tour because they didn't perform at the Authoritarian Chuckle Hut? @joshgondelman.bsky.social and @pattonoswalt.bsky.social

One of my posts has broken containment, and as the notifications arrive hope rises and I think, "Will one of these be the notification I have been waiting for these 11 long days?"

Brooke, the last part of your statement would like a word with the first part of your statement.

Patton - too fat Eisenhower - too old Napoleon - too short Julius Caesar - epileptic, wouldn't pass physical Nimitz - no upper body strength

Maybe bluesky became sentient and just threw in the towel.

The wrong Minnesota Senator is retiring. My vote goes to whomever will emulate the spirit of Senator Smith and not our other senator. @peggyflanagan.bsky.social you up for the challenge?

Trump brags that we have more nuclear weapons and that ours are newer, and as everybody knows nuclear wars are won by whomever has newer bombs.

Hey everybody! We finally made it to the end of democracy! High fives all around!

"Trump Did A Bad Thing. Here's Why That Means Democrats Are Bad."

ANDY SUMMERS LIBELZ!

Okay I was curious, so I looked it up. I didn't want to take over his post so am responding this way. Hope its okay!

Bad Bunny is the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Personally, Bad Bunny is not for me but I am also old enough to realize not everything is meant for me, and I'm okay with that. Hope he puts on a fun show!

TIL its pronounced ta-GOL-og and not TAG-alog because I thought a language spoken by millions of people was named like a girl scout cookie because I am a dumb.

9 days and Brendel still isn't following me, but I think they're just playing hard to get.

Erin is good people, quit bugging her. Also I wish there was a way to hide the Vikings game today from my eyes so it didn't bother me. Wooof.

Finished Alien: Earth and I really wanted to like it but they lost me when Wendy just started telekenising everything and that became sort of an easy out.

2025 MOVIES #104 Friendship (2024) "I Think You Should Leave Now" but in full movie form, so if you like that you would like this and if you don't like that you wouldn't like this. I like that, so I liked this.

Interesting thread. I find it enlightening when people who know stuff dig into data and show how it could be misinterpreted, either mistakenly or (probably in this case) on purpose.

I would believe this if it weren't for the 4 liberal judges that keep writing in their dissents that this shit is not normal.

2025 MOVIES #103 Bad Girl (1931) Turns into an idiot plot where a lot of things would be cleared up if the two leads just talked to each other, but I was willing to overlook it because the characters were actually interesting.

"Gabbys Dollhouse Movie" viewing party.

Trump take Elmo.

Listen, the 90s were a weird time. We had a hit record that was an advice column read to a beat telling people to wear sunscreen.

So at my kids urging I played Roblox and I chopped down a bunch of trees and carried some firewood and made a rabbit trap and then died from a wolf and I don't get it and I am officially definitely an old now.

No idea why, but i love this post by Brooke just out there living her life

Having one of those things where I didn't really do bluesky today and now just logging in to see a lot of people obliquely referencing SOMETHING but I cannot figure out what that thing is.

2025 MOVIES #102 Trader Horn (1931) Just chock full of casual racism, this one was nominated for best picture solely because it was the first film shot on location in Africa. Basically a movie long "Look at all this stuff in Africa" travelogue. Not worth your time.

GOP world view in a nutshell: I don't give a shit if your life is ruined, so long as I am not affected.

If you ended them, then by definition they are not unendable.

Genuine question: Could Tylenol sue for defamation?

The best body advice I ever got was that if you are unhappy with your body, the answer is not to denigrate it. Your current body is the vessel that will get you where you want to go, so you still have to treat it with love and respect. Sounds silly but that perspective really helped me.

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life: 1. Singing along to the radio and getting the lyrics right. 2. Jumping in a lake on a hot day. 3. Contented dog sighs. 4. Having the thing to fix the other thing and no need for a trip to the hardware store. 5. A good group joke.

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, The sinners are much more fun. - William Martin Joel

A throwaway line in "The Matrix" (1999) asked why the simulation looked like 1999, and they answered the computer considered it the nadir of human civilization, and looking back 25 years to a "before social media" time I think they accidentally nailed it.

Randomly remembering the time Trump said Obama wiretapped his his campaign headquarters.

THE GREAT UNITER

So is it a bad thing when your main negotiating tactics are hope and prayer or nah?

The party of law and order

Maybe if they would stop doing demon shit people will stop demonizing them.

I have been trying to read "the boys in the boat" and the cover just spoiled it for me by saying they win. Will brendel like this?

I mean, show me the lie.

As a person whose job is working with Rules of Civil Procedure literally every day, this ruling made my heart soar.

Love me a well written analogy comparing Lord of the Rings to current events.