Polling consistently suggests that a third of the USA are idiots, racists, or both. This seems like a problem. I propose: 1) short-term, Democrats' strategy should account for not reaching any of these folks, and 2) long-term, we need stronger public education, with more civics and antiracism focus.

Old and busted: point shaving New hotness: biological warfare

"Evil or just stupid" is the archetypal drunk argument, but in a more perfect union, either would be disqualifying for leadership positions. Unfortunately, business incentivizes evil, and above a certain level of wealth, tolerates stupid. And government "should be run like a business"- ...(sigh)

YOU DAMN KIDS KNOCK IT OFF WITH YOUR BOOMPITY-BOOMP MUSIC

I miss having a president with enough understanding of humanity that they could utilize humor.

I get the feeling that this is as close as the administration will ever get to saying "Man, we sure fucked that up, huh? Whups. Sorry."

Nine miles a day? What golf course is this, "Oops All Par-5s"?

UPDATE: I am being told that apparently we ARE gonna play Sun City.

There are few things in the world as dangerous as soldiers that are both clever and pissed off.

I can't wait to see the PETA ads urging people to only buy sustainable free-range women.

World's strongest ML engineer vs world's weakest LLM whisperer

Oh great, the thought leaders have invented Tamagochi-As-A-Service, an addictive child's toy with the revolutionary new feature that, instead of just buying it once, you can buy it over and over again every month!

I'm not a big fan of emojis in text, but if I had a soundboard app on my phone, I would absolutely [four gunshots, cash register] use it in every conversation.

So- ...you're gonna give every kid more electricity and water than they need, and a 4U rackmount box of overpriced computer parts?

Happy thirty-year anniversary to the Chicago COMDEX speech by Ransom Love, "This is the Year of Linux on the Desktop"

"you can't negotiate with personality disorders" seems like one of those lessons that should be taught in public schools, but isn't.

Funny story: this was first invented around twenty-five years ago, except then it was called "Web-of-trust", and it didn't work then either, "friends of friends will all get along" being perhaps the most common Geek Social Fallacy.

...BUT FOR AN EXTRA $75, WE CAN DO 4 A.M.

In this house, we celebrate the traditional "M'aidez".

just occurred to me that this would also make a great @effinbirds.com acceptance speech

[Ron Howard voiceover] He's lying.

This would have been the most amazing Marx Brothers remake

Even this season's "big boat stuck" is lame.

"These guys? They smoke. They smoke a lot. They sure smoke! They even taught their BIRD to smoke."

Another sign that legal AI is cooked: Kevin Underhill says he won't write about it unless it's novel; "there needs to be some distinguishing characteristic for a story to qualify. “Dummy relies on generative-AI output” is no longer sufficiently newsworthy." www.loweringthebar.net/2026/04/the-...

"...because I'm not."

Kohler Wisconsin is a literal company town (visit the historic American Club and our company showroom that we also request you not refer to as "the Toilet Museum") and if you go with half-drunk cousins, the latest AI-enabled iPad-connected toilet will provide inspiration for hours of mirth. 1/2

As an analyst, I suspect they are ~technically~ not wrong, which as we all know is the best kind of not wrong. I'd guess significant long-term damage to the global energy industry - the least impact to China and Russia, the most to Africa and south Asia - but everybody fucked, incl USA and Iran.

Of all the many, deeply serious issues facing the USA right now, "cops don't have enough money" is WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU JUMPIN JESUS ONNA TOAST RACK

Unfortunately, the adults in the room were all of the people Trump fired in his first term, most of whom now describe him as an unruly toddler, complete with the smell.

"Wanna bet?" --Donald Trump, probably

Many of you think the ballroom is a loser message, but as a consultant in DC, I can assure you that it is not only a kitchen table issue, but for roughly half of America, it's a deeply personal underpants issue.

(swearing and incoherent screams)

I feel like Blizzard's updated code of conduct needs a "don't start nothin, won't BE nothin" clause.

That…was an mRNA vaccine treatment. Who wants to tell him? Link: buff.ly/PWXjiFV

Look! In the sky! It's the "man, is HE fucked" signal!

Who the hell is 'they'?

I realize that "the cruelty is the point" is a thought-terminating cliche, but I struggle to see what the legitimate point of terrorizing random fishermen might be. Get the Navy to do enough murders to make them invested in Republicans keeping power? Sizzle-reels for President Snuff Film? What?

My brief experience doing tech writing in the drug and medical device industry taught me that they are absolutely anal-retentive about documenting every fucking thing, and then following the documentation, largely because of weird things like law, regulation, policy, and liability concerns. 1/2

Generations of security goons installing locking screensavers have already convinced everyone to use a $5 USB mouse-jiggler, so this application of AI is destined to produce some brilliant shit, lemme tell ya.

"...whups" --Pete Hegseth, probably

Emily Remler, Bruce Cockburn, and Stevie Ray Vaughn

Means-testing welfare is consistently a loser, but hear me out: means-testing CORPORATE welfare...

I find myself struggling to reconcile these two things: 1) conspiracy theory is a reliable marker for rubes, and 2) there seems to be a massive global conspiracy to cover up the fact that the US president is a sociopathic idiot.

I feel like end-stage capitalism didn't really manifest until the advertising industry pivoted from a business model of trying to convince people to purchase goods and services to one where they're just trying to annoy everyone to death. "Ah, but you DO know my name", yeah, great. So does Luigi.

"One Bible verse, you say? Aw, that's so cute."

I've always admired those with a single-minded sense of purpose guiding their life choices but have sadly lacked this direction, until now. I will be an elite cabbage-stuffer. My creations will cure mental illnesses. Followers of Kapustatarianism will staff my cruise ship. --L. Ron Cruciferous

Somebody got baked, watched too many episodes of "Nazi Megastructures", and took entirely the wrong message from it.

We're from the US government and we definitely wouldn't lie about something like this!

Also, it's unavoidable. Trying to get away from US media, so instead you watch the news from London? Their top story: latest insane thing Trump said. Paris? Insane thing Trump said. Doha? Insane Trump. Brussels? Trump. Tokyo? Insane. Beijing? Trump. HE IS INEVITABLE