My all time favorite McSweeney's.

"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.

Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emails—the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently. This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.

Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”

Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.

Results from the special state Senate election assure DFLers 34 seats and Republicans 33.

omg

genuinely crazy-making how much the national press is indifferent to the verifiable fact that jd vance is buddy buddy with internet nazis, and the degree to which this is almost certainly a form of solidarity among people with a similar institution pedigree

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

My wife is not on Bluesky but... it is our 10th anniversary, and she makes me so happy. If she joins Bluesky some day she can see this and know I love her to the ends of the earth.

Story: I spent several years as a business consultant (late 90s through early 2000s) (don't hate, I was in my 20s and Pete Buttigieg turned out OK right?). For about 2 years I was consulting at Daimler Chrysler in Dearborn, MI, during which I stayed a local hotel virtually every week. 1/?

To my knowledge, there has never been a Halloween blizzard around here. I think if there had been, people would have talked about it.

Thousands here in Burnsville, MN - these are not DFL (Democratic) activists. These are ordinary people. In a once VERY red suburb. #NoKings

white house has joined bluesky click here to block all official us government accounts instantly bsky.app/profile/did:...

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot. The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors. ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart. ISILDUR: true

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To be clear, any member of congress who voted for that bill - honoring a person who spent their life attacking the communities I care about - will never receive a single dollar or a single vote from me. That includes my current representative, who bizarrely thinks this helps her win a senate seat.

"Is this willful blindness dressed as philosophy? Perhaps. But isn’t willful blindness, at scale, the churning engine of unbridled optimism?"

Someone recently said to me that things will get worse before they get better, but that is not true. There is no guarantee that anything gets better. Things can just continue getting worse and worse. I can't stop thinking about that today.

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I don't know who did this but they must be a genius. #Caturday 🐈.

US TRANS FRIENDS: Drop your gofundmes, venmos, whatever ways of supporting you you have, in the replies. Then go make sure you have plans with loved ones to deal with the worst. I love you all. We will get thru it CIS PEOPLE: Go through the replies and donate money to someone. Then reskeet.

I think it is time for many of our so-called elites to pick up some Max Weber The idea that the catastrophic loss of the underpinnings of our institutions is somehow disconnected from our descent into authoritarianism is farcical; yet no one is bothering to cover things as such.

"To be clear, we’re not anti-soap. But given the skyrocketing rate of chronic illness in this country, isn’t it worth investigating if soap plays a role?"

Some professional news: After more than a decade of columnizing at The Washington Post, I'm taking the buyout. This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them: wapo.st/3TU2fGw

Did you hear about the executive who was embracing his peer until suddenly they were in the spotlight? Lots of awkward scrambling ensued and then the executive told his attorney general to release grand jury transcripts about the relationship.

i entered last week very skeptical about Epstein conspiracy theories and now I'm wondering if Trump personally walked into the jail and killed him

Zeno steps aside.

Please Cthulhu, save us from this world of bullshit

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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Darth Vader being “gracious” and “not fake.” Everything we’ve ever not liked about him is absent in this scene.

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

If you know, you know 😭

I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

Apparently the White House doesn't need economists, it needs necromancers

@repangiecraig.bsky.social congrats on the James Beard! Proud to have you representing me.

Hi, BlueSky. It's Hillary. I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.

Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich

I have two sides: - One Rhythm Heaven game per decade - The third 80+ hour Trails RPG to launch in 2025 alone

This is art. 🤗

In DC for a long planned vacation, may or may not have flipped off the entire CPB building as we drove past.