Not Somali.

This is true, beautiful, and exceptional and it’s time any elected official worthy of public trust started acting like it.

We are *all* Real America in the same way a naturalized citizen who took his oath five seconds ago is exactly as much of a citizen as someone whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower.

It’s a magical world

Every single time we break our focus to just "check my phone real quick" or "check this other tab real quick" is a break in focus that costs roughly 15 minutes of time on top of the time we're actually doing the activity. That's how long it takes (minimum) to refocus on the task interrupted.

This message hits hard.

it's crazy that 500 years ago, you would see the ruler of your country maybe once in your life and hear whispers that they're the Sun God, but now with social media, you get to see on a daily basis that they're the most unhinged, idiotic, and unhappy person you know

Donald Trump defaulted on a $330 million loan for his Chicago skyscraper. And it wasn't the only time he defaulted on a loan or failed to pay a bill.

Godspeed to all the dudes being sent to the grocery store for two last specific things today. If it helps, cornstarch is in the baking aisle

aww well that's lovely

Under the immigration standards embraced by Stephen Miller, Stephen Miller and most of his family would have perished in the Holocaust.

This should have have been the end, in 2016.

Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.

Let’s spread the rumor that Bongino is leaving the FBI because he just could not continue to cover up what he now knows about Epstein.

One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.

Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.

LLMs are not good at “knowing” stuff, but they’re very good at creating silly text that looks and feels authoritative, which is why they suck for stuff like this.

This.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar. media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...

the president is not an elected sovereign. he does not speak for the people or embody their will, he merely represents them. if he wants to change the constitution, let him make his case.

supreme court to decide whether part of constitution is part of constitution

It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.

WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN

I saw a meme last night about a generational divide marker of folks who cannot sit through videos and want the words typed out because they read faster than they can watch a video and I felt that deep in my heart. I'm happy for folks who love video, but I hate them. Give me text. Let me read.

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

I named my fists Dunning and Kruger because I grossly over-estimate my competence with them.

Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.

Always read the plaque. Cc @romanmars.bsky.social

stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.

The turkeys, brothers from Thailand, run a crypto fund and made 10-figure investments in Jared Kushner’s enterprise.

Send lawyers, guns, and money Dad, get me out of this

Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA." This is what's happening in epidemiology.

Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

Re-up

All the weird religious communities of 1800s upstate NY are fun because they can be anything from a "have sex with no one" religious group all the way to a "have sex with everyone" religious group and maybe they end up as the Mormons or maybe they end up selling silverware or maybe they die out.

"why do credulous rubes who don't know how anything works like the guy who had a reality tv show where he was portrayed as a brilliant and great guy?" Don't overthink this!

This is what they did at one of my mother's dementia facilities, so that residents are less likely to get lost.

You’d think it would be a major scandal that my first reaction to this was “which one?”

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Onions and mustard on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched red wine vinegar glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

I generally hold to the John Donne "Any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind" philosophy, but man, some days it's harder than others.

Even if the House was fully functional, they're in session for an avg of 147 days and out for 218. Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐

The decision to kill other people's infants is a personal one.

The president doesn’t have a constitutional right to impose a tariff because he doesn’t like a foreign country’s TV ad. I know this doesn’t matter to the dictator in the White House, but I thought I’d point it out in case we ever start following the Constitution again.