Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?

I was married but I'm not married any more. Women don't like the vehicle.

There's no "regular politics" anymore because you can no longer maintain the idea that we all agree on common goals but we only differ about the means of getting there or whatever. The guys in charge now are plainly amoral, sadistic nihilists. They delight in it! You can't civilly disagree with that

Update:

Watching the @channel6.bsky.social pregame chat with my favorite assistant.

Yeah, that’s what happens when you’re all hopped up on school spirit and experimental jazz.

Oh good, the Cubs game is also starting, this will surely help to relax me and lower my blood pressure.

Football,fútbol, and cat.

Oh darn, are we not supposed to do that? My bad, I didn’t get the memo.

“IN THE COMMUNITY…”

It feels notable that Austin implemented a version of this, reassigning certain duties and services to social workers after the police complained about having to do them. When the police found out that the budget for those things also went to the social workers, they threw a tantrum.

To all the comedians who stood for free speech in the face of wokeness

I prefer my chocolate to be tuned to less mainstream pitches.

Well, everything is terrible today so here’s my cats:

Oh, did the Bears do something inexplicable and lose a game in excruciating fashion? Wow, what a brand new experience for me.

The fearsome moth hunter surveying her territory.

Of course the broadcast crew for the Texas game mentions one of my favorite bars in Austin when I’m out for a few minutes running an errand.

I am a hypermasculine and extremely powerful alpha male. As such my greatest fears are seed oils, rainbows, people who don't look like me being on TV, and preventative medicine. I cannot explain any of these fears and consider that to be your fault.

OH: if vaccines caused autism, we’d have way more trains in the United States

Bruce Springsteen is releasing the Electric Nebraska album to fortify his Omaha stronghold in the event that Sufjan Stevens restarts his fifty states project. You want Nebraska, you've got to go through The Boss to get it.

What in the Gomez Addams is this look?

It amazes me that giving people terrible advice for money is such a lucrative field, but also, how do I get in on this? I’ve got some shitty ideas and a Venmo account, let’s make it happen.

In undergrad I took Philosophy of Eastern Asian Religions. I kept quiet because I felt like I didn’t understand anything and was intimidated by the philosophy majors who sat behind me and talked constantly. Then I realized that I was doing better on the tests than them and they didn’t get it either.

Just opened Bluesky and this was the first thing I saw, 10/10 no notes.

Our society does seem to have bought into the idea that “this person is an off putting weirdo, so therefore they must be brilliant” in a really strange way. Some people are just creeps, including a lot of rich people. There really isn’t anything deeper or more noble to it than that.

A very pleasant and happy Hamner Day to all who celebrate!

@hollyanderson.bsky.social @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social @celebrityhottub.bsky.social I was thinking PTKU needed a fight song just the other week…

Mild Annoyance Against the Machine.

It really is amazing how much right-wing grievance is centered around “I’m an off-putting weirdo and people don’t want to hang out with me, and this is why that’s everyone else’s problem.”

We don't need a 'Democratic Stephen Miller.' We need Democrats who will unapologetically fight for our values. We don't need a 'Joe Rogan of the Left.' We need a progressive media ecosystem that will unapologetically fight for our values. We don't need their playbook. We need to believe in us.

Cai Guo-Qiang, Borrowing Your Enemy's Arrows, 1998 #artbots #moma https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136480

@dreyesceron.bsky.social Here’s the sheet music.

Age verification? I completely unironically said “Ooh, looks like they’re planting soybeans on that plot, there was corn there last year,” while driving past a field last week.

What perfect album came out when you were 16? (Look, I know that as a white dude in my 30’s this a clichéd answer, but I don’t care I love it)

Happy 15th Birthday to the handsomest, fluffiest cat in the whole world.

If my small town Midwestern aunt who was a staunch conservative for most of her life can learn to use the correct pronouns to respectfully address her trans grandchild, then the fucking governor of California should be able to figure it out no problem.

Back when I worked at a guitar store I casually answered the phone one Saturday morning and the first thing out of the person’s mouth was, “Hi, this is Seal.” Yes, that Seal. I can’t quite remember, but I think I was so startled I replied with, “Oh, hey Seal.”

“She’s so High” by Tal Bachman. I don’t know what it is about it but that song always drives me into a rage whenever I hear it.

One of the best things about being back in Illinois is coming home and seeing a row of midwestern dads all standing in their driveways with their hands on their hips watching the thunderstorm roll in to see if a tornado develops.

-In Rainbows- Radiohead -Illinois- Sufjan Stevens -Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -Kendrick Lamar- DAMN -The Decemberists- The Crane Wife -DIIV- Oshin -Run the Jewels- Run the Jewels 2 -Punch Brothers- Antifogmatic -Maria Schneider- Concert in the Garden -Moses Sumney- Aromanticism

Isn’t this all just a big distraction from the NYT’s vital reporting on whether or not the extracurricular activities that Zohran Mamdani listed on his college applications were legitimate?

In the past year I have been photographed with two different football trophies, the Heisman and the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl trophy. One is the most prestigious and important award that can be won in college football, and the other is the Heisman.

When you get fired for trying to relive your drunken frat boy glory days and completely tanking your program in the process, just remember that it’s the university’s fault and not yours.

Cubs win! Final: #Cubs 11, Cardinals 3.

I really miss the days when phone calls were a private conversation between two people and not two people and everyone else in their immediate vicinity.

Happy 6th Birthday to this little chaos goblin.

My favorite Black Sabbath song is Black Sabbath from the album Black Sabbath.

“Haha I’m still young” I say as I continually readjust in my chair because I sat kind of weird for like, 15 to 20 minutes last week and I’ve had a strange muscle pain in my side ever since.