My dad is bitching about a 1% increase in sales tax so the school can pay for stuff Tax payer revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for late modernity

this is the stupidest thing I’ve ever read from McMegan, I think, which is a remarkable achievement

White dude with camera arrives at daycare and demands to see kids. Daycare workers keep doors and windows closed. White dude alleges fraud. Every Republican backs white dude. That's the current story in Minnesota.

No there's not, if white people voted like they did In 2020, we'd have president Harris right now if every other swing stayed the same. But white people, especially better off suburbanites, stayed home. And the only reason the race was close was white people (specifically men)

White men and women re-elected Donald Trump and are to blame for all this shit. It's pretty simple. Any other take is wrong.

-Trump decides to target a minority as being particularly bad -known right wing propaganda account finds "proof" of fraud that is mysteriously centered on the same minority group Yes, this is a post about Minnesota. No, I have no desire to learn more about it. Because it's not needed.

if, when you look at a person masking, you “always” say “oh are you sick?” then you are already an asshole no matter what else you go on to say to them, because mind your fucking business

I got tickets for a show from my wife for Christmas and she said she was sad she couldn't get the ones where John Stewart was performing... I was really happy about this.

it took the Tories 15 years of fucking everything up to obliterate their party. Keir Starmer did it in 18 months

“Buy our home security package named after someone who was utterly destroyed by a back door break-in he didn’t see coming because he was focused solely on the front door.”

Company who says their key differentiation is hiring people who can spot patterns and understand context to help prevent crime. Company names themselves Sauron And people still have it money?

Again,

what good is staffing the white house with a bunch of evil backstabbing motherfuckers if not a single one will leak what is actually going on with this guy

Want to feel ancient? Their oldest kid is 15 now.

DEVIL: You shall stay forever young, but this picture of you will bear the marks of your sin! DORIAN: Can I hide it? DEVIL: Well, yes, but— DORIAN: And there are no other consequences? DEVIL: This… This picture will become so foul! DORIAN: Again, probably I’ll hide the picture.

People watch Avatar because sometimes they want a distraction from their miserable lives and for some reason not everyone enjoys spending their free time being cyberbullied by people with names like “PissGoblin4Palestine” over whether giraffes are bourgeoise. There, mystery solved.

So this is the recipe: 3 large potatoes (peeled and chopped) 1 small onion (I usually use Vidalia) chopped 8 oz Velveeta (half of small box) 2 chicken bullion cubes Add everything but cheese to a pot with 1.5-2cups of water. You want just enough so that all pieces touching water

Look at this handsome devil.

Made one of my favorite "comfort" meals tonight. Cheesy potato soup. Which is potato, Velveeta, onion, chicken bullion, and water. My mom used to make this as a treat for us growing up. It is fantastic. But it really drives home how little we had and how I was basically clueless

Look at this handsome devil.

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

ICE agent recognized out Christmas shopping—throws tantrum when citizens profile him. "We're trying to prevent you from kidnapping our neighbors," they say. "I'm not doing anything but walking, leave me alone!" he yells. "Not right now you're not—but the past 5 days you have." Philadelphia, PA

youtu.be/M4T6fGUB190?... This is... Fantastic

I promise you with absolute 100% certainty that we are not going to lose the House because Dan Goldman gets primaried from the left

Unlimited budget? Player of Games Ian M. Banks

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ain't no fuckin way

The University of Oklahoma fired an instructor for failing a student who wrote a reaction paper without having read the text she was supposed to react to. By definition she failed to satisfy the requirements of the assignment—which she publicly disclosed before the decision to fire the instructor.

She supports CECOT so she is clearly evil. She cancelled an expose of CECOT to curry favor with the administration so she is clearly corrupt. She did not understand the basic mechanics of cancelling it so she is clearly incompetent. These are not priors or biases: we are watching it in real time.

"Almost all consumer spending growth came from increased spending on healthcare and international travel" Coupled with: "American CC debt grew by almost 6%" And "GDP is higher because there's less of a demand for imported products" ... These aren't great numbers y'all. Don't buy it

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

46% of people are spending less this holiday season because of higher costs. Families are paying the price for Donald Trump’s chaotic tariffs.

Whoever it is in the Department of Justice that keeps releasing Epstein files naming or picturing Trump that the Department subsequently pulls from its website.

President pedophile strikes again

*Dons hazmat suit* -Training without permission - Real issue -Energy cost - Real issue -Being forced into everything - Real issue. Saying "no valid use case for this" - Not a real issue. AI isn't a silver bullet and it has serious issues, but it's not useless like cryptocurrency is useless

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

We all fucking knew from the word go where these people were going but the real antisemites were anodyne center-lefties

Bari Weiss is bad at journalism, which everybody has known for a long time, but today proved that she's also bad at laundering propaganda, which is far more important for the people who gave her the job.

Remembering fondly the days when The Free Press under Bari Weiss would nobly refrain from running a story smearing a professor for overwokeness when that professor refused comment.

Uh can I speak to a manager? I got owned on BlueSky again.

also, these "WAR" values (a) are derived from a statistical model that produces ideologically convenient results that no other open-source model replicates, (b) lack controls for important factors like fundraising and candidate experience, and (c) completely ignore uncertainty in the data. not good!

It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love. youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng

The ideal electeds win by the lowest margin possible while still maximizing policy goals. The goal in politics isn't to run up the score on your margin at the expense of doing nothing in office.

personally getting very irritated by the unbelievable arrogance of the data boys

We don't know what will happen in the next 11 months, but Dems in states with GOP statehouse gerrymanders need to realize that this might be a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Conservatives make calls for "intellectual diversity" because their originality ended in middle school but their parents can't force your parents to make you hang out with them.