He’s suddenly realized that the courts can’t (and Congress won’t) stop him from running his own personal Banana Wars abroad, and it’s like giving a kid a lifetime supply of pixie stix and a Red Ryder BB gun.

Something Finally Happened

I’m stuck at work and have been waiting over an hour to get work back to me. AMA?

Shamelessly stealing this from @saramaburwani.bsky.social

This too is Gender. It is cowardly and womanly not to face death head on in many men’s minds.

“Looks like meat’s back in the menu, boys!” is a very Ork, not Orc, coded part of the LotR films

Not even Trump can stop the might of the US economy. It’s truly an unstoppable force short of losing a major war with China at this point

Tfw I would be better qualified to be the commerce secretary

The accounting firm I work for is going to be open tomorrow and Christmas. I *probably* won’t have to work, but if I do, I am going to write the most epic LinkedIn post comparing myself to Santa working on Christmas Eve

More economic data weirdness. The vibes are so rotten and uncertain people are scared to give to charities for a tax break now?

Legitimately one of the most baffling reports I’ve seen. The vibes match the data even less than they did under Biden! I truly thought the tariffs would send us into a recession. Egg on my face.

By far and away, this is the worst thing about AI. This is a WMD for predators, and I hate how much suffering this will cause children and women

I have so many criticisms of AI, particularly video AI, I don’t know where to start, but I hate to see a big name account on here drag an author on here for using AI outside of his books in a cryptic manner that makes it sound like he did something far more serious

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

me dressed up and exercising at the airport before my 8 hour flight

It's a subtle distinction but I think it's more self-extension than property. They don't see kids as an object that they own, or even so much as a pet. They see them almost as a body part that should follow their will.

I don’t do this often, but some friends of minr are struggling and need some help to get through the next couple of months . I can verify these are real people who need help. Just in case done of you all are able to help some people in need and want to. gofund.me/c91f75326

I don’t do this often, but some friends of minr are struggling and need some help to get through the next couple of months . I can verify these are real people who need help. Just in case done of you all are able to help some people in need and want to. gofund.me/c91f75326

As it’s Christmas season, I am here to share an important message. @catholickungfu.bsky.social is right about Jimmy Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life. No man married to Donna Reed should feel that sorry about his life.

Bluesky wrapped but it’s how many times you doomed on the tl

you will meet god when you die. I hope you have a good explanation.

Going to give this a shot: I am pretty lonely irl. What are some good ways to make friends as an adult?

“It’s bigger on the inside!”

Audience culture is the worst it's ever been, I swear to god. People forgot how to act. I'm at the theater, trying to enjoy my show, which I've paid GOOD MONEY for, and these two old assholes are in the balcony heckling the life out of the poor bear onstage. Not letting him finish a single joke.

At the risk of inspiring rage, I think AI will continue to be used for work thanks to how even home computers can local LLMs easily. Despite this, I do think that AI companies and their VC backers might not survive the bubble popping

never a good time to fedpost but now is a particularly bad time to fedpost

The next five days are going to feature some of the worst posting of the year, and I am going to do my best not to contribute to the horrors

Tony Gilroy better get ready to make a miniseries about Kleya and Vel working with Dedra to find Empire officers after RotJ

One thing gnawing at me is how many members of Gen X and Boomers, across America and Britain, will defect to fascism before they accept a more assertive liberalism. The most liberal those Americans I know will accept is Fetterman and Maher. It’s very discouraging.

Unpopular Bluesky opinion time: As someone who lives in a deep red area, I hope conservative alternatives to reactionary politics and Christianity become mainstream soon. I know most of the people around me will never be liberals or progressives. It’s just so lonely being around reactionaries.

(Lightbulb going off) Me too wasn’t threatening to shitty men just because of their past behavior: it also threatened their self-concept of masculinity

I visited a PCA church at the request of my mom yesterday, who was also visiting it for the first time and wanted me to go for her first time. (So she could play matchmaker for me, but I digress.) The pastor there prayed that terrorists in Nigeria would be killed. This is unusual behavior, right?

I have no problem with leftism, even if I would most like democratic socialism. I would, however, like leftists to understand that if they’re going to lead a revolutionary movement, being winsome might be a better strategy than being bullies.

Posts designed specifically to make @poetinbabylon.bsky.social angry.

Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.

Did Underage Girls Ruin Politics? Tomorrow in the @nytimes.com

I have absolutely no idea which, if any character, I remind people of

On one hand, I am shocked Brie Larson is putting herself through being the main villain of the right wing nerd YouTube complex again. On the other hand, the money is assuredly great, and she’s probably one of the few people in the cast who has actually played Super Mario Galaxy. I see the appeal.

if you voted in Seattle you gotta make sure your ballot counted now

Accessibility features for disabled players. (No, I don’t just mean difficulty options. I mean features for true accessibility features.) Also, you should be able to pause every cutscene without it skipping automatically.

John Roberts doesn’t fear hell enough.

This man is your friend. He fights for freedom.

I have nothing but deep respect for the Catholicism of my friends and people like Pope Leo. They’re people trying to love God and serve Him faithfully. I absolutely detest the kind of Catholicism we see on display in the NYT today that sees women as being incubators for babies.

Woke 2 is going to last so long we’ll be calling it Insomnia

We went from critics of Cheney calling him Darth Vader during W’s presidency as an insult to Trump calling Vought that as a compliment for firing federal workers during the shutdown!

Cheney’s failures helped lay the groundwork for Trump being able to takeover the GOP. I’m glad he spent what time and influence he had opposing Trump at the end, and I wish he hadn’t been responsible for so many awful things that helped give us Trump.

Batman, however, should be on one of the worst hiveworlds, fighting to make a difference. Publicly, he’s declared to be a dark apparition sent by the forces of chaos. Privately, he’s declared meets with Lion El’Jonson as his version of Commissioner Gordon in this scenario.

Reading the baseball posts without watching is kind of like listening to the game on the radio if they had the worst announcer of all time.

I really feel like I should either get into 40K, get a PhD, or befriend an alcoholic baker with an amazing pdf collection to better fit in with Bluesky

“A second campaign manager for Graham Platner has quit.”