Playing up the Boy Mayor thing by always wearing a suit and smiling a ton is honestly very clever

UP seems to be moving a lot more boxcars through the yard near me lately (the last few years) and I legitimately wonder why. Whole manifests with barely any container wells but a ton of box cars

I dont actually know how they live in Tokyo but my Boys just got back to explain it to me

The word "grift" used to mean something, man. No like, literally, it had a coherent definition once

Do not ask for whom the cold one cracks open for the cold one cracks open for thee

Lot of things going on aren't any of my business

Grandpa forgot which direction you need a passport for

In which your favorite ice cream shop goes to war with dot cake, this summer’s most viral cake sensation.

The Only Weekends War

a quick and very lazy search didn't turn up any m48s, but here's some M60A3s

spilled my coffee :(

Buick Skylark

The dishwasher that came with our house broke and we got a new one from Costco that works so well it just makes me angry every time.

More like the Ass-preme court imo

Thats right bestie

Something a bit delightful in this oral history of Bletchley Park that everyone interviewed has to take a moment to comment that the building was an ugly shitheap

I always thought it was kinda cute that the west german armored vehicles had to have mirrors and turn signals because they would drive about on the road network and no, the army didnt get an exception to the traffic laws in peacetime.

If they weren't cowards theyd write a bot and do exactly this

Möther when will I return from the âïṛ č̣ŏnditïønịɲģ wäŕş

Honestly the fact that we have a whole special section of law for trees, with really nasty penalties for fucking them up, is one if those things that make me smile.

Honestly given our weather and where many of our guests were from, this is a pretty successful outcome, speaks well for the preparedness level. Only four had to be moved offsite, rest were handled in the cooling centers etc

bob balaban in clockwatchers

got got last night by an instagram "boys vs girls" reel where dudes were jousting using jetskis and my immediate reaction was, indeed, "that looks fun as hell" and my wife's was "that looks so stupid"

jaime harrison ring count: 0

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Yeah no I don't think i need to see many more posts today

Gm

O Brother Where Art Thou: still whips

This is too many election days

BEAST, if anyone is wondering, is basically just JAWS, but in Bermuda, and a giant squid instead of a shark. I've read it

Very saddened to report that the six year old has become friends with someone named buster. Will be consulting with my attorney about this. Please respect my privacy at this difficult time

S00P

I had a serious bike accident in Minneapolis last month and was in the HCMC ICU for several days after needing emergency brain surgery. We put together a GFM; I'm looking for some help with the mounting costs as I recover. Anything you can spare will help <3 gofund.me/97b67235a

This was revealed to me

you're right, it is toxic to have a library card. i will be learning and growing from this.

Accidentally melted a lens cap through the power of light, lads

I’m not the stepping stone, I’m the stone that stepped up

The unverifiable family lore is that my grandfather, who was 6'5" and liked to golf in his retirement, was struck by lightning no fewer than four times.

Elizabeth Warren seems to have come to the conclusion that american voters are stupid hateful morons and I guess its kinda hard to blame her on that one

Lunch: and important meal

Gm

Bunkers are fucking disgusting and won't exist under Carlism

On this father's day let us all take a moment for silent contemplation and anger regarding the scandalous saga of the Mark 14 Torpedo

This week on the blog: We're back to our primer on pre-modern armies, aimed at worldbuilders,, and the second part of our outline of the ways pre-modern armies are recruited - this time looking at the more administrative approaches! acoup.blog/2026/06/19/c...

Happy sharpen your lawnmower blade day