why yes i *am* listening to the london cast recording of next to normal again thanks for asking

From NYT Business: Colder weather and rising electricity and fuel costs will lead to a big jump in costs, according to a group representing state energy officials. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/b...

NEW: Tariffs are unpopular, prices are still stubbornly high and Americans are souring on Trump's handling of the economy. So, now, he's promising cash -- tariff rebates and other money in a bid to assuage restless voters. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...

The WH's official reaction to today's jobs report: a big shrug to the rising unemployment rate, as the Trump admin looks to present the numbers in its favor and assuage voters still worried about the economy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...

Trump’s Cuts to U.S. Labor Board Leave Festering Disputes and a Power Struggle www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/b...

"A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate. The Trump administration cut the program’s funding over diversity goals." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...

tysm for honoring me

just coming here to say google search is useless in 2025 that is all

wh.. what now

Reminder GOP Congress/Trump could have easily extended enhanced Marketplace credits as part of H.R. 1. They ignored budget rules barring adding to deficits in future decades by asserting that "current policy" extensions of expiring tax cuts wouldn't count. Could have done the same with the credits.

Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson pushed back Tuesday against the Trump administration’s threat to cut off federal transit funding unless the Democratic leaders “take immediate action” to bolster CTA security.

am afraid to say i have developed a renaissance and cowboy carter-like obsession with the new rosalia album

I asked ESPN Research and they asked Elias Sports Bureau and they looked back as far as they could (to 1978) and it would appear Jalen Hurts is the first player to ever commit two turnovers in one play. Isn't history beautiful?

Oh hell no I’m not watching this shit

this team is miserable torturous garbage

i just know the eagles are going to piss me off and disappoint everyone today, i feel it in my bones like an approaching storm

Breaking News: The Supreme Court appeared poised to give President Trump more power to fire independent government officials despite laws meant to shield them.

someone just genuinely asked me if I attended some named party in dc yesterday night and I hate to break it to y’all but I am too old to know about the name of any party in any city lol

for SEC geeks, NETFLIX has written several regulatory weapons into the deal: 1. cites a "non-appealable" regulatory restiction, meaning it will appeal if gov't blocks merger 2. cites Mar 4 2027 as end date, with 2 six-month extensions, months before Trump's term ends, so they'll just wait him out

even while working there, i continued to get offers inexplicably in euros, so i can't say this is all that surprising lol

The @nytimes.com lawsuit vs the DOD over its press restrictions “is not just about physical access,” AG Sulzberger writes to staff. “The rights we are fighting for here are bigger than that. It’s about the right to ask questions of the gov’t. The right to publish truths they’d rather keep secret.”

"Public health officials warn that if Mr. Kennedy succeeds, measles and other infectious diseases will come roaring back, jeopardizing the health of all American children" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...

yea honestly sure same www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/s...

i think sp*tify unwr*pped is a scam and the results are rigged there i said it

NEW: From Costco to Bumble Bee to Ray-Ban, companies are lining up early in the hopes of scoring refunds on tariffs, anticipating the Supreme Court will declare Trump's duties illegal. Some businesses say they're hurting and need to money to stay afloat. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b...

oh god i was not prepared to start my "it puts the lotion on its skin" season but here we are happy december pay you rent

how do I politely tell this u*er driver to stop taking his hands off the wheel because this vehicle doesn’t drive itself and I am not eager to die today

for some reason I’ve decided to start watching Scandal — I had never seen it before — and I truly have lost count of the number of times I’ve said what??? aloud to no one because what even is the plot of this show lol

just kidding the eagles are bad and I hate them

why has no one said go birds to me today

truly thought the paper towel thing wasn’t real but maybe that was just wishful thinking

The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals. OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.

or, hear me out, what if you didn't try to overly monetize something to the point at which it has lost all meaning and artistic value? eh who am i kidding 2 wicked 2 furious here we come

a reminder that you should just go ahead and lock your credit report proactively, just so that you're prepared if or when your former employer screws up badly, tells you nothing for about a month and then puts all your information at risk :)

had too much coffee, think i might spontaneously combust, send help

Last election, "Donald Trump promised a tax credit for family caregivers . . . Back in office, however, Mr. Trump promptly abandoned the idea. It was not among the raft of tax cuts in his domestic policy bill. Worse still, he has taken steps likely to make families’ caregiving burdens far heavier"

ok i am going to be like 21 percent less bitter today i think

read the first two grafs of You Know What, decided I’d rather fling myself from the face of the earth than continue reading, goodbye cruel world lol

NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...

i spent a lot of this one muttering aloud, to no one in particular, "what no stop why"

“I suspect that what happened was she was in the process of doing that and a gust of wind took her and she was up and away,” he said. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...

ok i am back what did i miss

The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.

have been blissfully unaware offline for the last two days after seven weeks of nonstop work and I have no idea what anyone is talking about and no desire to find out

why are some of y’all doing Xmas music now stop this madness right this instant

NEW: The shutdown is ending. The damage to food stamps may not be. Trump's halt to funds has undermined faith in the program and left many to question whether the government will protect its citizens from harm. The lingering impact of the last 40+ days: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

“.. The share of subprime borrowers at least 60 days past due on their auto loans rose to 6.65% in October, the highest in data going back to 1994 ..” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: Soon, food stamps will resume flowing to millions of Americans. But the damage wrought by Trump's refusal to fully fund aid in the longest shutdown in history could leave lasting damage, eroding public faith in the government's guarantee to protect its own www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...