I'm not sure where this idea comes from that ICE and Border Patrol couldn't hack it in the "real" military. The data does not support this; in fact both of these agencies recruit heavily from the military. A very large number of Border Patrol agents and Deportation Officers are former infantry.

New rule for presidential pardons: you can get only one per lifetime

We call or 3rd kid our favorite mistake. Wasn’t really planned but glad they’re here. (a vasectomy ensued) My rother told me “now you switch from man-to-man to zone”. And the world is built around 4. Table for 5? Longer wait. Somebody wants to bring a friend? Need a 6 seater car. I could go on

Boston Globe headline doesn’t sugarcoat it:

What young intern wrote this? This is pretty solidly post malaise.

Merrimack

Just went to see “You Got Gold”. Didn’t expect to cry that much. youtu.be/wVQQc-8lcXs

The catalog of ICE abuses in Noah Smith’s article is staggering.

Her: did you get the car payment sorted out or did you completely forget about it and watch Futurama Me:

On this day, 250 years ago, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, the radical pamphlet that is credited with supercharging the American Revolution. Among other things, Paine argued passionately against kings/monarchies, and railed against its theological backing — namely, the Divine Right of Kings.

Somebody needs to show this video to the Minnesota Fraternal Order of Police. If you consider yourself a law enforcement professional, these ICE goons are damaging to your cause.

Jaylen Brown -future head coach? #celtics 🍀

‼️Boston North Shore/Merrimack Valley people‼️ There is a candlelight vigil tonight for Renee Nicole Good in Haverhill. 6pm at GAR park (downtown)

The old folks (me) will see this and remember thinking “they finally updated the Chevy Citation!” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrol...

hold up

1am in Boston. The intern running the NBC Sports Boston graphics is killing it.

Starting lineup: Pritchard White Tatum Brown Garza Bench: Walsh Simons Hauser Queta to spell Garza Scheierman / Gonzalez if somebody is ice cold Don’t sleep on the Celtics in the playoffs. 🍀 #Celtics

This Celtics -Clippers game is really fun Decent defense but better offense for both teams

I love Marshawn

Introduce yourself with what almost killed you: Hi! I’m an International Harvester farm tractor.

Going into 2026 like

Time to break out the old Jale Tapper bit… m.youtube.com/watch?v=hqEA...

I DIDN'T NAME IT YELL AT GEORGE LUCAS

This whole exchange from the Jack Smith deposition is incredible. It starts with a question about getting Speaker McCarthy’s phone records and ends with we’re gonna criminally prosecute the (at that point) ex-President.

Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.

Are we actually gonna get a proper soccer stadium?

If there IS catsup available, I’m still taking mayo.

Yes. bsky.app/profile/drpo...

I knew there was a secret ingredient on those Dunkin’ donuts!

I need to level up in my biscuit game. Anybody got a favorite recipe?

You’ll never guess what this is about

Two things I know to be true: 1) He will never go to jail 2) The 25th amendment will never be invoked against him

Yippee kai-ay motherfuckers

I am reminded of Robin Sloan’s writing on “home cooked” software: www.robinsloan.com/notes/home-c...

I know there’s a Santa slasher movie. Is there a dark thriller (à la True Detective I) about the weird cult of little people in the frozen north?

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Let me get this straight. *Another* toxic influencer got punched?

Me to my 14 year old self: You’re actually gonna get a medal for liking good bands earlier than other people. Everybody loves when you bring it up

The deadline (by law) was yesterday. Therefore this is an admission of guilt by the DOJ.

$254 for LinkedIn premium is absurd

i bet that there are many stories out there we'll never hear about powerful wealthy men with connections to international finance and intelligence who almost went to an epstein party but were saved by telling their wives about the invitation and their wives saying "absolutely not, are you insane"

My printer is asking for black ink cartridge? Anybody else have this problem printing The Files?

This whole thread 😅

Oh by gosh by golly It’s time for mistletoe and MDMA

I guess the argument is foreign adversaries could glean compromising material, to be used to blackmail/extort the president (or other “politically exposed” people) Dude - I feel the foreign bad actors already have the entire thing and probably more to boot.

whoever has access to the complete set of unredacted photos has a moral responsibility to leak them

Been gone for a bit. Did the files drop yet?

I’m not crying you are

This just in from Minitrue:

This ain’t exactly club music but, but as a man of a certain age and certain geographic extraction it’s Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “I Know A Little” I can be on the way out at the door of my car and if I faintly hear that opening 8 bars, I’m headed back in.