Every comedian who complains about cancel culture is just jealous they’re not as funny as Mel Brooks.

When trumps out of office they simply must reprint and replace every single one of these. They must be invalidated and burned.

[swing voter voice] not expanding the House! anything but that!! give me 435 members exactly, or give me death!!!

The Essex class carriers had a stupid amount of firepower: 12 five-inch guns, 17 Bofors 40 mm guns, and 65 single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons

TikTok's latest illegal 'life hack' seems to be 'dispute credit card transactions for free stuff' and legality aside I am here to beg you: Do not do this to small businesses. It really fucks them over in ways you may not be aware of beyond stealing from them (which is, to be clear, what this is).🧵

@daveweigel.bsky.social is right. The big pitch of the establishment, NYT, Yglesias, etc is that they need the keys to the car because they know how to win (and in the Trump era, winning is existential). But nobody really believes that anymore after 10 years of Trumpism

Time for me to willingly have a minor allergic reaction all to enjoy a sweet sweet rainier cherry.

if this were an episode of tv you could shoot it like a very normal interaction but you could also shoot it like the scariest horror shit you’ve ever seen

It’s somehow weirder that he’s just back than basically any other outcome.

NYC is so diverse that there is a center for preserving endangered languages in there because it is sometimes one of the last places they are found with more than a handful of speakers. www.rossperlin.com/language-city

I would also argue that not only is NYC the US but it is a distinctly American city borne out of the Great Migration and the weird set of US immigration policies. I have been to a lot of global cities. I have been to a LOT of "diverse" cities. None are diverse the way NYC is diverse

I wasn't online today so maybe there's some broader context I'm missing, but whenever you say NYC isn't the US satan smiles because it feeds into the conservative talking point that "real america" is rural and white (nevermind that there are rural and POC areas!)

This is a key premise of hope in the dark by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

I'll make you a deal, Mr. Trump. You don't have to pay us back if you make JD Vance drink the whole thing. He doesn't have to do it in one sitting. He can just take a few gulps a day. But he has to be done by the end of your term.

Trumps “thank you for your attention to this matter” tic on social media is INSANE.

There is no ethical AC under fossil fuels!!!!!!!!

in addition to every other problem here, mamdani spends the vast majority of his time in the public eye speaking about hyper-local new york city governance issues. the idea that he is preoccupied with israel at all times is based on nothing other than the fact that he is muslim

there should be a rule against forcing you to put in your email, phone number, and verifying those before getting a discount code that's "welcome10"

curious that one part of the British heritage the JD Vance's of the world don't think we should learn from is the incredible rarity of guns.

I think all the weird ways the UK has to honor people is good actually.

I don’t think we talk about Jan Smuts enough

It’s really bad.

Monica Crowley worked for Nixon for a long time. She got the job because she wrote him in his retirement some sort of criticism of his foreign policy. He called her to discuss it on the family phone which was at the time a party line. The neighbor kept picking up…

Air to Ground Message: 320 AND 340 HAVE MOD APPARENTLY. WERE GONNA DO 300. ILL LET YOU KNOW HOW IT IS Area: Montclair, NJ, USA A: #a0c61eb5253 F: #f102a01fafa

Median Voter Bot on Twitter was great for illustrating this.

Hey [Redacted] Street in [Redacted] is shut down and a place for people and it’s wonderful.

Maybe there’s a reason this isn’t a thing, but why not publicly owned coin-ops? Much lower prices and damages a prime money laundering tool?

is it bad to insult friendly heads of state www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

there were 10 seconds where Hugh tried to be a "serious" Trump skeptical figure in like 2016.

the EU

> The United States is self-immolating on a daily basis >Russia is being immolated by Ukraine >China is deflationmaxxing European century, it is, I guess

Honestly the lie is better, then they'll correct you and say "it's only half the gold in Fort Knox," a thing that won't help them.

actually like 3/4 of the value of the US gold reserves there but also close enough

Couple of things: 1.) I didn’t realize Mamandi brought @davidjroth.bsky.social in to pinch hit on remembering some guys for this speech. (David’s a nets fan but he did it out of genuine support for the city that needed him.) 2.) i want to hear him speak when the rangers win something…

That's pretty good bsky.app/profile/unav...

[choking back tears] greatest city in da world babyyy

I do love that this heritage unit’s last stock was retired 4 years ago.

one of the oldest running dialogues in history is "war is a massively complicated political, bureaucratic, and logistical endeavor" vs. "fuck you pussy, war is when you're a fucking badass, oh shit I lost"

Are liberal communities more NIMBY than conservative ones? In new research, I examine how housing supply changed in US cities & counties from 2000–20. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... One key finding: Liberal places build *more* housing in their existing neighborhoods than do conservative ones.

I want the next democratic nominee to come out to Union Dixie at every single rally.

I’ve got to be so honest, all the proposed park names for the Essex Hudson greenway are dumber than the name Essex Hudson greenway (which isn’t a dumb name!).

The band train releasing a song called Pennsylvania Turnpike. It was just the last thing on my bingo card.

New Yorkers rn

One of the loudest NIMBYs about the project in [redacted] is a Nantucket person.

You know, sending the Argentinians to Kansas City might lead to some incredible innovations in the grilled meat space

Because it left the US relatively unscathed it has far less a hold on our psyche even though it drove every single decision every European Country made in the 20th century.

Newark and Elizabeth both punching well above their weights.