I don’t think that RCV mattered that much in the NYC dem mayoral primary. Mamdani was ahead in the first round, and without RCV, Lander would have likely dropped out and endorsed him, resulting in a bigger first round lead.

The (en/ex/per)durant discussion is one I’m happy to see more people having.

The Overton window now extends between Communist Jihadist on the left to Communist Dictatorship on the right. Pretty incredible swing in the last year.

Me on my bike

Hey, we’ve all been there. Your friends are supporting adult slavery and you just have to show them up somehow.

Mamdani takes office on Jan 1, 2026. Back of the envelope calculations say Eric Adams has time to eat 18 more Leprechauns.

This may seem extreme, but it’s the only way to prevent quadratic voting.

Does anyone know if the parking minimum removal that just got passed in IL applies to the no-parking-replaced rule in the Chicago ADU zones?

My name is Ozymandias, I hope this statue finds you well.

“My brother in Christ, how did you fail the exam.” “Hold up, say that first part again”

I’m struck by how an organic add like this would be impossible to make in the midwest because each conversation would be 3-4 hours long.

An everglute tree stays cheeked up over the whole winter.

Captain Croup “They’re after me Lepry Charms” Typhoid Tony “Silly Roibos, sixth is for kids” There’s certainly a whole postdoc of these for some enterprising individual out there.

In 1857, Thomas Howland became Providence, RI's first Black elected official. Later that year, he decided to emigrate to Liberia with his wife & daughter after the Dred Scott case denied Black people protections of U.S. citizenship. He was denied a passport. Thomas Howland, 1856 John Blanchard

Botanically true.

I appreciate a regional transit logo that is illegal in the United Kingdom.

It’s a real visceral feeling to hear the whistling out your window first thing in the morning.

Did they get rid of the unrealized capital gains tax on it?

I think that a series of games like Papers Please, where you are a bureaucrat trying to implement means testing and balancing the tradeoffs would be pretty good for exploring those with people who haven’t thought about it much.

This is actually a concrete and simple example of how benefits effectively pay for themselves. The choice here is between 1) SNAP 2) Grocery stores jacking up prices enough to cover losses 3) Police salaries

With an additional lesson that you yourself are also crazy and you might not understand how yet.

People want some way to vote against the behavior they are observing and dislike, and it would be better to give them some way of doing that in a way that is less harmful than their current option.

The thing that Americans most dislike about politics is the Media.

California residents hatch second plan to stop Peter Thiel after first attempt with 5 ton head of garlic goes awry: orbitaltoday.com/2025/07/31/s...

This is a good book, and I’m glad to see the author is on here!

Sorry. I’m a bowels man. Like my father before me, and his father before him.

If you’re interested in: -buying whistles -making whistles -printing PACH zines and know your rights cards -distributing whistles -hosting or helping run a whistle party hit me up

Hobbes Leviathan, but it’s The Forgotten Beast Gugguful. A gigantic skinless alligator. It has a long, swinging trunk and it undulates rhythmically. Beware its deadly blood!

Morning drama in the neighborhood! A young Cooper’s Hawk decides to test a Gray Squirrel and a stalemate ensues. 🪶

Going to accidentally become a sports fan at this rate.

Props to the intern that named it, Trimeth is a hilarious name for a prescription drug.

The part of politics that most Americans dislike is the media.

I would love to read an article about why these costs are so different.

*Slowly puts down can of Dr. Pepper* Yes

i NEED to know the backstory here

There is more than half a year until the Maine Democratic primary. That’s a longer period of time than almost any election campaign period anywhere in the world outside of the US.

I’m having a bit of trouble with the guided missile warheads.

If Duverger mentions a law in the first act, rest assured that he intends to shoot Britain with it before the end of the empire.

New Basilisk just dropped.

I will add to this that diversity enables us to determine if things are even good.

The Department of The War on Cars.

“Get money out of Congress” *one finger curls slowly inward*

Once when canvassing I asked a voter his #1 concern and it was "yard sales are not enforcing sales tax"

The Wade Awakes.

Let me just say that going to an event where a hundred thousand people are rallying against the people terrorizing your city is quite good for the spirits.

I think Delicata squash is my favorite type of squash. A food boat is just fun. That’s really what it comes down to for me. Kachapuri, canoas, twice baked potatoes. That’s the stuff, man.

I think the one that always hits us over here is the US version of cookies and gravy.

Fun fact about the Swiss government, they don’t have a singular executive, but a council of 7.