Social worker in Finland explains why Finland ended all social problems and she has no work to do except poasting: we base all of our policy on factoids we read in text JPEGs shared on social media - the opposite of what America does.

Priest once asked me if I was going to a Catholic university—"and I mean Catholic, not Jesuit."

It's disrespectful for JAMA to do this for Drummond Rennie while saying nothing in remembrance of Charlie Kirk.

Many of those businesses like it because it's the Microsofts, Metas etc that can afford to pay the filing fee. This will give their sponsored employees a better chance of winning the H1-B lottery.

Universities are not subject to the H1B cap, so they have many, many H1Bs. If they're subject to the new $100,000 H1B fee, that would be catastrophic to many departments.

Today, the Center for Building published “Beyond Zoning” by John Zeanah, Memphis’s Chief of Development and Infrastructure. He chronicles the non-zoning barriers faced by Malone Commons, a low-rise multifam/mixed-use project, and how they worked through them www.centerforbuilding.org/publication/...

After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison. They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.

My memo asking for prior documentation of my Nuremberg defense is undermining my Nuremberg defense

Admin 100% survives what comes after that.

Cancelling Disney+, Hulu or ESPN is probably a more effective way to send a message than a post on Bluesky that sounds like every other post.

Stephen Miran shows up on his first day and immediately starts making friends and promoting harmony.

Need a cocaine tariff.

Genuinely baffled why costly, fare-gated bus stations are somehow considered "right". True level boarding is important, but it's silly to think people won't just jaywalk around the fare gates. Just do proof-of-payment!

The original version has a 4.7/5 rating on Amazon, from 178 reviews, and 4.3 out of 5 on Goodreads from 964. My agent tells me these are great numbers, especially when you consider all my friends are useless and afaik none of them heeded my demands they give it positive reviews

Hate speech does not exist legally in America. There's ugly speech. There's gross speech. There's evil speech. And ALL of it is protected by the First Amendment.

Okay I’m gonna say it: I don’t think the available evidence suggests this guy is a groyper, and if anything, he appears to be more left-leaning. And frankly the fact this entire site is convinced he’s a groyper is a pretty revealing demonstration of the alternate reality bubble that happens online

There are legitimate reasons to think that there’s a problem with US public companies’ obsession with quarterly reports. And then there are Trump’s reasons. He’s done well out of a lifetime of hiding his personal and company financials, and thinks he can also do well by hiding the next recession.

If you’ve thought about this at all and think you have something intelligent to say, you should respond. Bureaucrats really do appreciate thoughtful responses to things like this.

Notably, the 1A protections for a student are even stronger than those for a government employee. At some point, taxpayers should ask their elected officials why they are going out and begging for the state to be sued.

China has a "50 to 100 year view", which is why they are famously on their Fourteenth 50-to-100 Year Plan.

A lot of talk about what the Hyundai raid means for the business community, but I would also be concerned about tourism implications. 1.7 million South Koreans visitor arrivals in 2024, and the vast majority weren't for business. That number is already trending down 11% in 2025.

I guess the "Civility!" phase is over.

A criminal last seen on foot six hours' drive away from me is not an "extreme" threat to my safety.

"The number of Americans missing work for National Guard deployments or other military or civic duty is at a 19-year high, adding disruption to a labor market that’s already under strain." Pretty remarkable when we're not at war—except against our own people. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

As I was saying...

Nick Fuentes-loving, anti-hate spreading, gun-owning, American flag shirt-wearing antifa? Is that right?

I am skeptical that this will prove helpful for the manhunt.

This is primarily because the rewards pay out upon conviction, which has not yet happened.

Sen. Ruben Gallego: "Today we had a chance to stand with the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for this country in uniform. Ashli Babbitt is not that. She is a traitor. She will be a traitor. She died a traitor."

"Completely" flush you say?

You can tell that Zoom is better than Microsoft Teams because the first link in a Zoom calendar invite is to join the meeting while the first link in a Teams calendar invite is "Need help?".

What's even the point of having a Department of War then?

There is simply no value to Democrats in helping with passing budgets or CRs when the administration claims limitless arbitrary impoundment and rescission powers.

Blueskyism is when you arrive at the airport 4 hours before your ATL-ORD flight boards because you’re anxious about how busy it might be

I would have thought so too but here we are.

DOL honouring Matthew Shepard.

Trump has only two overarching beliefs, both economic: 1. Low interest rates are inherently good. 2. Tariffs are inherently good. The problems change, but his all-purpose elixirs remain the same. [Rate cuts/Tariffs] are needed for [high/low] [inflation/unemployment/growth] (delete as needed).

"the liberals thought Notice to Airman was racist to they changed it to Notice to Air Missions" ... Racist?

Ah, but maybe the rate of manufacturing jobs will be higher, because in addition to shrinking the manufacturing sector, they're also shrinking the labour force.

Not a bad price.

Strange, I was told the key was amping up the verbiage in New York Times headlines

Yes, because the reason London invented fare capping wasn't for the indigent, it was because the Tube's zone system is so complex that passengers would otherwise not know in advance whether to get a pass or not. In New York, with its simple flat fare, it's pointless.

The pardoned Jan 6 rioters want to be PAID FOR THEIR PROSECUTIONS www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

That time Toronto tried to build a six storey apartment building on its own land and discovered that the R zoning on indoor amenity space was a problem, but just did a site-specific exemption instead of fixing the underlying issue. Why does no one build mid-rises? 🤷 www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis...

"WHO DID THIS? I WANT TO FIND OUT NOW!"

Vitally important thread.

yes that is what i sound like when things are going well on merits