calling women who take allegations of domestic violence seriously “HR ladies” is a way to diminish the power we have worked so hard to gain and make women feel annoying for caring. i hope women in this category know it is never annoying to care.

Revisionist history is often a useful critique of unexamined narratives, but I really do wish we could get back to near-unanimous agreement on "America fighting in World War II was good"

Oh, this again. There is a faction of (largely leftist politics) that cannot give America and its allies credit for anything. Russia did a lot of the heavy lifting in Eastern Europe, yes, but it was a global war. Russia wasn't as involved in Africa or (until later) Asia

This is preposterously false. Ask Stalin. But since you can’t, take it from someone who reads nonstop about World War 2. Hitler knew that a successful allied landing in Northern Europe would be a deathblow and did everything he could to prevent it. But the allies landed where he didn’t expect it.

I wonder if some people understand what their lives would be like without "HR ladies" (and men)

Um, is he aware of which ideology was storming European beaches on D-Day?

LLMs copy human writing habits. That's what they do. To say that rhetorical devices and punctuation that have been around for decades or even centuries are an AI marker is to misunderstand how AI works

And with that thread, I have said all I need to say at this point about the individual from Maine for now. I'm done with this discourse now, because if you need more than this to make your decision, I don't know how I can help you. And I refuse to waste more time trying to

I am not a working-class person. I was a journalist and now am a lawyer. But I was born into the working class. I remember the teacher and classmate who tried to change the subject when I asked about the Jeff Foxworthy jokes they were trading 1/x

(1) It was not a single source (2) The New York Times has, in fact, written similar stories about establishment politicians. It's not a hypothetical!

Everyone should call them the Indiana Bears as long as they're saying this

Serious question: How is an internal church governance decision--whether right or wrong--an indicator of theocracy--which is government by religious doctrine? Words have meaning. You can criticize something without mischaracterizing it

One thing we all should learn from this is that when it comes to politicians, there are worse things than being old

It's a little bit hard to take seriously anyone who says "vote blue no matter who" (because of Donald Trump) in reference to Platner if they pushed back against that phrase two years ago when actual, literal Donald Trump was on the ballot

Five days ago

On the next Pod Save America: A World Cup preview, because nothing interesting is happening in politics

THERE ARE THREE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR US SENATE IN MAINE. NOT ONE

There's no one else and conservatives need to deal with this. It's Trump or it's Hillary. That's it. Any other conversation is nonsense

In has at least one of these. Younger siblings were still interested. Nephews appeared to have lived in to Nerf guns (and are now exiting the demo)

Since we're apparently doing Chesterton's Fence discourse today: Chesterton was an old-school conservative, but the fence story does not say "never change anything." It's about a conversation *between two reformers*. It isn't about choosing not to reform, but understanding what you're reforming

What's even worse is that they didn't get actual mermaids to play the sirens

I never cease to be amazed at how getting everything we thought we wanted in entertainment made the entire ecosystem exponentially worse. Turns out, the cord was not that bad!

I watched the first episode of this recently. It was one of the most ridiculous things I have ever seen, and I'm still not sure it wasn't intentional. My wife wanted me to keep watching after I explained the first episode to her so I could update her. Nope www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t...

I had a crunchy roommate in law school who I would jokingly say to myself regarded Louis Pasteur as one of history's greatest villains. But it was a joke. I never thought we as a society would actually be talking about this

BECAUSE THEY DRANK RAW MILK. THAT'S HOW

I've said it before and I will say it again: the hated 'administrative state' -- and much of what is disparagingly and dismissively referred to as 'big government' -- is a Chesterton's Fence

Screwworm, huh? Well, at least we have fully staffed and capable government agencies to handle that

This is what irks me about it. I am the son of a retail manager and a stay-at-home mom. I am not currently working class because of my degrees and employment, but I come from the working class, and it personally offends me when someone dresses up as working class for political advantage

A gobstopping amount of privilege right here. Because what makes being born working class or being forced into the working class is what gives you a working class background. It is not a costume you choose to put on

A one-dimensional understanding of America that holds that the country and its culture are all bad is just as ahistorical and caricatured as those who say the nation has only ever been awesome. If you cannot find a left tradition in American life, it's because you just don't want to

Yeah, if you're copacetic with Qatar, it's a high bar

It's comforting in this time of turmoil when traditions hold, like California needing an entire glacial period to count ballots

One incredibly unfortunate legacy of this era of American politics is going to be turning left-leaning figures against electoral reforms

WAIT -- SOMEBODY CANSECO'D TONIGHT AND I MISSED IT

It actually occurred to me yesterday that Pelley might have been daring CBS to fire him with his performance in that meeting and, whether that was right or not, they did www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/s...

When I see things like this, I am reminded of a scene in The West Wing. Bartlet's daughter has been kidnapped, and he is ruminating on Dr. King's "cycle of violence" speech. He asks when he became a part of the cycle. Leo responds (essentially): "Dr. King wasn't wrong. He just didn't have your job"

Or, or, he could just say that he actually is a Communist and wants to convert America to a socialist vegan society

How am I supposed to guide people through slide deck I didn't create? This is one of the things AI people don't seem to understand. You need to develop knowledge to effectively communicate and use knowledge. The steps aren't an inconvenience. They are essential

In their last 21 games, the Cubs have scored more than three runs in a game seven times. Their opponents have scored more than three runs in a game 15 times.

The fact that Marvel hasn't released the Doomsday trailer is now actively irritating to me. It exists, it has been seen, release it. We are past building the suspense. It's just annoying now

But the MCU isn't cinema www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/b...

What a world

If someone's entire explanation for their past is "I've changed; trust me," then yes, something that raises a question about their honesty or integrity is, in fact, relevant

"Seeing more than one person into your very early 30s = sexting multiple women + having a tattoo that resembles Nazi iconography + having a history of saying deplorable things about sexual assault victims (among others)"? That's what we're going with here?

So the acting Director of National Intelligence is going to be leading Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as a side gig? Or is the leader of Fannie and Freddie doing the acting DNI thing as a side gig? I'm not sure which answer is better

BREAKING NEWS: We all have to think for ourselves right now

But I can make my own Doomsday trailer!