Sorry to lib out but I guess my thought on the Fourth is that if it wasn’t possible for this country to really be an egalitarian multiracial democracy someday, the most disgusting people alive wouldn’t be trying so hard to foreclose that possibility

Truly.

honestly we should have some sort of American Shahada, just give an honest and heartfelt recitation of our values and bingo-bango, here's your passport

As other commentators have noted, I think the court is mostly engaging in political calvinball to arrive at the desired result for each individual case rather than trying to hold any sort of coherent view of.. well, anything.

@djinnandtonic.bsky.social hey i know you got a career and such but can i interest you in learning every step of minting coinage and becoming a new engraver for the US Mint by 2030 because it'd be a lot of fun

ME: okay, kiddo, I hope you have a great week at sumer camp! KID: don't you mean "summer" camp? UR-NAMMU: construction of the great ziggurat begins at first light ME: your counselor seems nice

Dear Knicks Fans ALL OVER THE WORLD… why should you enjoy the winning bucket by OG only in English? Anunoby would like you to enjoy it in many languages. 🧡💙

“My Mayor is Muslim, my bagel is Jewish, my Christian’s Dior… Knicks in 4!!!”

thinking of getting into hobby tunneling

We should be two “D&D Honor Among Thieves” sequels deep.

This week's newsletter is out. It's kind of unfair to tell candidates to be more like Zohran Mamdani but he just did a great job of showing how Democrats can campaign as fiscal conservatives link.heartlandsignal.com/v/443/b6619d...

Saw someone respond to the idea of DC statehood with “so should every major city be its own state?” and yeah don’t threaten me with a good time.

"He walks in Shadow now", explained the spokesman. "He is where the Silence goes to Die, and where the Moon dances eternal upon the Void---dancing, dancing, dancing---I see it still, by the pale towers of Carcosa, by the Black Stars! He continues to work diligently for his constituents every day."

Nobody wants to say it but we need to abolish the tax deduction for charitable giving. You wanna do some philanthropy? That’s great, but the US government isn’t going to subsidize your personal charitable priorities by reducing your obligation to the legislatively defined public interest

The one thing I didn’t account for here is, I have never seen the vibe at a wedding reception shift faster than when the DJ drops Lil Jon’s “BA DA DUM DUM DUMMMM” at the beginning of “Get Low.” Dads casting aside toddlers to scream about sweat dripping down their balls. Moms too. Art is beautiful.

For folks who don't know / haven't heard of the Boglehead reference above, this is a good summary of my retirement savings www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Main_Page

I unironically think that one of the first acts any Dem president should do in 2029 is "if you were hired after January 20, 2025, you are now fired", and then make them all reapply to find any decent ones we are going to need to dig deep to get all the maggots buried into our flesh out

I can't believe this. @normcharlatan.bsky.social you're a Minnesota Legend, my man.

anyway we won't know what actually happened until the books come out next year, but regardless the next dem admin has to just completely destroy the USSS and task someone else with protection duties

yeah Unicorn Overlord is basically a love letter to Ogre Battle 64 (which I also loved)

It's one of the oldest questions in American politics: can D+2 states pass Proposition Put All Republicans in the Contraption faster than Democratic representatives can die of Being 900 Syndrome?

>unarmed pleasure vessel inexplicably capable of running a blockade What did he know?

The future of programming is going to look like plumbing and electrical work. Lots of people can do the basics (with ai… leveraging huge libraries and vast infrastructure). Still lots of room for expertise. (Standards bodies.. certification…)

my next entry in the #carryshitolympics . was relatively light, but a 26km roundtrip.

heartwarming video of astronaut Christina Koch greeting her dog for the first time after returning from space. the pup can be seen snarling, back arched, before scampering to its word buttons and pressing "IMPOSTOR" repeatedly, then "FALSE. SKIN. FALSE. SKIN." several times

I know I believe everything ancient historians wrote about Caligula now

At Thanksgiving in 2024 everybody in my liberal, Harris-voting extended family agreed that the restaurant we were at having trouble finding service workers was proof that young people were lazy and the economy was a disaster and that's when I decided we were basically all doomed.

standing in the classroom and writing "sell a quality product at a fair price" on the whiteboard and underlining it three times. i am hailed by the students as a revolutionary business genius

Yep. Section 230 itself as the means to do this I’m a little iffy on, but “people you may know” and “for you” pages are straightforwardly content that you are acting as a publisher for. If you’re uncomfortable with being legally exposed in that way, don’t have those features.

Diablo 2 Hammerdins: We Do It Stochastically

Audentes fortuna iuvat. Nova Roma has launched into Early Access! Go forth with your humble band of citizens and build a new Roman empire that will last through the ages. 🏛 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2426530/Nova_Roma

first you guys complain raising cattle is inefficient and environmentally destructive then you get mad when trump decides to destroy the beef industry pick a side

Hey there 👋🏻, it’s me, the new snack from Costco you loved. You will never see me again

Philip Pullman: ...the daemons, see, they reflect what it is to have some deep, essential self, a person you must learn to love to be your best, truest self, no matter how painful. His editor: I see. And the... armored bears? Pullman: Oh, those are just cool.

If I was Iran, I’d be saying “We will only negotiate with Obama”

“Too many people are dying from other things so why do we have speed cameras” is unironically the point of this author’s letter to the editor

Hell I think any company worth more than 10 million should be forced to be public.

I unironically think you should be allowed to own one apartment - your own - or be a publicly shared company managing a thousand of them. If you own half a dozen properties you are 99% evil

Joe Dante and Hideo Kojima are close seconds but no director was more right about the future of war than Barry Levinson with the 1992 box office flop Toys.

A new ‘SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’ sketch imagines a toy commercial for ‘ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER’ action figures. #SNL #OneBattleAfterAnother

MLB beat writer: talk a little about the rally in the 7th, what did you tell your guys with regard to changing their approach at the plate NBA beat writer: in your estimation does the proletariat benefit from a properly educated and organized vanguard party in the nascent stages of revolution

thinking about the poster for Treasure Planet again

The Provisional Colonial Petroleum Authority, a DOGE subsidiary