need more cosmopolitan chauvinism imo. to be able to go to a world city and do this without crossing a border is something you should be proud of, it means you're a great country. To want to tear it down means you are inbred provincial hog with no greater drives than envy and fear.

in MN: anything short of prosecution for murder is capitulation to authoritarianism. in DC: anything short of denying every last vote for ICE funding is a violation of their oaths of office

TFW your path to the Super Bowl doesn't involve Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson or Joe Burrow

There are more than a handful of hit dogs hollering in the replies to this entirely fair and accurate post by Prof. Kruse.

I'm not saying the NFL needs League-wide divisional realignment, I'm just saying that feels like the best way to eliminate the NFC South without looking like you're singling anybody out.

Not really discussed that often but one of the secondary & tertiary reasons Israel's public image has so rapidly declined among the youth in countries like the US, UK and Germany is because of behavior like this. Petulant, circular, nonsensical, extremely whiny. It doesn't make *Mamdani* look bad.

MERRY SUPREME URUK-HAI FIDELITY THE OLD GROND

the substitute purchaseable good for congestion pricing without congestion pricing is Literally A Helicopter

Ditto on the subregions problem, but a fun exercise nevertheless

When I was a kid my parents took me to a fundraiser concert in Boston for John Kerry/Bill Clinton in '96. Stephen Stills (of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) came over and chatted with my dad for a bit. Later we learned he thought my dad was Richard Dreyfuss.

MGMF DOOM

They said the same shit about Massachusetts when we introduced the Millionaires Tax, and none of them left. Turns out, the ultra rich are already living where they actually want to live, and tax rates aren't high on the list of factors that go into that decision.

Did you know that each region of Ireland has its own figure who traditionally delivers presents on Christmas Eve??

It was Christmas Eve, babe In the White House An old man said to me, "Thank you for your attention to this matter. DJT"

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

I know everyone's gotta have an instant take about everything but I think it's kinda impossible to evaluate this sensibly without knowing what the fan said to him

Damn. He was amazing in Generation Kill, a show that really doesn't work if he and Skarsgård don't nail their roles as the Virgil/psychopomp for the audience-surrogate reporter. RIP.

They won't tell you, but you can stare straight at the eclipse if you're looking through a redaction.

On the plus side, because Trump et al. are too stupid and lazy to do anything properly, all of this renaming shit is going to be *extremely* easy to un-do in a couple years. Won't even need to pass any laws or anything, just tear it all down. Hell, defray costs by letting people pay to participate!

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.

if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄

Look, I get that "MAGA feasts while Americans struggle to buy groceries!" is a compelling story, but I don't think "dunking on the White House Hanukkah Party" is a good OR effective way to tell it.

While I also think "the kids are all tradcath!" thing is wildly overblown, this data is also consistent with today's tradcaths (esp. young-adult converts) being more interested in "Tradcath Masculinity," including marriage and fatherhood, than vocation (including celibacy) within The Church.

Look, I know people are dunking on the movie for entirely reasonable and substantive reasons, but I just need to add that casting someone named "Emma Mackey" to play the title character of "Ella McCay" is just silly.

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

Look, can we all agree that Andy Serkis has earned the right for us all to forget he had anything to do with this the literal *second* it leaves theaters? Okay, good. Now, until then, please "enjoy" whatever the hell this is:

Credit default swap explainers in outlets like Reuters are usually a GOOD sign about the health and stability of the financial system, right? Lots of genuinely productive, stable, and well-secured economic activity going on? Right?

The actual Joe Rogan Of The Left:

This post is for me, I am sickos.

I feel like "Free gravel for life" as a joke pill badly underestimates the number of industries that regularly purchase gravel. If it's unlimited and you can control the grade/texture/other characteristics? Ooh baby, that's one hell of a business you've got there.

This is why I think the "we made this race too famous" stuff is nonsense: Republicans had internal polling. They knew this was coming down to the wire. They were always going to flood the zone and tie Behn to the nat'l Dems as much as they could. Her being popular on Bluesky didn't change that.

Knives Out: Integrity in the face of greed. Glass Onion: Bravery in the face of cowardice. Wake Up Dead Man: Grace in the face of Wrath.

Look, not to give the Evangelicals any ideas, but if their Hashtag-Christian-Movies were more like Wake Up Dead Man and less like God's Not Dead 8 or whatever, they might actually be successful at proselytizing instead of just preaching to the superiority and persecution complexes of the Choir.

a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit

The billionaires who own much of the the infrastructure of our 21st century lives have progressively enshittified that infrastructure while expanding their wealth, and then they scold us for being small-souled peasants who don’t believe in progress anymore.

...Butlerian Jihad? 👀 Butlerian Jihad tonight, Papa? 👀👀👀

Leaving off The Kinks is unforgivable. You don't have any of the punk/punk-inflected bands on this list without them.

Look, you can't always control how people pronounce your name, and there's lots of perfectly legitimate reasons not to want to change away from a potentially-embarrassing-but-personally-meaningful family name. But nobody and nothing on this Earth is forcing you to include your middle initial.

Totally unprompted announcement from the White House Press Office: "The President's blood sugar level is absolutely optimal, it barely rises to 116 even after a meal. The President has an A1C of 4.6 and can process even high-glycemic foods without difficulty. Any claim to the contrary is libel."

This is bait... so allow me to take it: This take is the kind of thing one would expect from a 7 year old who hates anything sour or seasoned with flavors more complex than "sugar, sugar, and more sugar." Pecan pie is fine, but it's basically "sugar goop with a topping of the least-flavorful nut."

Pete Hegseth, stumbling drunk into Air Force JAG headquarters at 10am: "Y'know who folksh've had 'nuf of? Who they're jusht... jusht shick of? The FUCKIN' Ashtronautsh. Fuckin' rocket jockeysh thinkin' they're better'n ush jusht cuz they went to shpace? Fuck 'em! Bring me Mark *hic* Mark Kelly!

Time is never time at all You can never ever leave Without leaving a piece of youth And our lives are forever changed We will never be the same The more you change, the less you feel

Is... is that a good omen?

Here ya go:

This is tempting to believe because, if true, it's genuinely *apocalyptic* for Republicans. But I wouldn't make any plans for 2026, much less 2028, based on these numbers holding.