when people defend Schumer, Jeffries et al. I’m just baffled. they don’t leverage their position of strength, they don’t get much from their concessions, and they don’t get results that their rank-and-file want real “if the rule you followed brought you here, of what use was the rule?” hours

hell yeah, Hampton Roads represent

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I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal

surreal watching the news and then checking out my own Democratic Rep. in Virginia Bobby Scott posting a Inflation Reduction Act dunk and dinners he went to for a grand total of 12 likes

This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.

something I noticed just today as I was trying to get a new badge holder and thought a U.N. NERV one would be cute: of all the things Khara has made from Evangelion, it’s silly they don’t just *have* those

"giving trans youth health care improves their lives" to join "giving people money directly improves their lives" in the pantheon of "studies that keep producing the same results that won't be listened to"

just once on these face-leopard articles, I’d like the question asked: “what did you learn from this?”

in addition, being anti-trans has a tendency to mutate into just being someone's entire personality. see: JKR, Graham Linehan

what is baffling to me about this is: not only did this not happen, but Biden’s primary win in 2020 was widely seen as a strike *against* “leftist identity politics”

"i saw a bad post on x" ok well i saw a turd in the toilet but i'm not making you look at a screenshot of it

grapes are often known as “the thinking man’s berry”

This is me too. I thought the comic, Dilbert Principle, and Joy of Work (esp. the emails) were funny as a junior high schooler/freshman in the late-1990s/early 2000s, but then he curdled in the aughts into this horribly arrogant asshole, then Trump and finally COVID irrevocably broke his brain. sad.

Government accounts just post like this now and that’s how policy is made

going way way back, but I've always been awed at the introduction of Zeal Kingdom in Chrono Trigger: you beat a giant T-Rex in prehistory, Lavos falls, you go through a gate to a snow-covered wasteland, and then take a teleporter to a magic kingdom in the clouds with some of my favorite VGM ever

Biden’s presidency was, “You get what you always wanted but lack the facilities to do anything with it or enjoy it.” Trump’s presidency is, “You get the power you always wanted but are always kept immersed and frightened in the same hellish simulacrum of lies you promulgated.” they’re like fables

my Jeopardy calendar question today is easy: "of banal, bellicose, and bucolic, the one that's the opposite of peaceful" it's bellicose, because banal means 'boring', and bucolic means 'addicted to chicken'

I saw its license plate while dropping my son off at school, and I realized I completely forgot about Nebraska as a state

it continues to be insane--even without hearing and knowing the lived experiences of actual adult trans people--the idea that specialized health care in America is readily available and freely given away

in the course of resetting these particular VoIP phones, the display says 'Switch Depressed.' you and me both, buddy

becoming a parent doesn't make you a different person, but it does give you the precognitive ability to know exactly how Willy Wonka would punish any specific 12 year old you meet

now that we're all relaxed and ready to deliver for the customer in 2026, ask yourself two questions: am I valuing innovation, and am I innovating value???

I think the Commanders got a real shot at turning this season around

good news, everyone! we survived Third Impact! bad news, everyone. we survived Third Impact.

thought that instantly depressed me: I have spent a large amount of time over the years doing nothing because I’m waiting for other people to wake up from naps

someone with a Violet Beauregarde username and pfp was screaming racistly about how undocumented immigrants drive up insurance costs and I told them maybe they'd have more money for insurance if they didn't chew so much gum

Very sad to say it seems Mike Fossey, aka Mike F. has died. Truly one of the funniest posters of all time and a talented artisan. Had been friends online for many years, but I got to hang out a couple times at shows in Boston and he was funny and sweet in real life too.

in a way, they were right, they just had to *stay* off

uncle-in-law who served three tours in Afghanistan and my grandfather-in-law were both excited about Trump seizing Venezuelan oil tankers and putting a stop to Maduro, in case you were wondering if conservatives learned anything since 2001 (no)

started volunteering in the donor department at a LGBT resource center/food bank/clinic/pharmacy/housing assistance non-profit with the goal of volunteering for at least 50 hours, and got up to 130 hours

I have a nice time at my in-laws, then two of them talk on the phone about how their school bus driver friend is worried she’ll lose her job after Spanberger becomes Governor and that Spanberger is against public schools and I feel like a fucking alien

need advice on the current meta for Dilbert’s Corporate Shuffle

Christmas thing I like to tell people is that a relative is in Miracle on 34th Street. specifically, when Maureen O’Hara’s character goes into Mr. Shellhammer’s office that’s my grandma’s picture on the credenza. that’s because they filmed this scene in my great-grandfather’s office at Macy’s

postscript on my story about the open-carry activist getting a haircut: the activist—wearing a gun + bulletproof vest—and the barber agreed that the problem with Congress is no one’s reaching across the aisle. also that state and local taxes are, quote, “double jeopardy”

not to disparage Seven Seas—they do fine work—but I read that title and instantly felt like I had to lie down

here’s my gift to all of your for Christmas: 10 experience points!

open-carry guy—holstered pistol and full bulletproof vest over his Grunt Style hoodie—came in while I was getting a haircut and he was talking to the stylist about what kind of gun she should get that’d fit into a purse. Professor Gun Expert kept recommending she look into “Dellingers.” a yi yi yi

Bari Weiss more like Very Scheiss, anyone done this yet

I thought I got a recipe for Katherine Hepburn brownies, but I downloaded a recipe for Hepburnized Buraunī

before you repost or quote-tweet a Truth Social screenshot, ask yourself this: have I ever read a Truth Social post that made me think, "I'm glad I read that?"

I hate that every week there's something stupid like an Everyone Has To Drink Pee Now Bill and the alert sounds to CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES THIS IS NOT A DRILL and you really wish you could just trust them to not go for the pee drinking bill

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please, only low class people watch the “Buffalo Bills.” they are the Buffalo Williams

there was a new video by @lgr-yt.bsky.social about a set of Pac-Man ripoffs called Pac Guy, and this intro at 4:39 really got me good: youtu.be/EXlqb3a4U4M?...

went to a Dark Size of Oz screening at a local arthouse theater, but there was a power outage and they couldn’t resync the music. most of the theater left, but my friends and I stayed, so the projectionist announces, “I’m going to put on this Wu-Tang album just to see if anything syncs.”