Me: "Coastal elite is a bullshit term" Also me: Drinking mail-order flash frozen coffee with prepackaged sprouted lentils for lunch.

Maybe the reason people aren't "civil" is because the President is a piece of shit. https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2025/11/19/dot-golden-age-of-travel-civility-campaign/87351837007/

Yeah this is totally Schumer and various safe seat Dems performing "reasonableness" and daring Johnson to reopen the House. Typical looking at the trees instead of the forest.

"A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere ... There has, in fact, been a tremendous amount and variety of resistance and opposition and it’s mattered tremendously": https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/09/trump-resistance-is-everywhere #politics copy: @renewedresistance

Starting to become clear this is just Schumer thinking he's going to put pressure back on Johnson as a favor to Thune, when Johnson has made it clear he wants Thune to take the blame.

Someone put this "blue plaque" on a London Tesla showroom to mark his becoming the world's first trillionaire. “World’s first trillionaire Elon Musk. Could have solved world hunger but funded fascists instead. Bellend.” […] [Original post on social.vivaldi.net]

That goddamn Banana Republic ad was scored to Hey Man Nice Shot originally and you will not convince me otherwise.

First bike ride in a week and I haven't lost pace at all, even on a windy day. Granted my pace is 12mph...

This article clearly illustrates the GOP's structural problems and how the party itself is unable to confront them. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/05/republicans-blame-losses-2025-elections-00636986

ZOHRAN MAMDANI

Boy tomorrow is gonna be a WILD day for centrist pundits trying to extract the exact wrong lesson from Election Night.

I lost my dog Monday and maybe the hardest thing after the heartbreak is that I used to sing nonsense songs about her to the tune of whatever was on the TV and I have to keep reminding myself not to do that.

I had to get the first round of wisdom tooth removal this week and what stinks most is I can't get on my bike until Tuesday at the earliest.

Why is it a thing that there are a subset of leftists refusing to believe the gulags were bad? Like how deep in the politics as sports team mindset do you have to be here to fall for that one?

I have no fucking patience for people who think the Cold War was a sports league.

Why aren't my fellow white men fans of empathy? Well, empathy helps you understand how you treat other people and how they view you. Now imagine you've been a piece of shit your whole life and are just now learning it.

Herbert Hoover, at least technically, and I expect it'll work out the same way. From: @StillIRise1963 https://mastodon.world/@StillIRise1963/115453133039284420

Being a charitable nonprofit in the US means committing to an actual ethical position that's written into the mission, and being on the board of such a nonprofit means committing to those ethical positions. Even (especially?) when there's money on the line that advances some other part of the […]

The NSF's terms were quite perverse – even ignoring the clear ethical fuckery they demanded. "Promoting a diverse and international Python community" is written into our IRS-registered mission. Accepting the NSF's terms would have meant using funds in a fashion contrary to the mission that […]

Somebody is gonna sue Mike Johnson to force him to call Congress back in and it is going to be the funniest legal action of our times.

"Why is nobody reporting on Steve Bannon-" Why are you finishing that sentence? Why are you taking a man who will say literally anything for Daddy's attention seriously?

Double Gerbil. #yoyo trick with a Fat Tire by One Drop Yo-Yos. The song is "Borateen" by Self.

"J.P. Morgan to accept Bitcoin as loan collateral" is a chilling headline for a lot of reasons, but the most basic is Bitcoin is almost certainly a pet currency for various regimes/criminals.

Kohler is making a toilet cam because apparently nobody can see an obvious bad idea for what it is anymore.

Rivian's new e-bike and pedaled four wheeler are fascinating on their own terms, but they also seem like an explicit admission they're an ebike company that makes cars as a luxury product.

I'm going to introduce a bill that eliminates performative horseshit and forces people to be adults about technology. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcboston.com/news/local/grocery-store-self-checkout-regulation/3831416/%3famp=1

What's most hilarious about them going back to "WELL CLINTON IS IN THE EPSTEIN FILES TOO" well is that so many Republicans hate Clinton's guts that they'd have leaked them to the Post by now if it didn't make Chump look worse.

Pretty much everybody writing some sort of anti-trans editorial has sent up at least a warning flare they're a kid-touching creep and Dawkins is no exception.

Now is another great moment to ponder if making your business rely on Amazon is a great idea.

Wild forecast today so it's a #fattire #bikecommute day

Frankly that dumb AI diarrhea video is such a huge self-own it's hard to believe. Clearly Chump's fetid little kobolds are frightened.

There's a lot wrong with the piece this is from, but probably the most glaring is the main issue of rural voters pulling the Go Fuck Yourself lever and basically refusing to engage with the idea that two wrongs don't make a right.

A large number of armed Customs and Border Patrol agents responded to the crowd by hurling smoke grenades, shooting pepper balls and deploying at least three rounds of tear gas over the area, even with children and seniors in the area. At least four protesters were detained. “When you’re using […]

I get up at 5am you cartoon bastard but sure rub it in.

One of the core issues of pretending fixing the US is "just" an ideological project is that there is no way forward without an admission that the GOP's ideas and policies are total failures and need to be scrapped.

Another thought re: Republicans and their supposed shift towards fascism, I don't think we're considering just how substantial social changes have been. Imagine somebody trying to put out "Funky Cold Medina" today.

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Oct 15th 2025) in less than 8 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 https://cluesbysam.com

I've had nothing but water, caffeine, and soluble fiber to eat today, dude crowding me on the train, so go ahead, get closer.

There's a discussion of The Last of Us that I don't want to derail but quite honestly I didn't play the second game because I pretty much could guess the entire plot off of the trailer.

Had a nice #bikecommute this morning. Low 60s, light breeze, just a really nice ride.

Just 31% of Americans approve ABC/Disney’s decision to suspend Kimmel in the first place; 54% say they disapprove. Only 22% of Americans approve of the "federal government threatening regulatory action against media companies for comments like Kimmel's,” as Carr did. >6 in 10 (61%) disapprove.

Hey Chuck I'll give you $20 if you endorse Mamdani.

More like the Wankees amirite OK Boston social media obligations done, I assume the Sox won the World Cup?

I just got a VERY interesting email that allies in congress were upset that so many of my readers were calling about the anti-trans provisions. I'm here to say: good. I won't let them throw our rights under the bus by cover of night. All's that to say, keep up the calls. They're hearing you.

It's worth noting that from the beginning everything this administration is doing is MBA bullshit after acquiring a new company, and that includes an executive screaming about appearances.

Guys, if an adult says things like "AI powered surveillance systems would ensure people were on their best behavior," being rich doesn't make them any less dumb or in need of psychiatric intervention.

If Chump had basically said to the UN "Let's gas all the undocumented migrants" in slightly politer terms he would have gotten a standing ovation, so I really don't want to hear any tongue clucking.

Happy Gotcha Day to my family. 11 years ago, today, we walked into Family Court in Norristown, PA and a judge made official what was already known and lived - our son was legally ours, and we were his.

Seth Moulton considering a run for Senate is objectively a bit odd because frankly most of the state doesn't know him and his policy proposals are "crying over trans people" and "what about Second Big Dig?"

Well good thing there's no economic crisis looming or anything, that would probably be very bad! https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/09/18/car-sales-rich-vehicles.html