Sort by silver, cowards!

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I love the Olympics. I don’t really care about the nationalistic thing, but watching the athletes (many of whom are just regular people with day jobs) do something VERY well, making it to the pinnacle of their sporting career, and competing against the best in the world? How can you not love it??

I had a FOIA request fulfilled, but now their portal isn’t working, taunting me with a damn pinwheel that will just continue spinning until the sun burns out.

Learned a lot about BBQ this weekend and ate WAY too much meat! But man it tasted so good!!

Please make it your new resolution to visit AskHistorians once a week, because we've never been this invested in overtaking another community.

I think one of the fundamental problems that drive a lot of bad faith bullshit on the right is this idea so many seem to have that a “short question” is the same as a “simple question.”

I think one of my greatest reliefs is watching my Dad go from holding a family meeting because my sister and I planned to vote for Obama in 2008 to publicly calling out Trump and ICE and pushing against Tommy Tuberville.

Now tell me, why would a hotel not want to serve ICE?

In light of everything, I’m re-reading The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal. Excited to give this one another go after many many years.

putin's most impressive accomplishment is getting europe to cheer for German rearmament

So, I’m often going through old newspaper articles for my job, and I have to say, a lot of the critiques we have about news media today were just as relevant (if not more so) in previous decades.

Gotta say, as someone who’s served a LOT of RW bullshit on FB (because I keep being an idiot and fighting them), this time feels pretty different. Most of those who are defending the Pretti killing are getting torn apart, even by people who are usually fairly conservative “back the blue” types.

Can’t go into details, but this was a difficult week at work. Happy to put this one to bed.

Look… As an Auburn fan, I’ll take what I can get.

So we’re staring down the barrel of a winter storm here in N. Alabama. A gentle reminder that our infrastructure and support systems are built for extreme heat and humidity — not ice. So please have a little compassion as people freeze due to no fault of their own.

Wow! That was a fun game!

Gotta say, I love the Isengard theme from the band!

So my son just unexpectedly went to the potty all by himself for the first time, and I gotta say… I needed that win.

The neighbors have added a guard donkey to their herd of cattle (in case you were wondering just how rural I am, lol).

I have to say, I’m so happy to see that the trombone seems to be having a bit of a renaissance. Just saw some dude absolutely eating a rendition of “Pony” by Ginuwine.

There’s an alternate timeline where I moved to Minnesota for my PhD instead of DC. I often wonder how different my life would be if that were the case.

Man, what must it be like to live in a state that has a competent governor and isn’t staring down the barrel of Governor Tommy Fucking Tuberville??

Geez. Fucking Obergruppenführer Bovino.

My latest obsession/hyper-fixation: Amateur Radio. Nice when my hobbies are skills that could come in handy, given… [gestures vaguely]

As everyone else is saying, block and move on. We do not engage with Nazis.

People talk about how we used to be able to get coffee with people and agree to disagree… Then I remember the time I was talking to a conservative and they suggested we should nuke the Middle East because they have bad blood. I said, “I don’t think genocide is the answer,” and he said, “Why not?”

Just said to a friend, “The world sucks, but at least my cholesterol is down,” and seriously, this is the kind of “take wins where you can” energy I’m trying to bring to 2026.

Hi friends! My dad mows lawns for people who are unable to do so on their own. Unfortunately his zero-turn mower is too wide to fit through most gates so he has to use a push mower, & at 83 in Alabama summers, that’s getting pretty difficult.

He’s raising money for a new zero-turn that will allow him to continue helping those in need. If you’re willing & able, a small donation would go a long way! gofund.me/62521022f

LinkedIn posts be like: “Here’s Five reasons that Hard Work and Attention to Detail are the most important in your work life!” [Generated by AI]

lmao, even

Just saw the most breathless attempt to claim that Renee Good wasn’t a “Real Christian” and it was the most backbendy No True Scotsman fallacy I’ve seen in a long time.

Super jealous of all the posts I’m seeing coming from the AHA conference. Went last year and loved it! New job circumstances and finances prevented me from going this year, but hoping I can go again soon!

the Catholic Church being right about 60% of the time these days takes some getting used to

Had an argument on FB with someone about the ICE shooting. He fell back to the argument of, “It’s easy for us to be Monday Morning Quarterbacks, but the officer was making a split second decision!” To which I said, “Don’t you feel that logic should also apply to the woman in the car??” Crickets.

Idea for Dem Lawmakers: Refuse to vote on anything. The line is, “At this point of intense polarization, we believe it would be inappropriate to continue to enable the Republican Party until we have had the referendum of midterm elections.” Repeat until it’s accepted. Use the McConnell playbook.

“L’États-Unis, c’est moi!”

I keep feeling like we’re about three months away from Trump just going full Louis XIV and declaring, “I AM America!”

Nooooo!!! Not Wegman’s!!!

The amount of “Oh, so you support Maduro?!?!” that is coming from the right wing is so fucking stupid.

Dem Leaders! Copy and paste: “It is now clear that we are living under an authoritarian regime, and we will behave as such. From now until Donald Trump is no longer in office, we will utilize every ounce of power we have as a party to prevent him from continuing his anti-American agenda.”

This is good advice.

Gotta say, I hate these OM helmets. They just look dirty…

My most toxic College Football trait is whenever Molly McGrath comes up, I say, “Ach! it’s Molly McGrath!” in a horrendous Scottish accent.

Not exactly the question, but this is absolutely not a new thing. 19th C. nationalists often romanticized the peasants and rural populations as being the “pure” inheritors of the national culture. It’s part of why national costumes tend to be based on peasants.

This sound should play whenever a field goal is missed: youtu.be/Sw4AdwA0u5s?...

To clarify: The reason I argue RW culture is inherently narcissistic is that it presents itself as the “default culture” or normative value system, such that everything that does not conform to that culture or those values is necessarily aberrant. Thus, to be good/true art, you must appeal to them.

I think the assumption here — that an artist is supposed to perform for all people — actually highlights an important point about a lot of the right-wing culture we see today: it’s inherently narcissistic. Everything should be about and for them, and if it’s not, then it should be eliminated.

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains.