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I’ve spent the week at home grading while my wife is away and I have been talking to myself and my dog a lot.

This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.

An obvious choice would be something by Helmet, but I will go with an even more literal choice, Head to Wall by Quicksand www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEpX...

The thing about Hunter Biden’s laptop is this needs to be a bigger deal...🫩 www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...

Hey folks: this morning we're launching a monthlong fundraiser for @techdirt.com. Over the last year, we've been steadfast in not self-censoring, not capitulating, not sanewashing bullshit. But that's come at a cost. And we need help: rtb.techdirt.com/products/fri...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Hey Notre Dame, pipe down and join a conference. www.espn.com/college-foot...

Alexander Schwolow really puts the tender in goaltender. #Hearts

I think Brad DeLong is right and it’s important to keep in mind that “Being reduced to only have to worry about existential dread . . . Is such an enormous achievement” #perspective From a great discussion with Sean Illing podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

What a crazy topsy turvy upside down college football season which is giving us an SEC Championship game of Alabama vs Georgia 🫠

Iowa Event Horizon Achieved!

R.I.P. to the force of nature Jimmy Cliff www.youtube.com/watch?v=twf7...

How is that not a yellow on Reale? # NWSL

LET’S GO PHYSICS

Today marked Day One of Customs and Border Patrol’s Charlotte Operation. And as we’ve come to expect from these operations, federal agents targeted workers throughout Charlotte and the surrounding areas.

Dems who voted for/signed "Iryna's Law" helped validate the false premise that Charlotte has a crime problem in need of a more brutal approach. That false premise greased the wheels for the federal terror campaign underway there now. #ncpol

If you’ve worn the uniform or love someone who has, speak up for policies that keep our military focused on national defense rather than domestic policing. ncnewsline.com/2025/11/11/d... #VeteransDay #ncpol

if democrats want to retain any amount of integrity they need to immediately vote out chuck schumer as party minority leader

Low key, anytime someone says “low key” in a sentence you can take it out and not change the meaning of the sentence at all.

It’s Rico Dowdle’s world and the rest of the NFL just better get used to living in it #keeppounding

You have to have Barger steal second there.

Send Barger

For some folks today is Halloween, but for me it’s DOOM’S DAY.

“By narrowing who counts, what knowledge survives, & whose voices are heard, it strikes at the very conditions of civic life. To dismantle universities is not simply to shutter classrooms or cut research; it is to strip away our collective memory of the past & narrow the horizons of the future.”

I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to get my hands on some fucking gourds and arrange them in a horn-shaped basket on my dining room table. #gourdseason #mfers

Al Horford is on the Warriors?

Honored to be keynoting the inaugural "To The Beat Y'all" Hip Hop Symposium at @unccharlotte Oct 17-19. Panels, presentations, performances, discussions and more on "the resistance, power, and voice of Hip Hop!" For information and registration, visit www.tinyurl.com/tothebeatyallsymposium

Dr. Cornel West: “I indeed endorse this crucial project! There is no doubt these visionary voices are badly needed in our grim times!" AVAILABLE NOW: www.hiphopcansaveamerica.com/book

It’s Rico Dowdle’s world and the rest of the NFL just better get used to living in it #keeppounding

It’s almost as if RFK Jr doesn’t quite understand how the scientific method works

“LLMs are mid” -Mike Palmer aka @madintangibles.bsky.social

Cam Schittler. That is all. #RepBX

It’s insane that platforms don’t tell us the most popular 10, 100, 1000 posts on TikTok or YouTube or Instagram each day. Lawmakers should make them publish what they are, in real time, so we can track misinfo and propaganda. In other words: bring back crowdtangle! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/o...

This is comedy gold!

Album of the year candidate.

What movie do you consider “perfect” ?

I see a duck. No wait. I see a rabbit.

Since there is a primary in Charlotte tomorrow, it’s a great time to read this excellent three part series on the importance of civics education by @sarahmichels.bsky.social published by the Carolina Public Press #voting #civics carolinapublicpress.org/civics-unlea...