Watching the replay of this weekend’s RSA-France test match. The Boks finally have the thing everyone should have always known to fear. They have backs now.

For those who wonder why I get so bent out of shape about NCMEC and the air cover they provide to Donald Trump, see the text with that Instagram photo. "The critical importance of NCMEC's mission to protect children". Just, you know, not *these* children. They're on their own.

This is basically the last chapter of my alleged book and is a big part of why I have such trouble putting my hands on the keys and finishing it.

Having had my flu, COVID, and pneumonia (for over 50s) shots yesterday, and stipulating that I am not RFK Jr, I would still like to register an opinion about vaccines. “Get this shot or else you’ll get sick!” Okay, what happens if I get the shot? “You’ll feel a little sick.” Great sales pitch.

The @404media.co folks are out here doing the Lord's work. Give them money.

CONTENT WARNING: CSAM Many people are worried about people using AI to generate CSAM. That's a risk, but it's not the same risk profile as adult CSAM consumers; the risk profile for AI images is teenagers imagining what their classmates or hot teachers look like naked.

Obvious followup: why would he have invited her to the Situation Room? I don't know her committee assignments; does any of those justify a meeting with the President in the Situation Room? I suspect I know the answer: because it's the only room where he knows that there's no one else listening.

Having seen the absolute bullshit that people On Here get themselves worked up about that “makes [them] feel unsafe on this site”, no one gets to complain about the mods finally delivering the type of massive overreactions they have been crying out for.

Just finished reading this. Yes, old skeet, but it hit my feed this morning. The article answers a lot more questions than it asks. I commend it to your attention.

I miss the days when NCMEC would take a stance against child sex predators and not support the guy who pardons them.

That is the exact kind of bullshit you would do in a hotel lobby hallway. He really is just the most mid human alive.

Future generations will reel at the prospect that we could have had reliable data from a neutral government source. I for one look forward to Trump relying on the annual Pornhub popular searches data for government policy.

Taking this out of Prof Kruse's thread to (re?)tell a story from my college years. It's the summer of 1991. The Berlin Wall has just come down a year and a half ago. It's so fresh in everyone's mind that in Berlin, people were still walking the long way around a wall that isn't there anymore.

Article includes the criminally underrated Last Action Hero, so it merits a read.

This whole thread is a correct take.

It’s not 11:11 on the West Coast but I’m out early. Sassoon knew his way around both a trench and a pen.

When I got to Microsoft I remember the part of orientation that talked about their various health plans, one of which was cheaper “and so we give those savings back to you”. I remember thinking “I don’t want options in health insurance, that’s not a place I’m looking to save cash”.

Again I was up early today. Submitted: there is no sound that can take one from dead sleep to fully awake faster than the sound of a pet (in this case: French Cat) winding up to barf.

This is absolutely true. So true that I’m almost ashamed I never phrased it so well myself. We will see no improvements on online moderation (what this is a comment upon) until Trump is gone, which makes it even worse.

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Mine would be simple: when the ball is in the penalty box nobody can be offside.

I don't write articles but maybe you do.

Is this why I saw people talking about Edge of Tomorrow today and someone said "let's not let Elon decide what movies we talk about"? It was a very good movie. Not great, but I liked it. Good pacing, good action.

Is this a thing? Do people not just automatically take their shoes off in other people’s houses? I’ve been walking outside in the street in these. How many dogs have peed on that sidewalk?

Democratic Susan Collins over here.

I just sent a message to Patty Murray telling her not to cave. I didn’t bother with Maria Cantwell because she doesn’t give a fuck about constituents, but Murray is usually one of the good ones.

I guess Sam Darnold wants Drew Lock to come in

Seahawks-Cardinals is a much better game than Giants-Bears, I say in an entirely unbiased fashion.

Watching Bears-Giants while my brother’s dogs are over (he’s heading down to the Seahawks game). God the Giants are terrible.

I have a personal rule that I do my best to avoid tagging my wife online, because I attract an amount of aggro in my day and she doesn’t, and I’d prefer that not change for her. I get where Ms Gill is coming from.

Wow. There’s a shot. But when you’re right, you’re right.

Mamdani is going to implement Shams Charania law. Basketball coverage will never be the same.

He always has a facial expression like he is in the process of discovering he does NOT want to be pegged.

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This reminds me of an uncomfortable thought I’ve had often recently. As we reflect on Trump’s mission to persecute undocumented people, I suspect a lot of folks who haven’t thought on it will have to accept that much of modern American prosperity was built on modern forms of indentured servitude.

I start by noting: this is an absolutely correct take. I agree with it 100%. But we all need to accept that it makes our job in 2028 a lot harder, when we will be asking people to vote for someone who is going to do this to their parents, neighbors, friends, etc.

Holy shit is this ever true. I had a colleague in one place who tried to fire people who talked about how much their bonus was. I managed to lie down in front of the bus and make that not happen, because even in the USA that’s illegal.

I could have told you that the Peloton will kill you if you don’t protect yourself from its wrath.

Not all gyros wear capes.

The thing I least expected was for the Senate to decide their egos can tolerate not being in charge of things.

I knew I liked @minakimes.bsky.social

The Seattle PWHL team has a name and a logo.

This morning while I was in that half-awake phase between my 4:30 wake-up and actually getting up, I dreamed of pizza. Nothing about it particularly, just that it exists. Like: that’s a pepperoni pizza. That was the whole dream. Go ahead. I wrote a whole damn book on Carl Jung.

I guess this is how you pay for demo work when the government is shut down.

This is exactly how you end up with American soldiers selling military secrets to countries adverse to the USA.

Endorsed.

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

Grievance of language. There’s no such thing as “particularly existential”. That’s like “somewhat unique”. The word can’t be qualified. If something is “existential” then it is definitionally at its extreme. Thanks to @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social for his work on this thread BTW.

I know American lawyers love to make up titles, but what the fuck is with “General”?