Utilities and telecoms are asking Washington state lawmakers for help as copper wire theft surges. #waleg washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/09/30/u...

I wish the Mets a very happy October, sitting at home in their PJs, crying in the fetal position on giant piles of Steve Cohen's wasted hedge fund money.

I get it. A hobbit's gotta have standards. Tolkien describes in tender detail the little portable box of salt that Sam carried around as a reminder of home, but also for practical reasons, like because he hypothetically saw himself maybe cooking a roast chicken while on their grand adventure.

Me to wife, 7:30PM: "I'm so glad Nola is back just in time for Wheeler's injury. Makes me feel a little better going into the playoff run." Me to wife, 7:45PM: "OH COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!"

To the people saying “good, let the stupid people die” that’s not how it fucking works. Unvaccinated people get other people sick. Babies too young to be vaccinated, immune compromised people, people who can’t get vaccinated for a medical reason, etc. without herd immunity, people will fucking die.

This country is headed in the WRONG direction, and it's dragging the Post-WWII global order along with it. wapo.st/4g4zVvf

Under Dr. Oz, Medicare is launching a pilot program that will use AI to determine whether patients would be covered for certain procedures. Companies running the program will be paid a share of the savings from rejecting claims. Who in their right mind voted for this? No one.

Confidence in institutions is already collapsing. The next frontier is that we'll increasingly not be able to believe traditionally trustworthy sources of information.

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FUCK YEAH SCIENCE arstechnica.com/science/2025...

This morning's SEPTA commute was nose-to-nose with several hundred of my closest sweaty friends again. And this is all BEFORE the service cuts next week. We consistently get exactly the type of society Republican voters believe we deserve, and I'm sick of being both a punching bag and a cash cow.