but I can't get the pills I need to make my brain work right. great country we have here.

I think the reason I've been a little ambiently mad all day is because January 6th rioters are statistically the most likely group of pedophiles in the world and they clubbed a guy to death and they're going to be rich from the tax money that I give to the country I live in.

And to be clear: Massie is a fascist.

I can't wait to hear how outstate Vikings fans lament how bad Minneapolis is before they eventually waddle their way down to the city to make a mess and not tip their servers to watch our favorite team announce a cornerback in the first round.

My honest response to this would be fedposting.

When I was in high school, our football team was awful. We hadn't been to the state tournament in 30 years, we lost games to teams we absolutely had no business losing to, and our program was a laughing stock. Stick with me. 1/

However appalled you are by this, it’s not enough. It’s a frank statement that Trump and Trumpists are above the law and need not even plausible excuses to loot your tax dollars. It’s a total failure of our civic institutions.

One thing I haven’t seen anyone mention is that if the Republicans were serious about energy independence and lowering Iran’s leverage, we’d be building solar farms, windmills, and other green energy tech to cut down on oil demand and reduce the cost of oil and take that gun out of Iran’s hand.

I will believe that Hakeem Jeffries is supportive of an agenda that benefits working Americans when he resigns from his leadership position and allows the party to be led by working Americans.

If they can solve the financing problem with new cars, they'll be unstoppable.

that just kind of generally fits his vibe. he's like owned by carmine falcone or something

I’m so tired of politicians telling us that we, the people have the power to change government but then not fulfilling their part of the basic premise, which is acting on our behalf. The whole point is that they’re supposed to pitch ideas on how to make things happen and we give them power to do so

daaaamn london

I've been using Git Copilot and Claude Code to build an app for something that's been seriously annoying me for years professionally and what would have taken me 8 months took me a week, and I will never again say it doesn't have a use. Regulate it for sure, but it's got value.

Eating alone tonight and ordering dinner for myself, I can't decide if I want to splurge on the mango lassi or if I am good with my sweet tea.

I’m smoking so much that I’m going through like a cart every 5 days. The stress of life at this time in the world is horrible.

Aside from the obvious, we’re gonna be so much better off when people like this are dead.

glaad.org/fcc/ I decided if they could use the slippery slope argument, so could I. What's next, a label for content that includes POC? Women? Thank you, @authorkaraj.bsky.social, for teaching me about the Comstock laws because I threw those in my comment too.

A Christian government must be the result of a fire among the people to live like Christ, with empathy, compassion, dignity for all, and love for each other. It doesn’t need the government, but the government should reflect those values.

I would feel better about this if I believed that Gen Z could, by and large, read.

It’s crazy to me to see such strong opinions from a group of people who so clearly have never read either of Homer’s epics.

We want another kid. Together my wife and I make over $200k a year. Even with that, housing is so unaffordable that we can’t buy a house. The credit system completely fucks us because we were poor once and had to make some tough choices. This system isn’t designed for large families.

In a movement where everyone is a martyr, and everyone has rafted themselves together, sinking rafts will always cause conflict. They can’t go away fast enough.

It is worth saying that it appears that the brave and principled actions of people of Minneapolis and the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good seem to have been a legitimate inflection point in American politics. We should carry that forward with us.

Colorado Democrats are only one vote short of two thirds in the state senate, and if you can’t flip at least one Republican who’d do it just for the lulz you’re not trying.

Somewhat more seriously: it’s not a coincidence Polis did this three days after the legislature adjourned for the last time while he’s still in office.

I don’t think many of these teams are going to be able to handle the Vikings defense

Polis has always had awful vibes but nothing he does now should really surprise you considering his brain has been marinating in groupchats with the egghead and friends for a couple years now

You can only be worried about fertility rates after we’ve addressed, among others: 1. Women’s healthcare 2. Housing affordability 3. Childcare costs 4. Stagnant wages 5. Student loans 6. Mental health 7. Costs of child essentials 8. Men’s healthcare After that, we can start pointing at fertility.

He also knows that if he goes hard on Taiwan, China could invest in building a separatist movement in California or the like.

I find it telling how many of the people who are obsessed with declining birth rates are the very same ones who rarely talk about quality of life issues that lead to declining birth rates.

Weird that this didn't arise naturally, given all the demand for it!

The best part of Fear and Trembling so far for me is the supposition that faith is important but it does nothing for the shrewd man that it doesn’t also give the simple-minded without the difficulty.

Plagiarism should be the end for any journalistic institution. Your whole thing is writing. How are you copying and pasting other people’s work?

some nerds couldn't get laid and now we have fascism. this is why we need to stuff these losers into lockers from an early age.

I think this is a bit reductive. I don't like him because he feels like an inauthentic climber and the only real experience he has is as the mayor of South Bend and the Secretary of Transportation, where he has somehow evaded broad criticism for his handling of the East Palestine disaster.

The problem is that the other side has a mythologized version of history AT BEST, and complete falsehoods at worst. We're not operating from a place where we share a set of facts.

China wants us to be weak, of course they love the Iran war you fucking loser

The best part of Frosted Mini Wheats is the bottom of the bag. That bit of crushed cereal that soaks up the milk and tastes like sweet oatmeal is incredible.

Me as I stuff a full tech spec sheet with a handful of JSON attachments into an email to my dev team

This is a big reason why I side-eye people who still defend the NYT and it has zippo to do with their sanewashing of Trump or love of misleading heds. They straight up steal other reporters hard work (reporters you follow!) and you should care about that. They do it all the time.

Alan really gets at it here:

Ah man this Punisher special kind of sucks

They're cheering on Trump stealing the midterms because they like him and want to help him do it

The honest version of this post would note that these are white Republicans trying to eliminate the district of the state's only Black US rep. You cannot tell this story properly without headlining the racism.

yeah i'd be ok if john hynes weren't back next year

Trump babies are all over the Epstein files, I don't think anyone wants more.

I hope you didn't put your whistle away.

The second amendment may be our only solution. If they can nullify our reforms, we must arm ourselves and force them to play ball.

People struggle to gain traction in times of change and it will lead to complaints. But the energy of Bluesky needs direction. We need Dem politicians and their campaigns to come here and organize. Give us something to do here.