I am genuinely concerned about young men.

Humans are pretty great. Humans on the Internet aren't. So, let's start doing more stuff with humans, not on the internet. Last night I put together a block party and I was pleased with how many people turned out to sit in 92° heat to meet their neighbors and be friendly. Do stuff offline.

A reminder that Bondi already has access to all of the Epstein files, but is pretending that she needs to go through the laborious process of unsealing grand jury testimonies. It’s all political theater to fool the rubes in her base into thinking she’s doing something. She’s just covering for Trump.

Ari Aster did it again. Top 3 movie of the year so far.

Biopsy results came back benign. Afternoon free. Break from the summer heat. Flirting with a hottie. Collins signed. MAGA not letting Epstein story die. Starting my weekend early. Taking my dog on a trail walk.

Trump admitting he tried to kill the story. This means that WSJ is Lawyered up to the hilt and massively sure of their sources to publish this. It also means discovery is going to be fun.

John MacArthur died!?

I know this is wishful thinking but Trump obviously covering up the Epstein files and directly telling his followers to move past it might actually kill MAGA.

Finished Abundance and I'll be thinking about this for a while. If the end of the New Deal was Vietnam, Nixon, and Civil Rights movement, what was the end of Neoliberalism? Housing Crisis/occupy wall street, Iraq war, and the untenable end result of political correctness?

Important piece by Renee DiResta in @Lawfare about how the Trump Administration is now rewriting the 2016 intelligence assessment that Russia favored Trump in its election interference activities. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/retc...

Bluesky is dead huh

Why belief in hell conditions people to allow abuse, and lack empathy:

Occam’s Razor: MAGA influencers used Epstein conspiracies to grift but now that the dog has caught the car they cannot release files in an active DOJ case

"I'm waiting for the right moment because when I ask you out there won't be any turning back for me. I'm not going to date anyone else the rest of my life. I'm not going to love anyone else the rest of my life. I'm not going to care about anything else for the rest of my life."-Life Itself #moviesky

Endearing myself to my MAGA neighbors

The trick is that the party Elon wants is a techno/libertarian/laze faire capitalist party. What like 75% is Americans want is some form of labor/workers party. Everyone says they want a third party. What that party platform is gets a lot more complicated.

Bro code

reflecting on how progressives talk about the gov being a force for good but shoot themselves in the foot with endless red tape (CA rail for example) while MAGA talks about gov being inept but use FEMA to build a concentration camp in 8 days.

does Lenoir's bullshit arrest cost him his shot at being a captain?

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If you have kids at home, cherish the memories you make tonight.

You said smoker. Cool. Pellet? Or firebox?

I'll be watching movies tonight while half of America celebrates the end of the country I love

Dems have to hang this around their neck and win the messaging war for the next 3 years or we're doomed

I don't care too much of a restaurant is MAGA, but when they switch to beef tallow for their fries I get annoyed because it tastes objectively worse.

That's not very patriotic of you

If Kittle, CMC, Bosa, and Warner all play out their current contracts and stay decently healthy they will be #1 all-time 49ers at their positions. Shit, Purdy is already top 5 all-time 49er QB in most categories. Top 3 in many.

Jimmy Swaggart is finally dead??

You don't grieve when it happens. You grieve when you're finally still.

Miracles are real. We call it science.

Socialism on the way up. Libertarianism once they get there. Abundance, Klein & Thompson #booksky

federal science spending is so fundamental to the overall economy that a 2023 study found that government-funded R&D has been responsible for 25% of productivity growth since WW2. -Fieldhouse, Mertens

Home, showered, in my reading chair by 11 😆

My version of a night out in my 40s. Italian and a jazz lounge.

Wearing my No Kings shirt, carrying my copy of Abundance, just went to brunch, now headed to a museum. I am the prototype of the straight white urban male normie liberal.

FULL AGREE.

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how it feels to tell property management companies that I don't work for property management companies

Voting socialist is a luxury belief. The working poor don't buy it. Time will tell if this experiment works or not.

NYC is about to be a massive experiment in progressive governance. After the glaring failures at west coast attempts, I'm not very hopeful it will go much better.

You know what would encourage people to get more physical activity? No, it is not wearable fitness trackers. It is: 1. A liveable wage so people have time for it 2. Safe parks and other infrastructure for such activity But that’s too hard.

Wow. Thomas Massie is a Republican Congressman.

Reminder: The mayor in Jaws was still the mayor in Jaws 2, which takes place 4 years later. Local elections matter.

after a day to think about it I changed my rating from 3 1/2 to 4 stars. I can't stop thinking about some of the cinematography and Ralph Fiennes and how good Alfie Williams is. Boyle and Garland are amazing together. #moviesky

Unsolicited deck pic