the wizards have won 6 basketball games thus far this season 👍

deadass?

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains. double feature!

today I learned I have a thing for women with autism

"It is my understanding that the Constitution of the United States allows everybody the free choice between cheesecake and strudel."

What I worry about is the next Dem administration being able to walk and chew gum at the same time. They are going to need to right some historical wrongs, execute a massive reorganization, and most importantly actually deliver on improving people's lives *simultaneously*

1. Reclass all ICE and CBP out of 1811 2. Reassign ICE/CBP to dig firebreaks in National Parks 3. Appoint a special prosecutor to investigate illegal violations of rights 4. Stack the IG with fire breathing libs to investigate violations of agency policy 5. It's rule of law, not vengeance

not my favorite per se but "enemy of the state" (will smith, gene hackman, jon voight) is a great movie and a type of 90s action thriller that doesn't get made anymore, which is a damn shame

"lost everything" apparently means being appointed to the board of one of the biggest PE firms on the planet, amongst other sinecures also "one scandal" is a hilarious downplaying of what he actually did

the smell of diesel exhaust on a cold night is an instant olfactory trip back to Afghanistan for me Iraq smells like if you took dust, cigarette smoke, fry oil, diesel fumes, and faint wisp of raw sewage and blasted it into your face through a blowdryer on the highest setting

Fool of a fucking Took!

a dozen tomahawks to put a dozen craters in some Nigerian farmers' fields, that's about $50M worth of holes dug via cruise missile 👍

My male Great Pyrenees, upon meeting the female Great Dane in our neighborhood for the first time just now:

"ersatz intimacy" is both a wonderful turn of phrase and also perhaps the biggest euphemism of all time

is this what they typically get up to on boxing day?

I am approaching a 1:1 ratio of human cells to carbonara

Italian sausage is on the grill. Pancetta for the carbonara is on the side burner. We are still hooking and jabbing!

Roughly of the Christmas crew, including my 6yo, my wife, and my FIL, have gross colds I'm on my 5th cup of coffee trying to make the magic happen. Still in the fight!

I also need to know what Uncle Rob's job is that affords him the ability to do a down to the studs and joists gut job on a 4 story brownstone in the upper west side

it has never been sufficiently explained to me why the pigeon lady in home alone 2 is dressed like a dickensian rag picker this movie came out in 1992!

shaking off the 2 (two) beers I had at dinner by walking the dog an extra half mile in preparation for Xmas present assembly activities dads and dad equivalents...this is our time to shine.

someone tell this human pile of soft serve ice cream that the infantry is always hiring

I just reunited a loose dog with her owner, it's a Christmas eve miracle (feel free to shower me with praise, admirarion and/or lewds, whatever works)

stores keep their thermostats up wayyyy too high in the winter. this is a Walgreens, not a sauna. 99% of people are wearing coats/hats/gloves, it doesn't need to be 75° inside. got me downright moist in the pharmacy line

this stupid menu does absolutely fuck all. useless.

car headlights are too &@“%* bright

wake up dead man was extremely entertaining

bro you wanna buy your own Temu Thor system?????

like almost all of the other Trump "reforms" there is a kernel of truth to the grievance - clearly, this system is not agile or responsive to a rapidly changing threat environment but it helped to vet requirements and balance resource allocation. we just might come to miss this ball of fuck

@gigansprogress.bsky.social is on a goddamn heater tonight lmao I can only imagine the acquisition community's group chats right now, they're going cyclic on the gifs I just know it

wisdom.

having a great pyrenees is an exercise in patience. these dogs do what they want, when they want, and there's nothing you can do about it.

this dude is always scheming on something

Every day provides more evidence that a firm racial caste system, as described by Isabel Wilkerson, remains the best lens through which to view American society

Watching Fallout and Pluribus on the same night, really exploring the spectrum of post apocalyptic visions of the future

Rhea Seehorn is an incredible actress

floof

"that's the cup of a carpenter"

banner weekend for dickheads getting their shit absolutely rocked

anyway my bball teams went 3-0 today if you even care

I have fuzzy memories of a night in a bar that still allowed smoking indoors in Lafayette, Louisiana circa 2006. The next morning I felt like I had moss growing on my teeth and I smelled like a full ashtray

The Governor of West Virginia has requested that the Purple Heart be awarded to SPC Sarah Beckstrom and Ssgt Andrew Wolfe for wounds sustained during the WVNG's mobilization in DC. The DoD's decision on these awards will be extremely telling.

Longtime followers will note that my most consistent public opinion is that matt yglesias sucks, he has always sucked, and he always will suck. He's a dickhead of the highest order and he actively makes things for us all. In a just world he would be nothing more than an annoying forum poaster.

shout it from the fucking hilltops

how good does one need to be to get the "bevvy of stacked goth baddies" delivery

there's a reason these are called "Ivans"

Hear ye, hear ye, assorted miltwitter goons, "sheepdogs," and dipshit rhodie-boos: here's your opportunity to get your gun on. go get 'em, tiger!

for a long time I regarded "practicing being present" as cringey therapy bullshit that I didn't have time or patience for and now that I am in therapy it turns out that a) I can be a real asshole and b) actively trying to be present helps who knew?! (basically everyone except me)