Interesting. But I can't imagine whoever is chosen next will be thrilled to have the job, given that Miller is probably the person ACTUALLY directing the policy, and given that the presumption of regularity is basically dead and therefore they're going to have a miserable time in court.

It gets more fun. Apparently the ship was transporting soldiers that had just finished doing military ceremonies with Indian troops in India, so now India is very very mad.

Dawg, you purchased an underground apocalypse bunker in one of the most flood-vulnerable areas of the US, ain't nobody gonna be around to operate the drainage pumps and levee system if the nukes start flying. Congrats on your soggy tomb.

wait he's THAT Brendan Herrera? JFC.

Been trying to get people to understand that traffic cameras and license plate readers have serious security concerns attached to them, AND YET people in places like San Francisco -- which would be a major target in a big conflict -- continue to adore them as an emotional security blanket.

Still can't get over how TurboTax went with "Now This Is Taxes" for their slogan.

Ohoho, you have not considered the tactical brilliance of going west to go east: we secretly move an invasion-sized force through China, then bribe Kazakhstan to allow us to stage there. The avenue of attack? The last one anybody would expect. That's right, baby: amphibious invasion via Caspian Sea.

when your mom asks how work is going

it's TAX TIME, the final humiliation from the previous year

Today it is a church potluck. Tomorrow it could be a criminal conspiracy to run guns to Libya. Or worse.

wait, what?

This feels like "Owner of local cheeseburger restaurant chain (with decades-long links to American intelligence) shot dead in totally random accident"

I thought this was a still from a low-budget Willy Wonka porno

This guy took the batteries out of his smoke detector to get that authentic chirp

can't charge $1, smdh

Elope then have a party with your friends and family in somebody's yard or whatever. Best time you'll ever have.

Smoking on that very same zaza that made Lockheed and Martin explore each other's bodies

Hell yeah, unscheduled presser directly from POTUS. We're so back.

It's also very very expensive to mobilize that much equipment and personnel. If it's a bluff, then it's a very very expensive bluff.

We used to be a proper country

Quick, find your grandparents' ancient lawn darts from the 50s and throw them straight up into the air as high as you can, the CPSC can't stop you now, it's the only way out of the Matrix

Perhaps it was problematic picking a VP who makes approval ratings dip whenever people remember he exists

This has loser stink. EU tech companies are already spooling up to compete with Google and Microsoft. Google just doesn't want that competition, especially not if it comes with better data privacy which US customers are increasingly hungry for.

🧵 sums up many of my AI views nicely

0, liver is the only thing I'm slightly picky about (will happily eat liver as paté, but I don't love a huge hunk of liver)

You'd figure the Boat People would know how to drive boats, but alas

My proposal to curtail ICE and CBP is to make them dress like park rangers from the 60s and the only gun SOME of them are allowed to carry when absolutely necessary is a hi-point handgun (NO optics or attachments allowed). No molle gear, no NODs, etc. Just cute little outfits and uncool guns.

"I asked my 'AI assistant' to turn itself off and make the icon go away. He said he couldn't. That's not much of an 'assistant' now, is it?"

We Will Rock You starts playing on the radio, I yell "IS THAT A THREAT" and scream and flip my car into a ditch while emptying my Glock into the radio

Compromising Notepad is like compromising a fundamental force like gravity or electromagnetism. How do you even do this?

They should bottle the feeling of when you're walking through the parking lot to your car after quitting an awful job, it's like morphine for the soul.

the monster and another monster were in the closet making abysses and i saw the abyss and the abyss looked at me NIETZSCHE: the abyss looked at you?

Chinese GF has informed me this is called "scrubbing the wok" (hence why there's foamy water in the middle) and you can see a million more of these videos if you search 越野刷鍋 (off-road hot pot).

Wassailing should be a thing that happens every quarter. You got your December wassailing, March wassailing, June wassailing, and your September wassailing.

There will never be a pivot to China. There are no China hawks left.

Massie bit right through his dog chain, goddamn

How did MS Office fuck up TABBING? You hit the Tab button and the cursor should go to the RIGHT. It should not jump to the LEFT so far that it goes off the page area. This is Basic Science.

Cascadia superiority

Amy Klobuchar running for Governor of Minnesota

They're coming for your money, Elon. Elon, they think you're annoying. They think you're a liability, Elon. They're gonna take everything from you.

Giving a document saying WE EXPECT YOU TO DO THIS to a bunch of college students is like giving them detailed instructions on how to piss you off so bad

the White Witch of Virginia says STATES' RIGHTS

I mean, one of the things the abolitionist movement hit on pretty early was "we take liberty or death both literally and seriously".

Rebuttal: many of the Founders, including George Washington, originally wanted a restrictive form of government with a rigid social hierarchy that preferenced wealth. They got dragged toward "liberal democracy" because average people were literally up in arms over it.

It's been this way since the nation was founded. Many of the Founding Fathers got dragged toward liberal democracy because average people demanded it and were literally up in arms over it.

Will Stancil is an ideological SAW gunner: you put him in a position where he can hose anything he sees and give you cover to work, but you need to give him a clear direction of fire so he doesn't nail friendlies. You don't want to be right next to him or you end up COVERED in hot shells.

Just walked by this AUSA sitting on a bench muttering "I have such sights to show you", whatever that means. I gave him $4 and half a sprite.

Ok Will Stancil is officially posting through it again and I'm once again going to need to mute him after his brief redemption arc

tfw lawyers for the federal govt are begging for three hots and a cot

It's a very good time to be a Rights Maximalist and, IMO, it was a maaassive mistake to completely cede the second amendment to the GOP. Shooting is fun, it's ingrained in US culture, and it's a protected right. It's for everyone! Go forth, get trained, BE SAFE, and enjoy long-range hole punching.