As someone who has experienced psychosis...at first there is something sort of freeing about it. To no longer have to worry about what is or isn't real and just depend on whatever shit your brain is telling you without having to worry about being right. Anyway, that's the Trump White House.

I had some really good bacon when I was on vacation in Macon, GA over the weekend and I'm just...sad that I don't have that bacon now.

I had to work with someone who was pushing a hand counting bill and it was wild just how much they did not understand about...everything. Like, they didn't understand why it would take more than three hours to count 10k ballots (because they assumed humans could count a ballot a second).

Kids born today will one day learn about the January 6th Riots will literally be like "WTF, really". Anyway, listen to the Knowledge Fight recap from that day to remember how the right wing was celebrating. knowledgefight.libsyn.com/517-january-...

The problem about debates/arguments “on here” about what various people need to do is that even if everyone on here United under a single idea, it doesn’t matter because the work needs to be done out there.

I developed tendinitis from playing too much Guitar Hero.

As far as I can see the current discourse amounts to “stop sharing accurate information, it is getting in the way of my simple narrative to explain the world which means you must be my enemy”.

I am just saying that, narratively, it would make sense for the US military to do a coup now. In a “I heard you like the US getting rid of corrupt leaders” thing.

Those of us who have been not following the news because of Holiday stuff are tuning in and feeling like we missed some very important episode.

For a lot of these people it isn't even they are true believers...they just are looking at a shot at fame and fortune. Like the Oklahoma Essay girl or some racist with a gofundme.

The funny thing is that definitions of America based on ancestry leads to Obama to be more American than Trump. Obama is a direct descendent (on his mother's side) of Mareen Duvall, who arrived in America as an indentured servant in 1659. And yet...

Whenever anyone in my life (thankfully not many people) starts talking about gender affirming surgery in my life, I always say that I think they should make a law that says that you can only do a surgery on a minor if the doctor, patient, and a parent or guardian agree on it. Which is the law now.

I would also like to dunk on the "it's hard to be a millennial white man" story but mostly my issue is that he needs to understand IT'S HARD TO BE A HUMAN. Like, in general. Life is suffering. The endless cycle of death and rebirth is suffering. You can't find satisfaction in the material world.

👀 White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on Trump, Vance, Musk, Vought and Bondi: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...

I m entering my second month of almost daily vertigo which we won’t be able to fully diagnose until March because it is busy season at work and, I have to say, I do not like it.

The Florida Capitol History Museum has a display on the 2000 election including a voting booth and butterfly ballot so you can see yourself how confusing it is. (It's a nice museum. Free and located in the old Capitol that we pretend is the current one)

As a perpetually single woman who is not very attractive and, as a result, pretty much never dates, my "favorite" thing is when a guy writes on the internet complaining about his wife spending too much money on stupid stuff like hair and nails and clothes and makeup. You knew that going in.

People are never going to blame Republicans for what they've done and will blame Dems for not stopping it for the same reason I spent most of my childhood angry at my Mom for my father being an alcoholic.

One of the most crowded theaters I have been in this year was the local indie theater showing The Sting the weekend after Redford's death. Lots of college kids were there who hadn't ever seen a Redford movie outside the MCU but who had seen the reaction to his death and wanted to "get it".

My normie Mom gets "hangover" IVs all the time. It is just so normalized in Florida. I don't even think this is a RFK weirdness. I would not be surprised if Mar a Lago offered them as part of the spa package.

Can't everyone sort of imagine what their dead relatives would say to them? I know my grandma would call my outfits slutty and complain that I'm still single. I don't need AI to do that.

Why do I have to be a smart person living in the dumbest timeline instead of a dumb person living in the smartest timeline?

I understand people annoyed that they have to take poetry so they can get a degree so they can get a basic job anywhere. That does suck, but the part of it that sucks is that workplaces require the degree instead of doing better hiring and training, not that the school makes you learn poetry.

I often read the news and realize how not normal I am because…why would you want a computer to tell you what it thinks like someone looks like naked when you can…imagine it.

The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’ www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

I think it is interesting that these guys view "wanting to make the world a better place" as being a value in opposition to "building a life" or "stability". Sir, we live in a society.

AI returning as Jesus has really different implications than Jesus returning as AI.

There's this constant discourse about how "the left" (whoever that is) has to stop being condescending and speak directly to men's issues. But these gurus are, without fail, more condescending to men than any feminist or SJW I've ever met.

Yeah, having a terrible childhood fucks you up in a lot of ways but the benefit is that I don't go around saying stupid stuff like "why isn't Christmas magical anymore?"

I also dislike the culture of credentialism but the death of higher education is REAL BAD because credential have long been one way for those of us born into lower classes to access higher status careers and we aren’t replacing it with anything else.

These guys are all such pussies. "Oh no, American culture is a fragile little flower that can't sustain immigrants with their own cultures". MEANWHILE, there's a Korean chef in town with a food truck who will sometimes make Butter Chicken Quesadillas. And that's America BABY.

We need to make it easier to sue people. I'm not joking. The tort system can serve as an effective market solution to shit like this (when regulators aren't doing anything) because this is clearly negligence and veering into gross negligence. Not even discussing the design defect shit.

One summer during law school I interned at the DOJ, criminal division. It's how I realized I didn't want to actually practice law in a traditional sense. Anyway, one of the cases I "helped" with (carried boxes to the coourthouse and then watched the trial) involved some Narco Terrorists.

I am in work hell and I have a slight cold which is not allowed.

Fun Christmas shopping fact, the Taylor estate has a merch shop with proceeds going to her charities. store.elizabethtaylor.com/collections/...

Gonna have people flying to Canada for vaccines.

I got my thanksgiving from a local chef who prepares small Thanksgiving meals for people alone over the holiday and the turkey literally melted in my mouth. I’m just saying, I will not abide turkey slander.

There are few things that annoy me more than when people (like The President) use the term "Third World Country", a term which is completely meaningless since the original definition existed in terms of the Cold War and there is no suitable "new" definition.

TPublic is very nervous right now.

Will we call it Mad Turkey Disease or...

Since "child care is expensive" is in the discourse again, the fascinating thing is that it is expensive AND childcare workers are underpaid, which seems counterintuitive. But it just costs a lot of (safely) take care of children.

I'm running into a situation where a lot of my "clients" are going to Chat GPT or other generative AI to give them an outline of what I should do, and then giving it to me to "clean up". And...like...you could have given me the prompt and I would have done this for you. That is my actual job.

Me watching Rashomon.

Look, I can’t explain it but there was a vibe shift this afternoon of epic proportions.

Trump, like all narcissists, know they are full of shit. The bluster and dominance plays are all an act so that you don't recognize they are full of shit. As a result, they have contempt for the people who fawn over them because...why are they fawning over a piece of shit.

Page 6 Intrigue and New Yorker policy deep dive are not as different as he is acting. Give Me: Crazy Days and Nights Blind Item Comment Section gossip pivot to Current Affairs Magazine would be...something. (also it would be me).

I know it isn't the point, but...why do you need to google where to find zip ties. This is the thing about offloading thought to computers. You should know where zip ties are (walmart will have them as will any hardware or auto parts store) but kids these days have to ask google.

A co-worker asked me a question that I had to google to get a specific on and she said "wow, you don't even read the Gemini!" No, I do not.