A rising, bipartisan sentiment that really bums me out is the idea that experience in public office is irrelevant, if not bad, when choosing executive leadership in government.

You’re telling me that we wasted another entire season on Aiden. ANOTHER.

This hunter biden interview got me like

My two-year-old is currently being terrorized by the concept of cherry tomatoes.

Felt like that movie was openly antagonistic to F1 fans.

There are higher standards of behavior for Love Island contestants than leaders in the Republican Party.

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Nico Hülkenberg.

The aura farming boat kid if going to do numbers in NFL endzones this season

I sure hope gen z isn’t as cooked as this season of Love Island suggests

We had to say goodbye to one of our best friends today. He had a lot of names, he wore a lot of hats, and he helped me through many challenges. A dog might be man’s best friend, but a cat is man’s best roommate. You were a real one, Bean. Love you forever.

Sinners looks like a masterpiece.

What’s the deal with Australian beef?

It’s pretty jarring in Toy Story 3 when you’re abruptly reminded that Buzz Lightyear is a cop.

My first act as POTUS would be to make Derek Guy the social media czar.

Elon couldn’t pay people in Wisconsin to vote for a Republican. Might not be a good sign for them.

Cory! Cory! Cory!

From the NYT editorial board yesterday. Note that the current administration is hyper-focused on personal identity and Americans' differences. Especially race, gender, sexuality, and religion.

I think it’s annoying when shows like Paradise go through all the trouble of setting up an atleast somewhat interesting setting and situation only to tell a whodunnit that could just as easily be told without the setting or situation.

Stringer Bell would never.

For the love of god will someone give Hulu a hand with color grading.

I don’t necessarily disagree with the sentiment, but I loathe the idea that only those who don’t have a lot going care enough about who runs our government to think about it carefully. Apathy isn’t a virtue.

My son likes Make Some Noise more than Ms. Rachel. Stay tuned for my parenting courses. They will not be cheap.

Maga makes more sense if you treat it like an MLM. That’s all it is.

“People celebrated William F. Buckley, and I think I’m like Buckley, but people don’t celebrate me. In fact, people these days would be more likely to celebrate James Baldwin instead of be appreciative that Baldwin was even allowed in the same room as Buckley. Therefore, down with the Constitution.”

Instagram is down. Quick: post your best takes.

Anthony Hamilton is such a class act.

I think the United States should treat as many kids with cancer as we can, regardless of their parents’ paperwork. Then again, I’m just a atheist liberal heathen. What do I know about morality.

My son emphatically enjoy eating the rinds off citrus fruit. Psychotic behavior.

The message I'm sending my Senators in case anyone finds it helpful:

My life will become so much easier when this kid can reliably eat soup.

Since the GOP budget slashes federal funding for SNAP, I would like to remind everyone that it is not only a good idea to make sure people can eat because it’s the right thing to do but also because it is good economic policy. Every $1 invested in food stamps returns $1.5 in economic growth.

WSJ is reporting that Disney has shut down 538. Wow.

“Americans should spend less time worrying about me, and more time worrying about migrant rape gangs, drug lords, murderers, and people from mental institutions entering the US - so that they don’t end up like Europe,” Putin said to state media today. Just kidding.

Real men don’t need to be thanked for doing the right thing.

“So a kid got measles and died. Big deal. It happens.” - Psychopath supported by people who want me to believe they’re pro-life.

Employees at the Grand Coulee Dam were just fired without cause. If you think that an example of fraud, waste, and abuse is the people who keep the largest concrete structure and hydroelectric facility in the United States functioning correctly then I am sorry to tell you this, but you’re an idiot.

Musk is big mad because no one responded to his wittle email. [email protected] if you want to help fill the inbox.

Trump’s golf trips during his first term cost American taxpayers $153M. That’s roughly 3000 years of average park ranger salary. I wonder how many park rangers taxpayers spent sending Trump to the Super Bowl. Somehow, I don’t think this is the kind of “waste” DOGE is targeting.

The email address Musk told all federal employees to email their list of accomplishments to is [email protected]. Just in case you’re interested in telling Musk and DOGE what you think of their behavior.

A conference of anti-Trump conservatives in Washington DC called Principles First was just evacuated due to a bomb threat.

Park rangers at Yosemite National Park are flying a large upside-down American flag in distress. There have been mass layoffs at the National Park Service since Trump took office, with thousands of pending job offers rescinded. Trump has not nominated a park services director.

For anyone who doesn’t know, hiring the best people unless those people are a race or gender the boss doesn’t trust is not a meritocracy.

Can’t overstate how stupid this is. Musk and DOGE are utterly unqualified to make this ask, but it’s worth noting that this is also bad management in the private sector.

How it's going

It’s great to see people showing up at town hall meetings and making their voices heard. Truly. However, we can’t ignore the fact that we’re in this mess, in part, because those people aren’t showing up when a democrat is POTUS.

omfg.

here is the thing about the “argument” that democrats should have run roughshod over the law when they had the chance: it is much easier to break the law to destroy a program than break the law to create one.

The Twitter outcome is legitimately very sad. What used to be a pretty fun place is now akin to a room full of the dumbest people you know playing Zoo Tycoon poorly while being entirely convinced that they’re actually engaging in serious and sophisticated wildlife reserve management.

Not for nothing, but South Korea just went ahead and arrested their President for thinking he was above the law.

Dude really just issued an executive order that says, “I am the law.”