@drsaephd.bsky.social has proclaimed this place as "not as good as old Twitter", but I tag her in this anyway because the subject matter is relevant to her interests

The answer is play more removal. "Player Removal" in the case of someone plopping this card down in Bracket 3, because they have ABSOLUTELY painted their own face with the bullseye at that point

The goddamn Muppet Show reboot (which I liked!) is now responsible for "Manchild" being stuck in my head. It's catchy AND it has chickens. Here, share in my earworm misery: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLGq...

Today in "our failed American experiment"

This website, to hearken back to what was said about the hellsite long ago, is free

I cannot *prove* that my ultra-liberal SLAC with a giant endowment (which in part funds need-blind admission) is being directly targeted by the endowment taxation bill, but also the only two other institutions even affected are UIowa and Iowa State. So, like, you be the judge here.

I do not follow Will Stancil on here, but every time his name pops up in The Discourse I check in on what people are saying on his timeline and almost instantly wish that I hadn't. Something something definition of insanity

I don't think I have seen Brushhopper actually *played* since 2004, but if I ever see him on a table again (Frog Typal ft. Gitrog Monster???) I am officially calling him Chungus. Obviously.

An excellent alternative offered up here. (Although Gurgi continues to be one of the most annoying fantasy characters of all time, don't @ me)

NYT Harry Potter article: *Happens* Me:

JK Rowling: hello children Rowling: i finally know why the ungrateful kidss thesse dayss have been rejecting harry potter Barker: we all figured that out a long time ago Poe: clive Barker: oh i'm sorry edgar Barker: am i wrong? Poe: Poe: no you're not wrong

I could have lived my whole life not knowing* that someone on the hellsite holds this opinion. Since that is no longer an option for me, it is no longer an option for you either. #ImAHelper *I mean, I assume that at any given time someone is blaming the Jews for *something*

For a mere 16 mana I can make you draw your deck, one-card win condition, obviously too strong, ban incoming

Rosewater for better part of 25 years: "Black is not *necessarily* the color of evil UB: "Wanna bet on that, Mark"

All due respect lady you go to hell

So I hear the Rams and/or Seahawks have a nice looking bandwagon, let's go [NFC champs to be determined with best chance of beating the Patriots]

Given 387.44 million miles of printed circuits in wafer thin layers, each nanoangstrom of which is printed with the word "love", it would not equal one one-billionth of the love I feel for this post at this micro-instant

@sabs.bsky.social asking the important science questions today on Defector.com. (from: defector.com/let-the-reco...)

Kermit's voice *really* bothers me in this. BUT, the sensibility otherwise seems OK. So, see below commentary/wish re: my overall feelings

I only respond in anger to people who actually believe this take. TRY HARDER, RANDO FOOD ACCOUNT RTed INTO MY FEED (cc @marccold.bsky.social )

Good for him. #starfleetacademy #voyager

Plus apparently the Marty PRIME MINISTER??? (Although I did like that episode. But really.)

Thinking of the similar line of criticism made against Edward II, Richard II, and Henry VI in the annals of English history. For no reason in particular, you understand.

Animatronic Dinosaurs would *100%* make me more likely to attend your conference, NGL. ("Brad, what if the conference is outside your fiel-" YOU HEARD ME.)

You have to laugh or else you will cry.

Minneapolis residents are painting tunnels onto brick walls and ICE agents are running into them. This is not funny.

It's actually a work of art to be this pathetic/feckless, I'm kind of impressed in spite of myself

My wife, a Packers fan (we have a mixed marriage), continues to maintain that the rest of the football universe, up to and including the refs, have it out for Green Bay. I want to know where she gets her stuff, it must be quite strong

This cannot be real. This is surely some leftist parody of a democratic congresscritter putting forth patently ridiculous 'solutions' to major problems, right? RIGHT?

Im sure this is fine. On a related note, I was born literally yesterday and have never cracked a history book

It's like nobody has ever seen a science fiction movie ever. (Also the prosaic stuff wrong with this, but COME ON, there's like 8 Terminator movies now)

Cool cool cool cool cool #NotCool

So....are we just not going to talk about the literal Lava Chicken in Lorwyn Eclipsed? No? Just me? OK, carry on, enjoy the earworm from this post #TastyAsHell

The hardest of passes.

BEAR DOWN

The morning after cope from Packers fans is real and it is fantastic. Yessss.... whine more... your tears sustain me 🐻🔽

Counterpoint: AAAAAAAAAAAA #BearDown

did someone call the Pope?!

I still remember being told in library school that for bibliographic instruction sessions, websites with domain ".gov" were generally trustworthy. That was naive then; it's farcical now. What interesting times we are living in! #ImTired

U.S. Society: *Daycare is greater than the cost of mortgage payments and leaves parents flailing around all the time* Also U.S. Society: "WHY IS NOBODY HAVING CHILDREN OMG DEMOGRAPHIC CRISIS" #ItsAMystery

When I was a kid, I was annoyed about all the time devoted in Hebrew school to the Holocaust on the theory of "Never Forget", because geez, my grandpa has the tattoo, we're not going to forget. Now that most of the survivors have died of old age, one sees the benefit, likely too late.

I pose this question to my wife the English professor: "John Milton?" "That is a terrible idea. John Milton would be the Gl*nn Gr**nwald of the 17th Century. Ain't nobody got time for that level of nonsense"

I tend to lean Martin Luther (I mean... scoreboard) but it must be noted that Ulrich Zwingli probably would have had the best username.

IG is pushing wall-to-wall threads to me of people claiming Mamdani is an antisemite bc two of the Adams EOs he negated had to do with BDS and protests in front of synagogues. I... I mean... I'm very tired.

Same, Bode, same

"Six weeks" is kind of hilariously optimistic TBH

The only reason I even remember my SAT score is because I was half dead with flu when I took it and still managed an 800 verbal. Test measures nothing except "how good you are at taking standardized tests". Inane AND insane proposal.

day one in mamdani’s new york

Me explaining to @drsaephd.bsky.social why there is no traffic on the Dan Ryan today as we drive home: "this happens 2x a year, Xmas and NYD. On NYD it is because half of Chicago is hungover and the other half is dead." "...isn't there some number of childr--" "YOU HEARD ME."

Me, 2 weeks ago: "well we're leaving the house a mess, but we're going to NH, that's future Brad's problem" Me, today: "...Past Brad is a jackass" #HappyNewYear?