Only thing that beats a cabal is a junta

Nothing like watching a first-timer attempt to operate a Coke Freestyle machine. And as much as I’d like to attribute that to the continuing decline of civilization, the fact is that machine is too complicated for its own good, especially for what should be an idiot-proof function.

when my kids were little i knew all the things, now i don’t know any of the things. what are the things

Caught The Matrix on the original release in Berlin on the 4th of July. Spoke only English all day.

Bourbon barrel stout in the mainline mothetfucker

learning is doing. whoever is doing the talking is doing the learning. whoever is doing the production is doing the learning.

Y’all, this is NOT how bidets work.

1. Clue 2. Princess Bride 3. The Shawshank Redemption 4. Jurassic Park 5. Holy Grail I listen to these movies at work sometimes when my podcasts suck. I’ve seen them so many times that I don’t need to watch anymore, but I still love every second.

I deliberately realigned my Thanksgiving pie lineup so that I wouldn’t be stuck finishing off an apple pie that nobody else ate. The chocolate went first serving. The pumpkin lasted until the next dinner. And now I’m slogging through a goddamn pecan pie solo. It’s a weight watchers horror story.

“MY PEOPLE!”

One of the best perks of hosting Thanksgiving is being able to shut down bullshit ranting. No, random distant relative: that shit does not fly in my house.

First time my current oven died was on Thanksgiving day. Went to bake the bread I’d been working and was unpleasantly surprised to find no preheating, or heating of any kind. Still, wrapped it up and managed to cadge enough time in my in-laws oven to get it on the table.

I will never get this out of my head

listen, recipe video woman, don't make exaggerated 'this tastes so good!' faces at me, i am not an infant and am already familiar with both food and eating, thanks

If it’s below 50 degrees you’re not obligated to do anything. I think it’s in the constitution

Your ability to survive in a service industry job is directly related to the amount of shit you’re willing to take, possibly with a smile, without coming completely uncorked in public. This is true regardless of the color of your collar.

There just isn’t enough time to roast a chicken on a school night. It IS humping delicious, though. Paired it with these Kenji potatoes, so now even though it’s late, all tummies are happy:

Great/disturbing new video by @bennjordan.bsky.social

I think it’s bullshit that the supposed five best teams in college football are all Red teams. Nobody likes a Red team! You’ve gotta go down to 8 (8!) to find a team that ISN’T Red, and that’s Oregon who can’t keep the same color uniforms on for 45 minutes. Le sigh.

Privacy for me but not for thee? Why not give *every* citizen the right to fight the disclosure of their personal data to the government without a warrant? Or make it mandatory for companies to disclose when they HAVE shared data with the government?

All carbs all the time at my house! #pastasunday (even on Saturday)

Every time someone posts with “hmu” I have to stop and think, “Wait, did *another* school come up to Division 1?”

i am going to harp on this forever. when energy is free, which it is going to be really early here, the whole world changes. the story of human life is the story of energy. when it is free everything is going to change.

Tennessee’s state house is frankly unredeemable, and is so badly gerrymandered already that there’s no cavalry coming. If these people could be shamed, they wouldn’t have already done what they did.

Go sit at the bar, even if you don’t drink.

Chicken and spinach ravioli in process #pastasunday

I hate the Amazon Prime NBA announcers. Luckily, we’re buffering so often that they’re impossible to hear. Good work, team!

At a roadside restaurant in Quebec, we’re obviously American. Their poutine is a revelation. The cook comes out to chat (!) wearing a flat cap covered in pictures of fruit. “What’s up with the hat?” we ask. “Is passionfruit. The hat is the fruit, but underneath, here is the passion!”

A haunted house, but every room is a person who looks vaguely familiar and greets you warmly by name but who you don’t recognize.

OMG there’s a chicken roasting in the oven and it smells like heaven

You can help! Map the cameras in your area at deflock.me and tell your friends! Complain to your local government! Avoid shopping centers that use them!

Went to make a rum drink tonight but my favorite rum was all gone. Then looked for the backup rum and it was gone too. Now I’m drinking the “break glass in case of emergency” rum from the back of the cabinet and this stuff is straight ass. Still better than sobriety.

AECOM is the second biggest AE firm IN THE WORLD, AND is publicly traded. Seems like a lot of exposure that can’t be dodged on their part.

I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭

As a blue island in a red state (that might get gerrymandered out of existence if SCOTUS has its way) I feel this. There are friends everywhere!

Day 18 - WICKED 💚🩷 #SuperBatober #Inktober #inktober2025

Felt a case of chicken enchiladas coming on yesterday but couldn’t get to it. Perhaps protest enchiladas tonight?

Two reminders about tonight’s UNC/Cal game: 1. The University of California - Berkeley has no business being in the Atlantic Coast Conference 2. Cal’s Memorial Stadium is built DIRECTLY ON TOP OF the Hayward Fault. This level of cognitive dissonance may be sufficient to trigger it.

I want to take a moment out of the despair/rage doom loop and mourn the loss of Susan Stamberg. Her voice was always the cue that there was delightful radio imminent - clever art, fascinating people, some overlooked gem which was gonna mean a Driveway Moment.

A heartfelt love letter from the ever-delightful @lubellwoo.bsky.social who as ever wrings beauty from both the sweet and bitter.

Taken together with impoundments, this would break everything. The president is claiming the power to not spend money he doesn't want to and now also to spend money where it's not allowed. And SCOTUS might say no one has standing to stop him. That would make him an appropriations king.

Mother sauce 101.

Save the planet. Ask me your stupid questions instead of ai and give me $10. I'll get it right 20-40% of the time and I require very little water

Iowa State is Kansas but for football

every day citizens are not supposed to worry about politics all week in a functioning republic

Did you hear about the guy who dipped his balls in glitter? Pretty nuts, right?

“I get no kick from champagne…”

Spent three hours or so making gnocchi from scratch for #pastasunday and ate the whole lot in like 10 minutes flat. Good, but worth it?

The gym used to be more effective. For example, I used to go for about 6 weeks, achieve a complete reset and then be able to stop going until the next snug jeans crisis. Can't be that I'm now 45. Must be due to woke