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Stay at home dad. Maker of sawdust. Public policy designed by and for the top 1% is the precursor to a failed state
I cannot think of a single purpose for anyone, even our current capitalist system, that anyone needs more than $3 million*. And I think if for some reason you think that you do, you should have to petition the entire country (with reasons) how much more and why.
* really $1.5 million at best
* really $1.5 million at best
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I cannot think of a single purpose for anyone, even our current capitalist system, that anyone needs more than $3 million*. And I think if for some reason you think that you do, you should have to petition the entire country (with reasons) how much more and why.
* really $1.5 million at best
* really $1.5 million at best
The day after thanksgiving, also known as “fuck me, I can’t even remember buying some of these dishes.”
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The day after thanksgiving, also known as “fuck me, I can’t even remember buying some of these dishes.”
He might have decided a life of imprisonment in the US was better than getting tortured and killed in Afghanistan
It may be premature to treat this as traditional terrorism.
It sounds like this guy was one of the people everyone involved in Afghanistan said should be protected, bc going back would be a death sentence.
Also note his aptitudes would come from Special Forces/CIA.
It sounds like this guy was one of the people everyone involved in Afghanistan said should be protected, bc going back would be a death sentence.
Also note his aptitudes would come from Special Forces/CIA.
With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
He might have decided a life of imprisonment in the US was better than getting tortured and killed in Afghanistan
This is the shit that will be getting someone tarred and feathered or castle doctrined, and make it way more likely that DHS will be targeted because if you thought no one trusted them now, wait until a bunch of (worse-trained) dipshits start running around thinking they’re boba fett
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is the shit that will be getting someone tarred and feathered or castle doctrined, and make it way more likely that DHS will be targeted because if you thought no one trusted them now, wait until a bunch of (worse-trained) dipshits start running around thinking they’re boba fett
I love (am happy with) LED lights, but they seriously over-promised lifespan. I feel like having an LED lightbulb last more than a year is a miracle. I’m certain that it’s crap manufacturing, but the “up to” in “lasts up to 15 years” is doing a _lot_ of heavy lifting.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I love (am happy with) LED lights, but they seriously over-promised lifespan. I feel like having an LED lightbulb last more than a year is a miracle. I’m certain that it’s crap manufacturing, but the “up to” in “lasts up to 15 years” is doing a _lot_ of heavy lifting.
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movie posters featuring the muppets: thread
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
movie posters featuring the muppets: thread
I was wondering why RFKj opened all of his HHS morning meetings with “good morning my canyons!”
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I was wondering why RFKj opened all of his HHS morning meetings with “good morning my canyons!”
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You know what's an actual physical barrier in an urban environment? All the cars permanently parked on the pavements making it impossible to walk on them.
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
You know what's an actual physical barrier in an urban environment? All the cars permanently parked on the pavements making it impossible to walk on them.
My first rule of tech management after 30 years:
Process is pants. You can always decide to go without, but if so, you always run the risk of everyone getting to see your naked ass flapping in the wind.
Process is pants. You can always decide to go without, but if so, you always run the risk of everyone getting to see your naked ass flapping in the wind.
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
My first rule of tech management after 30 years:
Process is pants. You can always decide to go without, but if so, you always run the risk of everyone getting to see your naked ass flapping in the wind.
Process is pants. You can always decide to go without, but if so, you always run the risk of everyone getting to see your naked ass flapping in the wind.
Clothing catalog art directors have apparently decided to emulate “prestige TV” lighting design so you have no clue what the clothing (that I guess is the point of the model in the catalog) looks like.
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Clothing catalog art directors have apparently decided to emulate “prestige TV” lighting design so you have no clue what the clothing (that I guess is the point of the model in the catalog) looks like.
Ryan might not be the _most_ craven Portland city politician ever, but he definitely qualifies for the Cowardly Politician Olympic Team and is a dark horse for a podium finish
Dan Ryan sent out a newsletter about how we should not do anything in Portland that might upset Trump. Portland needs courage, not this pathetic coward!
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Ryan might not be the _most_ craven Portland city politician ever, but he definitely qualifies for the Cowardly Politician Olympic Team and is a dark horse for a podium finish
Personally, I don’t care who or what people _consensually_ do sex stuff with.
Why do the people who do seem to have issues with sex stuff also feel the need to tell everyone all about the sex _they’re_ doing?
Why do the people who do seem to have issues with sex stuff also feel the need to tell everyone all about the sex _they’re_ doing?
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Personally, I don’t care who or what people _consensually_ do sex stuff with.
Why do the people who do seem to have issues with sex stuff also feel the need to tell everyone all about the sex _they’re_ doing?
Why do the people who do seem to have issues with sex stuff also feel the need to tell everyone all about the sex _they’re_ doing?
Everyone keeps saying she’s a bad writer. I disagree. Every one of those words were definitely written. There’s probably 30k words in that book. Takes a lot to write down that many words. A person can’t write that many words and not be good at it
This is so fucking bad. It’s like a parody of bad writing. It’s a sketch on The State.
November 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Everyone keeps saying she’s a bad writer. I disagree. Every one of those words were definitely written. There’s probably 30k words in that book. Takes a lot to write down that many words. A person can’t write that many words and not be good at it
Her writing looks is shaped like “good writing,” it’s full of metaphors and imagery and short, punchy sentences that look like they might have meaning. The “I’ve _read_ Hemingway, and it _looks_ like this” style of prose that many aspiring high schoolers use.
But Hemingway actually said something
But Hemingway actually said something
women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Her writing looks is shaped like “good writing,” it’s full of metaphors and imagery and short, punchy sentences that look like they might have meaning. The “I’ve _read_ Hemingway, and it _looks_ like this” style of prose that many aspiring high schoolers use.
But Hemingway actually said something
But Hemingway actually said something
The trump admin has proven that there are serious advantages to “decentralized and compartmentalized” bureaucracies, both in a positive examples and major negative ones (DHS).
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The trump admin has proven that there are serious advantages to “decentralized and compartmentalized” bureaucracies, both in a positive examples and major negative ones (DHS).
When these pieces of shit die, there needs to be an annual pilgrimage, like visiting Mecca, where we get to piss on all of their remains
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
When these pieces of shit die, there needs to be an annual pilgrimage, like visiting Mecca, where we get to piss on all of their remains
Whatever new constitution we come up with after [all this bullshit] it desperately needs several “no confidence/snap election” triggers in it. The US is so calcified by ineffective governments and un-assailable politicians because they’re not up for reelection for decades
November 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Whatever new constitution we come up with after [all this bullshit] it desperately needs several “no confidence/snap election” triggers in it. The US is so calcified by ineffective governments and un-assailable politicians because they’re not up for reelection for decades
I think the clearest way to understand how non-wealthy Americans understand wealth is that they believe that “soon,” as long as they [do something magical] they too will be able to buy a new (luxury) car as a holiday gift for their loved ones.
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I think the clearest way to understand how non-wealthy Americans understand wealth is that they believe that “soon,” as long as they [do something magical] they too will be able to buy a new (luxury) car as a holiday gift for their loved ones.
I did enjoy the Tylenol commercial before the Thorns game started. “Tylenol. No matter what the idiots in the government say, it doesn’t cause fucking autism.”
No notes, Tylenol. Well done
No notes, Tylenol. Well done
November 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I did enjoy the Tylenol commercial before the Thorns game started. “Tylenol. No matter what the idiots in the government say, it doesn’t cause fucking autism.”
No notes, Tylenol. Well done
No notes, Tylenol. Well done
Have the thorns been on the attacking half of the field yet? I feel like that might be helpful for scoring some goals
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Have the thorns been on the attacking half of the field yet? I feel like that might be helpful for scoring some goals
Once again showing that the _only_ job fully replaceable by AI are CEOs
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: ‘When you lock things up…you don’t sell as many of them’
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: 'When you lock things up…you don't sell as many of them’
Walgreens' CEO talked about the flip side of investing in increased security on a recent earnings call.
fortune.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Once again showing that the _only_ job fully replaceable by AI are CEOs
Yes, famously undocumented immigrants, here working mostly low paying jobs that they send as much as possible home to their families, out here buying all the condos near the lakefront and all the mcmansions in the exurbs.
In addition to being straight-up Nazi rhetoric, the "undocumented immigrants caused the housing crisis" lie seems designed to drive me, personally, insane.
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Yes, famously undocumented immigrants, here working mostly low paying jobs that they send as much as possible home to their families, out here buying all the condos near the lakefront and all the mcmansions in the exurbs.
A world in which i feel sympathy for Boebert… I am actively scanning the sky for incoming swine
My god (sorry I’m late on a bunch of this stuff. But wow!)
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
A world in which i feel sympathy for Boebert… I am actively scanning the sky for incoming swine
Of course Epstein is involved with shady non-rapey shit with everyone in the current government. If this doesn’t destroy the government, I can’t imagine anything will
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Of course Epstein is involved with shady non-rapey shit with everyone in the current government. If this doesn’t destroy the government, I can’t imagine anything will
I feel like if preznit trump doesn’t want to be the “most investigated president ever” maybe he shouldn’t be involved in too many crimes
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I feel like if preznit trump doesn’t want to be the “most investigated president ever” maybe he shouldn’t be involved in too many crimes