escalator
@escalator.bsky.social
where to, now?
politics and fin/econ rubbernecking, interests include 🏃♂️🏠🚍🎮🎲🃏📽️📺🏈🐶
Not the UN escalator.
politics and fin/econ rubbernecking, interests include 🏃♂️🏠🚍🎮🎲🃏📽️📺🏈🐶
Not the UN escalator.
Pinned
Saints Row 4 was the best game in that series and I’m tired of pretending its not
Anyway, when I was playing SR4 for the first time and "I don't want to miss a thing" started playing while my character jumped and grabbed onto the side of a launching nuclear warhead, I had to pause the game because I was laughing so hard
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Saints Row 4 was the best game in that series and I’m tired of pretending its not
oh, i see
anyway, a fine reminder as always: “i am not a member of any organized political party. i am a democrat”
anyway, a fine reminder as always: “i am not a member of any organized political party. i am a democrat”
man, i wasn’t even away for a week, what have you people been doing
Golikehellmachine deactivated. I saw a post from him last night musing that he might stay down till the end of the month or year.
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
oh, i see
anyway, a fine reminder as always: “i am not a member of any organized political party. i am a democrat”
anyway, a fine reminder as always: “i am not a member of any organized political party. i am a democrat”
man, i wasn’t even away for a week, what have you people been doing
Golikehellmachine deactivated. I saw a post from him last night musing that he might stay down till the end of the month or year.
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
man, i wasn’t even away for a week, what have you people been doing
phone cases are for cowards
Do you have a firmest belief?
I’m texting a friend who just said “X is my firmest belief,” and I don’t mind telling you he sent me into an existential vortex of disbelief and non-meaning because I do not know what the hell my firmest belief is.
I’m texting a friend who just said “X is my firmest belief,” and I don’t mind telling you he sent me into an existential vortex of disbelief and non-meaning because I do not know what the hell my firmest belief is.
November 6, 2025 at 5:39 AM
phone cases are for cowards
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AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
you have to admire the Jets, they’re going to see a real jump in YCR/s moving forward
(Young Careers Ruined per season)
(Young Careers Ruined per season)
Jets draft picks next two years:
2026
1st-round pick (NYJ)
1st-round pick (IND)
2nd-round pick (NYJ)
2nd-round pick (DAL)
2027
1st-round pick (NYJ)
1st-round pick (DAL)
1st-round pick (IND)
2026
1st-round pick (NYJ)
1st-round pick (IND)
2nd-round pick (NYJ)
2nd-round pick (DAL)
2027
1st-round pick (NYJ)
1st-round pick (DAL)
1st-round pick (IND)
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
you have to admire the Jets, they’re going to see a real jump in YCR/s moving forward
(Young Careers Ruined per season)
(Young Careers Ruined per season)
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there’s some people who want you to open the door so they can come in and join, and there’s others who want you to open the door so they can come in and destroy the tent, and there’s the ones who want you to open the door because they love nothing more than pissing into the tent from the outside
November 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
there’s some people who want you to open the door so they can come in and join, and there’s others who want you to open the door so they can come in and destroy the tent, and there’s the ones who want you to open the door because they love nothing more than pissing into the tent from the outside
Nice! I think Knizia really put it well:
“When playing a game, the goal is to win, but it is the goal that is important, not the winning.”
“When playing a game, the goal is to win, but it is the goal that is important, not the winning.”
New comic! Why write hundreds of board game guides when one piece of advice fits all? 😎🎲
You can read this week's blog post at
semicoop.com/comic/one-guide-to-rule-them-all/ #boardgames
You can read this week's blog post at
semicoop.com/comic/one-guide-to-rule-them-all/ #boardgames
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Nice! I think Knizia really put it well:
“When playing a game, the goal is to win, but it is the goal that is important, not the winning.”
“When playing a game, the goal is to win, but it is the goal that is important, not the winning.”
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Like, literally all Jen Psaki did was talk about how amazing they were doing at getting the economy back up and going, and every single reporter in that room would spend the next full day doing nothing but tweeting palace intrigue bullshit. You cannot message your way out of that media environment.
November 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Like, literally all Jen Psaki did was talk about how amazing they were doing at getting the economy back up and going, and every single reporter in that room would spend the next full day doing nothing but tweeting palace intrigue bullshit. You cannot message your way out of that media environment.
“I’m the Speaker of the House. That’s what I do. I don’t drink and I don’t know things.”
Raju: Last week, you were very critical of Biden, you said he didn’t even know who was pardoning. On 60 minutes, Trump admitted not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire guilty of money laundering. Is that also concerning?
Johnson: I don’t know anything about it.
Johnson: I don’t know anything about it.
November 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“I’m the Speaker of the House. That’s what I do. I don’t drink and I don’t know things.”
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Important questions that have not been answered yet and will never be answered. Because if you open the mystery box you realize it's full of crap.
"he wished the Democrats had held a new primary to elect a presidential candidate"
HOW? WHEN? And, perhaps most importantly, WHY WOULD THIS HAVE BEEN BETTER?
HOW? WHEN? And, perhaps most importantly, WHY WOULD THIS HAVE BEEN BETTER?
This man has learned absolutely nothing from the last election cycle.
It's not that he thinks replacing Biden was a mistake, oh no, he still stands by his op-ed from last summer; it's just that she was the replacement.
apple.news/Al39bFBpbR8a...
It's not that he thinks replacing Biden was a mistake, oh no, he still stands by his op-ed from last summer; it's just that she was the replacement.
apple.news/Al39bFBpbR8a...
November 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Important questions that have not been answered yet and will never be answered. Because if you open the mystery box you realize it's full of crap.
okay when the pats are splitting RB touches evenly between treveyon and terrell jennings, that's the point where you really do have to ask exactly what the fuck
November 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
okay when the pats are splitting RB touches evenly between treveyon and terrell jennings, that's the point where you really do have to ask exactly what the fuck
anyway baseball fans, i’m happy for you or sorry that happened
i’m gonna go get late night cheese sticks now tho
i’m gonna go get late night cheese sticks now tho
November 2, 2025 at 5:05 AM
anyway baseball fans, i’m happy for you or sorry that happened
i’m gonna go get late night cheese sticks now tho
i’m gonna go get late night cheese sticks now tho
the willenium wasn’t fake, just slow to arrive
For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
November 2, 2025 at 5:02 AM
the willenium wasn’t fake, just slow to arrive
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you baseball perverts deserve this, in both the positive and negative senses
November 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
you baseball perverts deserve this, in both the positive and negative senses
you baseball perverts deserve this, in both the positive and negative senses
November 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
you baseball perverts deserve this, in both the positive and negative senses
persuadable voter behavior is explainable by 30% total lack of object permanence, 30% oppositional defiance disorder, 30% inflation+unemployment, and 10% whether they had a lil snack before voting/polling
tell me i’m wrong
tell me i’m wrong
so far during trump's second term, when democrats have "increased the salience of immigration," this has had the effect of significantly decreasing trump's approval rating. effect is moderated through rising negative press coverage of trump's immigration policy
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/kilmar-abr...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/kilmar-abr...
October 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
persuadable voter behavior is explainable by 30% total lack of object permanence, 30% oppositional defiance disorder, 30% inflation+unemployment, and 10% whether they had a lil snack before voting/polling
tell me i’m wrong
tell me i’m wrong
actually y’know, gonna delete that ME-politics related post, as tired of it as the rest of you, discretion better part of valor, etc etc
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
actually y’know, gonna delete that ME-politics related post, as tired of it as the rest of you, discretion better part of valor, etc etc
the bearest of all bear signals
Law school is back (it's not shown in the chart because it's so early and the numbers so volatile, but as of yesterday the number of applicants for next year was up another 28%).
From new column, with gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
From new column, with gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
October 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
the bearest of all bear signals
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A nice thick chili is delicious and good and an actual meal
Soup is just food bits in a savory beverage, awful vibes
Soup is just food bits in a savory beverage, awful vibes
October 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A nice thick chili is delicious and good and an actual meal
Soup is just food bits in a savory beverage, awful vibes
Soup is just food bits in a savory beverage, awful vibes