The Loar Axe
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I got into this HVAC game for the action.
If a reality TV show aired 20+ years ago, I just assume that everyone from that show is dead. When I learn otherwise, I always find it surprising and, frankly, in rather poor taste. Show's over, Orange County Chopper guy. Get outta here.
January 19, 2026 at 4:57 AM
If a reality TV show aired 20+ years ago, I just assume that everyone from that show is dead. When I learn otherwise, I always find it surprising and, frankly, in rather poor taste. Show's over, Orange County Chopper guy. Get outta here.
I keep crawling back to the Ikea Billy. Embarrassing.
it’s a particular kind of humiliation for a long time book person to search the depths of their soul and their abode and say “damn, can’t believe I need another bookcase”
January 19, 2026 at 2:57 AM
I keep crawling back to the Ikea Billy. Embarrassing.
It seems like Greg Bovino doesn't realize that he's doomed to be a small footnote in the chapter of AP US History textbooks titled "America's Failed Attempt at a Fourth Reich." He thinks he's cooking.
January 18, 2026 at 10:41 PM
It seems like Greg Bovino doesn't realize that he's doomed to be a small footnote in the chapter of AP US History textbooks titled "America's Failed Attempt at a Fourth Reich." He thinks he's cooking.
This dude would have a wiki page that looks like a Quake 3 leaderboard.
January 18, 2026 at 9:45 PM
This dude would have a wiki page that looks like a Quake 3 leaderboard.
Do weird 13-year-olds still watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail? Teen-havers, report in.
January 18, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Do weird 13-year-olds still watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail? Teen-havers, report in.
It's nice that Bluesky is a sports site now. Have fun.
January 18, 2026 at 9:26 PM
It's nice that Bluesky is a sports site now. Have fun.
The Four Uncles You Meet In Heaven
January 18, 2026 at 7:07 AM
The Four Uncles You Meet In Heaven
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The People, Yes
it’s an odd feeling: there are dozens of people in my neighborhood whose names I don’t even know, but whose now-familiar voices give me strength and who I’d literally trust with my life. there are thousands in Minneapolis who I know I share an overriding purpose with - almost all anonymous to me
January 18, 2026 at 5:15 AM
The People, Yes
It's fun how Mendelssohn kept revising Symphony 4, but for ~170 years the entire classical musical world has said "yeah, but no" and kept performing the original revision. Anyway, V1 Mendelssohn was cooking.
Mendelssohn Symphony No 4 / Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker (remastered 2016)
YouTube video by cgoroo
www.youtube.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:35 AM
It's fun how Mendelssohn kept revising Symphony 4, but for ~170 years the entire classical musical world has said "yeah, but no" and kept performing the original revision. Anyway, V1 Mendelssohn was cooking.
1. We are living in the Golden Age of high-quality, well-designed paperback editions of Lud-in-the-Mist, which used to be impossible to find.
2. Julio Rodriguez is on a Hall of Fame trajectory, and we get to watch him in a Mariners uniform for another decade.
3. They sell 8lb buckets of tahini now
2. Julio Rodriguez is on a Hall of Fame trajectory, and we get to watch him in a Mariners uniform for another decade.
3. They sell 8lb buckets of tahini now
This site needs a break.
Post three good things, none of which are the cessation of a negative.
Post three good things, none of which are the cessation of a negative.
January 18, 2026 at 12:42 AM
1. We are living in the Golden Age of high-quality, well-designed paperback editions of Lud-in-the-Mist, which used to be impossible to find.
2. Julio Rodriguez is on a Hall of Fame trajectory, and we get to watch him in a Mariners uniform for another decade.
3. They sell 8lb buckets of tahini now
2. Julio Rodriguez is on a Hall of Fame trajectory, and we get to watch him in a Mariners uniform for another decade.
3. They sell 8lb buckets of tahini now
I love the idea of Everyman's Library and Library of America editions, but goddamn I wish they used thicker paper. My eyes cannot handle the ghost-text behind the page I'm trying to read.
January 17, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I love the idea of Everyman's Library and Library of America editions, but goddamn I wish they used thicker paper. My eyes cannot handle the ghost-text behind the page I'm trying to read.
It's an administration staffed almost entirely by the guys who get fired for looking at porn on their work computers instead of sending that spreadsheet their boss asked for.
will not be surprised if the subpoenas are never issued
NYT says subpoenas have not been issued. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
January 17, 2026 at 7:24 PM
It's an administration staffed almost entirely by the guys who get fired for looking at porn on their work computers instead of sending that spreadsheet their boss asked for.
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neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now
January 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM
neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now
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Hard agree. I'm increasingly just zero sympathy for the cowardly chauvinists who can't handle places where lots of different people get along together.
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Hard agree. I'm increasingly just zero sympathy for the cowardly chauvinists who can't handle places where lots of different people get along together.
I have been alerted to the existence of a ska cover of tMG's No Children.
January 17, 2026 at 4:41 AM
I have been alerted to the existence of a ska cover of tMG's No Children.
Also, think tanks working with Randy Barnett don't let him near their interns anymore.
Three generations of law professors making history up is enough.
Scholars spend decades researching and writing history with nuance and care.
American law professors will take a couple of months to relearn all of science to explain why the world is, in fact, flat.
Scholars spend decades researching and writing history with nuance and care.
American law professors will take a couple of months to relearn all of science to explain why the world is, in fact, flat.
January 17, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Also, think tanks working with Randy Barnett don't let him near their interns anymore.
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god she's so cool
I have the utmost respect for Senator Kaine and Senator Warner but we do not need “coaching” on redistricting coming from a cuck chair in the corner. How about you all stay focused on the fascist in the White House and let us handle redistricting in Virginia. 10-1
January 17, 2026 at 2:37 AM
god she's so cool
The People, Yes
Coordinated a beer drop by a white friend to deliver a 30-rack of Hamm’s to a Hispanic friend’s doorstep because his wife wouldn’t let him leave the house to go buy more beer for fear he’d be brutalized by lawless armed masked federal paramilitaries. This is Minnesota community. We take care of us.
January 17, 2026 at 2:33 AM
The People, Yes
I refuse to believe Tate Mcrae isn't an SEC lineman.
January 17, 2026 at 2:12 AM
I refuse to believe Tate Mcrae isn't an SEC lineman.
The People, Yes
all my neighbors are heroes
January 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM
The People, Yes
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The proper response to DOJ investigations like this is the same one that you should have when Trump talks about cancelling elections - “I’d like to see you motherfuckers try”
January 17, 2026 at 12:38 AM
The proper response to DOJ investigations like this is the same one that you should have when Trump talks about cancelling elections - “I’d like to see you motherfuckers try”
On top of everything else, isn't it weird that the President is a guy who wears Big Stupid Hats? sorry, the President doesnt get to do that, have some dignity.
The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others
Trump Admin Went Easy On A Red State After Punishing Blue States For The Same Exact Thing
Mississippi caught a break on an embezzlement scandal that funneled money to Brett Favre and others.
www.huffpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM
On top of everything else, isn't it weird that the President is a guy who wears Big Stupid Hats? sorry, the President doesnt get to do that, have some dignity.
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Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.