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Maybe this is just me being too Catholic, but this Protestant solo fidelis garbage is straight-up evil.
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Maybe this is just me being too Catholic, but this Protestant solo fidelis garbage is straight-up evil.
This is like the time a girl promised me she was on birth control and I ended up having to pay for an abortion.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is like the time a girl promised me she was on birth control and I ended up having to pay for an abortion.
____ died as he lived: alone, unloved, unmourned, unmissed, and, fundamentally, unimportant.
Give me the opening line of the spite obit you’d write. No need to identify the decedent. Let fly.
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
____ died as he lived: alone, unloved, unmourned, unmissed, and, fundamentally, unimportant.
I'm not completely at ease on Obergefell; this was a spectacularly poor vehicle to revisit it and I'm slightly concerned that there will be enough votes for a cert grant if it comes up in a more appropriate procedural posture.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DECLINED to revisit its landmark ruling legalizing gay marriage in the United States.
For years, Democrats have fought to make marriage equality the law of the land. Today, the Supreme Court reaffirmed our vision of progress for all Americans.
For years, Democrats have fought to make marriage equality the law of the land. Today, the Supreme Court reaffirmed our vision of progress for all Americans.
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I'm not completely at ease on Obergefell; this was a spectacularly poor vehicle to revisit it and I'm slightly concerned that there will be enough votes for a cert grant if it comes up in a more appropriate procedural posture.
Finally, now I can live my lifelong dream of eating an entire humpback whale in one sitting.
Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
a man with a mustache says there be whales here in a dark room
Alt: Scotty from Star Trek Original Series (played by Jimmy Doohan) says there be whales here in a Klingon vessel's cargo hold.
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Finally, now I can live my lifelong dream of eating an entire humpback whale in one sitting.
The McRib (which is just a proxy for pork prices; it "comes back" when prices fall and "goes away" when prices rise) is an interesting economic artifact, because every time it's available I think "huh, I should get one of those" because they disappear long enough for me to forget they're disgusting.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The McRib (which is just a proxy for pork prices; it "comes back" when prices fall and "goes away" when prices rise) is an interesting economic artifact, because every time it's available I think "huh, I should get one of those" because they disappear long enough for me to forget they're disgusting.
Hey did you know that I've been paying for term life insurance for years and I haven't even died yet?
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Hey did you know that I've been paying for term life insurance for years and I haven't even died yet?
A fun thing about the Biblical flood story is that most every culture that lived anywhere near an ocean 10,000 years ago has a flood story; they're clearly all cultural memories of sea level rise in the wake of the melting of the Wisconsin glaciation; and credulous rubes ignore how cool that is.
The Today Show is currently giving a credulous report on researchers maybe "discovering" Noah's Ark. Like, the one from the Bible. A breathless, big-if-true report in which the principle "researcher" is quoting Genesis and the reporter is acting like the biblical flood story is a factual account.
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A fun thing about the Biblical flood story is that most every culture that lived anywhere near an ocean 10,000 years ago has a flood story; they're clearly all cultural memories of sea level rise in the wake of the melting of the Wisconsin glaciation; and credulous rubes ignore how cool that is.
There is a 0% chance Trump complies with this "requirement," and it's embarrassing that Kaine would say this out loud.
Federal workers should immediately call and write to Tim Kaine to demand he not capitulate to the Republicans in their name
(202) 224-3121
www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/share-your-opinion
(202) 224-3121
www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/share-your-opinion
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
There is a 0% chance Trump complies with this "requirement," and it's embarrassing that Kaine would say this out loud.
A fun thing about 50 year mortgages is that it takes 19 years to pay down 10% of the principle. Want to have half your principle paid off? That happens 40 years in. After 30 years, when you'd normally be done paying for your mortgage? You've paid down 26% of it.
Going to default on my 50 year mortgage when I’m 63 years old and break my ankle at work and the hospital bill is $78,000 and all the health insurance money the government put into my HSA is only $4,200. Should be fine though because I’ll can work it off in the debt mines.
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A fun thing about 50 year mortgages is that it takes 19 years to pay down 10% of the principle. Want to have half your principle paid off? That happens 40 years in. After 30 years, when you'd normally be done paying for your mortgage? You've paid down 26% of it.
Rose from Titanic
Name a villain you sympathize with.
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Rose from Titanic
This is such a bizarre circumstance that I can't find data on it, but some rough math tells me this should increase fuel burn by 50% for the flight (Google's AI summary gives the wrong answer because the question is so unusual that it misinterpreted it as 8000' below standard cruising altitude).
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
This is such a bizarre circumstance that I can't find data on it, but some rough math tells me this should increase fuel burn by 50% for the flight (Google's AI summary gives the wrong answer because the question is so unusual that it misinterpreted it as 8000' below standard cruising altitude).
Those are the ones built by kissmate
November 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Those are the ones built by kissmate
This is insanity; subsidize interest rates instead. 30 year mortgage rates are currently averaging 6.15%.
At 6.15%, a 30 year, $400,000 mortgage would cost $2,436/ month.
A 50 year, $400,000 mortgage at 6.15% would cost $2,150/ month.
A 30 year, $400,000 mortgage at 5% would cost $2,147/ month.
At 6.15%, a 30 year, $400,000 mortgage would cost $2,436/ month.
A 50 year, $400,000 mortgage at 6.15% would cost $2,150/ month.
A 30 year, $400,000 mortgage at 5% would cost $2,147/ month.
Oh good. the 50-year mortgage. That should solve everything.
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 AM
This is insanity; subsidize interest rates instead. 30 year mortgage rates are currently averaging 6.15%.
At 6.15%, a 30 year, $400,000 mortgage would cost $2,436/ month.
A 50 year, $400,000 mortgage at 6.15% would cost $2,150/ month.
A 30 year, $400,000 mortgage at 5% would cost $2,147/ month.
At 6.15%, a 30 year, $400,000 mortgage would cost $2,436/ month.
A 50 year, $400,000 mortgage at 6.15% would cost $2,150/ month.
A 30 year, $400,000 mortgage at 5% would cost $2,147/ month.
To the extent that any generation ever had economic opportunity "handed to" them, it was solely limited to US World War II veterans who were able to take advantage of the G.I. Bill. Which let my previously Dickensian-poor grandfather buy a modest house, but he still couldn't afford fresh vegetables.
People wildly overestimate the economic security experienced by past generations. There's no period in American history where significant numbers of young people were just handed high paying jobs. Nostalgia for a time that never existed is a huge problem.
Why Nikki Haley’s son went radical: His generation inherited insecurity.
I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
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I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
unherd.com/2025/11/why-...
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 AM
To the extent that any generation ever had economic opportunity "handed to" them, it was solely limited to US World War II veterans who were able to take advantage of the G.I. Bill. Which let my previously Dickensian-poor grandfather buy a modest house, but he still couldn't afford fresh vegetables.
Not gonna lie; one of the worst things about AI is that not too long ago, if someone felt the need to make people ask a question this objectively insane, they'd at least have to put some effort into.
Why is the bunny from Zootopia cradling Charlie Kirk's corpse?
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Not gonna lie; one of the worst things about AI is that not too long ago, if someone felt the need to make people ask a question this objectively insane, they'd at least have to put some effort into.
Finding out which specific "Kids" receive the money that this entity generates was a real trip for me.
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Finding out which specific "Kids" receive the money that this entity generates was a real trip for me.
Trump Administration officials are all about Confederate monuments; can we just reopen Andersonville and put them there?
Every time this stuff happens, my thought process begins to consider what kind of justice will be required in 3 years for these people.
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Trump Administration officials are all about Confederate monuments; can we just reopen Andersonville and put them there?
You want sci-fi that challenges norms? You want a book set on an alternate Earth where electricity is banned and telephones are powered by hydraulics? You want a book that's all about how great incest is? You need Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle.
Absolutely! Sci-fi often breaks boundaries. As Ursula K. Le Guin said, “The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty.” What’s your favorite sci-fi work that challenges norms? 🪐📚 #SciFi
Entirely expected that science fiction is the only genre where it's even close to equal.
November 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
You want sci-fi that challenges norms? You want a book set on an alternate Earth where electricity is banned and telephones are powered by hydraulics? You want a book that's all about how great incest is? You need Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle.
This is like in The Tommyknockers when the people start to turn into aliens and they have to put on makeup to keep passing as human.
November 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This is like in The Tommyknockers when the people start to turn into aliens and they have to put on makeup to keep passing as human.
Elon demanding more from a chatbot than he ever offered his children.
Elon has never experienced this and neither have his biggest fans but now they can create these visuals with the help of a computermachine
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Elon demanding more from a chatbot than he ever offered his children.
This is the fundamental economic problem with the AI bubble: you have unfathomable amounts of resources being poured into *rapidly depreciating* assets. It's like building a billion Liberty Ships that will only last 5 years, but we're not at war.
Also, I think the complete crash and burn of Stadia et al is relevant here: there’s no reason to assume a priori that this is a technology that people will want to be remote. We’re ten years max away from being able to fit GPT5-equivalent inference on our phones and then what?
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is the fundamental economic problem with the AI bubble: you have unfathomable amounts of resources being poured into *rapidly depreciating* assets. It's like building a billion Liberty Ships that will only last 5 years, but we're not at war.
My father was the worst kind of Rush Limbaugh accolyte. Big Trump fan. He used to read these really weird, like, right- wing propaganda Tom Clancy knockoff novels. One was about Saddam Hussein stealing the Declaration of Independence, and the US launching a full military operation to recover it.
…copy of the Resolute Desk on display in the Mar-a-Lago lobby..
He had it removed for renovation earlier and it did reappear. One can hope it’s a replica.
He had it removed for renovation earlier and it did reappear. One can hope it’s a replica.
November 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
My father was the worst kind of Rush Limbaugh accolyte. Big Trump fan. He used to read these really weird, like, right- wing propaganda Tom Clancy knockoff novels. One was about Saddam Hussein stealing the Declaration of Independence, and the US launching a full military operation to recover it.
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
Um. Uh. Hmm. What?
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Um. Uh. Hmm. What?