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Nick Simmonds
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IRL support main | Hoosier expat | Wobbly | Utah Phillips socialist, not podcast socialist | left-YIMBY
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November 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
*chauffeured
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Still a steal for what they got, chauffered directly to their home.
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Poor man can barely afford to keep his entire family in delivery lobster, he clearly can't tip well
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Yeah a few of us ran the numbers on his local Doordash at the time and he left like a 5% tip
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Wait till he finds out "esquire" means a noble rank just below a knight.
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Putting cheesecake in a dessert ranking is just throwing the game. It's like how in any ranking of US cities on basically any desirable measure you go "Well of course there's NYC, and then..."
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Well that's ridiculous, we should counter Russia by countering Russia? You'll never make it, you need to pivot to a pet political theory like "we need to counter Russia by eliminating the EITC".
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I hate how overused motte/bailey has become, but it's a prime example here, how they *want to* make the stronger claim that there are massive racial discrepancies in "IQ", but that doesn't hold up to scrutiny, so they fall back to "IQ differences based on genetics exist and that implies..."
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The only other source right now seems to be worse. I've taken the post down; it's not really cogent, just illustrative, and it's Maine's decision anyway.

ground.news/article/main...
Platner Misses Federal Filing Deadline as Senior Staff Departures Mount
Graham Platner’s U.S. Senate campaign failed to file his personal financial disclosure with the Secretary of the Senate, a requirement under the Ethics in Government Act that must be completed within ...
ground.news
November 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Meh, I'd still rather not spread this outlet, though. I'm just trying to point out that people keep having to explain away stuff he did as "whoops, what do you expect though?" and he's running for one of the most powerful positions in the world.
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I mean, okay, but he still actually did do this.
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM