Gonna go on an expelled congressman pilgrimage

German billionaire Theo Albrecht, cofounder of Aldi and owner of Trader Joe’s until his death in 2010, was kidnapped in 1971 and then tried to claim the ransom money (which was dropped off by the Bishop of Essen) as a tax-deductible business expense.

Shoutout to the struggling leftists trying to talk to their nyt- and npr-pilled moms about Gaza at the kitchen table. You are seen.

nyt reporters being criticized for publishing dozens of transphobic front-page stories about “the debate over gender affirming care for youth”

I love waking up to the times’ david leonhardt both-sides-ing for his life in my inbox

Thinking about how 10 years ago, people were tuning in to boring TED talks from PhDs about shit like Why Bias Is Important or The Secret To Career Success and now I consume cultural critique that’s 100x times more sophisticated and well-researched from female youtubers in their early 20s.

Someone is censoring free thought at Barnes and Noble.

“ And if you gaze for long into an abyss (blue sky), the abyss (blue sky) gazes also into you (reads your 5-post thread on restaurant water dispensers). “

The self-serve-water-dispenser-with-cups station at restaurants is the greatest cultural innovation I’ve witnessed in my life.

I hate muskourse so much but if you stay away from social media too long, you might see a sentence like this and get the bends

Florence pugh’s nipples should’ve gotten second billing for Oppenheimer. they were more impactful than rdj

patagonia vests r for people who want to seem like they care about climate change but they actually care about dodging the estate tax