Lovely Horse
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"if" "might" ENOUGH WITH ALLOWING WEASEL WORDS TO BE PUBLISHED IN PURPORTEDLY SERIOUS ESSAYS. This guy has *literally* made up a person to be mad at and editors are still treating it as serious writing?
January 16, 2026 at 4:41 PM
"if" "might" ENOUGH WITH ALLOWING WEASEL WORDS TO BE PUBLISHED IN PURPORTEDLY SERIOUS ESSAYS. This guy has *literally* made up a person to be mad at and editors are still treating it as serious writing?
"Best for me to stay compliant with my organization's cybersecurity policies" has a nice ring to it.
January 15, 2026 at 8:34 PM
"Best for me to stay compliant with my organization's cybersecurity policies" has a nice ring to it.
I've put 4,000 hours into Call of Duty. I've put 0 hours into Civil Disobedience Simulator 2000.
Q.E.D.
Q.E.D.
January 15, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I've put 4,000 hours into Call of Duty. I've put 0 hours into Civil Disobedience Simulator 2000.
Q.E.D.
Q.E.D.
Just up-and-leaving does plenty to gum up the works, it doesn't need to be an elaborate 12-point plan to sabotage things clandestinely.
January 13, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Just up-and-leaving does plenty to gum up the works, it doesn't need to be an elaborate 12-point plan to sabotage things clandestinely.
Also important to note, a large number of these limbo situations aren't tough 50-50 toss-ups with big trade-offs. When explained, people overwhelmingly agree that "this person should be let in, it's just common sense". Dreamers have like 80% support!
January 7, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Also important to note, a large number of these limbo situations aren't tough 50-50 toss-ups with big trade-offs. When explained, people overwhelmingly agree that "this person should be let in, it's just common sense". Dreamers have like 80% support!
Hitting range balls with a pitcher of beer (hopefully this is still a thing) at Potomac is every American's god given right.
December 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hitting range balls with a pitcher of beer (hopefully this is still a thing) at Potomac is every American's god given right.
"Florida Man and Utah Man Become Friends" is a nightmare headline
December 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"Florida Man and Utah Man Become Friends" is a nightmare headline
And for any self-conscious paper pushers out there, you absolutely should incorporate storytelling ideas into your presentations! Just leave out the entitlement and work on it--skill-building is also character-building!
December 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
And for any self-conscious paper pushers out there, you absolutely should incorporate storytelling ideas into your presentations! Just leave out the entitlement and work on it--skill-building is also character-building!
Well, you see, I attended a conference that included a one hour session about incorporating storytelling ideas into my work presentations.
Ergo, I am entitled to be considered a master artiste.
Ergo, I am entitled to be considered a master artiste.
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Well, you see, I attended a conference that included a one hour session about incorporating storytelling ideas into my work presentations.
Ergo, I am entitled to be considered a master artiste.
Ergo, I am entitled to be considered a master artiste.
And measurably improve the quality of life in every single urban + suburban area (rurals, you’ll have to just live with the safety improvements or just get the legislature to raise speed limits on rural roads.
December 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
And measurably improve the quality of life in every single urban + suburban area (rurals, you’ll have to just live with the safety improvements or just get the legislature to raise speed limits on rural roads.
City of Charlottesville being asked to inconvenience motorists to keep people and kids safe: ew no
City of Charlottesville seeing an opportunity to inconvenience motorists for no reason at all: tell me more!
City of Charlottesville seeing an opportunity to inconvenience motorists for no reason at all: tell me more!
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
City of Charlottesville being asked to inconvenience motorists to keep people and kids safe: ew no
City of Charlottesville seeing an opportunity to inconvenience motorists for no reason at all: tell me more!
City of Charlottesville seeing an opportunity to inconvenience motorists for no reason at all: tell me more!
When I lived in South Carolina, I would email the people who wrote "pedestrian struck" cop stenography to point out that when people weren't in a crosswalk, the nearest marked crosswalk was [distance]. Typically 1/4 or 1/2 a mile-adding up to an extra 1/2 or full mile in distance just to cross!
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
When I lived in South Carolina, I would email the people who wrote "pedestrian struck" cop stenography to point out that when people weren't in a crosswalk, the nearest marked crosswalk was [distance]. Typically 1/4 or 1/2 a mile-adding up to an extra 1/2 or full mile in distance just to cross!
I'm personally excited for it because it definitely works for us. But, when I was reading again about the man killed down by the Chicken Strip, I immediately thought about how we were relegated to building one-off infrastructure that is functionally useless to him and anyone else down there.
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I'm personally excited for it because it definitely works for us. But, when I was reading again about the man killed down by the Chicken Strip, I immediately thought about how we were relegated to building one-off infrastructure that is functionally useless to him and anyone else down there.
I don't know exactly who needs to hear this, but: Avoidance of harm to yourself is a moral consideration. It's not *the only* moral consideration by any means (there are plenty of situations where I would harm my career for a greater good), but please consider it and incorporate it wherever you can!
December 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I don't know exactly who needs to hear this, but: Avoidance of harm to yourself is a moral consideration. It's not *the only* moral consideration by any means (there are plenty of situations where I would harm my career for a greater good), but please consider it and incorporate it wherever you can!
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I connected a WiFi enabled solenoid valve to a hose and set up a script on my phone so when the camera detected a squirrel it got blasted with the hose briefly. It was very effective.
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I connected a WiFi enabled solenoid valve to a hose and set up a script on my phone so when the camera detected a squirrel it got blasted with the hose briefly. It was very effective.
Huh, I wonder if climate change might have a downstream impact on material prosperity? Well, anyway, I'm 12 years old and can't keep this train of thought going any longer. Drill, baby, drill.
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Huh, I wonder if climate change might have a downstream impact on material prosperity? Well, anyway, I'm 12 years old and can't keep this train of thought going any longer. Drill, baby, drill.
This can only encourage the world's most boring and un-artistic tagger. The only thing I'll nominate to be named in honor of Seb is the Dewberry hotel.
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This can only encourage the world's most boring and un-artistic tagger. The only thing I'll nominate to be named in honor of Seb is the Dewberry hotel.
Larry Summers isn’t the foot of anything important. He’s more like a rabid raccoon who keeps getting in your trash.
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Larry Summers isn’t the foot of anything important. He’s more like a rabid raccoon who keeps getting in your trash.
Yes, I remember seeing it in a college lecture back in 2010-ish
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Yes, I remember seeing it in a college lecture back in 2010-ish
I was physically abroad at the time and living out-of-state and I still remember reading about it that same day. It certainly hit some level of national or international news. But it certainly didn't remain a story for long outside of Virginia/Charlottesville/UVA.
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I was physically abroad at the time and living out-of-state and I still remember reading about it that same day. It certainly hit some level of national or international news. But it certainly didn't remain a story for long outside of Virginia/Charlottesville/UVA.
Beam me up, Scottie.
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Beam me up, Scottie.
I'm on Team 30 Rock when it comes to comparing them, but Parks & Rec is absolutely worth watching even today.
November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I'm on Team 30 Rock when it comes to comparing them, but Parks & Rec is absolutely worth watching even today.
What’s the name of the premium stuff that doesn’t kill the environment?
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
What’s the name of the premium stuff that doesn’t kill the environment?