"'Who is the bestest cutest girl in the whole world?' is correct, let's see what you wagered..."

[billionaire edition]

4) fail to understand. then, because your entire identity is being the world's smartest special boy who can do no wrong, basically do #3 but with extra smugness and limitless resources

We often talk about ed policy in the abstract, but can't just re-run the simulation with a couple parameter tweaks.

Changes to policy *are* a form of policy: they teach kids that they can't trust the current rules. If it's a good change, you can explain it.

But it's often not, now... so you can't.

But we saw in the 2025 elections that faith in actual progressive values is a winner.

Innate charisma helps, but (for example) @ifbookspod.bsky.social pointed out how Cuomo and Adams supporters seem to hate NYC. Mamdani showed his love of the city, was ambitious, and overcame billionaires.

I know I'm not the first to do so, but I propose that the "adrift" left are far more important than the uninformed middle. Almost everyone still uninformed is surrounded by MAGA.

There are people who believe in progressive values, but can't support faithless leadership regardless of party.

[it felt like I had to post this now: my new year's resolution is fewer butt jokes, so it'd have been a week before I could post it again]

(accidentally overshooting) now it's a painus

But when I take 26% off my shorts for New Years it's suddenly "not appropriate church attire" and "aren't you cold in that"

Good Will Hunting told from the perspective of that guy who likes apples.

Aww, with an extra helping of nostalgia for NeXTSTEP.

We're 35 years on from this screenshot and most people *still* don't know the quiet joy of having truly custom apps on their main toolbar that aren't malware.

4. jerry, know

She would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for your middling showers.

It requires a balance that the founders might've been considering: house members are super-sensitive to their constituents, senators are hybridly-sensitive to their (at the time, and awful) state's interests.

The president only got reported upon on alternate Tuesdays instead of now and also NOW.

I say that as someone who has spent an unreasonable amount of my life writing software that handles different calendar/time systems, and is actually pretty tolerant about "we have a weird rule in this region of the world because..."

Across the board, it's the desire for rigidity that's the problem.

Or not starting work/school at the same clock hour all year. Humans used to work when the work needed to be done. There's plenty of evidence that teenagers (on average) have a later "natural" sleep schedule. Many jobs already involve collaboration across time zones. Just have "winter start" be 10am.

I know it's all of Calvinball right now, but they're getting away with things by making it seem like normal debates between adults. It annoys them to actially have to argue.

It's worth pointing out that my post above could nullify the powers of that agency, but would not allow it to be taken over.