"The American people always support strong and wrong vs weak and right" is a stark encapsulation of how the American mind and soul are rotted out from the inside.

Pure submission to power reframed as rugged, masculine realism. Utterly incapable of introspection.

this made my soul ache

sorting misc images on my laptop and

[new Isaac Chotiner interview]

CORMAC MCCARTHY: He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.

JOE ROGAN: sure. I've met guys like that

Massive Attack via Instagram.

there's a small subset of people here who are driven mad whenever they aren't allowed to quote or reply to something. they think everything they see on their phone is their property and they just short-circuit. they'll bust through the floorboards to yell at you. it's really something to see

So-called "experts" at the zoo tell me I can't keep climbing into the meerkat enclosure. Demonstrably untrue.

Ok get another dosimeter

Get the good one from the locked cabinet

The explanation for this seems pretty straight forward:
The main political project of Conservatism is to punch left.
The main political project of Liberalism is to punch left.

I don’t know if Google can top this, their finest work to date

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey:

OK, I'm bringing out the big guns to test Bluesky engagement😀

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