One (1) tiny independent agency refused access to their offices and as a result has survived, protected their employees, established a clear position as to what authority is required to disband them, and has now put the whole thing into an official court record. You have to try! to stop them!

Balatro predicted an egg that gets more expensive forever, and nobody listened

The attack on DEI shows why liberals should stop arguing about "strategic" use of language forever. DEI stands for three uncontroversial virtues that most every American accepts, and the right still turned it into a vile slur. It doesn't matter what you say - they will poison it because YOU said it.

I think about this headline all of the time.

Rolling up to the Canadian border with our column of armored Teslas. "Where's the nearest charging station," our commander curses at the car's GPS. We are in rural Wisconsin. The automatic driving system mistakes a moose for a curve indicator and runs us into a tree, starting a major forest fire

Gimme Magritte, boys, and free my soul / Ceci n’est pas une rock ‘n’ roll / Green apple face

Few & far between are the times when I feel my whole body mantling towards the vicious rage of a petty tyrant but one of the things that reliably gets me there is hitting the precise point in a seemingly standalone novel where it becomes clear it’s Book 1 of a series