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A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe--you know.
Sometimes democracy dies in broad daylight.
Me to you, I know what it’s going to take.
Sometimes democracy dies in broad daylight.
Me to you, I know what it’s going to take.
Et tu, Indiana?
Indiana Senate Republican Greg Walker “said he would have reported the alleged violation to federal authorities “if I thought that there was anyone of integrity in Washington that would follow through on my accusation ..”
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November 30, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Et tu, Indiana?
Her: “You okay?”
Me [In my head I’m experiencing the scene near the end of Terminator 2 where the T-1000 writhes in a vat of molten steel as he transforms into everyone he’s imitated (but in horribly distorted form), then screams in pain and dissolves]: “I’m fine.”
Me [In my head I’m experiencing the scene near the end of Terminator 2 where the T-1000 writhes in a vat of molten steel as he transforms into everyone he’s imitated (but in horribly distorted form), then screams in pain and dissolves]: “I’m fine.”
November 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Her: “You okay?”
Me [In my head I’m experiencing the scene near the end of Terminator 2 where the T-1000 writhes in a vat of molten steel as he transforms into everyone he’s imitated (but in horribly distorted form), then screams in pain and dissolves]: “I’m fine.”
Me [In my head I’m experiencing the scene near the end of Terminator 2 where the T-1000 writhes in a vat of molten steel as he transforms into everyone he’s imitated (but in horribly distorted form), then screams in pain and dissolves]: “I’m fine.”
Baby steps. Possible, though, that the tech model of the adoption curve is in play here.
November 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Baby steps. Possible, though, that the tech model of the adoption curve is in play here.
Every Trump press gathering.
the baby (17 months) raised both her hands and said “WEADY?” so I said “ready!” and then she slapped me in the face
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Every Trump press gathering.
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It’s not great how many senior officials in the federal government sound like they’re reading from a mass shooter’s manifesto
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It’s not great how many senior officials in the federal government sound like they’re reading from a mass shooter’s manifesto
Skynet announces that concerns over the future of AI are misplaced and that humans should continue to pursue their visionary goal: building more data centers.
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Skynet announces that concerns over the future of AI are misplaced and that humans should continue to pursue their visionary goal: building more data centers.
They’re coming after Abolitionists next.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
They’re coming after Abolitionists next.
We’re 2 weeks from “Burn all the witches!”
it's hard to get your mind around how irredeemably broken this country has become. no one in charge at this time seems to understand even the basics of our system of government as written or our stated set of values as a secular society
Pirro: "These Guardsmen and all who are here to protect the District are the line that separates a civilized society from a barbaric one."
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We’re 2 weeks from “Burn all the witches!”
Let’s preemptively ban this vaccine in the US now in case it, like, may cause people to grow horns according to some yet-to-be- invented study.
Brazil approves the first vaccine against dengue. The disease killed 6000 Brazilians in 2024.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
Anvisa aprova vacina brasileira contra dengue, a 1ª do mundo em dose única.
Após 12 anos de pesquisa e cinco de testes, imunizante foi produzido pelo Instituto Butantan. Em 2024, a doença matou quase 6 mil brasileiros.
Confira a reportagem completa: glo.bo/4rf9Hvg #JN
Após 12 anos de pesquisa e cinco de testes, imunizante foi produzido pelo Instituto Butantan. Em 2024, a doença matou quase 6 mil brasileiros.
Confira a reportagem completa: glo.bo/4rf9Hvg #JN
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Let’s preemptively ban this vaccine in the US now in case it, like, may cause people to grow horns according to some yet-to-be- invented study.
Often someone in hospice care will, for no medical reason, experience a temporary burst of energy and lucidity before the end.
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Often someone in hospice care will, for no medical reason, experience a temporary burst of energy and lucidity before the end.
The National Guard shouldn’t have been in DC: Insensitive and politicized generalization.
Afghans shouldn’t be in the US: Level-headed, practical leadership.
Afghans shouldn’t be in the US: Level-headed, practical leadership.
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The National Guard shouldn’t have been in DC: Insensitive and politicized generalization.
Afghans shouldn’t be in the US: Level-headed, practical leadership.
Afghans shouldn’t be in the US: Level-headed, practical leadership.
What childhood trauma is this man trying to overcome? And why do the rest of us have to help him get past it? I don’t want to sound insensitive but what an asshole.
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
What childhood trauma is this man trying to overcome? And why do the rest of us have to help him get past it? I don’t want to sound insensitive but what an asshole.
Watched the Robert Altman masterpiece McCabe and Mrs. Miller yesterday. Slightly eccentric listing of favorite Altman movies:
1. McCabe and Mrs. Miller
2. The Long Goodbye
3. California Split
4. Brewster McCloud
5. MASH
1. McCabe and Mrs. Miller
2. The Long Goodbye
3. California Split
4. Brewster McCloud
5. MASH
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Watched the Robert Altman masterpiece McCabe and Mrs. Miller yesterday. Slightly eccentric listing of favorite Altman movies:
1. McCabe and Mrs. Miller
2. The Long Goodbye
3. California Split
4. Brewster McCloud
5. MASH
1. McCabe and Mrs. Miller
2. The Long Goodbye
3. California Split
4. Brewster McCloud
5. MASH
Oh, thank goodness! We thought this one-sided set of proposals came directly from the Kremlin.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Oh, thank goodness! We thought this one-sided set of proposals came directly from the Kremlin.
The corruption can be open but the criticism can't be.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The corruption can be open but the criticism can't be.
Cars would be cheaper without seatbelts.
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Cars would be cheaper without seatbelts.
Palace eunuch (but there‘s a lot of competition right now).
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Palace eunuch (but there‘s a lot of competition right now).
“Details remain unclear” is the mantra of this administration. Just 1. declare as a fact peace, affordability, free speech, anti-antisemitism, election reform, anti-corruption measures, etc; 2. see it repeated by the cowed and incurious media; and 3. watch everyone forget it didn’t actually happen.
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“Details remain unclear” is the mantra of this administration. Just 1. declare as a fact peace, affordability, free speech, anti-antisemitism, election reform, anti-corruption measures, etc; 2. see it repeated by the cowed and incurious media; and 3. watch everyone forget it didn’t actually happen.
Listening to a London Review of Books podcast series, “Aftershock: The War on Terror,” on the public/government/media rhetoric after 9/11. Episode 1 was undercut completely by the narrator’s overripe “was Princess Di murderered??!!” tone. Keep calm, buddy. The record is bad enough.
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Listening to a London Review of Books podcast series, “Aftershock: The War on Terror,” on the public/government/media rhetoric after 9/11. Episode 1 was undercut completely by the narrator’s overripe “was Princess Di murderered??!!” tone. Keep calm, buddy. The record is bad enough.
Widely disliked private school headmaster trying to defend the fact that the only black kid on the soccer team got duct-taped to the goal after practice in a "prank" organized by the senior co-captains. "These kids have followed, have led, have duct-taped themselves to the goals of our institution-"
WELKER: Are you confident that every order President Trump gives is lawful?
BESSENT: What I am confident of is that this was a display of gross, gross negligence here
WELKER: But are you confident that every order President Trump is lawful?
BESSENT: I am confident of that
BESSENT: What I am confident of is that this was a display of gross, gross negligence here
WELKER: But are you confident that every order President Trump is lawful?
BESSENT: I am confident of that
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Widely disliked private school headmaster trying to defend the fact that the only black kid on the soccer team got duct-taped to the goal after practice in a "prank" organized by the senior co-captains. "These kids have followed, have led, have duct-taped themselves to the goals of our institution-"
This administration‘s thoughtful rejoinder when caught in an obvious lie: “Is not!”
November 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This administration‘s thoughtful rejoinder when caught in an obvious lie: “Is not!”
Waiting for Kavanaugh to suggest that racially biased voting maps only temporarily inconvenience non-white voters, and furthermore that posting ICE agents outside polling places would fall under the "Two Birds With One Stone" doctrine and would therefore be okay.
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Waiting for Kavanaugh to suggest that racially biased voting maps only temporarily inconvenience non-white voters, and furthermore that posting ICE agents outside polling places would fall under the "Two Birds With One Stone" doctrine and would therefore be okay.
Here’s the playbook:
1. Support an aggressive state that gleefully kills the other side’s civilians.
2. Celebrate that country’s leader as your dear friend.
3. Impose his vision of a “solution” w/o consulting the other side.
4. Declare peace despite continuing violence.
5. Petulantly demand praise.
1. Support an aggressive state that gleefully kills the other side’s civilians.
2. Celebrate that country’s leader as your dear friend.
3. Impose his vision of a “solution” w/o consulting the other side.
4. Declare peace despite continuing violence.
5. Petulantly demand praise.
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Here’s the playbook:
1. Support an aggressive state that gleefully kills the other side’s civilians.
2. Celebrate that country’s leader as your dear friend.
3. Impose his vision of a “solution” w/o consulting the other side.
4. Declare peace despite continuing violence.
5. Petulantly demand praise.
1. Support an aggressive state that gleefully kills the other side’s civilians.
2. Celebrate that country’s leader as your dear friend.
3. Impose his vision of a “solution” w/o consulting the other side.
4. Declare peace despite continuing violence.
5. Petulantly demand praise.
Between this giddy endorsement and the handsy MBS press session it’s pretty clear: they’ve changed his meds.
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Between this giddy endorsement and the handsy MBS press session it’s pretty clear: they’ve changed his meds.
“Post-ceasefire attacks”
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“Post-ceasefire attacks”