Loren
@withano.bsky.social
I'm alive, I wear clothes, and I'm biracial.
The face of a man who knows he's full of shit.
February 6, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The face of a man who knows he's full of shit.
Actually, Coppola might be more accurate now that Francis blew all his money on Megalopolis.
February 6, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Actually, Coppola might be more accurate now that Francis blew all his money on Megalopolis.
The parent thing is why his salary and personal net worth don't tell the whole story. But at the same time, you see people acting like he's a Coppola, which overstates the level of his mother's financial success.
February 6, 2026 at 1:31 PM
The parent thing is why his salary and personal net worth don't tell the whole story. But at the same time, you see people acting like he's a Coppola, which overstates the level of his mother's financial success.
I also associate heterochromia with Aussie shepherds more than heelers.
February 6, 2026 at 1:21 PM
I also associate heterochromia with Aussie shepherds more than heelers.
Chilli is a red heeler, this is Bandit slander.
February 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Chilli is a red heeler, this is Bandit slander.
I think as knitters we are more used to this kind of thing because, as you know, anything made with yarn could be knitting.
February 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
I think as knitters we are more used to this kind of thing because, as you know, anything made with yarn could be knitting.
To be fair, his parents provided a strong safety net that most don't have, but even the family wealth isn't exactly "generational." Mira Nair is successful, but more to the tune of $20m than $200m.
(I'm a lawyer in NYC so this is not a knock on Zohran.)
(I'm a lawyer in NYC so this is not a knock on Zohran.)
February 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
To be fair, his parents provided a strong safety net that most don't have, but even the family wealth isn't exactly "generational." Mira Nair is successful, but more to the tune of $20m than $200m.
(I'm a lawyer in NYC so this is not a knock on Zohran.)
(I'm a lawyer in NYC so this is not a knock on Zohran.)
From your other comments it sounds like your problem is the insole. That's not a huge difference between skate types. The big thing imo is that figure skates are much stiffer in the ankle and have less room in the toe box.
February 4, 2026 at 5:03 AM
From your other comments it sounds like your problem is the insole. That's not a huge difference between skate types. The big thing imo is that figure skates are much stiffer in the ankle and have less room in the toe box.
I figure skated for 20+ years, competitively in college, and now play hockey in an adult intermediate rec league. No question hockey skates are easier to break in. All my figure skates took at least a month of regular skating, but I don't think I've ever even gotten a blister from my hockey skates.
February 4, 2026 at 4:58 AM
I figure skated for 20+ years, competitively in college, and now play hockey in an adult intermediate rec league. No question hockey skates are easier to break in. All my figure skates took at least a month of regular skating, but I don't think I've ever even gotten a blister from my hockey skates.
I love that you think this choice has no consequences.
November 6, 2023 at 10:56 PM
I love that you think this choice has no consequences.
I'll take things I never said for 200, Alex. I'm not going to deny that Hillary Clinton is too moderate and ran a shit campaign, but there is no world in which an HRC presidency turns out worse than what we got.
November 6, 2023 at 10:55 PM
I'll take things I never said for 200, Alex. I'm not going to deny that Hillary Clinton is too moderate and ran a shit campaign, but there is no world in which an HRC presidency turns out worse than what we got.
It must be nice not to live in a society.
November 6, 2023 at 10:36 PM
It must be nice not to live in a society.
Well by the logic in his thread, then I guess he should have run a better campaign.
November 6, 2023 at 9:58 PM
Well by the logic in his thread, then I guess he should have run a better campaign.
Yes I love Republican policies so much I am willing to vote strategically to defeat them.
November 6, 2023 at 9:57 PM
Yes I love Republican policies so much I am willing to vote strategically to defeat them.
Which is why it is incumbent upon everyone who would like to defeat conservatives to vote strategically.
November 6, 2023 at 9:55 PM
Which is why it is incumbent upon everyone who would like to defeat conservatives to vote strategically.
To me, the fact that nobody seems to have learned the lesson of the Nader campaign suggests that they don't.
November 6, 2023 at 9:53 PM
To me, the fact that nobody seems to have learned the lesson of the Nader campaign suggests that they don't.
I'm old enough to remember that the 2000s were the peak of the Blue Dog Democrats' power. A lot of people who voted for Democrats back then were conservative and are Republicans now.
November 6, 2023 at 9:46 PM
I'm old enough to remember that the 2000s were the peak of the Blue Dog Democrats' power. A lot of people who voted for Democrats back then were conservative and are Republicans now.
I think you're just trying to protect your ego by telling yourself that refusing to make the choice presented to American voters absolves you of responsibility for the consequences of that refusal.
November 6, 2023 at 8:51 PM
I think you're just trying to protect your ego by telling yourself that refusing to make the choice presented to American voters absolves you of responsibility for the consequences of that refusal.
Where we differ, I think, is that I legitimately believe that Trump would be worse and lead to more death. Anyone who has the ability to do something concrete to avert a Trump presidency and fails to do so is enabling any excess deaths in that result from a second Trump term.
November 6, 2023 at 8:42 PM
Where we differ, I think, is that I legitimately believe that Trump would be worse and lead to more death. Anyone who has the ability to do something concrete to avert a Trump presidency and fails to do so is enabling any excess deaths in that result from a second Trump term.
That's not what I said at all. My position is that if the next President is going to be either Trump or Biden—and it will be, unless one of them dies—then any marginal atrocities that Trump might enable over Biden are the responsibility of anyone who failed to elect Biden.
November 6, 2023 at 8:35 PM
That's not what I said at all. My position is that if the next President is going to be either Trump or Biden—and it will be, unless one of them dies—then any marginal atrocities that Trump might enable over Biden are the responsibility of anyone who failed to elect Biden.
Nader himself said about 40% would have gone to Gore, and we can assume his own figures are conservative to protect himself. Even just 30% or so would have been enough to swing New Hampshire, for example.
November 6, 2023 at 8:28 PM
Nader himself said about 40% would have gone to Gore, and we can assume his own figures are conservative to protect himself. Even just 30% or so would have been enough to swing New Hampshire, for example.