Eric Shmeric

Today, for the two-year anniversary of MAKING STEREO FIT’s release, I’m going to share something cool about it. And that’s this HELL’S ANGELS (1930) finding.

Via @stephenjcaruso.bsky.social, who really should post here more than there, I'm counting $8.52M from Jeffrey Yass to try to preserve a GOP state senate majority in PA (candidate giving, SRCC, and State GOP) and another $1.1M to stanch the bleeding in the state house, where Dems lead 103-100.

someone at Polymarket is drafting a tweet about how their users accurately predicted the Brazilian election result within one point

“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama

Something has happened to the word "autistic" where there are now people in their 30s and 40s self-identifying as autistic without knowing what autism actually is. And today I was assumed to be autistic by someone in their 30s simply because I was running late to class.

Will this have much of an impact this November or in future elections? Just trying to estimate how many students wont be able to show other forms of permissible identification.

Today is Weird Al's birthday, so morning drive radio was playing all his songs. It was magical.

"Tell em Large Marge sent, ya!"

El-Sayed: "We had a little debate. Or I had a debate and he just pointed at me and said, 'He's Muslim.'"

A sad but perfect metaphor for the Trump Administration. wapo.st/3WF2YQo

4-year anniversary of MIDNIGHTS. This song remains incredible. youtu.be/TzL9id7qM_w?...

I feel like the racist attacks on El-Sayed may work, not because people believe the lies, but because it forces him to play defense, rather than discuss healthcare and gas prices. Meanwhile Rogers doesn't have to answer for any of the attacks. Or maybe I'm just being pessimistic.

The attack ad against Acton is another in a long list of right-wing gotchas that have blown up in their face -- Eric Schmitt's attack on Jack Smith, the conspiracy that Talarico was in rehab, Tommy's heckling of El-Sayed, etc etc. Their echo chambers keep convincing them to do incredibly dumb shit

Hours after the Wall Street Journal published a story questioning Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s claim she “graduated Phi Beta Kappa” from the University of Minnesota, the national honor society said that she is a member.

Wait, wait ... National Review is shivving Ramaswamy? Christ

That Vivek Ramaswamy ad might end up being the worst own goal we've seen in a major race. Platforming the estranged mother of your opponent to attack her, only for everyone to discover that the mother protected the rapist of her 12-year-old daughter and stayed married to him, is beyond despicable.

Two thoughts: This false, despicable ad is proof that Vivek Ramaswamy knows he is about to lose to Amy Acton. No mother who loves her daughter would do this. Her complicity reveals her.

Oh, this is awful. Ann was such a wonderful critic and a lovely person, too. Awful awful. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

Micro dosing in action.

This is the "scientific papers use the same sentence construction, grammar, and linguistic codes as novels, and are therefore more fictional than we think" argument that defined my doc theory seminar's "postmodern skepticism" unit. Good times.

Semi related, but it doesn't seem like many Dem Jews in Michigan are voting for Rogers, for CBS News would be running countless stories on these people if they existed.

No shortage of Pentagon and SpaceX insiders now saying explicit orders came straight out of the White House. So odds that Rubio's claim is truthful: 0%.

Right, the problem was that it showed this correspondent was (1) biased & bigoted and (2) unable to understand what had actually transpired at the event, both of which are disqualifying for a reporter.

Senate Predictions... Dems carry NC, OH. TX, ME, AK, MI, NH Reps carry IA, KS, SC, FL, NE

in case it was not already clear why the ellisons want to own and control all media

A bad update: we're getting reports of pro-No Kings creators who have been suspended today as well. And we still lack backend access to the official No Kings account. Stay tuned, will report news when I have it.

😡😡😡 “Meta employees acknowledged in internal communications that the Instagram accounts of Brazilian ​President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were hindered by ‌restrictions during [Brazil’s] election” & that Meta “recommended the profile ​of challenger…Flavio Bolsonaro” & “his ​WhatsApp channel…” 1/

It better be called "Mr Crood and Puss n Boots"

Musk now waging military attacks on Ukraine reminds me of that moment in Carlito's Way, after the coked-out lawyer (Sean Penn) brutally murders a mob boss, and Carlito (Pacino) looks into his his eyes and says "You're not a lawyer anymore. You're a gangster." More people should watch Carlito's Way.

TELEGRAPH: Trump & Musk conspired to throttle Starlink and make Ukraine more vulnerable to Russian attacks — then Musk tried to blame only Trump. Putin wins again, as usual. Russia was never a hoax. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

Tesla is good at making videos for Wall Street investors, but terrible at making cars that don't fall apart at stop signs.

This framing probably will just increase Dem turnout in these states.

The more combative Dems get, the more of this they will run into. It will be a coordinated wave of elite opinion, scolding them, tamping them down. The fight strategy *only* works if they are willing to bull their way through it, blow it off, mock it. (Their history does not raise one's hopes.)

Folks...

Just like Tyson's Tacos in Austin.