mere mortal

If a party decides to consolidate power by any means other than the consent of the governed, they are betraying the founding ideas of this country. “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”

I did not realize that I needed this picture, but now I cannot live without it. Thanks to Tom.

It is insane that there exists any typeface where you cannot distinguish a capital "I" from a lower-case "l". Fight me.

In honor of May the Fourth Be With You: The phrase "As you wish" was said in the two most romantic contexts in movie history. More recently, when Westley said it to Princess Buttercup, and previously when Darth Vader said it to Grand Moff Tarkin.

What are the chances that ICE is forced to leave Minneapolis? Pretti Good.

The VA nurse who specialized in treating wounded veterans was killed while directing traffic and helping an injured woman because he had a legally holstered firearm, but only after it had been taken from him while he was pepper sprayed and tacked by a half-dozen men. Do I have this right?

In a show of solidarity with Minnesota, the rest of the country decided to freeze.

There is only one football stadium in the entire SEC that could not seat the entire population of Greenland. What the fuck are we doing?

"The King is golfing during the No Kings protests" is just about perfect. Not since talking about eating cake has such a bad decision been made during protests about a particular issue. At least he's not playing polo?

If we are choosing teams, I will take Scotty before Rahm among missing digits.

I get these calls, and it's some person trying to sell me something or scam me about something. And right about now I think wow, that must be a soul-crushing job, a thousand people every day telling you no. It is one that I would never, ever take.

and it's a little bit more than you heart can allow

He only knows what he is doing right now. He has no idea what he did in the past. He is a goldfish. And he is very angry that you call him orange instead of gold. "Mr. Trump, you are looking quite pale, shall we apply bronzer?" "Bronzer? No, make me gold!"

Euler's Identity is one of the many reasons I was never great at math. But "the imaginary part goes away" was the deal breaker.

Supreme Court rules that lower court rulings no longer extend beyond their courtroom doors. Thomas invites future cases limiting them to the bar itself, Alito in another concurrence insists the actual bench. Roberts, a moderating force, suggests the distance the gavel can be heard.

Coney tried to Letterman Meyers. And did it well.

The thing is reaching out to us, desperate for help, and all you can do is laugh at it? There is this tiny sliver of joy in a sea of sadness and anger, and we are going to mock? bsky.app/profile/cait...

Ben Grimm is the Charlie Brown Halloween Special of super heroes. Reed: I can stretch any part of my body to extreme lengths. Sue: I can become invisible and create impenetrable shields with my mind. Johnny: I can turn into flame, fly, and shoot fire from my hands. Ben: I got a rock.

Ok, this is a serious question. The Red John finale in The Mentalist, when he runs through the park after calling Lisbon. Was that an homage to Three Days of the Condor after Redford called the Major? It is too close to be coincidence.

A movie in one frame.

Oh, shit.

The existence of the knight makes it three-dimensional chess. It creates, on a two-dimensional board, a concept of "over".

Just misaligned my right-hand fingers one key over, trying to type "kiss", and now I'm crying.

The El Salvador guy isn't wearing a tie. I was assured that this was a deal-breaker.

"Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind." - Orange Catholic Bible

Does Elmo know what he is getting himself into?

I've decided there are at least four observations vital to understanding modern conservatism. The Cruelty Is the Point (the title of Serwer's book) Cleek's Law (oppositional defiance) Murc's Law (refusal of agency) Wilhoit (in-group whom the law protects but does not bind)

It is a consistent, perhaps even noble, philosophy of conservatism that the appropriate locus of political power is wherever conservatives currently hold power.

...It's from the expression: 'Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like nobody's watching'. Well, I dance like I've been hurt, I work when nobody's watching, and I love like I need the money. - Craig Ferguson

"Somebody has to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us." - Jerry Garcia

I've decided there are at least four observations vital to understanding modern conservatism. The Cruelty Is the Point (the title of Serwer's book) Cleek's Law (oppositional defiance) Murc's Law (refusal of agency) Wilhoit (in-group whom the law protects but does not bind)

It is a consistent, perhaps even noble, philosophy of conservatism that the appropriate locus of political power is wherever conservatives currently hold power.

...It's from the expression: 'Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like nobody's watching'. Well, I dance like I've been hurt, I work when nobody's watching, and I love like I need the money. - Craig Ferguson

The difference between Iachimo and Iago is a razor's edge. I pray for the comedy, not for the tragedy.

Alright, I'm here now. Twitter clearly had me inside an algorithm where my responses were being nearly instantly liked by adult content accounts with one follower and no followed. I assume it is because my block list was so long that it saved them on server load to cage my responses in that way.