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I think people intuitively understand that democratic candidates tossing trans kids to the wolves is not only morally repugnant but also politically ineffective, otherwise they wouldn't freak out every time someone said they weren't voting for a democrat who did this

I had a blast writing this about the forgotten and prophetic The Lone Gunmen

oh you made the computer sound like a guy? it can summarize answers really fast? well life-giving liquid just falls out of the sky and a delicious tomato can just appear magically out of dirt. id say "but your thing is cool too" but id be lying. your thing is dumb as fuck compared to a tomato

Congrats to new White House Press Secretary Kate Zacharia on a great first day

Say hello to pets.com in hell

These are my awards, Mother. From Science.

I thought I was watching “Billie Jean”

There are twice as many good F&Fs as good Star Warses

Every time I think he’s done mackling…

You don’t get points for being a musician or actor who is generally a standard issue lib you have to be explicitly for trans people and Palestine or who gives a shit.

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

when I visited Helsinki--which has gone years at a stretch with zero (0) traffic deaths--I was fully convinced that a very low speed limit was the secret sauce

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CELEBRATE AMERICA WITH THE CRUNCHY SNACK AND BRINGS BOLD FLAVOR EVERY TIME

The coastal elites of Michigan have spoken

Aaron Swartz deserves more justice and reconsideration than almost anybody in this century

I hope Haley Stevens runs for office again because it was really fun to watch her lose

It’s real!

Our children will never know the feeling of hearing this album for the first time while loitering at Borders Books, audibly gasping when the “Close to Me” riff hits during the title track, and locking eyes with the cutie behind the counter who gives you an “I know, right?” look

That Stutz dude has got to be the worst therapist alive

Life is nothing but a series of ups, downs, lefts, rights, Bs, As, and starts. And now I have 30 of them.

it’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy

It had started to seem like a good idea to get a gun

Everything reminds me of Haley Stevens

Wage theft is the biggest form of theft, accounting for more losses than all other forms of theft *combined*. So, in one sense it happens all the time. Business owners tend to be closer to power than employees, the cases don't get publicized, and employees aren't really told the rules.

Codependency Cringeworthy Head game Limerence Shark repellent

She knows she’s losing so she said let’s just go mask off.

Very sad to say that I was laid off yesterday along with a bunch of great @salon.com colleagues My time there was short and busy: I got to write about books and relationships and how much gen AI sucks and people being horny for Frankenstein’s monster Some of my faves are linked below

Cannot get over how electable just drifting away from a constituent who asked you a challenging question makes you.

Michigan: we had a whiter stripe

I love seeing hate for Haley spread nationwide. It’s like watching my favorite local band finally blow up

Is nothing sacred anymore?

I cold-smoked salmon for the first time so that’s a new power unloxed

They couldn't make The Sopranos today, because of woke up this morning

It was such a thrill to once again work with my dear friends Robert, Chris, Florence, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Criss, Chris, Oprah, and Chris.

I was reading how Starbucks iced coffee was a rip off, adding way too much ICE and little coffee. And came across this story. 🤪 ICE agents made the mistake of walking into a Starbucks in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, expecting an ordinary coffee stop. They got this instead, watch video. Thank you NJ 💙

The "defund the police" cost Democrats countless elections claim always sits awkwardly with the fact that peak "defund" activism was 2020, the year that Democrats won their first federal governing trifecta since 2008.