NMB Skull

If you're going to slide into my DMs, just know that you will be getting the Blade Runner treatment. Replicants get reported.

GOP does nothing but gin up culture wars. Meanwhile: — GOP slashed SNAP benefits to 5+ million Americans, forcing them to turn to food banks. — Trump's tariffs and war spurred inflation, making it more expensive to eat at The Cheesecake Factory. Prices are now ~13% higher than when he took office.

American conservatives are constantly bemoaning the decline of aesthetic standards and calling for a return to tailored suits and classical Roman architecture, but are now forced to defend the Cheesecake Factory. A constant tension between the Brooks Brothers patrician and the Kid Rock populist.

The Nobel committee could do the funniest thing in the history of marriage.

Solid metaphor for the entire administration, honestly

NEW AD: Have you seen these anti-Talarico attack ads? Elon Musk paid for nearly all of them. The world's first trillionaire knows if he drags the most corrupt politician in Texas across the finish line, Ken Paxton will owe him everything. Elon Musk: Texas is not for sale.

* TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S $8 BILLION IN DIESEL AID FOR FARMERS WILL NOT ARRIVE BEFORE NOVEMBER 3 ELECTION, SAYS ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL @reuters.com

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Trump's inability to distinguish between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans raises new questions about Joe Biden's advanced age.

Lights are reflected off a bulletproof screen as President Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina. More photos of the week: reut.rs/4yGkBNh 📷 Evan Vucci

Republicans eliminated Tennessee’s only Black-majority district, so Justin J. Pearson took a campaign about economic inequality to rural white voters. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

“.. If anything, the market has further deteriorated since the World Cup.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/9ddd...

Truckers in Italy are striking and blockading highways over high diesel prices. This has led to stoppages in production of buffalo mozzarella, Rummo brand pasta, tomatoes www.ft.com/content/bef7...

RIP Tom Skerritt, a reliable and enduring actor who you probably remember from...everything, basically. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered President Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC or risk the case getting dismissed, according to the AP.

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

Law-shredding, tariff-levying, money-dangling Trump tries to drum up Republican midterm votes. The latest from George F. Will:

Happy Trafalgar Day to those who celebrate.

Three "women" who slipped into my DMs now have deleted accounts. Maybe they were based on Bots-wanna?

Richard Darman was my source in the Reagan and Bush Administrations—and my best friend. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Humiliating and dangerous: Trump has now finally just made America an ally of the Kremlin and is aiding Putin in his war against an American friend and partner. Shameful betrayal of a US friend, and pathetic submission to a US enemy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he believes the U.S. government is behind his military's loss of normal access to the key satellite communications service used by the Ukrainian military. n.pr/4zFE9lN

I deleted a previous BlueSky account and started a new one very recently. That apparently makes me a bot magnet now. Sigh....

GasBuddy tracking 47 different metro areas that are seeing average diesel prices over $3 per gallon higher than a year ago. Biggest jump? Santa Rosa, CA, up $3.74/gal from a year ago to $8.94/gal this morning.

My friend Bruce Boyer is fond of saying that "style is being yourself on purpose." Thus, to develop a wardrobe that lasts 10+ years, the first question isn't "Who makes quality clothes?" It's "Who am I?" In 2022, WSJ put Stephen Colbert on the cover of their magazine, styling him in trendy clothes.

Katie Zacharia Reassigned to Previous Role of Posting Racist Conspiracy Theories on Social Media

Two Zacharias equal one Scaramucci.

Rural white voters viewed universal healthcare "as a Democratic idea. So they rejected it on grounds of, you know, 'socialism.' But those same Trump voters are about to hold hands with anti-Israel Democrats who passionately want universal health care."

THE SHRUGFLATION TRIANGLE I wrote about what happens when the two biggest borrowers in the economy seemingly stop caring what money costs: (1) oil, AI, and Treasuries feeding into each other (2) who ends up paying for it (people) and (3) why nobody seems to be able to stop it

Just your periodic reminder that all of these people once looked like entirely normal human beings.

We’re a banana republic And Republicans in Congress endorse every bit of it.

gas prices see tiny 0.4c/gal weekly drop, diesel down 6c/gal, Trump pulling every possible lever to put downward pressure on fuel prices, but a President has little control over global economics- markets skeptical. and why are we trying to buy Russian diesel? we're exporters.

COMPASS: “.. San Francisco and New York City are really the only hot real estate markets in the entire country right now.” Ranked by Price Reductions:

It’s striking that the GOP has a massive cash advantage even when Trump is currently causing lasting harm to the US and global economy. What does that say about the interests of capital?

Tell me the Secretary of the Treasury is a misogynist without…

tomorrow will tie 2022's record for number of days with the national average above $4/gal. 2022 saw 157 days above $4. today is our 156th day above $4 this year. tomorrow, we tie that 157 days and Wednesday we set a new record for most days above $4/gal in any year ever.

From WFDD: Health officials are urging residents to get vaccinated as respiratory virus season gets underway. www.wunc.org/2026-10-08/n...

North Carolina's 41-cents-a-gallon gas and fuel tax is now paused until Nov. 30 after Gov. Josh Stein signed legislation into law Friday morning. www.wunc.org/politics/202...

Something is happening in South Carolina.

If you’re a Republican feeling left behind by your party, this is a campaign for you.

Zelenskyy: “Don’t attack us. Don’t kill our children. We will stop attacking your diesel. I think it’s a fair deal.”

The age of Trump... what a long, strange trip it's been.