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probably shouldn't have done this in prod

I’m burning the candle at both ends. I’m whipping it around like Darth Maul and making a huge mess

Commander was probably right to bite those guys

Man, imagine you're minding your own business, getting kind of drunk with your friends at a picturesque brewery in Maine, when suddenly John Roberts walks by and you get to start heckling him. Must have felt incredible. That's the dream. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...

I think Will Stancil basically has oppositional defiance poster’s disorder and that it’s a condemnation of this website that this has led to him in the last several years into assuming a ton of plainly just rational and correct positions

Me, clocking in every morning at the suffering factory.

took the kids to an art museum today and it was so life-affirming. my five year old thought a bunch of the portraits were “about goblins”

I do find it pretty funny at times to feel like a minority on bluesky as a cishet dude but also it rules that there are so many trans and queer folks who feel comfortable on here! I am not being silenced!

the story of Iran is that you don't always have to win. sometimes you just have to have what it takes to deny victory to your opponents, and endure

one of the oldest running dialogues in history is "war is a massively complicated political, bureaucratic, and logistical endeavor" vs. "fuck you pussy, war is when you're a fucking badass, oh shit I lost"

hi @agdanrayfield.bsky.social would you and your office also be willing to look into something like this bsky.app/profile/mass...

Last time Congress messed with the number of SCOTUS seats wasn’t over mundane policy disputes in normal cases. It was to defend Reconstruction, the settlement of a literal civil war, from any Johnson appointments. It’s not flippant hyperbole when we describe the post-Trump agenda as Reconstruction.

"I would move out of the way. I'm built different." You are built like sentient strawberry preservatives and move at the speed of a software update. The fireball would consume you in seconds. Never pour fuel over an open flame.

Counterpoint: we should fuck over rural Virginia because it is hitlerite and deserves it

US media: Escalating tension Real world: bombing US media: A dire ultimatum! Real world: bombing US media: Frenzied diplomacy! Real world: bombing US media: The brink of war!! Real world: bombing US media: CEASEFIRE!!!! Real world: bombing US media: A fragile peace Real world: bombing

in persian culture, telling someone "we're going to kill you all" is considered deeply offensive

I'm sorry ma'am, but your son perished on Kharg Island in a valiant effort to create Wii Bowling meme videos for the White House X account. In the face of danger, he was not cringe; he was based to his last breath. Please have this commemorative Epic Fury challenge coin. Yes that's Punisher, ma'am

When Tuberville says "the enemy is inside the gates" he could be referring to himself in Congress: per the text of the constitution he's a disqualified and ineligible insurrectionist

I cannot state it more clearly: I fully intend all the implied contempt for his voters. My contempt for them is boundless.

i’ll end this little brainstorm by just asking what it is, exactly, that the MAGA right likes about the United States, since it explicitly rejects those things that make this nation distinctive — its pluralism, its revolutionary heritage and egalitarian aspirations, and its republican institutions

kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them

it’s a good day to be a Bari Weiss hater

“everyone I personally hate is in the epstein files” going strong I see

PSA: You do not, under any circumstances, fund the Gestapo

POV: You're Greg Bovino

everyone posting about Chuck Schumer today is someone who's wishcasted themselves into a world where Congressional minority leadership matters. it doesn't. you are making up a sense of agency so you can blame someone closer to your side than the people actually responsible

The way to end all this is for the EU to immediately get hyper-aggressive with sanctioning and tariffing every American they can find. The man has worse approvals than at any point in his prior term plus it’s an election year. It’s all a bluff. Call it!

The DOJ is not investigating ICE agent Jonathan Ross for the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a top official said Sunday. The top DOJ official confirmed that an investigation is underway into Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.

Yale Law School never beating the “they don’t teach law at Yale” allegations

It really is incredible how many people treat being too stupid to hold the thought “two things can both be bad” in their head as some great badge of moral courage.

This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...

sheesh, the only thing worse than getting kicked out of the polycule is finding out via jira ticket 😣

anyone know how to bust someone out of jail for one last job before retirement

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