Treehouse of Howers

DMs* are always open. *Danses Macabres

It wasn't for nothing that Ethel disdained Bobby, Jr.

Lying or incompetent? Is there another option?

Why always us?

It’s really something that Planned Parenthood Affiliates is all in on fighting the wealth tax.

It's honestly been a real headfuck at my age to find out I was right as a feral teen listening to too much Dead Kennedys and powerful executives really do love fascism.

We can all do this.

wat

If we take him at his word—that this was the result of political manipulation*—then the man and his brother bishops are simply too innocent and trusting to have the jobs they do and must be reassigned to positions more fitting to their capacities. *why're they praying over Trump with Paula, tho?

Brazilians got to vote against the Bolsonaros, the Trumps, and Meta Platforms, Inc. all at once.

The thing about doomerism is that it’s self-fulfilling—and at least one of sadistic or masochistic.

A month ago no one knew who Evan Barker was. We can get back there.

I hadn't realized until today that Larry Kudlow converted to Catholicism on his third wife under the auspices of the DC Opus Dei sexual harasser priest who also brought in Sam Brownback, Newt Gingrich, and countless other monsters.

The way pundits talk about "most Americans" is how an average Joe talks about zoo animals, extremely patronizing and also almost entirely wrong

Fuck thys noyse.

SCOOP: Spokesperson for Sen. Ron Wyden told me he is investigating 2 for-profit companies running new ICE facility for unaccompanied children set to open in Louisiana. LaSalle Corrections and 'humanitarian response' firm Anovaeon LLC are facing Wyden's scrutiny. www.thequeenzone.com/scoop-top-se...

Finding out that Contra Points isn’t a very careful thinker. Who knew?

no matter how sure you are that these guys have broken a whole bunch of laws, you aren't nearly as certain as they are

Now that’s a headline

The repugnant conclusion is about conscious LLMs. send tweet

“Toxic Empathy” author Allie Beth Stuckey is now asking for folks to understand that ICE has separated a good man from his family over a paperwork issue.

“Know thyself!” can seem like a great motto/principle until one starts really applying it. The road from Socrates to Augustine isn’t smooth—or pleasant.

Muting the Harvard blogger’s name, because my God, it’s been more than a decade of uninformed, smug asshattery.

The Walzer piece is just sort of sad—and maddening, but mostly sad.

on some level, this is just a form of anti-politics.

Y'know, that was unfair to Cowen, who does think fewer women—and men—should be in prison.

Tyler is the handsomest boy and best son, Mrs Hower says.

every now & then someone on the anti-trans side will get cold feet about how openly ugly it's all getting—they want to keep the image of a nice, sensible centrist but it's never enough for them to get off the train

there are only two genetic modifications we should to make to cats and dogs. one is to make them live longer, healthier lives, and the other is to stop cat piss from smelling like That

Going to an event tonight with a "business casual" dress request. This has to be one of the more stupid designations of style. Also, I have led my entire life so as to have nothing much to do with business: otium, baby.

I really commend this paper to anyone interested in modelling as a key tool in scientific methodology. On the general: it is a wholly compelling proposal for the enrichment that can come from looking at humanity from the perspectives of different, separated fields of study.

Utterly shameless.

What the Attorney General of the United States seems to not understand, but the people who matter do, is that Congress hasn’t given DOJ any authority to block states from certifying the election. This isn’t a thing. And we don’t have to pretend it’s a thing just because he says it’s a thing.

Why not?