my 24 year-old trans masc kid just got home for visit. they've come into the house guns blazing with lefty political fire. i am girding my loins for a few days of being accused of being too moderate. "get hip or get left behind, old man!"
Batogato
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It's Chaos. Be Kind. Author, The Adventures of JoJo The Small Town Hound (https://tinyurl.com/289p4zvu), high school soccer coach, older than you think.
“Character matters” shouldn’t be an implied indictment of an entire political party, but here we are.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h agoFormer Republican Sen. Jeff Flake just endorsed Jon Ossoff for Senate in Georgia. "Character matters. And I want someone in that seat who takes the institution seriously and will protect the institution."
"people-oriented solutions" is a fantastic framing. at once descriptive of successful new candidates and damning to the institutionally-oriented muddle in charge of the party.
David Rothkopf@djrothkopf.bsky.social · 10h agoRather than going after the tactics of progressives this morning, establishment Dems ought to ask why in so many places so many people are rejecting their policies and seeking people-oriented solutions and candidates who are willing and able to fight for them better than the old guard has been.
i was taught that people are conditioned to forget everything you say before a "but". which tracks for this fraud.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h agoRick Scott: "We want people to get healthcare, but ... "
Performative jackass performs jackassery
Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · yesterdayDid we ever find out if the A is for Asshole?
At least we’re at the top of our game, epidemiologically-speaking
Raw Story@rawstory.com · yesterday1,500 ships have sat idle near the Strait of Hormuz since February. Scientists warn the organisms colonizing their hulls could trigger a global invasive species crisis once they start moving again. "It’s a perfect storm."
my dad was a glorious pain in the ass while he was with us. he's buried in arlington. i have happy visions of him haunting the shit out of this project with a merry band of like-minded dead patriots.
i'm shocked...shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2d agoSpaceX shares are down by half from their June peak as investors worry Musk may have oversold them on its future prospects.
trump playing the long game. he realllly loves 'red dawn' and he's giving the chinese and russians an opening to invade so he can go all "wolveriiiiiines" on their asses.
George Pearkes@peark.es · 2d agoOkay Reuters on a heater this morning *US ARMY USED 'VIRTUALLY ALL' LONG-RANGE PRECISION MISSILES:RTRS
i don't think i could carry that much precious metal
Jack McLaury@holzgeist.bsky.social · 2d agoWhy...I had no idea these surveillance cameras had so much precious metal in them...and they're everywhere!
Binged most of ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ on a flight yesterday. Finished today. That’s an adventure well told with a great heart.
i get that rutchman is a fan favorite, but aren't o's fans gonna at least wait to see what they got in return? say it's arias, mayer, and duran? that'd be a solid deal.
is this an improv bit? give us a book title, a sound, and a vocation?
There isn’t a chance in hell he shot a 70, but that was a tidy approach from a slovenly 80 year-old.
Pretty pleased to say I’ve been Team Fuck James Carville from way back. I don’t get all the things right (ahem, John Fetterman), but I called that Cajun jackass right.
Jim Jordan’s got his hands over his eyes, ears, and mouth.
Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · 3d agoa sitting senator just said that Max Miller is a threat to his granddaughter. kind of wonder if literally any other republican politician will call for miller to drop out.
rhoback's comms folks are having a bad day
Jim Swift@jimswift.bsky.social · 3d agoMax Miller is live and doesn't realize he's live.
As we got in the car to head to dinner this evening, my wife said, “it’s really not fair to you that i’m annoyed by everything you do”. So perimenopause is going great.
hassett looks like a spitting image puppet come to life
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoCNN: 77% of Americans say economic conditions are poor. That's the lowest of Trump's second term. Is this the 'amazing economy' the administration thought you'd be boasting about? KEVIN HASSETT: Right now the economy does look amazing to me
color me cautiously optimistic about fulham raiding madrid's pantry for young talent that arbeloa obviously likes.
I did not have “DOJ falls in legal power rankings below Florida strip mall ambulance chaser” on my Bingo card, but here we are.
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5d agoFLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
he knows as much about data centers as he does about cardio workouts.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoHassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
