brookings partisans only make these sounds when they are very stressed

Bloomberg Opinion@opinion.bloomberg.com · 6d ago

Most Americans still support the free market. But try telling that to MAGA populists or Democratic Socialists

Some posts just stir the imagination.

Major@majorarschloch.bsky.social · 4d ago

I see your firefighting B52 and raise you

I'm in discussions this morning about opening the straight tomorrow. Not much traction with the cat (yet!) but the dog seems open to it.

I'm not—with all disrespect—bowing to the—lazy, Vichy—AI backlash against the em-dash — vowing to use it more frequently and even (especially?) incorrectly, as early man intended -- in his abundant wisdom - okay pal?

This is the Car Dealer --> Blockchain Grifter --> U.S. Senate pipeline in the flesh.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

One year ago today.

Benson@benson.bsky.social · last yr.

From yesterday, descending from Forbidden Peak in North Cascades National Park.

delice de bourgogne

I was productive today. So productive that I completely missed the thread with the Royal Navy's top authority on democracy (laudatory).

lmao and also: this errand is the explicit charter of Trump's cabinet secretaries.

Evergreen Intel@vcdgf555.bsky.social · 2w ago

However, deducing strategy from the crew that brought us "what do you mean they shut down the Strait of Hormuz" is probably a fool's errand.

I watch Jaws every couple years because it's almost perfect. "Seen one eat a rocking chair one time," is such a great line. Peak absurdity. Deadpan delivery.

ruin a book by adding a word: 1984 fashions

Evergreen Intel@vcdgf555.bsky.social · 2w ago

ruin a book by adding a word: Ender's MMORPG Game

Torn between creating a polymarket account to bet against orbital data centers or go long on suppliers of high-conductivity, pitch-based carbon while cornering the market on origami artisans (deployable structures engineers).

A mountain of vaccine syringes. Nairobi, Kenya.

"Bunch of guys obsessed with Ancient Sparta can't beat the Persians at sea" was probably one of the known-knowns, come to think of it.

Cascadia region in chorus: don't threaten us with a good time.

Adam Gurri@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 3w ago

I just listened to a panel with David French and someone from the Brennan Center vociferously argue against expanding the Court. French said it would lead to “the dissolution of the republic.” About a third of the audience applauded. We need to get a policy culture that’s willing to do what it takes

I'd be seriously very happy with either combo of Ossoff/AOC

Bill@bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 3w ago

there are two contenders who truly have the will to power: Ossoff and AOC

Traveling, so I'm catching up on the great but ancient (3d) discourse on revenge and deterrence. We need to feel safe: Maslow, tapping the pyramid-shaped sign, saying: "Once people have air and water, the next thing they need is public trials."

Athul K. Acharya@athul.acharya.cc · 3w ago

I really don’t think anyone has priced in how much appetite there is on our side for a politics of pure revenge, justice dispensed in wholesale rather than at retail

Mobile immunization clinic at the national strategic cold store. Abuja, Nigeria.

Folks, gas station popcorn is never the right call.

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 3w ago

i am not sure i have ever had food poisoning but i once ordered the “hot” thai option at a restaurant in manila that had me stuck in my hotel for two full days, because, well, i am a dummy

I spent Independence Day on the West Ridge of Mount Stuart in the Cascades Range. This one made me feel so small.

Father's Day: started / ended

did we try ivermectin in the reflecting pool yet?

OK now seeing the world cup played in our stadium has the FOMO hitting hard

nice day at the pool

Elmo has learned To not pick favorites For online consumption But the Knicks have sumtin' And Spurs ain't nuttin'

Acceptable chat groups: - Mountains - Dogs, dogs, and a cat - Sports and the papacy - Check your priors w/ Ursula Le Guin - Armed uprisings 1775-1825

Stymied. Rebuffed. Spurned. A little over 2000 feet of gain in 4 hours before a humbling retreat: the most unrelenting bushwhack and routefinding challenge (cliffs) I've ever experienced. Soaking wet. Wild Dare peak, Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Valley, Washington State.

I just had my first exposure to the Fireflies AI note taker. After it attempted to invite itself to all my meetings, it prevented me from downloading the summary of the meeting that it teased as being available. That bullshit isn't fireflies: it's lice.

John Doerr's Measure What Matters challenge (impossible).

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Amazing. Amazon shuts down leaderboard designed to incentivize employees to use AI because employees used AI to cheat in the contest www.404media.co/amazon-shuts...

Keep your powder dry. When you need to have a big-serious conversation, you don't want that to feel like just another Tuesday.

Frankie Huang 黄碧赤@ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’m so sick of former bird app takes, I want to hear everyone’s parenting hot takes