Jason Stonehouse (he/him)

@jasonstonehouse.org

Geek. Process fan. Food lover. Runner. SCUBA Diver. Opinions shared are mine. he/him Unless I know who you are, don’t be alarmed if I block your follow. I don’t want to have follow-farmers in my feed. https://bio.site/jstonehouse

Okay, a couple thoughts here: (1) Life isn't about efficiency. It shouldn't be about efficiency. Life is about experience, connection, and empathy. (2) Not everybody has the resources to pay a babysitter to watch their kids for an hour while they grocery shop. 1/

Trump's Blood Clot@melvin-nodd.bsky.social · 3w ago

I've never understood the urge to bring infants/children/the entire extended family to the grocery. We never did that, it's obnoxious & slows everything down for everyone. One person, in and out. That's all you need. If you cannot find one person in your life to be with your children for an hour...

I really think the analogy The Elephant Graveyard made of social media to the role the Palantir Stones play in THE LORD OF THE RINGS - manipulated by evil forces to show a distorted view of the world to weak men like Saruman and Denethor - is surprisingly apt considering how silly it sounds:

How Comedy Was Destroyed by an Anti-Reality Doomsday Cult

YouTube video by The Elephant Graveyard

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Mike Masnick@masnick.com · 3w ago

X (it's not Twitter any more and hasn't been in years) is the red state diner of the internet: the place lazy journalists go to get a sense of what they think "real" americans believe based on a ridiculously reductive and wrong definition of what it is to be a real american.

Good News!!! Elon Musk could face criminal charges in Wisconsin after a bipartisan elections panel determined that he likely violated state law by handing out $1 million checks to voters during the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election.

One of Arizona's largest reservoirs is nearly empty, triggering a massive, 100% fish die-off and forcing an indefinite closure. New satellite images from NASA's Landsat satellites have revealed a stark reality for Arizona's San Carlos Reservoir, which has plummeted to less than 1% of its capacity.

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Pleased to report the House adopted my budget amendment directing MassDOT and the MBTA to work with the City of Cambridge to resolve any outstanding right-of-way issues and move forward with the design and approval of remaining Grand Junction Multi-use Path segments.

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I checked the Somber Reflections stack and Lindsey has his own box! Can’t remember exactly what he did to earn it but it must have pissed me off but good. Milkshake time!

A stack of four Thin Mint boxes in the freezer. They are labeled Cruz, Lindsey, McConnell, and Trump.