RIP Don Nelson, he retired to Hawai’i to play poker and smoke weed and look like this, he’s literally the goal
John Skonieczny
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Opposition Research, Old School Death Metal, and The Arsenal.
Over the last year, the GOP collectively decided to start talking about Muslims like Nazis talked about Jews in 1934
Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid.com · 2d agoReplace Muslim with most any other minority community and it would warrant expulsion or at least censure But this vile dehumanizing hate targeted at Americans who are Muslim is accepted as legitimate political discourse and no one blinks
New dispatch from Hell:
They won't get far, other states actually prosecute drunk driving
Elizabeth Spiers@espiers.bsky.social · yesterdayLolol the wapo opinion page now
Absolutely rules that this guy is 3rd in the presidential line of succession.
Fourth of July into Fourth of Shit It's ya boy Tarantula Dick Power line tarot card Jaboukie FBI/MLK
My Pun Killed Steve Albini@texannolongerinnyc.bsky.social · 2d agoWhat would you put on the Mount Rushmore of all time Tweets? (Mount Rushmore means 4. Do not be a coward and hedge by saying more than 4. Make a decision. (Less than 4 is fine though))
You know Polymarket is evil because tey got Rick Rubin as a pitchman
Not to beat up on Douthat even more, but I'll just say: it has never, in all of post-war American history, been more crystal clear exactly who your enemy should be. Never. If it's not obvious to you, you are morally & intellectually defective.
Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · yesterdayIn dishonor of Ross Douthat's last NYT column, I'm breaking my self-imposed ban on reading him—smug bad faith, whiny victimization, and steadfast refusal to let evidence affect opinion—and will screenshot and comment. This is the column if you want to read it yourself (I don't recommend it). 1/x
I actually do need to schedule my colonoscopy. Thanks @channel6.bsky.social!!!
So funny that the same people pushing this shit are the people that want you to believe communism means you'll have to share your toothbrush
Gizmodo@gizmodo.com · 4d agoThe Future of Tech Is Owning Nothing https://gizmodo.com/the-future-of-tech-is-owning-nothing-2000792593
again, if i had a calculator that gave me the wrong answer one (1) time, i would throw it out and never use it again and could probably bankrupt the company by simply telling people what happened
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 6d agoGotta love the “or stocks” part. Like Gemini realized its first answer was nuts so it tried to wedge in a better one.
"History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts" I remain astounded by how loud and wrong people are about what history actually is.
the intentional abdication by Congress of nearly all of its constitutional responsibilities is at the core of most of our problems as a nation
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
it’s important to have “someone such as an attorney” around to ask direct questions about stuff like this
Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 5d agois this good:
Good morning! For the @nytimes.com, I interviewed these two, plus Kid Congo Powers and more, for a story on the Cramps. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/a...
It's also one of the last great films featuring plenty of practical spaceship models. If you're interested, I've written all about it here:
The Spaceshipper 🚀@thespaceshipper.com · 9mo agoPaul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers was released 28 years ago today. This is an opportunity to rediscover the film's sublime models:
"Today is August 4, 2026." Can't find my copy of The Martian Chronicles to take a photo of the actual published story, but it remains a collection well worth reading 76 years later: bookshop.org/a/862/9781668094853 #books #writing
Isabel J. Kim@isabel.kim · 6d agohappy there will come soft rains day to all those who partake