In my culture it is a taboo to tell somebody that you can find a route on Google Maps. The courteous thing to do is let them take five minutes to explain all of the possible London Underground routes that you can take to get to your destination, as well as the pros and cons of each route.

Maine Senate (WaPo/Schar) 🟦Troy Jackson 50% 🟥Susan Collins 46% 9/30-10/5 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

It pisses me off when people pronounce Donetsk with the soft n. It sounds smart but you're just using the Russian pronunciation.

One very overused aphorism which pisses me off is "you can't prove a negative". Yes, you can. In fact it's generally pretty easy to do that.

I cannot stand Chris Cillizza, why is he still everywhere?

My VPN has theme music now and I'm not sure how to feel about that

War on Iran: the cause of and solution to higher gas prices.

Homer Simpson's Toast to Alcohol

ALT: Homer Simpson's Toast to Alcohol

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Old: Iran pulls an October Surprise on Trump by attacking before the midterms New: Trump pulls an October Surprise on himself by attacking before the midterms www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Trump Might Order Another Iran Strike Before the Midterms

Pentagon planners are crafting options though no final decision has been made.

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I love how that one poll showing Scott behind has led to a flood of Vermont polls

Political Poll Bot@pollresults.org · 3d ago

Vermont Governor Oct 2 - 4, 2026 Phil Scott (R) 46% (+3.0%) Amanda Janoo (D) 43% Don't know 8% Someone else 4% State Navigate (B/C) 948 LV View Poll

Fort Bend County, TX Talarico (D) +18 Hinojosa (D) +11 2024 vote: Harris (D) +2 TSU 1200 LV thetexan.news/elections/20...

Iowa US Senate Oct 1 - 4, 2026 Josh Turek (D) 48% (+4.4%) Ashley Hinson (R) 43.6% Don't know 6.2% Thomas Laehn (L) 2.2% Suffolk University (A-) 500 LV View Poll

Maine US Senate Oct 1 - 4, 2026 Troy Jackson (D) 51% (+4.0%) Susan Collins (R) 47% Don't know 1% Someone else 1% Marist University (A-) 1505 RV View Poll

Why does it seem all of a sudden that everybody's talking about the 2028 presidential election? When the midterms are less than a month away?

I'M NOT ARRIVING TO THE AIRPORT TWO AND A HALF HOURS IN ADVANCE, YOU TOOLS

Nick 🐋@njmt.bsky.social · last mo.

It's not lost on me that when I was a kid we had to arrive at the airport an hour and a half before the flight leaves, and yet despite all of the digitalisation and all of the great advances in technology that have taken since then they now say two hours. We as a society have achieved nothing.

The more my back account drains the more tempting it is for me to become a right wing grifter.

High quality (NYT "Select Pollsters") Texas Senate polls since September 1: Talarico +6 Talarico +2 Talarico +6 Talarico +1 Talarico +6 Talarico +3

NYT Senate Poll Drop (October 3, 2026) Alaska: Peltola (D) +7 Iowa: Hinson (R) +1 Kansas: Hamilton (D) / Marshall (R) Tied Ohio: Brown (D) +3 Texas: Talarico (D) +6

Political Profile: Abdul El-Sayed https://theonion.com/political-profile-abdul-el-sayed/

"Everyone knows Frodo’s the hero of Lord Of The Rings, but he’s not in this case, which—I mean, evil is a form of innovation, right?” — Peter Thiel

Creatively Tapped-Out Peter Thiel Launches Startup Called ‘Frodo, But Evil’

BUENOS AIRES—After exhausting a significant amount of his intellectual energy in a series of company launches, a creatively tapped-out Peter Thiel announced Tuesday a new startup called “Frodo, But Ev...

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Rare case of Republicans doing better with likely voters than with registered voters.

Political Poll Bot@pollresults.org · last wk.

Texas US Senate Sep 24 - 28, 2026 James Talarico (D) 53% (+7.0%) Ken Paxton (R) 46% Don't know 1% Would not vote 0% Someone else 0% Beacon Research/Shaw & Company Research 1203 RV Sponsor: Fox News View Poll

If Seth Bodnar were smart he'd look toward the Lib Dems for inspiration.

The air pressure forces the molecules to go tiny

I did it. It was as boring as you'd expect.

Nick 🐋@njmt.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Tempted to get on Madrid's orbital line and ride it for hours just to feel something

Eight years later, this election result still hurts.

I'm searching through the results of the word "COVID" in my photo library, and they just keep getting better and better. This was from a university building.

Nick 🐋@njmt.bsky.social · 2w ago

Just uncovered a screenshot from 2022 of my Google search history from when I was stuck at home with COVID.

Just uncovered a screenshot from 2022 of my Google search history from when I was stuck at home with COVID.

It's interesting how much cohesion there is between the four major Independent Senate candidates. They're genuinely acting like a political party.

My cousin: "Can you walk my dog while I'm away?" Me: "Of course, no problem!!" The dog: