"the assessment did not consider the crocodiles" is my new metaphor for people choosing to just ignore the data point that doesn't agree with them
Now, just personally, I would have considered the crocodiles
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"the assessment did not consider the crocodiles" is my new metaphor for people choosing to just ignore the data point that doesn't agree with them
Now, just personally, I would have considered the crocodiles
My kids do this thing where they coordinate to make sure they never both like the same food at the same time. It’s very cute. A lot of fun.
Man, it's a good thing Ed Sheeran decided to steer clear of politics, that worked out well for him
Speaking of feeling personally attacked by the words of musicians, I just heard Hana Vu sing “I’m just getting old, I’m just 22” and I’d like to press charges for assault.
Let's elect @rohitforatlanta.bsky.social and Maggie Goldman to Georgia's biggest county's commission! These candidates will fight for lower bills, clean energy, and a livable future!
“One More Time” by the Cure is giving 80s romantic fantasy hero. Shirtless, beach, horse. Slow motion. Vaseline on the lens.
If you’ve never read Lionel Poops, I won’t give away the plot but Lionel picks some really odd places to poop.
My wife is always throwing shade like “my alcohol tolerance isn’t as high as yours” like WHAT ARE YOU IMPLYING BABE
the whole Republican argument for years has been “elect us because government is terrible and corrupt and if you put us in charge we will prove it to you by being terrible and corrupt” and Trump has injected the whole thing with steroids and I really think we should try a different option
“This might be the most perfect piece of toast I have ever—“ “IT’S TOO HOT.”
Just realized the girl from my HS that got pregnant senior year, her kid is (presumably) graduated from college by now. Geeeeeez
What’s Chuck Schumer up to? Haven’t heard from that guy in a while. Hope he’s doing well. Gotten some rest.
I know which wine bottles my wife allows me to open (the ones with screw tops)
I bring up Democrats because they are going to ride anger like mine into victory in November but they have shown so little willingness to actively confront the full Republican party like they will need to if we have any chance of fixing these problems. They are often too busy hugging our abusers.
“Germany runs trade surpluses and retains large-scale manufacturing employment to an extent that lies far beyond the wildest dreams of Trumponomics. And none of this appears to make a bit of difference to the resentment that underlies right-wing extremism on both sides of the Atlantic.”
Neo-Nazis and the Impotence of Trumponomics
Crude economics doesn’t explain what just happened
paulkrugman.substack.com
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Everyone should move to Wyoming. There are no people in that state. We could flip the whole state so easily with a sliver of LA and NYC.
Whoever decided to promote Coyote vs Acme by letting Wile E do an AMA using only signs deserves all the praise.
every republican president of my lifetime has been an unmitigated disaster, and I've got a pretty large sample set at this point
A six-year-old is screaming in my face that applesauce is full of protein and has zero sugar