Be nice to actually mention the guy running for IA Ag Sec who has been at the tip of the spear for democrats on water quality for decades. If @theswinerepublic.bsky.social hadn't made it such a long standing issue neither would be bringing it up. And he's the best person to do something about it.

Think about how stupid he has to be to be unable to properly staff a major a cabinet position after doing the job for 6 years and being an executive his *entire life*.

Coming to America for Tax Purposes

jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 2d ago

Add "for Tax Purposes" to a movie: The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain for Tax Purposes

Goddamn so okay a nuanced, adult answer to a campaign question CAN exist. Bro almost makes me not annoyed about the campaign texts I keep getting from him at home in Iowa which is no way Michigan. More! MORE ADULT THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS PLEASE

Jesi🃏♠️🔥@luciferjesit.bsky.social · 4d ago

This was such a great answer from Abdul El-Sayed about his previous criticisms of President Obama.

Took our kid to the neighborhood skate park Saturday and there was a group of Iike 10 young dudes tailgate grilling while they scooted their little scooters around and failed at skateboard tricks. male loneliness is a skill issue.

I am always completely floored when a stranger recognizes me from Maytags. Like once a quarter I still get a rando saying hey I know you. Just happened at a libraries convention loading dock in Cedar Rapids. There are dozens of Maytags fans. Dozens!!

Never understood why they think delayed vote counting is an argument for fraud. Dude, if I’m making up the numbers it’s going to take less time, not more.

Newsweek@newsweek.com · 2w ago

Trump Warns of Rigged US Elections as GOP Braces for Midterm Hammering

The Throttle House boys taking over hosting Grand Tour is the best possible move. Throttle House has been an obvious audition tape for years, and they do great work. TH is the closest anyone on YouTube has ever gotten to Top Gear vibes, yes including Hagerty.

Lesson of the week: do not go to a marketing conference and describe yourself as a graphic designer. The marketing professional’s inferiority complex loves an opportunity to punch down.

A fun thing about being fat and tall at a national company is all the “didn’t think you’d be this tall.” comments when you’ve only met people on zoom before.

Okay i don’t know much but i do know i will never, ever pay money for a Meta product. No thanks.

The Muppet Show won 4 Emmy’s, but Disney still can’t decide what they should do with it. You do have to pay more for Disney+ though. They know that, at least.

We've been trained from birth to hate this, but isn't it kind of good actually? A big part of why China outcompetes in manufacturing is consolidation; the wheel factory and the seat factory are right next to the car factory, which is how things used to be here too. (1/2)

Unusual Whales@unusualwhales.bsky.social · 3w ago

BREAKING: Trump is consider building Chinese EVs in US, per NBC

This entire year so far has been begging me to start a cigarette habit. Now it's finally pipe season, and for me that'll have to do.

This from a man who has asked his son to monitor his on-line porn consumption.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Mike Johnson on OpenAI and Anthropic: "They can self-police. They can self-regulate."

I hate that just anyone can text me. I should be able to screen text messages. A double handshake; only people who both have each others contacts saved.

You think they can’t misinterpret the symbolism any more, and then you see the text that says “inspired by the starship trooper uniform”.

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · last mo.

this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie

There’s a lyric in every ep of Spidey & His Amazing Friends where the guy from Fall Out Boy absolutely wrote “fuckin” and replaced it with “spidey” for the final song.

We really gotta push back when people say Trumps a “builder” or “loves construction” he’s not engineering fucking HVAC systems, he’s picking curtains. He’s a “designer” who “loves decorating”

Outside of Rob Sand's education push, suddenly all the latest dem ads are playing to the center/right and I don't see how engaging with the idiocy does anyone any favors. It's the same crap playbook we've run on for 20 years. Talk about how everything is measurably worse! And how it's their fault!

Gonna be pretty disappointed if/when Zach Nunn pulls out a win because of stupid bathroom panic bullshit. Not an actual issue, much less a federal one. Come. On. Iowa.

We can just let Harry Potter be over. I feel like pop culture forgets that it's okay for some things to just be over.

Grumpy Rootbeer@grumpyrootbeer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Renewing my perpetual reminder that you do not have to pay attention to the HBO Harry Potter. You can just ignore the trailers and casting announcements. You can scroll past the rage bait posts.

[edit] 6 months later.

Pops@poppenarts.com · 6mo ago

pretty bummed this cartoon still accurately describes the Iranian conflict 27 days later.

It’s always funny when a cartoon character mindlessly hums their own theme song in an episode.

Even in the hypothetical best case scenario of a total midterm rebuke that jumpstarts real institutional pushback, there's no way the next two years aren't *so* fucking embarrassing. We're only at the beginning of how stupid and petty and needlessly destructive this is going to get.

TFW you design an ad for print and then see the requested submission format is as a PNG with no bleed.

Mr. Mom: You're Doing It Wrong

Alt: Mr. Mom: You're Doing It Wrong

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i like to shorten 'presentation' to 'prezzy' in my file names because I'm a busy man.

True Detective: Green Lantern has earned a 2nd episode.

once had an older coworker who you could tell from their bonkers stories had lived **a life**. walking back from lunch today, i pointed to an underpass where i played a salsa gig for a low-rider event where the hydraulics of one car caught fire as everyone danced and omg i'm that guy now...