remembering when James Carville being married to a GOP operative was sold as an endorsement of bipartisan comity and not that it meant he liked and endorsed Republican policies

“Justification for Higher Education” dropout edition.

TamerlaneBlog@tamerlaneblog.bsky.social · 2h ago

QOTD: You have to pick one of these cars.

With the Lucerne, Buick was on one of its occasional heritage styling kicks. Ventiports returned to the fenders, with three per side on V6 cars, while four apiece signified a Northstar under the hood. carsgoneby.blogspot.com/2026/08/2009...

2009 Buick Lucerne CXL

With Oldsmobile getting shuttered in 2004, Buick's portfolio had a bit of room to expand into sportier territory, but this happened at a tim...

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These discussions are always animated by hooting forty-something 5’9” couch potatoes carrying an extra pony keg around the middle who would get wrecked in the paint by Aliyah Boston.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d ago

it's interesting how many men get satisfaction out of knowing that other men can beat elite female athletes. like ok, maybe the best high school boys team in the country can beat a WNBA team, but YOU can't

i am also struck by how rapidly these discussions move away from the material details of ordinary human bodies and into something more like debates about idealized and abstract Male Form vs. Female Form, which are supposed to reside somewhere in plato's realm of ideas

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d ago

it's interesting how many men get satisfaction out of knowing that other men can beat elite female athletes. like ok, maybe the best high school boys team in the country can beat a WNBA team, but YOU can't

I see most people are saying C but even with Chicago that’s way too much Ohio. B gives you Milwaukee, Detroit, and most of Michigan’s coastline. Easy peasy.

Brilliant Maps@brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 6h ago

For the next 40 years you can only live, work and travel within one region of the Midwest. Which one do you pick? More about the Midwest: brilliantmaps.com/us-midwest/

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I know it sucks, but Dems have got to be prepared to inherit a munitions-and-readiness hole that is going to be expensive to fill, but which will need to be filled. Hardly the only such hole, but it will be a big one.

Secretary of Defense Rock@sodrock.bsky.social · 3h ago

Who knew ridiculously long deployments and demanding op tempos run a ship and crew into the ground!

A good while back, one of my novels earned out its pretty hefty advance ON RELEASE DAY from preorders alone, and if they could somehow bottle that particular high and sell it in vials, I'm pretty sure it would make heroin look like decaf.

I’d have to have actually knowingly and deliberately made use of an LLM to even be able to answer this question.

Marko Kloos@markokloos.bsky.social · 4h ago

"What would you do if AI suddenly disappeared?" Nothing in my life would change for the worse. On the contrary, I'd make more money because readers wouldn't have to dig through Kindle AI slop to find my books. And I could build a high-end gaming PC again without paying out the ass for RAM and SSDs.

If It Happens because the president installed an incompetent reality TV star as Transportation Secretary ....

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 3h ago

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CONFIRMS MARINE ONE WAS BRIEFLY TOO CLOSE TO PASSENGER AIRPLANE - STATEMENT

TAMARA PLANS BUILDING TEN STORY PLEASURE PALACE IN BACKYARD USING COMMON HOUSEHOLD MATERIALS

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 6h ago

SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

JULIA PLANS TO KEEP A BABY DINOSAUR AS A PET

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 6h ago

SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

little trickling water fountains and enya could fix me

if he literally makes a new party called the American First Party, i will turn into the joker

just started "For All Mankind," and it already requires less suspension of disbelief than a SpaceX earnings call

These things definitely have presence… carsgoneby.blogspot.com/2025/02/1973...

1973 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible

1973 was the third model year for the Eldorado's ninth generation. It was also the first model year that the Eldo was formally separated out...

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Bring a Trailer@bringatrailer.bsky.social · 3h ago

1973 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible

When trying to understand contemporary American politics or culture, it’s helpful to remember that everything is gender, but in the dumbest possible way. Diesel pickups? Penis. Electric cars? Vagina. Except Cybertrucks, because those own the Libs, which is penis, since the Libs are vagina.

Tamara Keel@tamslick.bsky.social · 3w ago

Getting into dumbass avoidable wars to suck up to a draft dodger is penis. Listening to NatSec experts is vagina.

since oscilloscope graphics are doing the rounds again, here's some photos from that time a few years ago when I built a gizmo to show dril tweets (and assorted other nonsense) on my ancient Tek 466

I wrote about the triumph of Doing Your Own Research and the stupid, nasty thing that is replacing some very recent history in real time. defector.com/were-just-go...

We're Just Going To Keep Doing 2020 Again Until All The Wrong Stuff Is True | Defector

In a bunch of ways, there is no real percentage in remembering what things were actually like during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond all the uncertainty and suffering and death, there...

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Ventiports and the Sweepspear are Buick styling cues that go back seventy-plus years. booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2021/06/cont...

Continuous Lines

"Wouldn't you really rather have a Buick?" Harley Earl's design for the 1942 Buick Super and Roadmaster was longer, lower, and wider than it...

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That Voodoo That You Do So Well Canon EOS R5 RF 24-105mm f/4L IS

Hegseth's actions make a lot more sense when you realize that the War on Terror-era military, for all its other faults, accurately clocked him as an unsatisfactory officer, and he's trying to remake the military into one that wouldn't do that.

Pathetic Cat Meme: Pathétique

Alt: Pathetic Cat Meme: Pathétique

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With the Lucerne, Buick was on one of its occasional heritage styling kicks. Ventiports returned to the fenders, with three per side on V6 cars, while four apiece signified a Northstar under the hood. carsgoneby.blogspot.com/2026/08/2009...

2009 Buick Lucerne CXL

With Oldsmobile getting shuttered in 2004, Buick's portfolio had a bit of room to expand into sportier territory, but this happened at a tim...

carsgoneby.blogspot.com

Hey, wanna make a Right Wing chud pretend they give a shit about the WNBA? I have an idea…

STEPHEN A: Skip I want to ADDRESS this issue. [BAYLESS nods] You KNOW I am sensitive to the so-called transgender issue BAYLESS: Absolutely STEPHEN A: BUT!

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 21h ago

Did we ever find out if the A is for Asshole?

Why do these people concoct such bizarre hypotheticals? Like, we’ll worry about LeBron playing high school girl’s roundball when LeBron goes out for the JV team but this is not an actual thing that is happening.

Lauren Theisen@laurentheisen.bsky.social · yesterday

The Right Has Created Their Perfect Trans Athlete - defector.com/the-right-ha...

A large missile attack on Kyiv has just taken place, with reports of up to nearly 3 dozen missiles being used, including a number of North Korean supplied KN-23s, also known as Hwasong-11a

I finally did it. On the train I said out loud "damn, someone's headphones aren't connected" and they stopped playing their music out loud.

I really love the hi-rez photos of this old Ford Courier I snapped in an Indiana Walmart parking lot… #carsky #oldcarBS carsgoneby.blogspot.com/2025/07/1976...

1976 Ford Courier

For the 1972 model year, Ford revived the Courier nameplate, last used on late 1950s sedan delivery vehicles, and slapped it on a rebadged M...

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