I totally forgot the Vice President in "Dave" is named Nance.
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I totally forgot the Vice President in "Dave" is named Nance.
Finally listening to this:
Remember a good use of eBay can be getting pictures of parts that otherwise aren't available from the manufacturer or you can't see without taking apart your bike.
Has anyone thought to ask RFK Jr. what he believes is the definition of "gold-standard science?" Because I don't think it's what he thinks it is.
I'm sorry, a more accurate description would be "A post on Trump's social media account said that he's never been in better health." We have no verification Trump posted this himself.
This is actually a very important point.
Still thinking about the house I passed on my bike ride today with a Gadsden flag and a pride flag hanging on the front of the garage.
Brief movie recommendations for the moment: "Dave" "The Death of Stalin" "Weekend at Bernie's" Others?
I guess there could also be a psychiatric or spiritual transformation.
This simply cannot be objectively true. No 79 year old is feeling better than they have at any other age.
That only works if seeing him up close on camera shows a healthy individual in control of his faculties.
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
The fact that there were actually several people on this post who thought I was serious explains a lot to me about what's going on in America right now.
We're at the point where the more they try to show us nothing's wrong the more it will accelerate what is actually wrong.
But hey, let's all get bent out of shape by a few progressive YouTube celebrities getting a few grand.
It's a common tactic of dictators to have body doubles.
It's been months since he did one of his silly rallies.
I think i just saw him by the pool!
3) I'm not 100% sure where I am on the "Trump is dying" spectrum (I was very enthusiastic about the circa-2018 dementia speculation) but I know that as good/healthy as Trump is today is the best he will ever be from now on.
2) It's very possible that the 90,000 square foot ballroom is basically a toy truck the WH staff are giving him so he can keep busy since he's not actually capable of anything more at this point.
Unless they can't install a port for some reason, which would be REALLY bad.
Just a few random Trump-related thoughts for the holiday weekend: 1) Those bruises on his hands aren't from IVs. They're not quite in the right place (they'd be centered), and if you have that many problems with IVs and need them that much they install a port.
"Mitochondrial Challenges" is the name of my prog rock/math rock fusion band.
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Ruin a book by adding "Ton Clancy's" to the title: Tom Clancy's Dune
Ruin a book by adding "Ton Clancy's" to the title: Tom Clancy's Slaughterhouse-Five
Hey! Littering is a crime!
I'm not sure how exactly we're going to get out of our current situation, but I'm increasingly thinking it somehow will involve Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.
Cracker Barrel went back to their old logo but the only beer they'll be selling is Bud Light.
Everyone mad about the Cracker Barrel logo is mad about the removal of both the barrel and the cracker.
The most dangerous thing that happened to me in DC was getting my finger shut in a car door by one of the other youth group members when we were doing our Confirmation service project. Didn't break anything, just needed the wound cleaned and dressed.
Tim Walz : trans rights are human rights JB Pritzker : we’re taking names of all you fuckers and coming after you Gavin Newsom : lol my pr firm made another meme while i guest starred on another right wing podcast
I follow the social media of the schools that I have worked at (one I also went to as an undergrad) and that my oldest goes to, and I can tell you from a comparative sense they are far more similar than different. If they didn't have different color logos it would be hard to tell them apart.
Everyone mad about the Cracker Barrel logo is mad about the removal of both the barrel and the cracker.
Hot take: Why doesn't every higher ed SIS automatically integrate course schedules into Outlook/Google? I've built it out in the past; but it should just be a button.
This sent me down a rabbit hole. Another possibility is a syphilitic ulcer. Whatever it is it's not good.
I think something we should be thinking about is how will we be able to determine if they're doing a "Weekend at Bernie's" with Trump? I mean at some point they won't be able to explain why no one's seeing him anymore.
I don't believe in heaven or hell anymore, but nothing makes me want to believe in them more than the idea of people like James Dobson thinking they're going to heaven and finding out they in fact are not.
If Trump does in fact go to heaven it will be sad because he'll never see his friend Jeffrey again.
He stopped posting in ALL CAPS.
Getting birthday messages today and I just want to reply "Thanks! You too!"
If Trump were actually high all the time things would be going quite a bit better than they are now.
Pretty sure her shoe closest isn't in the White House.
Feeling like if only the dude who threw the sub at the federal officer had screamed "EAT FRESH!" when he did it he might have been able to argue he was just quickly giving him a tasty sub. So it stayed fresh.
French dip; but the au jus should be boiling hot and thrown separately.
Didn't realize how much I wanted to watch new "King of the Hill" episodes.
Realizing I can blame my slightly rough-sounding voice on the wildfire smoke
If the deal is the full release of the Epstein files and impeachment/conviction of the President, maaaaaybe.
5) At least continue to watch and listen as much as you can, the ratings will help. 6) Don't take public media for granted--talk about it with your friends and neighbors--the shows you watch/listen to, the stories that affect your life, how much it matters.
3) If you live in an area with strong public media (NYC and New England will probably be fine), consider donating to a smaller rural public media organization. Even a one-time donation would help now. 4) If you can't afford a donation, see if you can volunteer.
1) If you're not donating to public media and you have the means, please start. Do a monthly contribution if you can. They make it super easy. 2) If you're already donating to public media, increase your contribution if you can. We doubled our contributions.
I heard he got it from a tick in a box
Can we have a shout out for Stephen Colbert's agent(s) and/or lawyer(s), who made it so CBS couldn't fire him for ten months, and only by completely eliminating the show?
Anyone who thinks this either isn't or has never lived with a woman.
You know what? Let's keep encouraging conservatives to eat more sugar and beef tallow.
The Washington Epstein Didn't Kill Himselves
No area code in the original NANP required more than 21 pulses on a rotary dial phone. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origina...
The thing about Trump saying he "doesn't draw" in response to the WSJ article is that he's probably not physically able to draw like that anymore, and he probably also sexually assaulted underage girls with Jeffrey Epstein.
You can also usually get access for a donation to your local station.
I-91 through Springfield, MA is worse than I-81 through Syracuse, NY. At least they're fixing I-81.
Chronic venous insufficiency is not benign. If they are saying that's what he has what's actually going on is likely even worse. They downplayed a COVID case that sent him to the hospital. They acted like a bullet that passed a inch from his skull was no big deal.
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9 years of commuting to NYC and I only realized last night that the reason the conductors don't check tickets between NY Penn and Secaucus is because they don't need to; you have to use your ticket to enter and leave the station in Secaucus. (To be fair, I rarely started/finished a commute there)
this means something
If you haven't figured it out yet, a LLM can never be better than its training data.
I heard he also said "chomping at the bit"
Soon, the only holiday we'll be allowed to celebrate will be Prime Day.
🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
Here's what people don't understand: Jeff Bezos spending $50 million on his wedding is like the median American by net worth spending $40 on theirs.
Once you accumulate a net worth of $1 billion you should get a trophy and a parade for winning capitalism, and then every dollar you make after that should be taxed, or you can donate them. You'll be fine. If your net worth drops below $1 billion then you can earn and keep up to $1 billion.
I assume he and Mamdani had roles picked out in each other's administration.
what’s funny is that if pro-cuomo centrist democrats were less myopic they might see that mamdani was running the kind of campaign that could help rebuild the party brand — accessible with an outsider persona and a focus on “kitchen table” issues.
If more progressive Democrats get elected they become the Democratic party, which I think is good. In general I've been in favor of the farthest left candidates in any race; if for nothing else than we need some balance. Overton Window and all that.
I wouldn't call it "endearing" exactly but perhaps seeing Trump covet a Nobel Peace Prize is the most outwardly human thing I've seen him do.
I was going to say it was hotter than balls today but if your balls are as hot as it was today, please see a doctor.
You scared me. I had to check. Amazing and good.
Reduced ability to self-censor is a dementia symptom.
It's $4 to rent "Wag The Dog".
I think the real question is why they couldn't do a better job with the DC parade. Shouldn't they have been able to bus people in from all over? Shouldn't they have had more tanks and weaponry? More troops? It doesn't even require that much competence.
I'm afraid he might occupy a few more cities because of the tantrum he throws because of this parade.
He's older than Joe Biden.
This is a great live thread about the "perade".
I did the fireworks in DC once in July 4th and this area was packed. I've seen more people on The Mall on a normal hot and humid summer afternoon. I lived in suburban VA for three years a a kid so I was in this very place a lot.
I once went to see the July 4th fireworks in DC and you could barely move in that area.
At the #nokings protest in Morristown, NJ today:
Morristown, NJ 06/14/25. #nokings
Please note carefully where the political violence is coming from.
I'd say her husband would kick your ass, but I'm sure she's capable of taking care of herself.
Shhh, they haven't figured it out yet! (Actually the conference is open to anyone in higher ed)
Always happy to be at #NYSCIO2025. Starting the morning with Dr. Scott Vinciguerra talking about resilience:
I just want to say, LinkedIn is your trusted resource for finding out the names of people who work at ICE field offices
A thing I learned about myself recently is that while I normally listen to podcasts at 2x speed, I can't do that while I'm driving.
Yet another intersection in the Venn diagram of higher ed IT people I know and my music fandom.
Um, We're seeing the same show.
I can’t compete with this
This should not controversial, but somehow it is. I believe EVERYONE deserves healthcare, no matter who you are, what you do, or where you were born.