What if it’s like Sophie’s Choice and we have to give up either the em-dash or the Oxford comma? 😳
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What if it’s like Sophie’s Choice and we have to give up either the em-dash or the Oxford comma? 😳
That’s like the three-card monte guy praising the circus for it’s fair games of chance and skill
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
Pritzker: "He has no idea what's he's talking about. There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops. He is insulting the people of Chicago by calling our home a hellhole, and anyone that takes his word at face value is insulting Chicagoans too."
He can’t even spell “Caribbean” and he’s the fucking Secretary of State
I mean, depends on whose throat, really
“Nationally representative” = “see, we got our stupid folks spread out over all the states”
Fuck no
How’s he going to do that when they’re also scrapping science, I wonder 🤔
Wait till they hear about Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Can National Guard members administer breathalyzer tests? Asking for a friend
Wait till someone tells them about tides
I see the experience of having a reporter in an unsecure Signal chat discussing military operations just 5 months ago somehow did nothing to fracture the presumption of regularity
He ought to give one posthumously to Epstein while he’s at it, make it clear how much he’s taking a dump on any institution that used to mean something
Well, if you insist … 18,000 five-star reviews can’t *all* be wrong 👩🍳
You are right. The Haitians weren’t said to be “eating the dogs, eating the cats” for nothing. Food is a cultural construct, & different attitudes about what and how we eat are intimately concerned with ideas of civilization vs barbarism. But among friends, sure, let’s fight over pineapple on pizza
If you are in or near Baltimore you should know that the Walters Art Museum (which is free!) has a small but wonderful exhibit about cats in medieval manuscripts
“Pics or it didn’t happen”
That is the face of a man who looks in the mirror every morning and sees no soul reflected back at him
We grilled bratwurst today and I was thinking about your much-critiqued dog from earlier in the summer; I must admit I was pretty careful with my own mustard loops, having learned from experience 😅
Wow, thank heaven you came along & provided that bit of breaking news which the last 18 months totally wouldn’t have made me realize on my own This kind of comment does nothing but let you wallow in your own stale sourness. If you’re only going to carp, keep it to yourself, since it helps no one.
Yeah, I think imma need video proof of that
Can’t wait for Drew Ensign’s turn at the Second Nuremberg Trials
Ensign was, of course, aware, but denied it
In fact, the known universe would have imploded had Trump not sent in the Guard. Truly, the entire cosmos was saved that day, and that is why he should get the Nobel Peace Prize Jesus fuck, this timeline is bad
Just because you feel like your day to day life may have not changed that much much doesn't mean that America hasn't changed dramatically under Trump. Authoritarianism is here, right now. We all need to be as clear eyed about it as @vermontgmg.bsky.social: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
An element of fascism is a kind of upside down where the meanest, most rapacious, and least virtuous of society are loosed to bully and abuse people who genuinely uphold civic ideals of service and sacrifice. Public service isn’t what the system is about. It’s about conditioning the national body.
It’s a multi-stage event, good luck
Ah, yes, that moment in elementary school when I was asked to read aloud part of a story in which the main character had a pet chihuahua and my teacher almost exploded with laughter I’d read the word plenty of times but had never heard it pronounced and didn’t know anyone with one, so 🤷♀️
Don’t threaten me with a good time Seriously, it’s all I have to look forward to
It’s always great when you’re just driving by reading replies and someone takes a random whack at your profession based on god knows what
I hear there’s a need for school crossing guards and people to rescue kittens stuck in trees in Minneapolis
To appropriately honor his skills, needs to be a mini-golf next to a Motel 6 in Sheboygan
My feed is the most lighthearted it’s been since I signed up
A collection of clips from MSNBC of multiple Republicans getting booed at town halls this week.
Your grandfather is a wild ride and I’m here for it 👏👏👏
Flattery: nice things people say about you today History: nice things people said about you 150 years ago History = flattery plus time 🫠
Did i really just read that
Someone (Newsom) tried; Mikey plugged his ears with his fingers and said “la la la I can’t hear you”
Whut
Let me gently calm your enthusiasm by just saying this is one of those “looks great from the outside but whooooo boy is it different on the inside” jobs
Does the Daily Beast not know the difference between “grislier” and “grizzlier”? Hint: one means “more sordid,” and the other references bears. Also: “a lot”
“Congressman refuses to say when he stopped snorting drugs in the Capitol bathroom”
Yeah, that’s what I meant about the presumption of regularity. That rule, sensible under the conditions you describe, also allows bad actors in the govt to lie viciously without consequence.
Interesting. Is there a brief explanation for the rationale? (keeping in mind that it, like many laws and rules, was probably created presuming of good faith by officials acting professionally and with integrity, which is not where we are) Thanks for the info!
He misspelled “blessed event”
Would Abrego be able to sue for libel/slander?
As a Yalie (also in a grad school capacity), this is untrue. Do better.
The terrorism is coming from inside the house
Even more obviously, if you use ChatGPT or other LLM/GAI systems, please stop. They are bad for our society. Bad for our environment. And bad for you, with studies already showing they amplify mental illness and diminish cognitive abilities. publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-fi...
I didn’t know a gun counted as a prescription drug
Are there? Are there calls for this? Are they credible? Stop me anytime we get to an answer that isn’t “no.”
I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.
It’s sad that in the five months since you first posted this, things have only gotten worse. Everyone here in the replies was clear about it from the beginning
@repsummerlee.bsky.social RFK is a menace. Impeachment resolutions are like protests: they symbolize opposition and rally followers even if they don’t produce immediate results. (Bondi, Noem, Hegseth, et al are also menaces, of course, and ought to be in this rotation)
Hey, you know what’s really contributing to the violence? The fucking GUNS
Oh, blue cities need weeding and trash collection? Maybe crossing guards? Rescuing kittens stuck in trees?
Just say their humours are unbalanced and they need leeching, Bobby
Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
Pittsburgh is a great underrated city. Plus we have Summer Lee as our Rep and she’s fierce.
And MAGA responsible for both
“Grok will hallucinate an economic boom as soon as the first quarter of next year”
Only when you’re *this* president
i don't know what you do when people refuse to believe "women must submit to men" is the republican party line and intended policy outcome when prominent republicans are out there shouting "submit to your husband!" at one of the most famous women in the world on camera
Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
Came here to say exactly this, but maybe with more exclamation points
Competitive blowjobs
And yet Duffy would not ride to work on the subway with “the people who sweat”
"DOGE personnel appeared to have given themselves authorization to create a copy of SSA's entire set of data on the American public without any independent security or oversight mechanisms in place in violation of laws and creating enormous vulnerabilities." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
That is a big old layer cake of wrongheadedness right there
Is it windmills
👏👏👏 *chef’s kiss*
This is just another iteration of “when you’re rich, they let you grab them by the pussy.” When you’re Trump, they let you get away with shoddy, untruthful pretexts. They just let you do it.
Uh, Howie, that is not the “gotcha” you think it is
Constituent: You need to take your head out of Trump’s ass.
I also had some serious trauma & lost my creative voice. I thought it might be gone forever. Now, after several years, I hope it might not be, but I don’t dare even breathe on any new green shoots of possibility for fear they’ll instantly wither and die. I guess I just wanted to say: I feel you. ❤️🩹
That’s why he hates them more than anyone else
He obviously doesn’t understand how those two parts of the reporter’s statement are connected.
Trump: "A lot of people are saying maybe we'd like a dictator."
Yes. The right will continue to use these words themselves as well as to ascribe them to Democrats. Just like the right uses “woke” way more than the left does. Let’s not help the wrong people here.
Musk is out but the DOGE wrecking operation continues. Six months after opening, a Senate report reveals DOGE is on track to waste over $21 billion, despite claiming to reap massive “savings” for taxpayers. Read more here: bit.ly/3Jwuo4z #ResistTrump
I don’t miss the big screen at all. I have zero desire to see a movie in a theatre anymore. Not just for the subtitles, but for the ability to pause, rewind, and turn it off if it’s bad without having to walk out of the theatre and drive home.
The answer is obviously that you give her to a man to be in charge of her 🤷♀️
Contempt NOW
may
Yes. If you want to know what a system is currently configured to do, look at what it is producing. The alt-right swing isn’t some kind of weird fluke; it’s the system working as intended. Systems produce what they are designed to produce. Twitter is a Nazi machine; don’t give it fuel.
A serial rapist of cities
Like “Empire” in the Foundation books, if you’re an Asimov reader
They’re only doing this because they have to turn over other files today as well and they know this won’t do anything but make their idiot cult think they are being transparent.
Five months. Unconscionable.
That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
Jesus fuck no
Trump being in prison is in the fucking national interest
“How’s the water, boys?” … “what’s water?”
Maybe some of them should go into the museums and see some of this “woke” history they keep hearing about
I have a lot of words to describe John Bolton, and they are not kind, but “low-life” is absent from that list. So we know that in Trumpspeak, “low-IQ” is code for Black; what is “low-life” code for?
You can’t let MAGA dictate the terms of discourse. Where’s the proposed alternative term for patriarchy? There isn’t one, because they don’t want us to talk about patriarchy. Don’t say “incarcerated person,” say “criminal.” Don’t say “undocumented immigrant,” say “illegal.” That’s caving to MAGA.
I guess you should stop using “pace” then
I know it’s been said, but once again: the sheer vulgarity & amount of base insults in Trump admin discourse is an indicator of its barbarism & its utter disinterest in professional democracy. When someone shows you who they are & what they think about you, don’t whitewash it; they mean to end you.