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this is Senator Send In The Troops talking, so it’s not surprising, but just take a minute to sit with the utter inhumanity of “they were trying not to drown because we blew up their boat, and that was a hostile act worthy of blowing them up a second time”
a moral black hole
a moral black hole
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
this is Senator Send In The Troops talking, so it’s not surprising, but just take a minute to sit with the utter inhumanity of “they were trying not to drown because we blew up their boat, and that was a hostile act worthy of blowing them up a second time”
a moral black hole
a moral black hole
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I know that the tech market is particularly fucked right now but the last time I felt less like I would be able to get another job if I left my current one was the depths of the Great Recession
I do not get the impression it’s much better elsewhere
I do not get the impression it’s much better elsewhere
FOX: Year to date job cuts are up 54%. That seems like a troubling number. What's your take?
HASSETT: The flow of jobs in & out is a little higher, there's a little more turnover. A lot of times that can happen because people feel like they're actually able to get another job if they leave this one
HASSETT: The flow of jobs in & out is a little higher, there's a little more turnover. A lot of times that can happen because people feel like they're actually able to get another job if they leave this one
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I know that the tech market is particularly fucked right now but the last time I felt less like I would be able to get another job if I left my current one was the depths of the Great Recession
I do not get the impression it’s much better elsewhere
I do not get the impression it’s much better elsewhere
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This does not give me a lot of hope as it predicts we'll cycle through "Insane person ruins everything for four years" to "Normal person tries to fix things but not quickly enough for the goldfish-brained median voter" for the rest of my life.
December 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This does not give me a lot of hope as it predicts we'll cycle through "Insane person ruins everything for four years" to "Normal person tries to fix things but not quickly enough for the goldfish-brained median voter" for the rest of my life.
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correct, if you can get Actual Leftists through the primary the electorate has never been less concerned with “this person’s views are out of bounds of Acceptable Discourse (as defined by media dipshits)”
use the anger to put good people in charge and hope they can avoid becoming The Bums in turn
use the anger to put good people in charge and hope they can avoid becoming The Bums in turn
yeah and this is an opportunity!
December 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
correct, if you can get Actual Leftists through the primary the electorate has never been less concerned with “this person’s views are out of bounds of Acceptable Discourse (as defined by media dipshits)”
use the anger to put good people in charge and hope they can avoid becoming The Bums in turn
use the anger to put good people in charge and hope they can avoid becoming The Bums in turn
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if we have proven one thing it is that the median voter does not put all that much thought into who they are replacing the bum with when they throw the bum out
the important point is: there is a bum, and he needs to go
the important point is: there is a bum, and he needs to go
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
if we have proven one thing it is that the median voter does not put all that much thought into who they are replacing the bum with when they throw the bum out
the important point is: there is a bum, and he needs to go
the important point is: there is a bum, and he needs to go
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“we have to run this kind of candidate, we have to run that kind of candidate” candidates of all kinds are winning all over the place right now because people are mad
run good ones because they’re good, but a dipshit centrist can win on the D ticket just fine too, it’s not that deep
run good ones because they’re good, but a dipshit centrist can win on the D ticket just fine too, it’s not that deep
December 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“we have to run this kind of candidate, we have to run that kind of candidate” candidates of all kinds are winning all over the place right now because people are mad
run good ones because they’re good, but a dipshit centrist can win on the D ticket just fine too, it’s not that deep
run good ones because they’re good, but a dipshit centrist can win on the D ticket just fine too, it’s not that deep
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I have read eight billion articles about What It All Means and here is my takeaway about why Trump won in 2024 and Republicans are losing everywhere now: people really did not like Joe Biden and now they really do not like Donald Trump
you can try to dive into the why, but that’s the core of it
you can try to dive into the why, but that’s the core of it
December 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I have read eight billion articles about What It All Means and here is my takeaway about why Trump won in 2024 and Republicans are losing everywhere now: people really did not like Joe Biden and now they really do not like Donald Trump
you can try to dive into the why, but that’s the core of it
you can try to dive into the why, but that’s the core of it
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Terry was very good at endings, generally - I find most books in the series very satisfying
but The Last Hero was about as good a send-off to the Horde as I could possibly have imagined, five old men stealing the Valkyries' horses and careening off into the stars to find more adventure, somewhere
but The Last Hero was about as good a send-off to the Horde as I could possibly have imagined, five old men stealing the Valkyries' horses and careening off into the stars to find more adventure, somewhere
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Terry was very good at endings, generally - I find most books in the series very satisfying
but The Last Hero was about as good a send-off to the Horde as I could possibly have imagined, five old men stealing the Valkyries' horses and careening off into the stars to find more adventure, somewhere
but The Last Hero was about as good a send-off to the Horde as I could possibly have imagined, five old men stealing the Valkyries' horses and careening off into the stars to find more adventure, somewhere
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Discworld QOTD, from The Last Hero
December 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Discworld QOTD, from The Last Hero
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I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
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lol
and furthermore, lmao
and furthermore, lmao
ABC News and MS NOW reports that a Virginia grand jury has refused to re-indict Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges
December 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
lol
and furthermore, lmao
and furthermore, lmao
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In fairness, in our day, we solved littering. Anyone know any millennials who litter? In hindsight the anti bullying stuff may have been more useful than convincing millions of children that littering was a moral crime
December 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
In fairness, in our day, we solved littering. Anyone know any millennials who litter? In hindsight the anti bullying stuff may have been more useful than convincing millions of children that littering was a moral crime
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Heck, we reduced the median age people start having sex and reduced the median number of sexual partners and the conservatives are frothing about it.
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Heck, we reduced the median age people start having sex and reduced the median number of sexual partners and the conservatives are frothing about it.
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also we really slashed teen pregnancy and now the right is mad that we did.
December 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
also we really slashed teen pregnancy and now the right is mad that we did.
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My experience as well. So far we're 2-for-2 on kids having a largely bullying/abuse-free middle school experience. Not without bumpy spots of course, but light years away from what I endured.
My hot take: the anti-bullying stuff has really worked, which is why conservatives are pushing back at it.
My hot take: the anti-bullying stuff has really worked, which is why conservatives are pushing back at it.
for what it’s worth I got roped into helping out with my sixth grader’s extracurricular thing so I’ve had more recent contact with middle schoolers who aren’t mine than I usually do, and biased sample/biased reviewer/etc but my verdict is that the kids are all right
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
My experience as well. So far we're 2-for-2 on kids having a largely bullying/abuse-free middle school experience. Not without bumpy spots of course, but light years away from what I endured.
My hot take: the anti-bullying stuff has really worked, which is why conservatives are pushing back at it.
My hot take: the anti-bullying stuff has really worked, which is why conservatives are pushing back at it.
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it is an underrated miracle of the 21st century that we really did massively, massively reduce bullying in schools
My experience as well. So far we're 2-for-2 on kids having a largely bullying/abuse-free middle school experience. Not without bumpy spots of course, but light years away from what I endured.
My hot take: the anti-bullying stuff has really worked, which is why conservatives are pushing back at it.
My hot take: the anti-bullying stuff has really worked, which is why conservatives are pushing back at it.
for what it’s worth I got roped into helping out with my sixth grader’s extracurricular thing so I’ve had more recent contact with middle schoolers who aren’t mine than I usually do, and biased sample/biased reviewer/etc but my verdict is that the kids are all right
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
it is an underrated miracle of the 21st century that we really did massively, massively reduce bullying in schools
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once again, "the supreme court will act as a bunch of partisan republican hacks" is the single most accurate heuristic for predicting its behavior, putting any coherent legal theory to shame
because fuck you, that's why
because fuck you, that's why
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
once again, "the supreme court will act as a bunch of partisan republican hacks" is the single most accurate heuristic for predicting its behavior, putting any coherent legal theory to shame
because fuck you, that's why
because fuck you, that's why
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I opened the Air Riders menu just to have a look and it started sucking me off it was crazy absolutely luxury settings in that thing
December 3, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I opened the Air Riders menu just to have a look and it started sucking me off it was crazy absolutely luxury settings in that thing
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shoutouts to Sakurai games in particular for actually having good settings menus
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 AM
shoutouts to Sakurai games in particular for actually having good settings menus
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I've already been doing all of this, since I follow BDS guidelines — haven't been covering Microsoft games, haven't been buying them, canceled Game Pass, etc. Signing was the least I could do, and you should, too.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I've already been doing all of this, since I follow BDS guidelines — haven't been covering Microsoft games, haven't been buying them, canceled Game Pass, etc. Signing was the least I could do, and you should, too.
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Diane, I am currently standing in a lavender void, my form altered to that of a charming cartoon. I find myself not concerned, but amused.
December 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Diane, I am currently standing in a lavender void, my form altered to that of a charming cartoon. I find myself not concerned, but amused.
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this is mildly a jest initially but after actually putting together a list i think its just Groceries time so if anyone would like to help ill kiss you a little bit
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December 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
this is mildly a jest initially but after actually putting together a list i think its just Groceries time so if anyone would like to help ill kiss you a little bit
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he's plenty capable on his own, i'll have you know
December 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
he's plenty capable on his own, i'll have you know