A Gilson
@adamgilson.bsky.social
Ohio, bicycling, anti-MAGA stuff, closer to fifty than forty
Ohhhkay this took a strangely personal and negative turn. I'll just say, I've loved biking trails on western Michigan and noted that they double as snowmobile trails. The trails I bike here do not. That's an important distinction to me regarding volume of frozen precipitation. But to each their own.
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Ohhhkay this took a strangely personal and negative turn. I'll just say, I've loved biking trails on western Michigan and noted that they double as snowmobile trails. The trails I bike here do not. That's an important distinction to me regarding volume of frozen precipitation. But to each their own.
Again, I live in Ohio
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Again, I live in Ohio
Ohio is a hell of a lot more urban than you give it credit for and I personally think the biking here (trails and rural roads) is phenomenal. I'm also sick of our backwards gerrymandered legislature. Michigan is absolutely charming and even Detroit is getting better but I can do without all the snow
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Ohio is a hell of a lot more urban than you give it credit for and I personally think the biking here (trails and rural roads) is phenomenal. I'm also sick of our backwards gerrymandered legislature. Michigan is absolutely charming and even Detroit is getting better but I can do without all the snow
Also known as the Frank LaRose Method.
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Also known as the Frank LaRose Method.
I love the steep drop in DINNER ROLL prices.
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I love the steep drop in DINNER ROLL prices.
Yeah, I don't actually care about that primary like at all, but it seems that the very small excerpt you shared is talking about issues facing the USA, presented in the context of issues that affect the world generally. Seems appropriate for a member of Congress to care about, no?
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Yeah, I don't actually care about that primary like at all, but it seems that the very small excerpt you shared is talking about issues facing the USA, presented in the context of issues that affect the world generally. Seems appropriate for a member of Congress to care about, no?
Well, the charge was "right-leaning" and not "right wing," but you're right that the Fox poll has consistently been trustworthy and even and doesn't deserve to be lumped in with the likes of Trafalgar
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Well, the charge was "right-leaning" and not "right wing," but you're right that the Fox poll has consistently been trustworthy and even and doesn't deserve to be lumped in with the likes of Trafalgar
I hate that I have to doubt everything the Trump DoJ contends, but if these charges are true, she needs to be out of office permanently.
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I hate that I have to doubt everything the Trump DoJ contends, but if these charges are true, she needs to be out of office permanently.
I'm increasingly convinced that one of the many problems of one-party rule for so long is that the party in power runs out of legislative ideas but not out of bad intent, so the legislation gets progressively stupider as time goes on.
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I'm increasingly convinced that one of the many problems of one-party rule for so long is that the party in power runs out of legislative ideas but not out of bad intent, so the legislation gets progressively stupider as time goes on.
The further we get from the awful things our current regulatory state was made to end, the more with think the current regulatory state is overly burdensome. It's like looking at a dam with a tranquil pool behind it and concluding that the dam is doing nothing because the water is so calm.
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The further we get from the awful things our current regulatory state was made to end, the more with think the current regulatory state is overly burdensome. It's like looking at a dam with a tranquil pool behind it and concluding that the dam is doing nothing because the water is so calm.
Did Nate Silver guest-write the op ed?
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Did Nate Silver guest-write the op ed?
The editorial board realizes that mayors hire people with, like, MPAs and stuff to run executive departments. Right?
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The editorial board realizes that mayors hire people with, like, MPAs and stuff to run executive departments. Right?
It's all going just great, isn't it?
November 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
It's all going just great, isn't it?
He's a video! That's what probably concerns me most--how easily so many of us have our minds made up/manipulated by a stirring campaign announcement video.
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
He's a video! That's what probably concerns me most--how easily so many of us have our minds made up/manipulated by a stirring campaign announcement video.
While at the exact same time, we must not point to inflation in Biden's first year and note that it had anything to do with what immediate came before.
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
While at the exact same time, we must not point to inflation in Biden's first year and note that it had anything to do with what immediate came before.
Whoops! Looks like this insight was repeated.
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Whoops! Looks like this insight was repeated.
Well before Obergefell, some students at the school where I work organized a pro-marriage march (can't remember the specific catalyst). A visiting faculty member took the mic and confused the crowd when she slammed marriage as a chattel institution. I think she was opposed to marriage, period?
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Well before Obergefell, some students at the school where I work organized a pro-marriage march (can't remember the specific catalyst). A visiting faculty member took the mic and confused the crowd when she slammed marriage as a chattel institution. I think she was opposed to marriage, period?
Once again, since leaving Twitter, I'm only reminded that Nate Silver exists whenever somebody shares a screenshot of one of his tweets, which tells me that the weird little dude only exists on Twitter, while somehow still fancying himself as relevant.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Once again, since leaving Twitter, I'm only reminded that Nate Silver exists whenever somebody shares a screenshot of one of his tweets, which tells me that the weird little dude only exists on Twitter, while somehow still fancying himself as relevant.
The Fifth Circuit just made up its decision out of whole cloth, so the Supreme Court absolutely needed to take this case up. (Not that I have tons of faith in what they'll do ...)
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The Fifth Circuit just made up its decision out of whole cloth, so the Supreme Court absolutely needed to take this case up. (Not that I have tons of faith in what they'll do ...)
True, but is Getty selling AP editorial photos that have done that?
www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...
www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...
US President Donald Trump greets FIFA President Gianni Infantino...
US President Donald Trump greets FIFA President Gianni Infantino during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. Trump landed in Egypt on October 13 for a summit on Gaza, following a.....
www.gettyimages.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
True, but is Getty selling AP editorial photos that have done that?
www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...
www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...
So, go see that show when you can. Don't be like my dad, saying for years, "I was going to see Harry Chapin when he came to York, but I thought I'd catch the next show."
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
So, go see that show when you can. Don't be like my dad, saying for years, "I was going to see Harry Chapin when he came to York, but I thought I'd catch the next show."
Anyway. Not long after that, Hal retired the show for good. He lived until early 2021, when he died at the impressive age of 95. Driving to see the show was an odd choice at the time, and I wasn't sure how I felt about it when I was there, but about a decade later, I'm grateful I got to see it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Anyway. Not long after that, Hal retired the show for good. He lived until early 2021, when he died at the impressive age of 95. Driving to see the show was an odd choice at the time, and I wasn't sure how I felt about it when I was there, but about a decade later, I'm grateful I got to see it.
that the wavering voice and seeming loss of place in the show was part of the act. He was into the character of Twain later in life, a role Hal had played since he was himself a young man. Hal was Mark Twain. And he was a hell of an actor. I know the crowd also thought he was lost although he wasn't
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
that the wavering voice and seeming loss of place in the show was part of the act. He was into the character of Twain later in life, a role Hal had played since he was himself a young man. Hal was Mark Twain. And he was a hell of an actor. I know the crowd also thought he was lost although he wasn't
The theater was a tired old place. The crowd filled the theater and was polite, in an NPR-ish way. Hal was old (91!). And seemed a little doddery, his voice wavering; at times, he seemed to lose his place, and then he snapped right back. I realized later, after watching a contemporary interview …
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The theater was a tired old place. The crowd filled the theater and was polite, in an NPR-ish way. Hal was old (91!). And seemed a little doddery, his voice wavering; at times, he seemed to lose his place, and then he snapped right back. I realized later, after watching a contemporary interview …