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· Nov 11
On Politics
I do not come from an especially political family. One parent has not voted in decades, and the other votes regularly, but is not an enthusiast and values harmony over potentially-divisive politica…
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"Trump’s willingness to hurt people exceeds [Democrats'] willingness to see people get hurt."
"If Trump wanted to cancel flights over Thanksgiving rather than keep health care costs down, I don’t see why Democrats should save him from making his priorities so exquisitely clear. And I worry that Democrats have just taught Trump that they will fold under pressure."
Opinion | What Were Democrats Thinking?
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Trump’s willingness to hurt people exceeds [Democrats'] willingness to see people get hurt."
One fun thing about all four pictures in this ad
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
One fun thing about all four pictures in this ad
I heard it's been an important 24 hours in America. Let's go check the paper....
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I heard it's been an important 24 hours in America. Let's go check the paper....
At least in a banana republic you get bananas.
Trump to air traffic controllers: "For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK"
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
At least in a banana republic you get bananas.
ProTip: This is not a good choice of subject line
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
ProTip: This is not a good choice of subject line
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
The Diplomat is pretty great.
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The Diplomat is pretty great.
Tip: The crimeing will continue until you put people in jail.
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Tip: The crimeing will continue until you put people in jail.
Wait, Trump is a moron? This information changes everything!
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Wait, Trump is a moron? This information changes everything!
Isn’t there general agreement on both sides that we’d prefer he be sleeping and golfing?
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Isn’t there general agreement on both sides that we’d prefer he be sleeping and golfing?
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Hellbent on starving children. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Hellbent on starving children. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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I don’t care if the shutdown makes it impossible for me to visit my family over the holidays, I still don’t support it
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I don’t care if the shutdown makes it impossible for me to visit my family over the holidays, I still don’t support it
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
“They killed the wrong drug traffickers” isn’t going to be the damning indictment that some folks are hoping for.
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
“They killed the wrong drug traffickers” isn’t going to be the damning indictment that some folks are hoping for.
56F, great running temperature.
Wind gusts of up to 30mph… wait, which direction!?!?!?
Wind gusts of up to 30mph… wait, which direction!?!?!?
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
56F, great running temperature.
Wind gusts of up to 30mph… wait, which direction!?!?!?
Wind gusts of up to 30mph… wait, which direction!?!?!?
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I just want what they have
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I just want what they have
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
Everyone’s dunking on this, but if someone I don’t know comes within 4 feet of me, they’re gonna hear “Can I help you?”
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Everyone’s dunking on this, but if someone I don’t know comes within 4 feet of me, they’re gonna hear “Can I help you?”
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I always remind myself to be the American that Japanese anime thinks I am. 🥹
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I always remind myself to be the American that Japanese anime thinks I am. 🥹
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Also, if you want to read up on current problems and solutions in US election security, I strongly recommend the "Securing the Vote" National Academies report (note free download link). I use it as the main text in my tech and election integrity course.
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2512...
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2512...
Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy
Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print or as an eBook.
nap.nationalacademies.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Also, if you want to read up on current problems and solutions in US election security, I strongly recommend the "Securing the Vote" National Academies report (note free download link). I use it as the main text in my tech and election integrity course.
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2512...
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2512...
It’s a problem that so many people make it to adulthood without learning that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It’s a problem that so many people make it to adulthood without learning that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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"Our country will be woke no longer." - Donald Trump
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Our country will be woke no longer." - Donald Trump