Matt Arnold
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I like trains and soccer and other things
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This is why I can’t stand all the pie-in-the-sky fantasies about what a progressive president will do with unitary executive power.
The next Democratic president won’t be able to take a dump without the Supreme Court upholding a ruling by a Texas judge that presidents are no longer allowed to shit.
The next Democratic president won’t be able to take a dump without the Supreme Court upholding a ruling by a Texas judge that presidents are no longer allowed to shit.
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This is why I can’t stand all the pie-in-the-sky fantasies about what a progressive president will do with unitary executive power.
The next Democratic president won’t be able to take a dump without the Supreme Court upholding a ruling by a Texas judge that presidents are no longer allowed to shit.
The next Democratic president won’t be able to take a dump without the Supreme Court upholding a ruling by a Texas judge that presidents are no longer allowed to shit.
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Yep, the Supreme Court really is just a House of Lords—a purely political branch with bizarre veto power, wielded capriciously and without accountability. Time for massive reform.
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Yep, the Supreme Court really is just a House of Lords—a purely political branch with bizarre veto power, wielded capriciously and without accountability. Time for massive reform.
If we could presume legislatures acted in good faith we wouldn’t need courts!
what in the goddamn fuck is a presumption of good faith for a legislature. why the fuck would we presume that
BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Texas Republicans in fight over congressional map. The new gerrymandered map will be used in the 2026 midterms. The vote is 6–3, with the Republican appointees siding with Texas.
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
If we could presume legislatures acted in good faith we wouldn’t need courts!
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Good morning to all the libraries around the world! Hope you have a great day, sis. Keep it real! 📚
December 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Good morning to all the libraries around the world! Hope you have a great day, sis. Keep it real! 📚
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I'm sure this will be great for society.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I'm sure this will be great for society.
Also northern Virginia is apparently all-in on BRT which….i mean fine
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Also northern Virginia is apparently all-in on BRT which….i mean fine
It’s kinda crazy how quickly you can tell how serious a municipality is about pedestrian/cyclist safety and good transportation just casually browsing their website
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It’s kinda crazy how quickly you can tell how serious a municipality is about pedestrian/cyclist safety and good transportation just casually browsing their website
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The refusal to consider DC Statehood is largely a reluctance to give DC two Senators, which itself is a tacit admission that the United States Senate is an anti-democratic institution.
Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The refusal to consider DC Statehood is largely a reluctance to give DC two Senators, which itself is a tacit admission that the United States Senate is an anti-democratic institution.
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
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It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.
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New report shows that Texas could save BILLIONS annually by investing in multimodal transportation - let's do it!
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December 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New report shows that Texas could save BILLIONS annually by investing in multimodal transportation - let's do it!
rmi.org/building-sma...
rmi.org/building-sma...
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"Why don't kids go outside anymore?!"
Kids outside:
Kids outside:
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"Why don't kids go outside anymore?!"
Kids outside:
Kids outside:
disney, make the muppets shakespeare and you will print money, i promise
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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thanksgiving is over which means it's time for scary brown extension cords with no ground wires
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
thanksgiving is over which means it's time for scary brown extension cords with no ground wires
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From tonight at DFW Airport: Traffic on International Parkway on the left, the Silver Line at Terminal B Station on the right.
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 AM
From tonight at DFW Airport: Traffic on International Parkway on the left, the Silver Line at Terminal B Station on the right.
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I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
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Telling people to touch grass, constantly going off on how much he hates AI, getting swept up in poly drama... Truly he is the Poster's Pope
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
Pope Leo and the Vatican reject polygamy in sweeping doctrinal praise of monogamy
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
www.sltrib.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Telling people to touch grass, constantly going off on how much he hates AI, getting swept up in poly drama... Truly he is the Poster's Pope
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my take on Food Discourse is that it's always ridiculous but it's also nice to be fighting about dumb internet shit again instead of dealing with Oppressive Despair all the time so please keep posting your bad takes
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
my take on Food Discourse is that it's always ridiculous but it's also nice to be fighting about dumb internet shit again instead of dealing with Oppressive Despair all the time so please keep posting your bad takes
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A difference between robot cars vs. regular cars is that with regular cars, drivers walk to where they park, spreading traffic out.
With robot cars, every event turns city streets into an airport pickup line.
bsky.app/profile/thew...
With robot cars, every event turns city streets into an airport pickup line.
bsky.app/profile/thew...
A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
A difference between robot cars vs. regular cars is that with regular cars, drivers walk to where they park, spreading traffic out.
With robot cars, every event turns city streets into an airport pickup line.
bsky.app/profile/thew...
With robot cars, every event turns city streets into an airport pickup line.
bsky.app/profile/thew...
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This is exactly right
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is exactly right
Green bean casserole is nasty this is easy
with charity and goodwill, i must here part ways with rolls.
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Green bean casserole is nasty this is easy