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"Day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little traveled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland." --Jack London, To Build a Fire
December 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
"Day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little traveled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland." --Jack London, To Build a Fire
First of all, she's not especially pretty.
Second, and far more important than her looks: she's grossly irresponsible. "Don't f**k your sources" is Journalism 101, much like "Don't f**k your clients" is Lawyering 101. That should get you blacklisted from the profession.
Second, and far more important than her looks: she's grossly irresponsible. "Don't f**k your sources" is Journalism 101, much like "Don't f**k your clients" is Lawyering 101. That should get you blacklisted from the profession.
December 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
First of all, she's not especially pretty.
Second, and far more important than her looks: she's grossly irresponsible. "Don't f**k your sources" is Journalism 101, much like "Don't f**k your clients" is Lawyering 101. That should get you blacklisted from the profession.
Second, and far more important than her looks: she's grossly irresponsible. "Don't f**k your sources" is Journalism 101, much like "Don't f**k your clients" is Lawyering 101. That should get you blacklisted from the profession.
That cat is plotting your demise. You better sleep with one eye open.
December 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
That cat is plotting your demise. You better sleep with one eye open.
"I'll pray for you" really means "I'm praying AT you", which is a key distinction. "I will keep you in my prayers" is much kinder, and much more appropriate.
December 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
"I'll pray for you" really means "I'm praying AT you", which is a key distinction. "I will keep you in my prayers" is much kinder, and much more appropriate.
Two, from their Our Dumb Century book:
Drugs Win Drug War
President Clinton Feels Nations Pain, Breasts.
Drugs Win Drug War
President Clinton Feels Nations Pain, Breasts.
December 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Two, from their Our Dumb Century book:
Drugs Win Drug War
President Clinton Feels Nations Pain, Breasts.
Drugs Win Drug War
President Clinton Feels Nations Pain, Breasts.
Hillary is now officially in the category of "go away, you aren't helping any more."
Israel under Netanhayu is both committing genocide in Gaza and conducting pogroms against Palestinians in the West Bank. They've burned whatever good will they once had.
Israel under Netanhayu is both committing genocide in Gaza and conducting pogroms against Palestinians in the West Bank. They've burned whatever good will they once had.
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Hillary is now officially in the category of "go away, you aren't helping any more."
Israel under Netanhayu is both committing genocide in Gaza and conducting pogroms against Palestinians in the West Bank. They've burned whatever good will they once had.
Israel under Netanhayu is both committing genocide in Gaza and conducting pogroms against Palestinians in the West Bank. They've burned whatever good will they once had.
You are not wrong. I showed both cartoons to my two kids when they were elementary-school age and they both preferred RoS.
Welcome to my shop/let me cut your mop/let me shave your crop/Daaaaaintily, daaaaintily....
Welcome to my shop/let me cut your mop/let me shave your crop/Daaaaaintily, daaaaintily....
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
You are not wrong. I showed both cartoons to my two kids when they were elementary-school age and they both preferred RoS.
Welcome to my shop/let me cut your mop/let me shave your crop/Daaaaaintily, daaaaintily....
Welcome to my shop/let me cut your mop/let me shave your crop/Daaaaaintily, daaaaintily....
Fascinating. I'm guessing a contributing factor for cold Januaries/Februaries east of the Rockies are cold-air outbreaks coming down from Canada, which rarely cross over the Rockies to western states, or is there some other cause?
December 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Fascinating. I'm guessing a contributing factor for cold Januaries/Februaries east of the Rockies are cold-air outbreaks coming down from Canada, which rarely cross over the Rockies to western states, or is there some other cause?
I know this is just one picture, but Stuckey has a cruel face and cold eyes.
I'm glad you called out Douthat because he's mainstreaming some really awful people (Doug Wilson is another example) in his Interesting Times interviews.
I'm glad you called out Douthat because he's mainstreaming some really awful people (Doug Wilson is another example) in his Interesting Times interviews.
December 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I know this is just one picture, but Stuckey has a cruel face and cold eyes.
I'm glad you called out Douthat because he's mainstreaming some really awful people (Doug Wilson is another example) in his Interesting Times interviews.
I'm glad you called out Douthat because he's mainstreaming some really awful people (Doug Wilson is another example) in his Interesting Times interviews.
That article was enraging. Saldaya should go to prison for a long time.
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
That article was enraging. Saldaya should go to prison for a long time.
yeah, we need at least one more person in prison: Elon himself.
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
yeah, we need at least one more person in prison: Elon himself.
I'll disagree on Rogue One but agree that Attack of the Clones should be at the bottom. I'd bump Force Awakens up a notch or two as it's the best of the new trilogy although it was basically just a remake of the original Star Wars.
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I'll disagree on Rogue One but agree that Attack of the Clones should be at the bottom. I'd bump Force Awakens up a notch or two as it's the best of the new trilogy although it was basically just a remake of the original Star Wars.
I believe that Vermont is the state that has voted Republican the most times since the Republican party came into existence in the 1856 election. It literally *never* voted Democrat until 1964, then swung into the Democratic column in '92 and has remained there since.
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I believe that Vermont is the state that has voted Republican the most times since the Republican party came into existence in the 1856 election. It literally *never* voted Democrat until 1964, then swung into the Democratic column in '92 and has remained there since.
Absolutely. What your state and local government is doing affects your day-to-day life more than the Feds, typically. And a lot of voters, even politically aware ones, don't know and cannot name their state reps or city councillors.
November 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Absolutely. What your state and local government is doing affects your day-to-day life more than the Feds, typically. And a lot of voters, even politically aware ones, don't know and cannot name their state reps or city councillors.
The biggest user of water in Arizona has always been agriculture, by a long ways. Phoenix and Tucson both use *less* water than they did 30–40 years ago despite a larger population. Phoenix has ample water even in a drying climate if we stop growing cotton, alfalfa, and pecans in Arizona.
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The biggest user of water in Arizona has always been agriculture, by a long ways. Phoenix and Tucson both use *less* water than they did 30–40 years ago despite a larger population. Phoenix has ample water even in a drying climate if we stop growing cotton, alfalfa, and pecans in Arizona.
Good. I am convinced that if every single AI data center shut down and ChatGPT and other LLMs vanished in a puff of smoke, it would immediately make the world a better place.
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Good. I am convinced that if every single AI data center shut down and ChatGPT and other LLMs vanished in a puff of smoke, it would immediately make the world a better place.
When I said "conventionally pretty" that was a backhanded insult. I don't think she's terribly attractive, myself, and you're correct that she's a lousy writer. Also incredibly self-absorbed.
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
When I said "conventionally pretty" that was a backhanded insult. I don't think she's terribly attractive, myself, and you're correct that she's a lousy writer. Also incredibly self-absorbed.
There is no way the Times wouldn't have run the profile if Nuzzi wasn't blonde and conventionally pretty. That shot of her hair blowing in the wind was weird.
She's the worst sort of access journalist even before the weird RFK Jr thing, and certainly doesn't merit a long profile in the NYT.
She's the worst sort of access journalist even before the weird RFK Jr thing, and certainly doesn't merit a long profile in the NYT.
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
There is no way the Times wouldn't have run the profile if Nuzzi wasn't blonde and conventionally pretty. That shot of her hair blowing in the wind was weird.
She's the worst sort of access journalist even before the weird RFK Jr thing, and certainly doesn't merit a long profile in the NYT.
She's the worst sort of access journalist even before the weird RFK Jr thing, and certainly doesn't merit a long profile in the NYT.
I wonder if we're going to see people dying of rabies because they get exposed and refuse to get vaccinated.
Rabies is terrifying. It's one of the few diseases with a 100% fatality rate. Once you start showing symptoms, you're dead, and it's a horrible death.
Rabies is terrifying. It's one of the few diseases with a 100% fatality rate. Once you start showing symptoms, you're dead, and it's a horrible death.
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I wonder if we're going to see people dying of rabies because they get exposed and refuse to get vaccinated.
Rabies is terrifying. It's one of the few diseases with a 100% fatality rate. Once you start showing symptoms, you're dead, and it's a horrible death.
Rabies is terrifying. It's one of the few diseases with a 100% fatality rate. Once you start showing symptoms, you're dead, and it's a horrible death.
We could be referring to Cleavermanders instead of Gerrymanders.
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
We could be referring to Cleavermanders instead of Gerrymanders.
Holy crap, I'm 17 years older than that guy and I look better and younger than he does.
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Holy crap, I'm 17 years older than that guy and I look better and younger than he does.
September or early October.
Bugs are gone, weather's pleasant.
Bugs are gone, weather's pleasant.
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
September or early October.
Bugs are gone, weather's pleasant.
Bugs are gone, weather's pleasant.
The invention of D&D and role-playing games as a genre, by Gygax and Arneson was a stroke of genius, but Gygax was a creep, and that's obvious from 1st-Edition D&D, which even has a "Harlot Encounter Table" in the back of the original DMG, where you can meet Brazen Strumpets or Cheap Trollops.
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The invention of D&D and role-playing games as a genre, by Gygax and Arneson was a stroke of genius, but Gygax was a creep, and that's obvious from 1st-Edition D&D, which even has a "Harlot Encounter Table" in the back of the original DMG, where you can meet Brazen Strumpets or Cheap Trollops.
The thing is, though, it really was easier for GenXers to get started than it is for the current 20-somethings. At least in my area, starting wages for a typical entry-level job have doubled in 30 years, but rents have tripled and health insurance has gone up something like 8x.
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The thing is, though, it really was easier for GenXers to get started than it is for the current 20-somethings. At least in my area, starting wages for a typical entry-level job have doubled in 30 years, but rents have tripled and health insurance has gone up something like 8x.
Not only that, but it was one of only 6 states that Carter won in Reagan's 1980 landslide, and Clinton carried it both times. Flipped Republican in 2000 and has been increasingly Republican since.
November 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Not only that, but it was one of only 6 states that Carter won in Reagan's 1980 landslide, and Clinton carried it both times. Flipped Republican in 2000 and has been increasingly Republican since.