Alex
@watts-the-point.bsky.social
He/him
Still not sure what I’m doing, but at least I remember to write sometimes
Still not sure what I’m doing, but at least I remember to write sometimes
To the kid heelying around the Atlanta airport: Thank you for injecting a sense of freedom and joy into this monument to neo-liberal decay into fascism
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
To the kid heelying around the Atlanta airport: Thank you for injecting a sense of freedom and joy into this monument to neo-liberal decay into fascism
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My grandma "accidentally" set the oven to clean when my mom (her daughter) was making her "famous" meatloaf and we were forced to go out to eat instead.
Years later I asked her if she did it on purpose and she said "You've had your mother's cooking. What do you think"
Years later I asked her if she did it on purpose and she said "You've had your mother's cooking. What do you think"
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
My grandma "accidentally" set the oven to clean when my mom (her daughter) was making her "famous" meatloaf and we were forced to go out to eat instead.
Years later I asked her if she did it on purpose and she said "You've had your mother's cooking. What do you think"
Years later I asked her if she did it on purpose and she said "You've had your mother's cooking. What do you think"
I was so ready for it to be the rest of the meme but now we’re stuck on the second part
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I was so ready for it to be the rest of the meme but now we’re stuck on the second part
Just learned that my dad is interested in visiting Israel and Dubai. None of this is at all surprising. He is, after all, A Certain Type of Guy. No less disappointing though
November 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Just learned that my dad is interested in visiting Israel and Dubai. None of this is at all surprising. He is, after all, A Certain Type of Guy. No less disappointing though
It is insane how much places will upcharge compared to Aldi. Shin ramen 4 pack for double the price??
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It is insane how much places will upcharge compared to Aldi. Shin ramen 4 pack for double the price??
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Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
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EVERYONE knows a person’s health is 💯 determined by the choices that individual makes and literally nothing else. So just choose to not get appendicitis or cancer or lupus or asthma or diabetes and you’ll be rewarded, duh.
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
EVERYONE knows a person’s health is 💯 determined by the choices that individual makes and literally nothing else. So just choose to not get appendicitis or cancer or lupus or asthma or diabetes and you’ll be rewarded, duh.
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this seems objectively correct to me which is why both the centrists at WelcomePAC and hard partisans will hate it
I think the correct thing to do is run Democrats well matched to their districts. Run sewer socialists in blue cities, wine mom ordoliberals in suburbs, angry Blue Dogs in red-purple districts, Cato Institute types in Ohio Basin exurbs, and MGP in rural West Idaho
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
this seems objectively correct to me which is why both the centrists at WelcomePAC and hard partisans will hate it
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I think the correct thing to do is run Democrats well matched to their districts. Run sewer socialists in blue cities, wine mom ordoliberals in suburbs, angry Blue Dogs in red-purple districts, Cato Institute types in Ohio Basin exurbs, and MGP in rural West Idaho
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I think the correct thing to do is run Democrats well matched to their districts. Run sewer socialists in blue cities, wine mom ordoliberals in suburbs, angry Blue Dogs in red-purple districts, Cato Institute types in Ohio Basin exurbs, and MGP in rural West Idaho
Why is it that every six months the trolleys are completely useless due to “necessary maintenance?” Are they unable to coordinate some sort of system of smaller repairs while maintaining service?
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Why is it that every six months the trolleys are completely useless due to “necessary maintenance?” Are they unable to coordinate some sort of system of smaller repairs while maintaining service?
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The basic problem of health insurance: if you want sick people to be able to get insurance, then the insurance product ceases to be traditional insurance, bc the insurer cannot price risk. Once you accept that sick people should get insurance, you must accept some variety of a socialized system.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The basic problem of health insurance: if you want sick people to be able to get insurance, then the insurance product ceases to be traditional insurance, bc the insurer cannot price risk. Once you accept that sick people should get insurance, you must accept some variety of a socialized system.
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Philanthropy will never be a replacement for the services that the government can and should provide. Which is why we should tax the shit out of wealthy people to pay for such services.
The SNAP Freeze Shows Charity Is No Substitute for Welfare
The Trump administration suspended funding for food stamps this weekend, and local food banks are already overwhelmed by hungry Americans — belying conservative arguments that private charities can fi...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Philanthropy will never be a replacement for the services that the government can and should provide. Which is why we should tax the shit out of wealthy people to pay for such services.
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Sports gambling needs to go back to hell
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Sports gambling needs to go back to hell
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Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats suppress the vote when they cave like this
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats suppress the vote when they cave like this
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A real banner week for Chuck Schumer, given that only a few days ago he refused to back the Democratic nominee for mayor of his home city.
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
A real banner week for Chuck Schumer, given that only a few days ago he refused to back the Democratic nominee for mayor of his home city.
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It would have been better to simply cave on day one than do this. how can you ask anyone to suffer through a shutdown ever again, if you can deliver *nothing*?
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It would have been better to simply cave on day one than do this. how can you ask anyone to suffer through a shutdown ever again, if you can deliver *nothing*?
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A multi billion dollar giveaway to Turbotax and other big Trump donors.
The I.R.S. is shutting down its free online system for filing tax returns, a program that the Biden administration introduced last year and that users gave high marks.
via @tarasiegelbernard.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
via @tarasiegelbernard.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
I.R.S. Halts Free Online Offering for Filing Taxes Directly
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A multi billion dollar giveaway to Turbotax and other big Trump donors.
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Caving to the GOP right now makes zero sense.
We just ran the fucking table nationwide last Tuesday at the voting booth.
The courts keep ruling in our favor. SCOTUS' stay on the SNAP benefits ruling expires TONIGHT.
Hold the fucking line.
We just ran the fucking table nationwide last Tuesday at the voting booth.
The courts keep ruling in our favor. SCOTUS' stay on the SNAP benefits ruling expires TONIGHT.
Hold the fucking line.
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Caving to the GOP right now makes zero sense.
We just ran the fucking table nationwide last Tuesday at the voting booth.
The courts keep ruling in our favor. SCOTUS' stay on the SNAP benefits ruling expires TONIGHT.
Hold the fucking line.
We just ran the fucking table nationwide last Tuesday at the voting booth.
The courts keep ruling in our favor. SCOTUS' stay on the SNAP benefits ruling expires TONIGHT.
Hold the fucking line.
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This is just not true. The Trump administration has been cancelling nearly-done solar and wind projects approved by local regulators, constricting the supply of electricity
Pressed by Stephanopoulos on the fact that electricity prices have in fact gone up, Bessent punts: "Electricity prices are a state problem ... look, there are things the federal government can control. Local electricity prices are not one of them."
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This is just not true. The Trump administration has been cancelling nearly-done solar and wind projects approved by local regulators, constricting the supply of electricity
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians
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they haven't got the slightest plan to fix any of this, and at some point the airport situation compounds enough that even if the shutdown ends and we get back to regular ATC staffing it's going to take weeks to unfuck things
holidays are going to be a nightmare this year and it's one guy's fault
holidays are going to be a nightmare this year and it's one guy's fault
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
they haven't got the slightest plan to fix any of this, and at some point the airport situation compounds enough that even if the shutdown ends and we get back to regular ATC staffing it's going to take weeks to unfuck things
holidays are going to be a nightmare this year and it's one guy's fault
holidays are going to be a nightmare this year and it's one guy's fault
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I'm on Sunday duty at @defector.com today! First up, my newser on the airport crisis. Spoiler: Trump is fucking you. defector.com/if-youre-stu...
If You’re Stuck At An Airport Right Now, It’s Because Trump Fucked You | Defector
You picked a bad weekend to fly. Over 1,500 flights in the US were cancelled yesterday, and over 1,200 over them have already been cancelled this morning. One of those may have been yours. You’re stuc...
defector.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I'm on Sunday duty at @defector.com today! First up, my newser on the airport crisis. Spoiler: Trump is fucking you. defector.com/if-youre-stu...
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Seriously, if you have a Sikh gurdwara in your area please let people know about this. We have at least one here in Detroit Metro that I know of. Bonus is that Sikhs are, on the whole, extremely rad people.
Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Seriously, if you have a Sikh gurdwara in your area please let people know about this. We have at least one here in Detroit Metro that I know of. Bonus is that Sikhs are, on the whole, extremely rad people.
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The electoral college makes me, suburbanite in Pennsylvania, one of the most important people in the country, while making tens of millions of people unworthy of any consideration whatsoever from a Presidential contender. A truly horrible, unfair, unjustifiable, inexcusable system.
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The electoral college makes me, suburbanite in Pennsylvania, one of the most important people in the country, while making tens of millions of people unworthy of any consideration whatsoever from a Presidential contender. A truly horrible, unfair, unjustifiable, inexcusable system.