writeon1
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What we need is a role-playing game set in the Western Schism of the 14th & 15th centuries, when there were three popes at once, and they fought real wars over who was the legit one. Thiel, Bannon, and Vance could be bannerlords or orcs or something and act out their fantasies harmlessly.
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
What we need is a role-playing game set in the Western Schism of the 14th & 15th centuries, when there were three popes at once, and they fought real wars over who was the legit one. Thiel, Bannon, and Vance could be bannerlords or orcs or something and act out their fantasies harmlessly.
Will Trump bust him out? We'll hear about it first on Truth Social.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Will Trump bust him out? We'll hear about it first on Truth Social.
There's no way to pay for medical care for all as long as we're paying for a massive and costly bureaucracy designed to deny as many claims as possible. We need to KISS the current system goodbye.
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
There's no way to pay for medical care for all as long as we're paying for a massive and costly bureaucracy designed to deny as many claims as possible. We need to KISS the current system goodbye.
In the spirit of the times, this Thanksgiving I will pardon two cabbages.
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
In the spirit of the times, this Thanksgiving I will pardon two cabbages.
My crystal ball is cracked, but I've come to believe that it will take mass casualty events clearly tied to the climate crisis to put an end to fossil fuel use. An example would be a heat wave that produced unsurvivable wet-bulb temperatures in a densely populated region.
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My crystal ball is cracked, but I've come to believe that it will take mass casualty events clearly tied to the climate crisis to put an end to fossil fuel use. An example would be a heat wave that produced unsurvivable wet-bulb temperatures in a densely populated region.
Marketing Grok as the NSFW AI is limiting if he's hoping to offer it as an enterprise solution. Its integration with X doesn't help. If you were selecting an AI to use in a business, would you pick the one that's known for the dirtiest jokes? One that people associate with far-right politics?
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Marketing Grok as the NSFW AI is limiting if he's hoping to offer it as an enterprise solution. Its integration with X doesn't help. If you were selecting an AI to use in a business, would you pick the one that's known for the dirtiest jokes? One that people associate with far-right politics?
The climate crisis. Existential, but unimportant.
I can't recall watching a single panel discussion of the political future of the USA in which climate was treated as politically important. For so many politicians, it's the most important issue of our time - but a few more oil leases can't hurt.
I can't recall watching a single panel discussion of the political future of the USA in which climate was treated as politically important. For so many politicians, it's the most important issue of our time - but a few more oil leases can't hurt.
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The climate crisis. Existential, but unimportant.
I can't recall watching a single panel discussion of the political future of the USA in which climate was treated as politically important. For so many politicians, it's the most important issue of our time - but a few more oil leases can't hurt.
I can't recall watching a single panel discussion of the political future of the USA in which climate was treated as politically important. For so many politicians, it's the most important issue of our time - but a few more oil leases can't hurt.
Why would he sink to this? I can understand why someone like Hegseth would sell out. I wouldn't hire him to cut my grass. But Bessant has a solid resume in finance. Why does he degrade himself like this?
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Why would he sink to this? I can understand why someone like Hegseth would sell out. I wouldn't hire him to cut my grass. But Bessant has a solid resume in finance. Why does he degrade himself like this?
"When the men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know"
From White Rabbit, our new national anthem. (Grace wouldn't approve, though.)
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know"
From White Rabbit, our new national anthem. (Grace wouldn't approve, though.)
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"When the men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know"
From White Rabbit, our new national anthem. (Grace wouldn't approve, though.)
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know"
From White Rabbit, our new national anthem. (Grace wouldn't approve, though.)
Just don't ask Grok.
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Just don't ask Grok.
AI can be useful, but it can't be trusted. It requires practice and critical thinking. Instead of bemoaning its limitations, better to learn how to use it, because it's becoming ubiquitous and it's not going away.
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
AI can be useful, but it can't be trusted. It requires practice and critical thinking. Instead of bemoaning its limitations, better to learn how to use it, because it's becoming ubiquitous and it's not going away.
I remember the burning wells in Iraq and how Red Adair was in the news fighting the fires. Sometimes war in an oil-producing country drives up prices.
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I remember the burning wells in Iraq and how Red Adair was in the news fighting the fires. Sometimes war in an oil-producing country drives up prices.
I love the expression on her face.
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I love the expression on her face.
I don't see any political advantage to Trump's destruction of the CDC. On balance, it's hurt him and it was obvious that putting an idiot like RFK Jr. in charge would do that. All I'm left with is malice. He really enjoys harming the country.
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I don't see any political advantage to Trump's destruction of the CDC. On balance, it's hurt him and it was obvious that putting an idiot like RFK Jr. in charge would do that. All I'm left with is malice. He really enjoys harming the country.
Reporters should be careful. Karoline's secret identity is the Black Canary. One of these days...
November 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Reporters should be careful. Karoline's secret identity is the Black Canary. One of these days...
Her secret identity is Black Canary.
November 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Her secret identity is Black Canary.
What does being within 500 feet of RFK Jr. do to one's health?
November 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
What does being within 500 feet of RFK Jr. do to one's health?
If any approaching aliens get a copy of this, they will make a U-turn back to Proxima Centauri b or wherever they're from. "Their leader is a demon named Musk with a familiar called Grok! Place them in quarantine at once!"
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
If any approaching aliens get a copy of this, they will make a U-turn back to Proxima Centauri b or wherever they're from. "Their leader is a demon named Musk with a familiar called Grok! Place them in quarantine at once!"
I thought they'd try to delay it in the Senate and send it back to the House. But it looks like Thune wanted to get that hot potato off his hands ASAP, rather than take the kind of damage Johnson and the House Republicans experienced. Now, it's up to Trump, Bondi & Co.
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I thought they'd try to delay it in the Senate and send it back to the House. But it looks like Thune wanted to get that hot potato off his hands ASAP, rather than take the kind of damage Johnson and the House Republicans experienced. Now, it's up to Trump, Bondi & Co.
My cracked crystal ball got it wrong. No delay in the Senate. Or so it seems. Will they come up with a delaying tactic overnight? Will Trump sign it as-is? I wonder if they can feed all of it to an AI. Which side would Grok be on?
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
My cracked crystal ball got it wrong. No delay in the Senate. Or so it seems. Will they come up with a delaying tactic overnight? Will Trump sign it as-is? I wonder if they can feed all of it to an AI. Which side would Grok be on?
Right. Like decoupling isn't the purpose of tariffs. And *we* are warning the *Chinese* about the fragility of supply chains??? But I'm sure we can replace China as a source of rare earths, just as soon as we build the facilities to extract them from ore. Which might take a while. And cost a lot.
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Right. Like decoupling isn't the purpose of tariffs. And *we* are warning the *Chinese* about the fragility of supply chains??? But I'm sure we can replace China as a source of rare earths, just as soon as we build the facilities to extract them from ore. Which might take a while. And cost a lot.
Ms Nasty McPressSecy must be envious.
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Ms Nasty McPressSecy must be envious.
Is anyone calculating the full cost of this terror campaign to the US economy? Beyond the cost of ICE itself, there are businesses disrupted, hospitals and farms deprived of needed workers, families losing breadwinners, the waste of educating young people, and then expelling them.
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Is anyone calculating the full cost of this terror campaign to the US economy? Beyond the cost of ICE itself, there are businesses disrupted, hospitals and farms deprived of needed workers, families losing breadwinners, the waste of educating young people, and then expelling them.