Leave my travel alone you weird orange bastard

Along with all the things I’ll never understand about Trump supporters, I don’t grok how they don’t eventually run screaming into the madhouse every time he says “it’s a place called x” or “it’s a thing called x” or, (the very worst) “it’s a word called x”.

Not enough talk about just how excellent it is…

Will always show up when you wanna talk about The Cure. Yepper.

Sorry, but this is some hardcore CRAP.

The “economic anxiety” of the rural “noble savage” is offensive BS.

It’s bilious, pseudo-sociological hogwash to posit that “native” revanchism/resentment arises from some deep, semi-mystical attunement with a cherished tribal way of real-country-livin’.

Anyone else spend a solid chunk of this morning gaming out the possible implications of the plaintiff actually being the American Association of Retired Persons?

Heading out today?
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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

Ear infection trying to take me out but I think antibiotics instead of essential oils, because I’m not trying to be a 14th century peasant named Elsbeth who dies in a hay bed whispering it’s the spirits

It works. The government here largely works. Because we are so spoiled by how well it works, we are letting a fool convince us it is broken.

remember: if you’re not happy single you won’t be happy in a relationship. happiness comes from mass effect

“People are too mean to Yglesias” is a real thing I just read.

Who and what are people’s priorities these days to even care? Being mad at Matt is Matt’s business plan. He does not care. Why do you? This isn’t a political project. It’s a business plan.

“Public media defenders say rural audiences would be hit the hardest if funding were cut from NPR and PBS stations. In very remote areas without broadband access, public radio and TV are one of the few sources of news and entertainment available. “ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/b...

owning a small business in 2025…

As fine an analogy for his execrable worthlessness as I’ve seen.

I imagine I’ll think of Maher in these terms for some while.

It should go without saying, but this is the antisemitism we should actually be concerned about.

Hey MAGA, who’re the “Cultural Marxists” now?

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you can’t make me read a Liz Bruenig piece, I refuse, that’s sicko behavior

In case there was any doubt that this administration is deeply psychopathic

These are just the known cases in people who have sought out testing/treatment. And even those cases are diagnosed well after the person has become contagious. The true number is higher.

Reminder that measles is so contagious that every person who gets infected will infect 12-18 additional people.

We have the most anti-free speech government in modern American history.

(And yet, in true Orwellian fashion, they claim to be champions of free speech.)

Same. To the letter.