Nathan Alderman
@nathanalderman.com
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Nathan Alderman
@nathanalderman.com
· Nov 28
Look, it's simple.
Be kind.
Be curious.
Tell the truth.
Ask for help.
Help others if you can.
Don't hurt people.
If you do, say you're sorry, mean it, and prove it.
Think before you speak.
Say less.
Say please.
Say thank you.
Be kind.
Be curious.
Tell the truth.
Ask for help.
Help others if you can.
Don't hurt people.
If you do, say you're sorry, mean it, and prove it.
Think before you speak.
Say less.
Say please.
Say thank you.
“If we’re in a computer simulation, how could we watch TV shows?” — my youngest, suitably skeptical.
February 8, 2026 at 12:59 AM
“If we’re in a computer simulation, how could we watch TV shows?” — my youngest, suitably skeptical.
I feel like if someone just bought JD Vance a proper doner kebab, if he thus saw the face of God, maybe we could still save his soul.
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I feel like if someone just bought JD Vance a proper doner kebab, if he thus saw the face of God, maybe we could still save his soul.
There's a fundraiser in this thread to help pay the medical bills of a man beaten nearly to death, unprovoked, by ICE.
I feel like it shouldn't be political to say "law enforcement shouldn't fracture a man's skull for funsies."
I feel like it shouldn't be political to say "law enforcement shouldn't fracture a man's skull for funsies."
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM
There's a fundraiser in this thread to help pay the medical bills of a man beaten nearly to death, unprovoked, by ICE.
I feel like it shouldn't be political to say "law enforcement shouldn't fracture a man's skull for funsies."
I feel like it shouldn't be political to say "law enforcement shouldn't fracture a man's skull for funsies."
If you’ve never seen this video, you need to see this video.
Watching the "Genghis Khan" video for anxiety relief upon waking
Miike Snow - Genghis Khan (Official Video)
YouTube video by Miike Snow
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM
If you’ve never seen this video, you need to see this video.
At the state level, our very blue county used to be divided into three different Republican fiefdoms by a GOP-made gerrymander.
Ahem.
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Ahem.
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
February 7, 2026 at 3:34 AM
At the state level, our very blue county used to be divided into three different Republican fiefdoms by a GOP-made gerrymander.
Ahem.
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Ahem.
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
If you're sincerely concerned about election fraud, I recommend you check out the Heritage Foundation's database.
Here in Virginia, there are occasional exceptions for filing falsified paperwork or setting up fake sites, but the database mostly tends to document three basic kinds of fraud...
Here in Virginia, there are occasional exceptions for filing falsified paperwork or setting up fake sites, but the database mostly tends to document three basic kinds of fraud...
February 7, 2026 at 12:32 AM
If you're sincerely concerned about election fraud, I recommend you check out the Heritage Foundation's database.
Here in Virginia, there are occasional exceptions for filing falsified paperwork or setting up fake sites, but the database mostly tends to document three basic kinds of fraud...
Here in Virginia, there are occasional exceptions for filing falsified paperwork or setting up fake sites, but the database mostly tends to document three basic kinds of fraud...
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that thing where your child won't pick out their sweater so you pick out their sweater but that sweater, upon review, does not align with their vision, so now, .05 seconds before the bus arrives, they WILL go pick out their own sweater, actually-- love that. best way to start the day
February 6, 2026 at 1:03 PM
that thing where your child won't pick out their sweater so you pick out their sweater but that sweater, upon review, does not align with their vision, so now, .05 seconds before the bus arrives, they WILL go pick out their own sweater, actually-- love that. best way to start the day
I think the government shouldn’t be able to ruin your life and your child’s life just because it made itself look bad the last time it tried to ruin your life and your child’s life.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:20 AM
I think the government shouldn’t be able to ruin your life and your child’s life just because it made itself look bad the last time it tried to ruin your life and your child’s life.
Hydraulic fracking but for getting the last bit of Nutella out of the container
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Hydraulic fracking but for getting the last bit of Nutella out of the container
Spent the morning and early afternoon writing 4200 words and then cutting 1200 of them, sorry, cannot word now, all outta words
February 5, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Spent the morning and early afternoon writing 4200 words and then cutting 1200 of them, sorry, cannot word now, all outta words
Posting this in the interest of fairness, because it could honestly be a lot worse. It’s not enough, but it’s not what I was led to expect.
SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED ON REINING IN THE ABUSES OF ICE
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
February 5, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Posting this in the interest of fairness, because it could honestly be a lot worse. It’s not enough, but it’s not what I was led to expect.
[Chuck Schumer is playing poker]
CHUCK: Oho, what's this in my hand? A full house!
CHUCK'S OPPONENT: [Has all his cards facing toward Chuck. Some of them are Uno cards. One is a rare Snorglax. Also he's eating the cards.]
CHUCK [pushing all his chips to the center of the table, beaming]: I fold!
CHUCK: Oho, what's this in my hand? A full house!
CHUCK'S OPPONENT: [Has all his cards facing toward Chuck. Some of them are Uno cards. One is a rare Snorglax. Also he's eating the cards.]
CHUCK [pushing all his chips to the center of the table, beaming]: I fold!
February 5, 2026 at 2:37 AM
[Chuck Schumer is playing poker]
CHUCK: Oho, what's this in my hand? A full house!
CHUCK'S OPPONENT: [Has all his cards facing toward Chuck. Some of them are Uno cards. One is a rare Snorglax. Also he's eating the cards.]
CHUCK [pushing all his chips to the center of the table, beaming]: I fold!
CHUCK: Oho, what's this in my hand? A full house!
CHUCK'S OPPONENT: [Has all his cards facing toward Chuck. Some of them are Uno cards. One is a rare Snorglax. Also he's eating the cards.]
CHUCK [pushing all his chips to the center of the table, beaming]: I fold!
"I Don't Believe in the Polls" is my least favorite cover of The Magnetic Fields' "I Don't Believe In the Sun."
Llamas: "If you look at the polls most Americans say they don't like how you've handled immigration…How do you change their minds?"
Trump: "I don't believe the polls."
Trump: "I don't believe the polls."
February 5, 2026 at 12:34 AM
"I Don't Believe in the Polls" is my least favorite cover of The Magnetic Fields' "I Don't Believe In the Sun."
Boom goes the proverbial dynamite: Gov. Spanberger has ordered state law enforcement agencies to terminate the 287(g) agreements Gov. Youngkin insisted they sign. www.governor.virginia.gov/media/govern...
https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/governor-of-virginia/pdf/ed/ED-1-Directing-the-Commonwealth’s-Law-Enforcement-Agencies-to-Terminate-Any-and-All-Section-287(g)-Agreements.pdf
February 4, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Boom goes the proverbial dynamite: Gov. Spanberger has ordered state law enforcement agencies to terminate the 287(g) agreements Gov. Youngkin insisted they sign. www.governor.virginia.gov/media/govern...
Been working on this story, about the lovely folks at the Blue Ridge Disc Golf Club and their annual efforts to raise money for food banks, since last summer! Great photos from @ezeamosp.bsky.social, too.
c-ville.com/local-disc-g...
c-ville.com/local-disc-g...
Local disc golfers battle Mother Nature, each other to help feed the hungry - C-VILLE Weekly
The Ice Bowl, to be honest, seems like two excellent ideas surrounded by a lot of terrible ones. The excellent ideas: Tossing a disc into a basket for fun, and raising money for the Blue Ridge Area Fo...
c-ville.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Been working on this story, about the lovely folks at the Blue Ridge Disc Golf Club and their annual efforts to raise money for food banks, since last summer! Great photos from @ezeamosp.bsky.social, too.
c-ville.com/local-disc-g...
c-ville.com/local-disc-g...
I've got two fun/uplifting stories in @cvilleweekly.bsky.social this week, starting with this one: c-ville.com/a-uva-health...
February 4, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I've got two fun/uplifting stories in @cvilleweekly.bsky.social this week, starting with this one: c-ville.com/a-uva-health...
It makes a grim sort of sense that a broad movement apparently dedicated to avenging the application of consequences of Richard Nixon would include destroying the newspaper that brought him down.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:32 PM
It makes a grim sort of sense that a broad movement apparently dedicated to avenging the application of consequences of Richard Nixon would include destroying the newspaper that brought him down.
I’ve heard “the Devil can quote scripture for his own purposes” before, but I’ve never actually seen it happen in real time.
Speaking on behalf of a religion that actively sought to spread itself to every country in the world whether invited or not, Speaker Johnson would like to share with you the Biblical case for strong borders.
February 4, 2026 at 1:16 PM
I’ve heard “the Devil can quote scripture for his own purposes” before, but I’ve never actually seen it happen in real time.
"My Humps," a song written in Hell by the Devil himself.
Also, literally anything by Steely Dan.
Also, literally anything by Steely Dan.
Fuck your favourite song. Tell me your least favourite song. The one that makes you die inside the moment you hear the first 3 seconds.
February 4, 2026 at 2:41 AM
"My Humps," a song written in Hell by the Devil himself.
Also, literally anything by Steely Dan.
Also, literally anything by Steely Dan.
Looks like Virginia Democrats have another potential option for the Senate this year.
Never seen a political site that featured a parody of Clippy before: www.runwithmoran.com#blog
Never seen a political site that featured a parody of Clippy before: www.runwithmoran.com#blog
February 3, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Looks like Virginia Democrats have another potential option for the Senate this year.
Never seen a political site that featured a parody of Clippy before: www.runwithmoran.com#blog
Never seen a political site that featured a parody of Clippy before: www.runwithmoran.com#blog
Keep circulating the tapes.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
RiffTrax Makes MST3K! — Four NEW episodes in 2026!
Mike, Kevin, and Bill are heading back to the Satellite of Love for Mystery Science Theater 3000: THE RIFFTRAX EXPERIMENTS!
www.kickstarter.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Keep circulating the tapes.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
... so the official position of the United States government is that it's bad that a five-year-old child is not imprisoned?
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Deputy attorney general says administration will appeal order to release 5-year-old from ICE custody
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in an interview that the Trump administration will appeal a federal judge’s decision to release a 5-year-old and his father from ICE custody in Texas.
www.mprnews.org
February 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
... so the official position of the United States government is that it's bad that a five-year-old child is not imprisoned?
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Aw, geez, who let Herbert West practice medicine again?
Don’t worry guys, everything is very cool and normal at the Wegman’s parking lot!
February 2, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Aw, geez, who let Herbert West practice medicine again?
BRIDGERTON hot takes:
1. The best season of BRIDGERTON is season 1. The second best season of BRIDGERTON is QUEEN CHARLOTTE.
2. Casting Rege Jean-Page was wise in isolation but a tactical error; you have started at 11 and can only retreat from there.
1. The best season of BRIDGERTON is season 1. The second best season of BRIDGERTON is QUEEN CHARLOTTE.
2. Casting Rege Jean-Page was wise in isolation but a tactical error; you have started at 11 and can only retreat from there.
February 2, 2026 at 2:17 AM
BRIDGERTON hot takes:
1. The best season of BRIDGERTON is season 1. The second best season of BRIDGERTON is QUEEN CHARLOTTE.
2. Casting Rege Jean-Page was wise in isolation but a tactical error; you have started at 11 and can only retreat from there.
1. The best season of BRIDGERTON is season 1. The second best season of BRIDGERTON is QUEEN CHARLOTTE.
2. Casting Rege Jean-Page was wise in isolation but a tactical error; you have started at 11 and can only retreat from there.
Alan Ritchson writes an entire doctoral thesis in this movie in the field of Ruining Nazis' Entire Existences, peer-reviewed, footnoted citations, the works, and it is beautiful to behold.
Watched The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare on Saturday night because I desperately needed to watch a bunch of Nazis get killed, and it did not disappoint.
February 2, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Alan Ritchson writes an entire doctoral thesis in this movie in the field of Ruining Nazis' Entire Existences, peer-reviewed, footnoted citations, the works, and it is beautiful to behold.