god we got so lucky with our baby, who never cries on planes. just has blowouts we have to change in the tiny bathroom but I can deal with that

this is a fantastic article about a very stupid thing. I hope that @defector.com picks up Jaya as a regular food writer!

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

Ken Burns’s Civil War 2

“My dearest Martha, the days are shortening and the atmosphere is as tense as it is cold. Amazon delivered an inflatable frog costume with extended battery for the long stretches we spend taunting our brothers and mortal enemies athwart the barricades of their ICE facility.”

if newsmax can refuse to sign a loyalty pledge to pete hegseth then the nations colleges and universities can refuse to sign a binding settlement requiring them to do DEI for nazis and hasbarists

One of my favorite little details in DS9 is that Ben Sisko's Dad runs a restaurant, in a world full of replicators, in which no one has to work for money to survive. Why? Because that is what he wants to do. It's simple, but it is one of the most optimistic things about Star Trek.

This is fantastic. As for Weiss - I knew she was a billionaire-serving hack, but I'd never heard her speak and HOLY SHIT does she love sniffing her own farts. Just repulsively self-aggrandizing, as Oliver says.

"Instead of Columbus, we should celebrate all Italian women for being so hot." this is a genuine thought I had this morning. I'm sharing it as an act of contrition. please do not get mad at me. please do not become passionately enraged with your fiery tempers and strike me with a heavily-ringed hand

Michigan uh…. not looking great. rough drive

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

me in 2014, not knowing how good I had it, catching the perfect Vine

One of the smartest things Costco does is assigning every shopper a “Costco Enemy,”who stays in front of them putting carts in stupid places and blocking the aisle and going really slowly. This gives the shopper 30% more browsing time and creates a memorable, provocative experience

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

We banned a guy on the Steam forums for repeatedly saying there were “too many women” in our game

So he flipped his positive review to negative

Still totally worth it

Trans rights are civil rights. If you aren't willing to die on the hill of trans rights, then you aren't willing to die on the hill of Black rights. Of Jewish rights. Of disabled rights. Of gay rights. Of anyone's rights. Human rights.

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

It's not that I won't vote for Gavin Newsom if he's the presidential candidate. It's that if the Democratic Party chooses him, then they are communicating to me that they actively do not want my vote, and believe they don't need it. I will simply honor their wishes

whats the point in "dealing" with the Trump administration when this is the person executing the deal, and is openly promising to violate the laws and break any agreeement? If you want to bargain for something in the shutdown fight, make firing Vought a condition of any funding package.

who will stand athwart the chinese and russian hackers trying to take down our country? I know, this prissy little prick who loves gin and 200,000 of his favorite incel mma fans roided out of their minds

I think President Trump is brave to shut down the government instead of releasing the Epstein files

Brian Eno is right! It only takes about a minute!