Food takes are all ridiculous. Food is ridiculous. Oh you’re craving some specific dish? Grow up and drink a beer.
February 5, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Food takes are all ridiculous. Food is ridiculous. Oh you’re craving some specific dish? Grow up and drink a beer.
I don’t want the trains to run on time. I don’t want trains at all. I just want the roads to have no potholes.
February 5, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I don’t want the trains to run on time. I don’t want trains at all. I just want the roads to have no potholes.
You can tell someone didn’t grow up in California when you walk into their bedroom and see a painting hanging above the headboard.
January 31, 2026 at 9:45 PM
You can tell someone didn’t grow up in California when you walk into their bedroom and see a painting hanging above the headboard.
@memles.bsky.social I’ve been reading some of your old blog posts on Mad Men. Great stuff, thank you.
January 29, 2026 at 2:47 AM
@memles.bsky.social I’ve been reading some of your old blog posts on Mad Men. Great stuff, thank you.
Hard to see any good future for the United States at all.
January 23, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Hard to see any good future for the United States at all.
Just remembered that Peter Thiel was one of the original anti-polling guys.
January 7, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Just remembered that Peter Thiel was one of the original anti-polling guys.
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It's simply true that young people are paying higher taxes than old people paid in their working lives, to fund benefits they will likely not see.
"Pay 6.2% tax to fund the retirement of someone who paid 3.85% in their working life" is obviously unfair.
www.ssa.gov/oact/ProgDat...
"Pay 6.2% tax to fund the retirement of someone who paid 3.85% in their working life" is obviously unfair.
www.ssa.gov/oact/ProgDat...
www.ssa.gov
January 3, 2026 at 5:26 AM
It's simply true that young people are paying higher taxes than old people paid in their working lives, to fund benefits they will likely not see.
"Pay 6.2% tax to fund the retirement of someone who paid 3.85% in their working life" is obviously unfair.
www.ssa.gov/oact/ProgDat...
"Pay 6.2% tax to fund the retirement of someone who paid 3.85% in their working life" is obviously unfair.
www.ssa.gov/oact/ProgDat...
Going to get really into Zen in 2026.
January 3, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Going to get really into Zen in 2026.
I feel like everything costs a thousand dollars now.
December 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I feel like everything costs a thousand dollars now.
Reposted by Rachel
the question is, to what degree is it possible for Electoral Moderation Pragmatists to recognize that having won governing majorities, they need to pivot away from Electoral Moderation to Actually Governing in ways that can lock in future majorities not by messaging but with the power of the state
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
the question is, to what degree is it possible for Electoral Moderation Pragmatists to recognize that having won governing majorities, they need to pivot away from Electoral Moderation to Actually Governing in ways that can lock in future majorities not by messaging but with the power of the state
America needs 100 years of austerity
November 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
America needs 100 years of austerity
They’re cooking the data, they’re eating the jobs.
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
They’re cooking the data, they’re eating the jobs.
This is what eating oreos feels like
October 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This is what eating oreos feels like
The median Xitter user these days is someone who imagines they will preside over tribunals of political enemies.
October 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The median Xitter user these days is someone who imagines they will preside over tribunals of political enemies.
Reposted by Rachel
October 25, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Reposted by Rachel
The Chinese are likely going to return to the moon before Americans and it's going to hit the American space establishment like a nightmare
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.
reut.rs
October 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The Chinese are likely going to return to the moon before Americans and it's going to hit the American space establishment like a nightmare
Pretty funny that a single Trump post triggered the biggest liquidity run in crypto history
October 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Pretty funny that a single Trump post triggered the biggest liquidity run in crypto history
Came up with something in my sleep. Rye pizza dough with caraway.
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Came up with something in my sleep. Rye pizza dough with caraway.
One Brandon After Another
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
One Brandon After Another
New lib signaling phenomenon in my neighborhood: taking down their stars & stripes, and putting up the California Republic flag.
October 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New lib signaling phenomenon in my neighborhood: taking down their stars & stripes, and putting up the California Republic flag.
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Sora is not the real problem here. The real problem is that in 12, at most 24 months, there will be a Sora clone from Tencent or Alibaba that is just as good and can be run by anybody with a 5099, at which point everyone in society needs to rapidly agree to treat all digital video as fake, period.
October 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Sora is not the real problem here. The real problem is that in 12, at most 24 months, there will be a Sora clone from Tencent or Alibaba that is just as good and can be run by anybody with a 5099, at which point everyone in society needs to rapidly agree to treat all digital video as fake, period.
I get a bit doleful when a dryer ball starts to fall apart and I have to retire it.
October 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I get a bit doleful when a dryer ball starts to fall apart and I have to retire it.
great birds
Your moment of calm this morning, in totally unwartorn Portland. Cedar waxwings lit by the sun, preening on branches.
October 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
great birds
nobel cheese prize. for significant contributions to cheese.
October 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
nobel cheese prize. for significant contributions to cheese.