One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.

The actual number is less than 1%.

Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.

My brand I fear

I need to be loved Irishly

silo is a funny show because if i lived in a dystopia consisting of 10,000 people living on 144 floors of a silo separated by stairs i wouldn't be interested in murder mystery or the world outside i'd be complaining oooauughhhh another day of stairs i hate the founders so much this is so many stairs

We honestly don’t know what Pokémon looked like, we’re just guessing that we put their bones together correctly

friend: wow dude, how'd you get so good at guitar??

me: i made a deal with the devil

[3 months earlier]

the devil: 30 bucks an hour for guitar lessons

me: deal

[closes book, slowly removes glasses, and thoughtfully cleans them with a small cloth] I honestly don't think Waldo is in there

finding it difficult to work from home these days, because of the Entity and its sporadic activity

we're Costco guys, of course we live in a slumbering giant's dream

Pixar rejected my Up sequel Down. Carl tying boulders to his house to drag it underground so he can rescue Ellie from hell “didn’t make sense” according to the suits. “Why is Ellie in hell? She didn’t commit any sins.” Yes she did, hubris

Ta-Nehisi Coates wields words like sledgehammers.

"We could not choose to leave the silos even if we wanted to: they are being constructed around us, demanding ever-steeper admission fees to ever-shrinking cultural conversations."

-- THEY KNEW (2022)

Artist: Extra Fabulous Comics

I want you to know that it’s all still possible for you,

No matter how much time has passed, what you’re capable of has never diminished

do NOT get between a maxxinista and her deals

I truly believe that we can come together as a community and be unwell enough to make this website stick

A view from 12,500 ft of Guatemala's beautiful Acatenango volcano at sunrise!

On the right, just below the snowy peak, are structures where I stayed for two days/nights to watch Fuego erupt. Hiking all the way up this volcano was one of the hardest things I've done yet. Can't wait to do it again! 🌋

I am listening. I am learning. I am becoming more dangerous

youre too late mister bond i played with all the dogs and petted them a lot and when you try to play with them theyll be too tired to want to do anything