not a lot of people know this but that’s a feature to protect you against Outlook (et al) live-checking your grammar before you even finish a sentence

otoh if we don’t break elite impunity we’re probably screwed anyway

everything is impossible until it happens, etc.

Was this an orchestra-accompanied screening? Just recently found out those are a thing, going to see one with the Seattle Symphony on Friday.

he’s describing a parking lot, which is apt: a wasteful, empty, soulless place, best avoided, which we nevertheless must abide because of the corner our society has built itself into

the yellow hue suggests either (1) potato salad or (2) a pot of butter congealed around chunks of potato (as a Lumpless Purist I would still classify as salad)

and either way is (3) an affront to God

all I’ll say is that everyone is so fixated on the macaroni that they’re not seeing the POTATO SALAD

aaaand it’s over

Used to do this one every day and then my parents were like “what do you mean you’re moving 3000 miles away to live in a shoebox???”

Seattle also doesn’t have a separate tipped minimum wage anymore though. Some places did eliminate tips because of that (and some are now bringing them back)

it feels like the pandemic was 17 years ago, but it was actually a little under 6 years ago

Robin Hobb books just don’t translate well into other media

I still get angry any time i am made to think about it. I really can’t think of any piece of media I have ever hated more.

I refused even to watch Andor for ages because that pile of shit turned me so hard against the franchise.

i know being stuck in the past is your thing but it is 2025 my dudes

Trying to park in Ballard on a Saturday was the experience that made me car-free. That’s a good thing.

Lots of people here ignoring that protected bike and ped infrastructure is also a great, safe option for disabled folks using micromobility like scooters and wheelchairs.

I get this point, but he stood in the Oval Office and told reporters that the U.S. is funding genocide in Gaza, which is something that centrists have infamously failed to do, including under the previous President. That is definitely a substantive policy preference on the left.

the Iranian situation is actually not climate change, it’s corruption. it’s a really incredible failure of governance.

there was a paper a few years ago that analyzed this exact outcome and the state shut down public access to their water data and just kept pumping

I know he’s a serial engagement farmer but jesus. What a hill to die on. “Across time, people continue to only spend what they can afford.” Great insights, champ.

I kind of got ladder-climber vibes which is part of why I voted for Balducci in the end. Yeah it’s not looking great.