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If you need me, I'll be screaming into the void. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/c...
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
If you need me, I'll be screaming into the void. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/c...
Don't let the authoritarianism blind you to the massive grift. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Don't let the authoritarianism blind you to the massive grift. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
Val objected to not being included, so here he is on the left, and Sparky is on the right.
November 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Val objected to not being included, so here he is on the left, and Sparky is on the right.
Not specifically the best time to be alive, especially given that leadership wants you dead.
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Not specifically the best time to be alive, especially given that leadership wants you dead.
Surprised he accepted but even more surprised the #Yankees offered. This really clouds Dominguez’s and Jones’s futures if they re-sign Bellinger.
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Surprised he accepted but even more surprised the #Yankees offered. This really clouds Dominguez’s and Jones’s futures if they re-sign Bellinger.
Can't help wondering how long till this starts happening here given that we are rushing headlong to build massive AI data centers that consume water at prodigious rates while we are doing all we can to cook the climate at the highest temperatures possible.
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Can't help wondering how long till this starts happening here given that we are rushing headlong to build massive AI data centers that consume water at prodigious rates while we are doing all we can to cook the climate at the highest temperatures possible.
So deeply embarrassing and infuriating that these reality-denying enforcers are reportedly using our country's power to continue polluting the world's waterways. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
So deeply embarrassing and infuriating that these reality-denying enforcers are reportedly using our country's power to continue polluting the world's waterways. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
I kind of hate it when @immaculategrid.com
lists in its answer key the same player for 2 answers. Perhaps it's not the Grid's fault and it's just reflecting what the algo produces, but it's frustrating not to know which OTHER player(s) might have met the criteria for a given square.
lists in its answer key the same player for 2 answers. Perhaps it's not the Grid's fault and it's just reflecting what the algo produces, but it's frustrating not to know which OTHER player(s) might have met the criteria for a given square.
November 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I kind of hate it when @immaculategrid.com
lists in its answer key the same player for 2 answers. Perhaps it's not the Grid's fault and it's just reflecting what the algo produces, but it's frustrating not to know which OTHER player(s) might have met the criteria for a given square.
lists in its answer key the same player for 2 answers. Perhaps it's not the Grid's fault and it's just reflecting what the algo produces, but it's frustrating not to know which OTHER player(s) might have met the criteria for a given square.
It's hard to be optimistic about anything after reading this piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
November 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's hard to be optimistic about anything after reading this piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
The regime’s mission is always to make your life worse.
October 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The regime’s mission is always to make your life worse.
This is chef's-kiss writing: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
October 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This is chef's-kiss writing: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
October 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Who gives even half a shit, @nytimes.com? I mean, really and truly?
October 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Who gives even half a shit, @nytimes.com? I mean, really and truly?
Um . . . I was reliably told he would end the war within 24 hours of taking office and that doing so would be "easy."
September 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Um . . . I was reliably told he would end the war within 24 hours of taking office and that doing so would be "easy."
They voted for this.
September 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
They voted for this.
But of course . . .
September 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
But of course . . .
From today's @joelsherman.bsky.social column: #Yankees
September 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
From today's @joelsherman.bsky.social column: #Yankees
In case you were wondering what Senator Cassidy's reaction was to the latest wrecking ball to hit the CDC, wonder no more. Somehow, I don't think this is going to have any effect. #weaksauce
August 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In case you were wondering what Senator Cassidy's reaction was to the latest wrecking ball to hit the CDC, wonder no more. Somehow, I don't think this is going to have any effect. #weaksauce
Might want to get the copy desk to add the word "to" after "authority" in the dek:
August 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Might want to get the copy desk to add the word "to" after "authority" in the dek:
August 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The Art of the Deal™
August 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The Art of the Deal™
The 🤡 show never ends.
August 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The 🤡 show never ends.
I can't fathom the degree to which this economy is screwed if even coders can't find jobs.
August 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I can't fathom the degree to which this economy is screwed if even coders can't find jobs.
This is just the latest and certainly not the most glaring example of what clearly is going to prevail until and unless Ds regain power: bottomless and massive corruption of the scale we haven't seen since the turn of the 20th century.
August 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is just the latest and certainly not the most glaring example of what clearly is going to prevail until and unless Ds regain power: bottomless and massive corruption of the scale we haven't seen since the turn of the 20th century.