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• Post #4406840

  I don't want to make the rest of you feel bad but I have the best wife hard stop.

• Post #4222772

  Pinto Sally. #CarTroubleASongOrPoem #HashtagGames

• Post #4220722

  "Democracy is a better idea than fascism, but the liberal international order does not exist because it is a better idea. It exists because the democratic powers built bigger and better guns, killed millions of fascists, overthrew fascist governments, tried and hanged fascist leaders, and liberated or coercively democratized former fascist countries.... The liberal international order rests on a founding act of violence, of which the Normandy campaign was a crucial part. It was justified, o...

• Post #4027084

  Hmmm. I just tried a new cocktail: the Rothko #1, basically a Negroni-and-tonic made with Old Tom gin. It's good! The tonic + less-botanical gin makes it less overpowering than a regular Negroni.

• Post #4021803

  Fuck those six Democrats in particular. US House approves $1 trillion defense bill that would boost security ties with Israel | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-house-approves-1-trillion-defense-bill-that-would-boost-security-ties-with-israel/

• Post #4006883

  Watch recommendation: the 2026 documentary "Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt41702551/ A young woman starts a late-night 1970s NYC public-access show, and becomes an important advocate for gay rights, HIV education, free speech, and ultimately for sex-positive aging. Unexpectedly enjoyable and informative.

• Post #3992353

  Not a surprise. But when they say "intellectual diversity" they actually mean "not lose our more conservative subscribers," and they know that's what they mean. They trade truth for $.

• Post #3973076

  I'm so old, I remember being taught that the United States government allocated powers evenly among three separate branches so that no one official would have too much power. Also, they didn't know back then about continental drift. Trump 50% tariffs target Canadian autos, alcohol and cheese | AP News https://apnews.com/article/trump-canada-50-tariff-autos-alcohol-cheese-ca268ef24992b16695954c4c2e5eae6a

• Post #3954800

  Going through a big Rubbermaid bin from the garage holding old electronics. Anyone need a CAT-5 crossover cable or some S-video adapters? How about an internal A: drive for reading floppy disks? Or proprietary printer cables?

• Post #3941346

  In case any English-only USians want to watch today's #WorldCup final without subscribing to Fox Sports, the game is showing in Spanish on Telemundo and streaming audio for free on iHeartRadio. The only glitch I haven't been able to solve is that the two streams are out of sync by about 20 seconds, and I haven't figured out how to pause the audio stream successfully to make them match.

• Post #3843261

  There's a new bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent is the U.S. But permanent Standard Time would be healthier and safer. (In fact, the U.S. tried permanent DST back in 1974, but stopped bec people were being killed commuting/walking to school in the dark.) https://aasm.org/advocacy/position-statements/permanent-standard-time-is-the-optimal-choice-for-health-and-safety/ So why isn't permanent ST being proposed? Because GOLF INDUSTRY LOBBYISTS want that extra hour of daylight aft...

• Post #3842350

  If you're having trouble deciding who to root for in the #England vs #Argentina #WorldCup semifinal, just remember to support the country that isn't fecklessly flirting with fascism instead of mounting a solid principled defense to it. See? Easy!

• Post #3826261

  Subtoot: fuck T-Mobile and fuck all the tech companies and fuck every single development in the world since 1999 except Obama's election and my daughter getting engaged.

• Post #3795368

  I'm trying to decide who would be more effective at managing the Strait of Hormuz: the Ukrainian Armed Forces, older Black women, or librarians. Pretty sure any of them would have it under control inside a week, no problem. (Are there any Black Ukrainian librarians?)

• Post #3795278

  Today I hope that when John Roberts wakes up in his small locked room at the Psychiatric Institute of Washington the orderlies speak to him in those artificially soothing voices adults use with small children and frightened animals and all he gets for breakfast is a harmless porridge but then fairly promptly he is taken to a staff psychiatrist for the interview required by District of Columbia Code §21-522 and the psychiatrist quickly realizes who he is and apologizes that no one has recognized...

• Post #3793012

  There's a reason cartels assassinate judges when the legal system gets too close to holding them accountable. Rubio vows to ‘dismantle’ International Criminal Court | CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/13/politics/rubio-dismantle-international-criminal-court

• Post #3771638

  Them: here's a photo of Mitch McConnell with someone next to him holding a newspaper as proof of life. Me: dude, do you think we haven't seen the old Nick Nolte film "Under Fire," where they Weekend at Bernie's a political leader with a newspaper for a photo?

• Post #3769072

  When bad people die, don't grieve. Don't even pretend to grieve. Not even if they had baby faces and a pleasant drawling way of talking. Not even if they were U.S. senators. When bad people die, don't say nice platitudes just because they're dead. When bad people die, be briefly grateful. Then forget them and continue doing good work.

• Post #3656234

  In political science and human communications academic circles, this is what is technically called – and I apologize for using esoteric terms of art like this, but sometimes they're simply the most accurate way of describing things – anyway, this is what is technically called "an outright fucking God-damned lie." Senate GOP leaders say they’ve spoken with Mitch McConnell - Live Updates - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/07/congress/mitch-mcconnell-health-thun...

• Post #3590503

  Have fun giving your speech, Donny. And don't worry about the effective temperature exceeding 115° or exploding nearly a million fireworks shells under a heat dome; I'm sure God will protect you from the "dangerous afternoon thunderstorm" and the "Code Purple/Very Unhealthy" air quality won't dare reach the White House private quarters. #FourthOfJuly #wx #weather

• Post #3569157

  Oh lordy the weather forecast for Trump's oh-so-special 250th 4th of July celebration in DC is absolutely lit. Just glorious. 10/10. May he speak far too long in the heat and then be hit by lightning.

• Post #3544955

  I'm not celebrating #July4th this year. I probably won't celebrate it ever again. Instead, I think I'll shift to celebrating America's "Second Founding," July 9. That's the date the 14th Amendment was adopted, providing for birthright citizenship and due process and equal rights for all. Basically everything you hate about the current Supreme Court is them undoing what the 14th Amendment does. America's moral birthday dates from this Second Founding that guaran...

• Post #3489841

  Nothing to see here. Just ICE detaining a nun/nurse as she was walking – in her habit – to Mass. Texas nun released from ICE custody after being detained on way to Mass | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ice-release-nun-texas-leticia-ugboaja-b3005341.html

• Post #2579023

  Two standard things people on dates sometimes really wish they'd remembered to bring are breath mints and condoms, so how come no one has ever packaged them together in little joined foil envelopes and sold them in bars or at the counter in convenience stores as "Condomints"?

• Post #2439808

  Crazy idea: what if we had these things called "legislatures" or "parliaments" and when dangerous or greedy or counterproductive stuff happened (like corporate privacy theft or wages so low that workers still need food stamps or data centers burning up the planet or automakers shifting away from EVs back to SUVs), then these "legislatures" would enact things called "laws" that made that shit illegal and if anyone, even billi...

• Post #2371524

  Why the eff would I need "AI recording"? Recording is a passive act. Recording should just record what the sound *is*. Maybe AI can help with processing, but recording should be "copy the sound and shut up." God, I can't wait until this bubble bursts. Hopefully it will take down some billionaires with it.

• Post #2077963

  Congratulate me: I had to put spar urethane on a project and for the first time in 64 years I said, "these are good pants, I'll change into old clothing" instead of "these are good pants, I'll be extra careful painting."

• Post #2074312

  The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing everyone the Turing Test means there's no difference between an app *seeming* sentient and *actually being* sentient, instead of what it really is, a painful metaphor for being a gay man trying to pass as straight in a hostile society. #AI #LLMs

• Post #2003364

  Our grandkitty Tybalt is staying with us for a few days. He makes me happy. Thanks for the loan, @thewoodbinewitch !

• Post #2003363

  Our visiting grandcat Tybalt is extremely curious about water. c @thewoodbinewitch