Thomas Hall

First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.

I would love to read your full piece. Didn't find it on your website... though I did find a lot of other things to read later. I appreciate you in many ways.

Very disappointed none of you told me that Lewis Mumford made a 1963 film about car dependency, and it's available on YouTube.

"The motor car inflates our private ego, proclaims our social status, and provides us with the illusion of freedom and power."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIKZ...

There is also the constitutionally mandated structural bias of the Senate, which also Carrie’s into the electoral college. The House itself isn’t affected by this.

If you don’t know Lina Khan, now is a great time to know about her. She’s now on Zohran Mamdani’s transition team. She’s also the former FTC Chair, only 36, & committed to leveling the playing field for everyday Americans. She is an absolute star. This is what hope feels like.

Thank you all!
Catch your breath, for tonight.
The real fight can wait, just a little while.
Good morning, America.

How many?

Or nickname your son Schwartz Hund...

I don't have all the answers, but Speaker Jeffries is being an idiot of the "wrestle in the pigstye" variety. Everyone gets dirty, but some enjoy it, and politically importantly, *look like they enjoy it* more.

I am not saying I know 100% what the right response is, but I am pretty sure this is an example of Speaker Jeffries being an idiot of the "wrestle with the pigs" variety, where all end up dirty but some of them are having more fun, and look like it.

I don't know what detaching is, or muting. Blocking sounds straightforward. But I would like not to get caught up in this...

For what it is worth, I do know you are a Doctor... and are way smarter than me, at least in science.

No chance you are judging me a little more quickly than is warranted? Obviously this is your page, your thread... and you can keep it on point the way you see fit.

But social media might be better as gumbo than miso and tofu, with a little scallions.

I am willing to chalk this one as an L, though. And try to come back in the future having observed the whole conversation a little better.

*winces*

Eh... at the risk... I read it slightly differently. To me it sounded more like he was coarsely accusing you of giving aid-and-comfort to a trending group of assholes, or not realizing that both-sidesism is really big right now.

I do acknowledge I was going off of just one post.

I do realize there is probably a vibrant community here that was probably talking just fine before Stu and I arrived... and I haven't checked Stu's profile or history.

I like lively exchanges and people not being excessively careful with what they say.

See... nuance and lack of nuance.

I don't see all the ways my reply was ill-timed or poorly conceived, but I am sure there are a few.

I am also sure sometimes I, and others, do need to take our floaties off and jump in the deep end.

I am not sure if it is a rhetorical technique. It could be mostly trying to be polite to someone who doesn't know me and I don't know her... but also dropping the ball.

or, rather...

Huge tool my middle name. It is what all the ladies call me. Thanks, Piper.

Buddy, work with me.... and let's do nuance. No. She wasn't blaming Dems for Trump's actions.

She was saying that this shit-show has more than one root.

By the way I am Thomas. But you can just call me Mixed Metaphor today. I am brewing my coffee.

Dr. Prescod-Weinstein. Of course. My apologies. Will you let me blame it on not having my coffee yet this morning?

I do think we should absolutely talk about Clinton, Obama and Biden tango-ing the rising tide. And I am pretty sure the asshole-meter would bump on Stu and me.

But we are, ultimately, on your side.

Ms. Prescod-Weinstein, I am a big fan, having bumped in on some astronomy posts. My 2c on this? You and Stu Duncan should both just cook. As somebody prone to cursing and coarse and simplistic statements, at times, myself, I do hear what both of you are saying, and think there is something in there.

YouTube video by More Perfect Union We Put 7 Uber Drivers in One Room. What We Found Will Shock You.

youtu.be/OEXJmNj6SPk

Remember: Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars in taxes every year.

They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency.

Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.

YouTube video by Caio Badner Monty Python - Dead Parrot

youtu.be/4vuW6tQ0218

No. It is supposed to do that. All rockets do that.

Well, I don't know why we would elect presidents without background checks, so we all have our parts of the world that we don't understand.

I have asked drivers this in New York, some of whom sport both Uber and Lift consoles and lighted up decals (I think at some risk to themselves)... "Which do you prefer?"

One driver told me to use an app called Curbed, wherein they got the entire amount minus a proc. fee.

A bit clunky, but works.

And if you want to follow some of these organizations, you can find them here:

👉 @migrantfreedom.bsky.social
👉 @immigrantjustice.bsky.social
👉 @the-ilrc.bsky.social
👉 @nilc.org
👉 @detentionwatchnetwork.org
👉 @unitedwedream.org

Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/

Oh good. We've reached the "I don't have to be faster than the bear, I only have to be less woke than you" stage of faculty solidarity. archive.is/wGNDr