Matt Taylor

I solved the Monday 3/24/2025 New York Times Daily Crossword in 5:17!

My personal best, I think.

Clarence Thomas Torn Over Case Where Both Sides Offer Compelling Scuba Trips -The Onion

Clarence Thomas Torn Over Case Where Both Sides Offer Compelling Scuba Trips
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Counterpoint: the banana runt is an all-time underrated candy.

Anyone got a Starter Pack for folks who watch Jeopardy on DVR, run like a month behind, and are desperately trying to make it past Election Day to stop seeing the damn campaign ads even being fast-forwarded? Asking for a me.

So, I use “at the end of the day.” It’s dumb, but I was an early adopter and I can’t quit. BUT, like once every 5-10 times I just follow it up with “it’s nighttime,” and just leave it there.

Jon Voight

I think the “truth serum” number on atheists is likely closer to 33% than 3%. I’m biased as an atheist, but I don’t think that one’s as bonkers as the others.

If the NFL really wants to protect QBs, they should make intentional grounding legal.

This is one of those months where I think depression and anxiety are fighting it out to be the alpha within me. But then I realize I just legitimately have no idea which is which. Fun!

The real story on Capitol Hill is the desire of GOP men to have transgender women in their bathrooms

Let Jameis cook!!!

I’m saying it now with hopes that it sinks in: Donald Trump cannot take any oath of office until he is granted amnesty for breaking the last one he swore. That’s just straight up in the Constitution. 2/3 of each House. That’s the bar.

This is an echo of the general election. The trans Democrat is blamed for "sparking" the crisis despite the fact she did nothing beyond be herself.

Before she arrived to DC, or made any demands, the GOP preemptively turned her identity into a political issue.

So, who is doing identity politics?

… while Jerry World is apparently crumbling above them. It’s really quite something.

“regular human bartender” however, just means it’s Jackie Daytona.

See How Many Lives Vaccines Have Saved around the World Vaccines are the first step toward health equity in many parts of the world

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154 MILLION LIVES 🧪
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I solved the Thursday 11/14/2024 New York Times Daily Crossword in 16:53!

I solved the Tuesday 11/12/2024 New York Times Daily Crossword in 9:01!

I solved the Monday 11/11/2024 New York Times Daily Crossword in 7:15!

The problem with the “they fucked around and they’re going to find out” narrative is (1) Trumpism will blame the natural consequences on someone else — CHYNA, gays, enemy within, whatever, and (2) The Fox/Trump media axis will push that narrative . . . .

I solved the Friday 11/08/2024 New York Times Daily Crossword in 17:36! #Distraction

I woke up to a notification yesterday that he had followed me, looked to see if it was really someone making fun of him, and was shocked to see that it appeared to actually be him. Farm-city for sure, throwing follows so wide he caught me in the net!

I was just discussing this with my wife. I’m going to keep it, but only for communal sports event viewing. No longer giving him my doomscrolling screentime.

Function like every day you act like a decent person is a middle finger in their face.

Just wants to borrow a cup of sugar.

I started the slow changeover last week. I still need the bad place for real time sports reaction stuff. Won’t bail entirely until they show up to fingerprint me or whatever.

I think social media platforms should require literacy captchas to log on. “Choose the post where the word ‘bias’ is used correctly,” for example, would screen out so many problematic types.