Joe Lorenzini

In many ways, a eulogy regarding the change in the Washington Post from a top investigate paper to Bezos's own mouthpiece is representative of Trump's second term

Important here is that as much as Pritzker deserves blame for signing the bill, the entire political leadership--from the legislatures who voted for it, to the Chicago politicians who didn't object--failed by letting this bill go though

The system is broken from the top down

Smart move by Trump

When the Moon NIMBYs come out of hiding to oppose the nuclear reactor because it doesn't match the character of the neighborhood, Trump can claim credit for discovering extraterrestrial life

Banning gerrymandering is a worthwhile reform, just like the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, where states would give their Electoral Votes to the popular vote winner

But the NPVIC realized it would be foolish for just one side to capitulate on it and give the other side all the power

Perfect cast, not a single character out of place

One way that illustrates how Zohran transformed the NYC electorate is that he won with the geographic coalition in yellow on the left, but four years ago, Garcia lost with the electorate in green on the right

The geographic differences are subdued, but Zohran juiced out a lot more of his voters

Agreed. All of our major problems have obvious solutions but are blocked by political hurdles

Just discovered that the Google Pixel keyboard's speech-to-text feature doesn't use the Oxford comma

Can any iPhone user confirm if your phone's keyboard defaults to the Oxford comma? That might be another reason for me to switch over from Android

CBS had to fire Colbert because he wasn't doing real news; meanwhile, Fox News is a bastion of authenticity because it's not actually news, it's just entertainment

Joel is the brother married to Frances

The next Dem nominee for President can gain a lot of traction by saying they'll implement the biggest tax cut in history (repealing the tariffs)

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"The initial cut of the movie made references to 13-year old Jordan Chandler who accused Jackson of molestation and who the pop singer settled with for $20M"

Music biopics often try to tell too much of the artist's life, so you'd think the Michael Jackson movie of all movies would have avoided that

Fort Worth had the worst food of any major city that I've ever visited

I've never eaten such bland huevos rancheros before

Our office printer has a default setting of printing on both sides, and it probably ends up costing us more paper because I have to reprint everything that comes out double-sided when we forget to change it to single sided

She's a natural!

The abandoned Rainforest Cafe building in River North, Chicago

RIP to a real one

Yeah, I can't think of any album that's come out this year that's really made waves. And also disappointing is that we don't seem to have a song of the summer

I only saw him once before so I don't know if he's the best match for me, but I'm only here for another 2 months so I don't really care that much

Don Draper: Fire us. Fire us. Secret our contracts. Let us go.

I just got a text from my barber that he's leaving his old place of business but he wants to continue cutting my hair at a new place. I feel like I'm in that episode of Mad Men where they poach a bunch of clients in the middle of the night to start their own firm

It's entertaining to read about just how many upscale Chinese restaurants have opened in Champaign because when I started there back in 2013, the favorite place to go was Cravings, a pan-East Asian takeout place with cheap, greasy food that constantly shut down for health violations

Would love to hear takes on the parallels between Sinatra's win and Bing Crosby's win the previous decade

Me, drenched from the rain

It started raining on my walk to the train station, and I haven't transferred my umbrella to my new backpack yet

Kinda like how Trump had his single best day of fundraising ever when he was convicted of 34 felonies

Partisanship has so wrecked this country that toxic GOP candidates get the most money from donors under the guise of defending the candidates from outside attacks

www.cnbc.com/2024/05/31/t...

Unfortunately it's that wholesome feeling that I am absolutely striving for, so I'm afraid maybe only one of us will be able to enjoy this show haha

Screenshot of a Twitter meme Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

The meme has come to fruition

"It was a connection, sort of. But not the kind that lingers — not the kind that holds you when the world gets quiet."

Ok cool, so people are just going to live through ultimately inadequate relationships instead of watching Spike Jonze's Oscar-winning masterpiece Her that already taught us this?

I watched the first couple episodes on Prime, but then they yanked it behind the PBS paywall, probably knowing that I was already hooked

The Unholy Pleasures of “Grantchester,” the Original Hot-Priest Show The British detective series, which airs on PBS, has been renewed for a fifth season. But the departure of the show’s main character, midway through the fourth season, has left many fans reeling in a ...

Should I get a subscription to PBS Masterpiece just to watch the original "hot priest" show Grantchester, about a rotating cast of priests who solve murders with a rugged detective in small town, 1950s England?

www.newyorker.com/culture/on-t...

oh this is interesting. i pretty firmly believe, just as a matter of observation and experience, that complaints about affirmative action are a psychological salve for people who aren’t confident of their ability to succeed