Jordan Anderson

Local governments in Texas repeatedly fail to fund emergency warning systems for floods.

They don’t enforce floodway building restrictions.

Kerrville spent $8.5 million renovating its high school football stadium in 2014. www.fxdesign.co.uk/antler-stadi...

Their priorities are warped.

A pull quote: "Every two years we've released a new version because technology of balls is changing so much. We're right on the cutting edge of that."

God perfecting the male reproductive system.

Why men are shaving off their eyelashes | CNN In today’s increasingly masculine political climate, some men are eager to repress anything about their appearance that could be construed as overtly feminine.

I am here for the bros seeking gender-affirming care www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/s...

From the WSJ article: “They’re not using gallons and miles in North Korea. They’re using the metric system—so are Iran and China. I can’t imagine why we’d want any of that in our country,” Tucker Carlson said in an interview.

There are reasonable arguments for why a stretch of highway in Arizona should use miles rather than kilometers, but Tucker Carlson manages to find the stupidest one. Via www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Chart by Urban Institute from 2023 showing that the largest investment category of state and local government pension plans are corporate equities at 71%

Many state and local pension systems are already in a state of crisis. Tariffs (and the impact on stocks) don’t help.

How can there be both a Reed Hastings and a Reid Hoffman Please someone look into this.

Opening riff from Super Freak / U Can’t Touch This

If Buddy the elf grew up in the Midwest rather than the North Pole

The job market for international tax accountants and attorneys is 📈

And 3am fever dreams that tell you you’ll feel better if you just get all the words right.

The United States has created the strategic Juicero reserve. We will never again lose the ability to squeeze juice out of specially prepared packets.

Vance family moved to ‘undisclosed location’ after hundreds of pro-Ukraine protesters swarm ski resort ahead of vacation A local skier told Fox News the anti-Vance protesters were ‘ f—ing morons.’

💙 U Vermont nypost.com/2025/03/01/u...

The Boring Company is hard at work on his volcanic lair.

spoiler: it’s pleather

When I was a kid I told my friends that GE Smith was Sting. Because I thought that GE Smith was Sting.

When Scalia died these are the people who were saying there was something odd about the position of the pillows on his bed.

Trump is onto something with this Mt McKinley thing. McKinley had nothing to do with it. He just happened to be president at the time Denali was “claimed.”

So if you’ve got a waste transfer station, sewage treatment plant, prison, landfill, etc. please consider naming after our current president.

Lunatic reporting for duty.

A Twitter/X ad for “Grassfed Beef Liver”

my job compels me to visit the bad place from time to time. but where else on earth would I find things like this?

There was a great Reply All about this. Feral hogs are a big problem and their population is out of control. The business of hunting them has unfortunately created an eradication disincentive. gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-...

‘What Is That Thing?’ Tiny Trucks Are Causing Big Fights. Japanese haulers have won people over, even in Texas, but many states say they’re too brittle for America’s streets; a ‘dude magnet’

And small, practical pickup trucks. www.wsj.com/business/aut...

Word of advice, youngsters. If Donald Trump can't see his orange reflection in the shine of your pomaded troubadour cut, you're not up to the job.

Add an “is this your favorite restaurant?” button that triggers a Men In Black-style memory flash and never speaks of this again.

We’re going to have the very best (though unnecessary for some reason) tariffs on imported iron lungs.

We’re about to find out that one dead CEO is worth thousands of dead children in the eyes of policymakers.

2025 New Year’s resolution: curate my Goodreads so it’s less embarrassing when I become infamous.

Wall Street Journal article excerpt about booming cryptocurrency and meme stocks

The Idiocracy economy has arrived.

Prosecutor: The defendant shot the CEO in broad daylight with…

Defense: I object, your honor. This happened in pre-dawn light. Motion to dismiss.

Judge: *checks notes* Motion granted.

Prosecutor: *faints*

Looks amazing. What’s that stuffed bread on the left?