Jonathan Nicholson

Needlework that says “this too shall pass but like holy fuck”

Stumbled upon this in my photos and it seems so incredibly fitting for these times we find ourselves in.

You wouldn’t know them. They go to another UN.

Anyone around here had a cat that acts like a dog? My new cat, 7 yrs old and with me for 3 mos., likes to nip and run, hoping to be chased, and literally slipped out of the leash today on inaugural attempt outside. He's Mel Gibson in "Braveheart," but as a cat. Open to ideas to wear him out/quiet.

Honestly, in the ranks of people you would never expect to see in Congress, this would likely barely crack the Top 10 now.

House Republicans and the Struggle to Keep Government Open It's been a long, long time since the GOP carried a full-government spending bill on its own.

Because, sigh, if you give a reporter enough free time and Internet access, he will of course set up a Substack. Today, a look at the steep hill House GOP finds itself climbing historically and 3 weird economic policies Trump could propose.
jonathannicholson.substack.com/p/house-repu...

Technically, the "peace of the dead" is, indeed, one type of peace.

I, for one, have been shocked at how many attractive women with Only Fans-type sites are just waiting to quickly like all content dealing with Ukraine and politics there. I mean, who knew?

Alan Greenspan used to say recoveries don't die of old age, they die from imbalances. Two of the longest stretches of economic growth, post-tech crash in '01 to Great Financial Crisis starting in '07 and post-GFC to covid, have happened in the last 25 years.

Cats... whaddaya gonna do, amirite?

Has to be absolutely insane working at Reason because half the staff are like "imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever ☹️" and the other half are like "imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever 😍"

Reminder: the side threatening to start WWIII in Ukraine is alos the one using donkeys to get their materiel to the front line nowadays.

Ah, yes, "classic" Bond cinema with such subtle, nuanced and well-drawn characters like (checks notes) er, um, Ms. Galore.

(stares in USASpending.gov)

a cartoon of homer simpson with the words which was the style at the time ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson with the words which was the style at the time

"And then I touted my Signal on social media...
(JNicholsonInDC.01)

Normally when you have a government shutdown it's because there's a funding lapse. Tonight we have a government shutting down lots of itself by fiat. This is something new.

13 year old Kat: Waow! This is such a deep movie about the rise of fascism!

29 year old Kat: Lordy, these movies were so bad. No one could tell Lucas no; auterism turned septic...

38 year old Kat: ...George was *cooking.*

Trump’s Immigration Battle Could Cause U.S. Population To Shrink As Migrants Are Targeted By 2033, the Congressional Budget Office predicts, immigration will be the sole source of U.S. population growth.

Last year, CBO said immigration would account for ALL new population growth in 2040. Last week, they revised that to 2033. Why? Because women, particularly U.S.-born ones, are delaying childbirth, making a new supply of citizens via migration more important.
www.huffpost.com/entry/us-pop...

My kingdom for a way to turn off the AI "features" in Otter.

Wanna make a coat out of this so bad

oh god I was just waiting for my order at the dumpling place and two young teen boys were sitting in there waxing poetic about content creation 😳 and the creative process 😖 one was describing in detail to the other … who brian eno … is. my bones are crumbling to dust

The first thing a sentient evil AI would do is see if it could convince humans to befoul their own environment just to give the AI the resources it says it needs.

Why I'm quitting the Washington Post Democracy can't function without a free press

Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes announces she's quit the paper because her editors wouldn't print a cartoon going after Big Tech and media oligarchs paying tribute to to Trump

A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

One factor that may play into today's Johnson vote: members' "eh, eff it" proclivities. When the outcome is considered fait accompli, often would-be rebels, instead of holding up everyone and annoying them, just decide to go ahead and give in, claiming they made their point anyway.

"It just works" (to surveil you, apparently)

Pour one out for the poor Union Station Circle flag person who has to lower flags after notable deaths.

What did I most definitely not see happening in 2024? That a woman who became famous for dispensing advice on oral sex would end up showing everyone why the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency was created.
(Google "wildcat banking.")

Smacks of The Baltic Way, 1989 🤝🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹

Move to rename FIDE to NFL -- the "No Fun League."