Diane Patterson

I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points

Item 1
A highway that will cost billions, take 20 years and contribute to the destruc.....Approved!

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A bike lane that will cost almost nothing, reduce traffic and align with our climate emerg...Do you have approval from every living and deceased resident in the city?

Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.

Trump officials move to end student loan payment pause for millions of borrowers The Trump administration announced a proposed joint settlement with Missouri that would soon force millions of student loan borrowers into repayment.

Congrats again to the people who continuously said Biden did nothing about student loans for four years! www.cnbc.com/2025/12/09/s...

One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse.
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”

Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Step 1: deliberately scare people with misinformation and lies about what a proposed policy or plan will do. Step2: wait for misinformed people to complain. Step 3: say that “clearly people are concerned,“ so we should “listen to the people“ and reject the plan. The Populist Playbook

Step 4: mainstream media “reports the controversy” rather than the fact it was manufactured, and the amplify the quotes of those who manufactured it.. Step5: other elected leaders who know the truth, still vote against the good plan or policy, because they’re too afraid of the “heat.“

Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”

A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.

It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.

Since then, it’s only gotten worse.

Do the steps sound familiar?

Well, there’s my agenda for the rest of the night sorted

The Republican party is responsible for all of this and absolutely none of it had to happen. This was intentional.

“a person”

Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase

Once upon a time, this would have been a bit of a red flag.

The “a second plane” George w bush meme but the faces are swapped with the alien and ripley too close meme

Staying informed in 2025:

The daiquiri was the only bar order I could think of off the cuff for what I wanted (none of the menu drinks appealed).

This is absolutely correct. A constitution is every citizen's compact with the government, not some secret scroll that only members of a priest caste are allowed to access.

THE DAIQUIRI MAKES ME MYSTERIOUS

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

I’m so embarrassed I missed the text I was supposed to include in the post, and I’m going to blame this daiquiri.

UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.

A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”

If all of this is true, this is one of the most bizarre things in the history of finance, and one with an obvious, nasty and likely sudden surprise when revenue evaporates because there’s no reason to buy more. I want everybody to understand what’s happening! It’s really important and not complex!

If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows

A picture of Lionel Messi and other soccer players with caption “The Family Plan 2 starring Mark Wahlberg”

A picture of Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell with caption “Miami vs Vancouver MLS Cup”

The other night my AppleTV was going through some stuff and I'm not gonna lie, I would totally watch these shows

Memo: If a Jew ever says to you "Tell me about it," don't.

This man did a photo opp of himself destroying homeless people's last possessions.

The fact that Netflix could afford to buy warner brothers means they could've afforded to let us share passwords.

Would love to know the backstory behind how "The Last Frontier" came together — it has really felt like two separate shows kludged together.

Today's fun day: it's colder in NYC than in Moscow.

You know there’s only one damn thing every American knows about soccer?

YOU DON’T USE YOUR HANDS.

There’s Never Been a Better Time to Quit Caffeine

Most offensive headline yet in the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/d...