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Nerd, Bostonian in exile, Catherine Wheel superfan.

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Midwit meme: 

-lower quartile the godfather is so cool mobsters are like a warrior aristocracy 
-peak: nooo mobsters are violent thieves 
-top percentile: yes that’s why they are like a warrior aristocracy

Midwit meme: -lower quartile the godfather is so cool mobsters are like a warrior aristocracy -peak: nooo mobsters are violent thieves -top percentile: yes that’s why they are like a warrior aristocracy

My evolving views on mob movies

07.10.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 303    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 1

A while still - Waymo works because it’s in extremely well defined city limits.

What happens if they’re driving on I-80 and there’s a snowstorm in Colorado or Utah? Still a while before we can solve that.

07.10.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had a boss that worked with Larry Ellison and had *so* many stories, you might be right I’m imputing too much of the gather on the son.

07.10.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think β€œseasonal work permits” is even a bad idea, but the fact that the shorthand for them is a country that uses these permits to have indentured servitude tells me all I need to know how these would work out.

07.10.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The question is then, will David Ellison replace all the journos at CBS with lickspittles that owe allegiance to Weiss personally? And the answer is probably yes.

07.10.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Liking your posts is probably why my Discovery feed is currently filled with half-naked dudes right now, but fuck it - if you have the balls to post this, you get a like.

07.10.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Look, I think not paying people the money you said they works is evil, but - not paying the people with all the guns the money you said you would is evil and stupid.

07.10.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Because they like Trump and want him to rule us like a king.

Because they like Trump and want him to rule us like a king.

Why put a 30 year old image of LA in a story about Chicago and Portland?

07.10.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NEVER drink the Moxie!

Fun fact: my dad started buying Moxie when he realized it was the only soda he could have in the house I wouldn’t steal.

07.10.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait, who threatened to exile Republicans? How did I miss that story.

07.10.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do I have him too high or too low, do you think?

06.10.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The top 10 wouldn’t be that different if we did β€œmost influential” instead of best, but Dr J and Allen Iverson would both have to go on there.

06.10.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Him, Jordan, KG and Gary Payton are the Mt Rushmore of trash talking, IMO

06.10.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Shaq’s best teammate is a top 15 all time player, Joker’s best teammate will probably never make an all star team. You’re right this will be an argument, I’m just staking my position now.

06.10.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There is no objectively correct NBA top 10 list but also, this is the objectively correct NBA top 10 list.

06.10.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What did Shaq do in 6 minutes to piss you off?

06.10.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Based on the Free Press number Heather Cox Richardson is now the richest woman who ever lived.

06.10.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine describing a giraffe to someone who knew about horses but hadn’t heard about giraffes, they’d think you were screwing with them.

06.10.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not much of a country fan, but didn’t Zach Bryan get in a fight with a much bigger country star over trans rights a few years ago? Probably not that wild he’d be left of CBS

06.10.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The cult of the Special Operator really took hold during Vietnam, and since that’s the US military’s most resounding success you understand why it’s still considered so critical.

06.10.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought it was pretty clear!

06.10.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

By comparison, historian Heather Cox Richardson’s β€œLetter’s From An American” has 2.5 million subscribers.

06.10.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Argo

The Argo

If this is wrong I don’t want to be right

06.10.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought things would be this bad, though I thought things would be this bad but he’d have support because the economy would still be doing well.

It’s going all-in on lawlessness when you’re reaching historical levels of unpopularity in half a year that I was not expecting.

06.10.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a weird question because I would say β€œabout what I expected” but that’s only because I thought Trump II would be much, much worse than Trump I. But easy to read that response as saying β€œeverything’s generally fine”

06.10.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

His dad makes terrible decisions, but he’s not known for making unprofitable decisions.

06.10.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t care who someone blocks, anyone who wants to block me is welcome to do so for whatever reason(or none at all!).

I do care if someone likes Jess Singal though, pretty much a universal sign of bad judgement.

06.10.2025 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Former prosecutor who’s been a defense attorney for a lot longer, though.

06.10.2025 04:08 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ken is from the Tom Nichols β€œoften right, always an asshole” school of posting, so I get it. But he’s been extremely clear eyed about the danger of Trump 2 in a way a lot of more liberal accounts for whatever reason have not. (Looking at you, Crooked Media types)

06.10.2025 04:06 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

No need for the Cyclops slander! (or at least, post-boy scout Cyclops when they realized they forgot to give the guy that’s lead the team for 30 years any charisma and decided to fix it)

06.10.2025 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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