J Lemein

Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.

He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:

Fails the widespread criteria. But safe to say that anyone who has tasted the green sauce with Berkeley pizza slices knows it should be way more popular than a regional favorite.

Anyone who has ever lived or worked in the East Bay knows the below statement is false.

www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

One job: correcting apart/a part

As a kid, I was walking through O’Hare during the filming of Home Alone 2. At one point, Macaulay Caulkin was walking right alongside me in the terminal for a couple minutes. I was completely oblivious to this. Until we got to the gate, and my entire family freaked out at me for not noticing.

Donald Trump deployed more than 700 active U.S. Marines — men and women trained in foreign combat, not domestic law enforcement.

We honor their service and bravery. But we do not want our streets militarized by our own Armed Forces. Not in L.A. Not in California. Not anywhere.

To be effective, our opposition to today's abuses must run alongside a clear picture of what we are actually for - and how everyday life could be better with different leadership.

YouTube video by Conan O'Brien Excerpt from Conan O'Brien's Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speech

Conan is the absolute best. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr8q...

Hey Democrats, wake the f—k up The Democrats have neither the ability nor the will to fight back against President Donald Trump, SFGATE columnist Drew Magary writes.

If I’m gonna write about politics now, I’d better make it count. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Somebody yelled at me for posting about Ganymede instead of /the state of things/ last night.

I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.

We’re going to norm ourselves straight into idiocracy.

Insert “Entire Bay Area Region” for “Town”. It is incredible how a place with so many people who claim to be innovators can also be full of the worst NIMBYs in human existence.

And should be trained to become fully employed firefighters upon release.

I just saw an internship posting that suggested candidates should have 3-5 years experience. Very normal, very cool 🚩