Jack Taylor

kind of amazing that everything trump does can be understood through the lens of narcissism and it's related needs (e.g., self aggrandizement, revenge, domination, grievance validation). i don't think any character has been so one-dimensional, not even wile e coyote or scrooge mcduck

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

The toothiest grin in Hollywood.
Clack! Clack! Clack!

Oh sweet mystery of law, at last I've found thee.

Oh fuck yeah!

Also, thanks for the pointer! Just went down a (whatever the Afrikans word is for) rabbit hole. I really want to go there!

Zoomed out, the first shot looks like it was done in Illustrator. Unbelievable colors.

Substack and Polymarket: two nihilistic worlds that go great together.

Since DotCom1, execs have mutilated basic discourse, inventing language to mirror their confidence. I blame Stanford MBAs for the execrable "impactful," and the now ubiquitous use of the verb "ask" as a noun. Also: whence "household spend," instead of "spending" or "finances?"

Epstein Class Clowns One key revelation in the wide correspondence of the late pedophile: the rich and powerful just aren't all that bright.

I wrote about the Epstein files and how they illustrate the fact that the oligarchs are not exactly rigorous thinkers. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people

Good morning

I used to find perfectly tied dog poo bags on the curb at 23rd and 6th, 30 feet from a garbage can, and I have to wonder if these people know janitors from office building have to pick up their literal shit.

Land wars have broken out over this dispute.

Needs fruit and maybe a decorative pair of dancing marzipan sex pests.

Lovely!

I'm begging people braying at "liberals" to remember that C-Suite buffoons have been so intellectually incompetent they transformed "ask" into a noun. They don't have the tools to even grasp language while they mesmerize you with confidence. Look at a corporate white board sometime.

Dear trans kids, The world is better with you in it and you are worth fighting for.

We have your backs. You're not alone.

The more I read about Chomsky, the more I wonder at his grifting powers. The university names participating in this real world “Hostel” is astonishing

Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.

Action slacks!

Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees

During its layoffs, the Washington Post abandoned a lot of its staff in foreign, sometime dangerous countries. If you have a few dollars to spare you can help them get home. I know it's grotesque to have to ask, but that's the working world Bezos created.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Natural twine, pet fur (untreated), dry grass and moss, human hair, and dry leaves are safe to put out for bird nests.

Please don't put out dryer lint for birds to use as nesting material. It's dangerous and can be deadly for chicks.
via Kindness for All Beings

Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees

Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.

One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.

Abolish the billionaire class:

You can cancel the Post without any human roadblock:
helpcenter.washingtonpost.com/hc/en-us/art...

My anesthesiologist put headphones on me just before he gave me the propofol, and I heard the opening rift to "The Harder They Come," and then woke up to my doctor talking about eating lots of blackberries. It was a strange morning.

New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare

One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.

Oh yeah. It's the "media" again. Not hundreds of years of recorded human experience.

Madame DeFarge will be knitting away.

Federal judge will let Marimar Martinez release text messages sent by Border Patrol agent who shot her U.S. District Judge Georgia Alexakis pointed out that Martinez is "presumed innocent of any offense of which she has not been convicted." Martinez's attorney said the text messages and other evidence ...

DEVELOPING: Federal judge will let Marimar Martinez release text messages sent by Border Patrol agent who shot her

From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/06/f...

Dude is a fun-sucking numpty