Athul K. Acharya

Went berry-picking with the family today. On the way back, my wife says to me, we’ve gotta feed her some real food before bed or she’s gonna get the blueberry runs at school and get sent home tomorrow. On cue, the kiddo rips a long ripe wet one. Parenting is hard but it’s also often hilarious

Last half of the sentence totally unnecessary

i don’t really think the Sydney Sweeney ad was supposed to be any deeper than “she’s hot”

Unexpectedly cool moment in parenting: teaching your kid to tap out the beat to a song

Front page of NYT, above the fold, the day we reduce tariffs by 1%

Ned Stark politics

Fucking walking into a deathmatch and swearing to play by Marquess of Queensbury rules. What an idiot @votealexlee.bsky.social

I didn't have anything to do with this. I'm just as appalled and disappointed as the rest of yinz guys.

The number of people this tweet, shorn of context, could describe…is probably more than the number of principled anti-imperialists

A young Kira might’ve, but not by time she was XO of DS9. She’d made her peace with compromise, with the machine

After spending 15 minutes looking for the TV remote, I have decided that when I die I want my epitaph to read, “And at last, he too was tidied away”

Jake’s Gen-Z coded and apolitical so yeah he listens to Rogan and voted for Trump

Nah, Kira was Uncommitted (obvs) but held her nose and pulled the lever for Harris. She doesn’t admit it in certain company

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ

The Court continues to fail the marshmallow test

It’s also pretty unremarkable for today’s GOP, which leads me to doubt your claim of “overuse”

I don't really blame Wilson for this. He's in a tough spot; the city can hardly afford to lose 4% of its budget and fight off a DOJ lawsuit (although, Keith, if you're listening, I'd come on-side for that one).

Portland mayor orders changes to city equity policies to comply with Trump DEI mandate Portland Mayor Keith Wilson has ordered city bureaus to change the wording for city programs that benefit minority groups to comply with President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI directives.

Trump is resegregating America.

One of my absolute favorite things about living in Portland is that I can go berry-picking with my daughter every morning on our way to daycare

Really bad that Tablet sees its job as displacing traditional Jewish conspiracy theories onto Muslims

When you read about the unspeakable things new federal appellate judge Emil Bove is going to do—he’ll make Jim Ho and Stuart Kyle Duncan look like bleeding hearts—remember that it is *Democrats* who held the seat open for Trump to fill. Not Republicans: Democrats.

The Cowardice of Senate Democrats Made Emil Bove’s Confirmation Possible Senate Democrats could have confirmed Biden nominee Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit last year. They caved to a disgraceful right-wing smear campaign instead.

Emil Bove's confirmation was only possible because Democrats caved to a vile right-wing smear campaign of Adeel Mangi, who would have been the first Muslim appeals court judge, when Biden nominated him for the same seat last year. Absolutely disgraceful. Bove's confirmation is on them, too.

also, “so woke you have walked backwards into supporting segregation” is definitely a thing online

Trump administration launches investigation into Duke University and Duke Law Journal | CNN Politics The Trump administration has identified a new target in its battle with elite higher education, announcing a two-pronged front against Duke University on allegations the North Carolina school is in vi...

lol. Duke (my law school alma mater) has been resoundingly silent about every depredation of Trump II. Signed 0 of the letters, joined 0 of the amicus briefs. Fucking disgrace. But at least it paid off—sike!

so according to David Brooks 43% of NYC Jews are antisemites. fascinating

In a sane world, every newspaper would run on A1 tomorrow:

“IDF THREAT: IF JOURNALISTS PHOTOGRAPH GAZA, WE WILL STARVE GAZA”

wondering how many people whining about Cooper are fans of Newsom tbh

i suspect there is a strong overlap

Next time KOSA comes around, have a glimpse into the future if it passes