Leo was still doing his spiraling-hilariously-downhill character from Wolf of Wall Street, which, frankly, was one of the best things about the movie, IMO.

I was not a fan of One Battle After Another. Still can't understand all the fuss about it.

I'm intrigued!

Extreme wealth = unfounded hubris + dumb luck

A million morons just like him could have been in his shoes with the tiniest twist of fate

🤣 Death march.

Apparently, according to darling huzz, American chop suey is what his family called homemade Beef-a-Roni.

KFF graphic featuring a quote from a 60-year-old Republican woman in Missouri. It says, “I was paying $0 then it went up to over $600 for 2026. My husband has to continue coverage in order to avoid going blind. I’m going to drop myself off the coverage and just have insurance for him so he can continue to work and pay for the insurance.”

KFF graphic featuring a quote from a 63 year old Democrat man in California. It says “Without the subsidies, my monthly premiums will increase by nearly $750 a month, or $9000 for the year. My budget is tight as it is, and there's no way I can afford that additional hit. The only way I will be able to continue with my health insurance is if Congress restores the subsidies.”

KFF graphic featuring a quote from a 55 year old Republican man in Idaho. It says “I cannot afford the premium increase for the incredibly bad insurance.”

KFF graphic featuring a quote from a 39 year old Democrat woman in Oklahoma. It says “We cannot afford it. Our premium went from being $25 with subsidy to $300 for the same plan. With everything increasing in price like groceries, we simply cannot afford it”

We wanted to understand how ACA Marketplace enrollees are thinking about their coverage options for next year.

Here’s what some current enrollees told us.

🔗: https://on.kff.org/4ptXoK8

- the Tooth Fairy has deeper pockets than she's letting on

A gravestone with the text: Here lies June. Yes, Ted. You have asked about American chop suey before.

Husband just asked me in an email whether he has ever, in the past, asked me whether we had something called "American chop suey" where I grew up. My reply:

a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is sitting in a chair . ALT: a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is sitting in a chair .

And tariffs are just extortion vehicles.

Trump company strikes Qatari golf resort deal in a sign it's not holding back from foreign business The Trump family company has struck a deal for a luxury golf resort in Qatar. It's a sign that the company has no plans to hold back from foreign dealmaking during a second Trump administration.

I was just reminded that amongst all the other whorrible things this family is doing, they’re building a Trump International Resort in Doha, which is the capital of Qatar, which is the government that “gifted” the President a half-billion dollar jet…

apnews.com/article/trum...

Screenshot from Malcolm Nance's distinguished speaker series talk says Bannon is proponent of Putin's philosopher Aleksander Dugin

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dOY...

Did they ever root out that corruption from years go? If not, I have a theory about corrupt mofos of a feather.

Bar chart showing survey results on perceptions of abortion pill safety among total women and women of reproductive age, titled "Four in Ten Are Unsure About the Safety of Abortion Pills, Including Nearly Four in Ten Women of Reproductive Age." Data shows the share breakdown of those who say abortion pills (when taken as directed by a health care provider) are very safe, somewhat safe, somewhat unsafe, very unsafe, and not sure. Sourced from KFF Health Tracking Poll conducted October 27–November 2, 2025.

NEW: Despite decades of evidence showing mifepristone is safe, less than half of the public say abortion pills are safe when taken as directed.

1 in 5 say the pills are unsafe, while 4 in 10 aren’t sure. The results are similar among women ages 18-49: https://on.kff.org/44GyYos

Midnight Pasta With Garlic, Anchovy, Capers and Red Pepper Recipe There’s something about pasta, cooked properly, that trumps all the other possibilities And the smell of pasta boiling is a heady cheap thrill With a few basic staple pantry items, a true feast can be...

cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1216...

My local Orchard Supply Hardware branch, which I loved, closed after Sears bought it, took out a big loan in its name, they used the $ to issue a "special dividend" to shareholders (i.e. themselves). Now it's an Amazon Fresh.

Monopolies eating everything.

Screenshot from Malcolm Nance's distinguished speaker series talk says Bannon is proponent of Putin's philosopher Aleksander Dugin

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dOY...

It's just "White People Uber Alles." Simple-minded racism barely thinly veiled.

Got Scat?

Sounds like it's from a bad first draft of Lord of the Rings.

Editor: "JRR: I worry the river's contents will make the wraiths seem less ominous in comparison. How about ... I dunno ... Buckleberry Ferry?"

They would have done the same no matter what California had done. They were looking for an excuse to protect fascism. They would have found one no matter what.

I don't ascribe [sic] to the sparkly dress pressure

I'm seeing a lot of “ascribe” where “subscribe” is called for. To what can we ascribe this trend?

Ah, yes. That time when Democrats dressed up as Republicans and stormed the Capitol to prevent a Democrat from taking office.

A close-up photograph of Martha Barnette, co-host of "A Way with Words" and author of "Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland." She is a smiling woman with short, gray hair, wearing pearl earrings and a dark jacket, standing against a background of wood paneling and doors. An orange overlay covers the bottom half of the image, containing white text that identifies her and notes the image is for "GRAMMAR GIRL CONVERSATIONS." The word "INTERVIEW" is also in a white box on the upper left.

@marthabarnette.bsky.social's book "Friends With Words" is packed with tidbits for word lovers, and in today's podcast we look at some of my favorites:

— Why South Carolinians paint porches "haint blue" (to ward off ghosts)
— What a "quidnunc" is (a nosy neighbor)

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APPLE: tinyurl.com/2cwb4t92

Democrats are expected to perform miracles, and when they can't people are ready to back the GOP who does nothing for them.

👇👇

We live in the era sociopaths ascending.

Was reminded of today of this Epstein email to our current ambassador to Turkey who's also the guy who pitched Yanukovych campaign manager Paul Manafort for Trump:

"Send photos of you and child. Make me smile."

Farage likes Russia. Russia likes (undermining Western democracies' financial power with) crypto.

See this pattern a lot.

I'll believe the computer is generating art when I hear it say "I should have gotten a degree in finance"

It's anti-democratic. He stole our country & its functions and now he's urine-marking it.