James Lynch

Bernie Sanders saying “I am once again asking for help finding my earbuds”

Nexstar and Sinclair are free to end their affiliations with the big networks. Zero government action required.

But they won’t, which is a lesson in the power of free markets.

The “discourse” around whistles reminds me that the NBA banned cow bells from Kings games in the early 2000s

Charlton Heston's cold dead hand loosening its grip

At least now I’ll have an excuse when I’m late for things.

The end of time is nigh!

Time dies when you’re having fascism.

It was the best of times. It was the end of time.

I also have a photo of myself at his former La Jolla beach house jokingly looking in his trash can (it was empty)

Vintage 1950s monkey doll

Proto labubu?

They know what the Manhattan Project was, right?

🎵“His name is Rio and he dances on the Tyne”🎵

#NEWLIV

BAY AREA Stanford preserves legacy admissions by pulling out of Cal Grant aid program By Nanette Asimov, Staff Writer Aug 12, 2025

Gotta keep the riff-raff off The Farm

Well, I mean. Here we are and they all did a bunch of crimes too, so I’m not sure how to answer that.

en.m.wikipedia.org judgments on facts." In a 2004 article appearing in the New York Times Magazine, Suskind wrote: The aide said that guys like me were 'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.' [...] 'That's not the way the world really works anymore,' he continued. 'We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality-judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors...and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do'. [2J International relations scholar Fred Halliday writes that the phrase reality-based community (in contrast to faith-based

I think of this from 2004 often

I can’t tell if this is about a tv show or…

Ah yes the age old questions: what is art and why does it matter?

Wonder how many minutes will be missing from this security tape

Happiest place on earth™️

At least we can say “Merry Christmas” again.

Weird that the cut out the Pee Tape

The F.B.I. Is Using Polygraphs to Test Officials’ Loyalty

What could go wrong?

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...

This version of the "American Experiment" would never be approved by an IRB.

Sorry, they did what now?

www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Seems like dioceses across the country could file a... what did SCOTUS just call it the other day? ... Oh yeah, a Class Action Lawsuit against the unconstitutional raids.

Where is J.D. Vance's pastor?

Where is Samuel Alito's pastor?

Where is John Roberts' pastor?

Where is Clarence Thomas' pastor?

Where is Brett Kavanaugh's pastor?

Where is Amy Coney Barrett's pastor?

Should any/all of them be denied Communion?

Lots of Catholics on the U.S. Supreme Court could be doing something about this, but I guess Free Exercise is only for bad bakers and website designers who have hate in their heart.

Diocese of San Bernardino issues dispensation saying Catholics who fear ICE don't have to attend Mass The diocese is the first in the U.S. to issue a special dispensation because of fears over immigration detentions.

Where is team Free Exercise Clause now?
www.npr.org/2025/07/09/n...

Why fight fascism when we can fight amongst ourselves?

Not 44 year old me wondering for the first time if the the “air raid sirens” in the flood threatened city I grew up in and were tested at 10am the last Friday of every month were really for air raids