OldManBrodie (he/him)

Senate approves funding deal to end longest US government shutdown Bill, which passed 60-40 but does not include key health concession demanded by Democrats, now heads to House

Every time I find myself wondering "how the fuck is Trump getting what he wants all the time?" congressional Democrats are always there to remind me how they are worse than useless.

This is like watching your schoolyard bully trip while chasing you, then stopping and punching yourself in the face

Editing federal employees’ emails to blame Democrats for shutdown violated their First Amendment rights, judge says | CNN Politics A federal judge ruled Friday that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment rights of some agency employees when it sent out-of-office messages on their behalf that blamed Democrats for...

No shit 🙄

I was more speaking to the KY voters who were so uninformed as to be mad about closed polling locations when there wasn't an election happening in KY.

What the fuck, Kentucky?

NYT headline: Judge Orders Trump Administration to Fully Fund Food Stamps This Month The Justice Department later said it would appeal, leaving the program known as SNAP in limbo.

The Trump administration is now literally *fighting* to deny food to 42 million people, more than a third of them children.

Read that again.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

Americans are speaking up — loudly and clearly.

The sleeping giant of America is up and roaring. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-sleeping-giant-awakens

California voters OK new congressional lines, boosting Democrats ahead of midterms California voters have approved a ballot measure to redraw the state's congressional map to favor Democrats, marking the party's biggest victory to date in a national battle over redistricting ahead o...

Fuck yeah, California!

I hear my son repeatedly opening the and closing the freezer door at 10pm and getting ice. After the 3rd or 4th time, I yell "what on earth do you need so much ice for at 10pm???"

He says "Sorry, I was cleaning out the ice maker"

......... *sigh*

I didn't really have much of an opinion of her either way before this, but this was pretty terrible acting. Very wooden and emotionless. But I am super disappointed in Evans and Pascal. I know they're capable of greatness, and this was just.... bad.

I watched "Materialists"with my wife, because it had good ratings, a good cast, and was billed as a rom/com.

I'm not sure if I don't know what comedy is, or if IMDB doesn't, but I haven't laughed once. It's also not a "feel good" movie. These characters are all deeply unlikeable.

I'm now reciting "BVDFS" out loud in varying different ways to see if I can recreate the sounds that GA thought it heard, in an effort to trigger my memory.

So far, it's not working.

The only thing I can think of is an underwear-based file system.

While driving yesterday, I asked Google Assistant to add something to my to-do list. I don't remember what it was, because ADHD. Hence using GA. However, while I don't remember exactly what it was, I'm pretty certain it wasn't .... whatever this is supposed to be.

How are printers are still so error-prone? Nothing has really changed with the underlying functionality or communication protocols in like .... 30 years. There is no reason this shouldn't be a solved problem. It would be like if power buttons had weird quirks that you needed to learn.

The Epstein Ballroom it is

I don't know why media companies are so terrified to call out lies.

I simply do not understand what the plan is for Gemini. It's buggy as hell, and doesn't have even half the functionality of Google Assistant, the product it's supposedly replacing.

Everyone knows the running jokes about autistic people and spoons. But can we talk for a minute about socks? Because my wife looks at me like I'm crazy when I tell her that I have right and left socks.

"Technical issue" 🙄 🙄 🙄

How about you grow a fucking spine, @cnn.com, and call them out on it instead of blaming non-existent "technical issues"?

This is how authoritarians build power, by cowing media outlets into covering for them.

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OMG I don't know what this is but it's amazing and I need it in my life

My precious little 13 year old daughter comes downstairs dressed all cute and stands there for a minute, then says "I've gotta take a shit."

Such a lady

My son's phone contacts somehow got synced to my phone, and as I'm going through deleting them, I run across one called "Possibly Matthew."

...

"Possibly Matthew."

...

*sigh*

'Surreal Moment for America': ICE Agents in Chicago Drag Children Out of Their Homes, Ransack Building​ | Common Dreams Federal law enforcement officials in Chicago conducted a controversial raid, dragging residents, including children, from their homes.

This is so fucked.

If they want to not be compared to Nazis, then maybe they should stop acting like Nazis.

Video game maker Electronic Arts to be acquired by Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner; and taken private for $55 billion

Somehow, EA is about to get worse.

My son's painted senior parking spot
#Muse #WOTP #ResistFascism

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Today's headspace

John Oliver Slams Jimmy Kimmel Suspension on ‘Last Week Tonight,’ Urges Disney’s Bob Iger to Tell Trump Administration ‘F— You, Make Me’ John Oliver used most of his 'Last Week Tonight' episode to condemn ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.

When they come to you with stupid ridiculous demands [...] stand up and use four key words they don’t tend to teach you in business school. Not "OK, you’re the boss." Not "Whatever you say goes." [T]he only phrase that can genuinely make a weak bully go away. And that is, "Fuck you, make me."

And that of their CHILDREN. Most parents seem to be pretty good about not posting photos of their children, at least on public posts, but those that aren't? 😬😦