Tom Pietri

This is 100% the truth

at least toby keith is dead this time

Be prepared for radically expanded accusations of national security threats.

Really spectacular levels of incompetence. Do they just not coordinate at all once they’re on the ground? God forbid someone have to carry two radios

Being cool is great but having somewhere to be cool in the future depends entirely on linking arms with some silly cringe right now

Caffeinated from a late night drive and freaked out by *how* bad the coverage of Trump Sec Def Pete Hegseth is, I decided to start reading his new book, The War on Warriors. A thread. The new Pentagon chief begins by bragging he was pushed out for being an "extremist"... 1/

imagine a world where instead of being friendly and doing interviews with fox news, you instead go scorched earth on the gop propaganda machine and destroy their credibility with the very voters you need to win elections

The image contains a post attributed to Elon Musk that states: 1. "All actions of the Department of Government Efficiency will be posted online for maximum transparency." 2. "Anytime the public thinks we are cutting something important or not cutting something wasteful, just let us know!" 3. "We will also have a leaderboard for most insanely dumb spending of your tax dollars. This will be both extremely tragic and extremely entertaining." It includes two emojis of a laughing face with tears.

Having read the Federalist papers reluctantly, this is literally the thing the founding fathers feared more than anything, a demagogue with a factious temper and sinister designs mobilizing ignorant mobs to undermine government.

People are totally unprepared for what is about to happen to American higher education

Right on!

I'm gonna whether or not you say it

Maybe I'll check out "Don't Worry, Be Happy". I hear it was a #1 jam!

Well there goes starting the day on a high note

i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same

Every time I see someone say there won't be elections in 2028 I am stung with stasis between "this is the most violent aggrieved armed populace alive" and "there's never been a bigger bunch of cowed treat eating babies."

There we go

I really hope Micheal Mann does the right thing and names the upcoming prequel
Pre-Heat

DUDE WHERE'S MY ALIBI

In 1983 if you saw a single glove, or parachute pants, or heard some terrible off-key Billie Jean HEE hee in a crowd - even if you didn't know the music - you *knew* it was an MJ reference. Anywhere in the world, any age, if you showed someone a picture of MJ they could name him.

🎶 Come with me, and you'll be,
In a world of labor violations 🎶

Now diving back into the catalog and I think it's time for a Supertrampissance

Just listened to the Logical Song for the first time in years. It was on heavy radio rotation when I was in elementary school, and I loved it so much.
But I forgot how much it freaked me out too. I was 7 and thought "yeah, when I was young..." sweet but chilling then and now

A valiant maga cultist, locked in prison and writing election dates on the walls, as well as “HELP ME,” while the Onion’s sneering pervert out the window smiles approvingly.

well heaven gained another angel today. Paw Paw just loved gettin on the Facebook and talkin politics. and that ol’ coot was always such a jokester! Hope they let you log on and post up in heaven PawPaw, give ol’ RBG some hell!

Completely unfathomable if you think of it as AI but absolutely obvious if you think of it as autocorrect on steroids.

Good data vis. Shocking data.

Please, if you like an artist, BUY their records!

[relevantly, check out www.fourplay.com.au ...]

Christ what a nightmare. My first job was phone research, so I had a little taste of that. But it was more robotic script reading for us.
I had a brief sales stint, and it's so dehumanizing. Having to go against every social impulse - I'd rather scrape shot off walls too.

I... ah hesitate to ask, but I gotta know the worst job. If you don't mind sharing, of course.