Luther M. Siler

Of course he did.

Not from RI, and I know next to nothing, but finding out the Republican candidate was a local personal injury lawyer also makes me feel like maybe this isn’t that great of a bellwether. Maybe people knew who he was already and didn’t like him.

Yes. My point was just that a heat map of that specific sort doesn’t indicate anything about congressional districts and just shows where people are.

I may be quibbling for no reason; it’s not like I didn’t know what you meant.

I refuse to let results from a special election get me excited ever again.

1) That's not a "they" so much as where the cities are in Indiana; 2) I can imagine a world where that district snakes down a highway and grabs a chunk of Bloomington, if we want to be really evil about it.

I probably shouldn't speculate; every time I underestimate their capacity for evil bullshit I get proven wrong. It would take a gerrymander of epic proportions and it would probably be a lot easier to just pack every Democrat they possibly can into IN-07.

Just amazing that the law protects him from us but not us from him.

IN-02 used to be reliably Democratic until they gerrymandered us away. It’ll be interesting to see if they can parcel up Indianapolis enough to neutralize it or just make it D+50 instead.

Their approach should be a single word: “Don’t.”

In which we are making progress There’s still plenty to do, of course.

Today's bloggery: In which we are making progress
#edusky

Holy crap. Where are you? Indiana has actually had pretty pleasant weather this week for the first time all summer.

Ms. Perez saves the fact that this 304-page book is written as a single continuous run-on sentence for the last paragraph of her article. I feel like that should be the first thing mentioned.

I have played through a lot of snow levels in games over the years, but one thing Wuchang: Fallen Feathers does REALLY well is capture the look of heavy, wet, pristine snow that is going to turn into a slushy, freezing mess the second anyone steps on it.

If I end up ordering the chair, I'll try and remember to film one.

Also, Comfy Reading Corner!

I thought we had sufficiently established that I'm stupid.

On setting my money on fire Witness my latest addition to my classroom, a “boneless loveseat.”

Today's bloggery: On setting my money on fire

Before you see a hundred or so posts saying that Texas has issued arrest warrants for the absent Dem legislators, you should be aware that they are civil warrants issued by the House that are not effective outside the state

www.texastribune.org/2025/08/04/t...

I can think of a number of ways to stop this behavior in its tracks, but I’m not surprised Slate didn’t recommend any of them.

If my AI necrodoppelganger doesn’t immediately tell you to go fuck yourself, then to delete me, and then to fuck yourself again with something sharper, it’s a shitty necrodoppelganger.

It’s not my place to criticize grieving parents, but the fact that *you* have chosen to participate in this disgusting farce is a different story. You should be ashamed of yourself for calling this an “interview.” The whole Goddamn thing is a lie.

CEO isn’t a real job.

*brain breaks*

Okay, GenAI can probably replace consultants of all sorts. I'm willing to believe it's good for that.

Close up photo of someone's essay for school that ends with a smiley face emoji, which is crossed out in purple pen by teacher with the note "formal essays are never happy"

Not my photo but I saved this because it made me laugh

Check out my list on Amazon

I feel like the requests for help with school supplies have been considerably louder and more frequent this summer than in previous years, but if there is anyone who isn't completely aggravated and still willing to help out, my wish list is here:

www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Thank you very much.

TIL that bleeding in the fallopian tubes can cause shoulder pain and bodies make no sense at all.

Oh, it’s dead, we’re just dancing in the ashes of the corpse now.

You weren’t living in Chicago at the time, were you? :-)

During the final fight in FREDDY VS JASON the entire crowd picked a side and started chanting. It was hilarious.

I saw ALMOST FAMOUS a few weeks early and the crowd started singing along during the Tiny Dancer scene.