Robert B

"Values obsessed" is used as a pejorative.

I don’t claim to know the key to electoral politics. If anything, I don’t think there is one.

But I really doubt that the Trump voters Klein et. al. want Democrats to win over picked Trump because what they want is policy-focused civility and politicians who seek reasonable compromise.

Washington Generals circa 60s

Secretary Hegseth issues an official commendation of the tremendous achievements of the Washington Generals, generational victims of DEI

47 years ago today
Road to Ruin is the fourth studio album by American punk rock band the Ramones, released on this day in 1978, and the first Ramones album to feature new drummer Marky Ramone.

#punk #punks #punkrock #ramones #roadtoruin #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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Gavin Newsom's polling surge reaches major milestone The California Governor is now tied with former Vice President and 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris in the race to win the 2028 Democratic primary.

I don't think you can give credit directly to his tweets, but apparently he's "surging" in polls among possible 2028 candidates:

www.newsweek.com/gavin-newsom...

a man with a surprised look on his face is sitting at a table Alt: a man with a confused look on his face is sitting at a table

I love how the author's simile to describe Bluesky's architecture is "think Bitcoin if Bitcoin were useless".

I never actually believed Epstein was murdered until just now

Oh, no, friendly fire. That's terrib...zzzzzzzzz.

$1k in crypto to be a seat filler? That can't be real.

A yellow flag with a poorly drawn foot stepping on a poorly drawn rattlesnake. Underneath it says, He's treading, bro.

Behold!

I don't know how any insurance company could expect refusing vaccines could lower their expenditures over the long term. Are there any regulatory hurdles to following recommendations from other trusted health authorities?

Our nation's most illustrious stenographer, Walter Isaacson, was there, too.

"So what do you call this act?"

"The Ethicist!"

Little man with a gun in his hand.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTVl...

Some of y'all can't handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows.

I read that as "not a CHILD predator".

Google AI result for “you can’t skip a rock on a frog”

Google AI result for “never lick a spoon you can’t eat”

Google AI result for “seven badgers up the ladder”

Google AI result for “don’t bite the bat that bit you”

can’t remember where I saw it but someone realized you could get google’s AI to hallucinate elaborate explanations for fake proverbs by just typing them into search and i just checked and google still hasn’t fixed it and now i can’t stop doing it

A Brief History of Young People Today Don't Want to Work

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Credit?

Add a letter and ruin a movie

Lawrence of Arabica

Periodic table titled "Can I lick it?" Elements are color-coded: green for "Sure, go for it," yellow for "Maybe not the best idea," red for "Please don't do that," and purple for "See you on the other side."

Next up - they're putting lead back in gasoline.

Years ago I was a TA for a physics instructor; among other things, I corrected lab reports. My favorite spelling error of all time was "urges" for "ergs".