Will Myers

A yellow oval metal plate with black text that reads “Zero BLAST-N-PEEN, Washington, Missouri,” bolted onto a gray surface.

If this isn’t the name of a vasectomy clinic, I’m going to be extremely disappointed.

limited edition Oreo zero sugar Coca-Cola in a can. We've peaked as a civilization

The market will regulate itself

I'm studying Irish.
Every international spelling bee competition ought to be dominated by Irish kids because if they can spell Irish words, they should be able to spell anything

The American way of death : Mitford, Jessica, 1917- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Bibliography: p. 311-315

That was a Decca Mitford appreciation skeet

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Famously consumer-friendly, value-adding industry worried about customers getting gouged on $9 toll...

Democracy Dies As Awful Man No Longer Able To Freely Drive 18 Blocks In Manhattan | Defector It is not very difficult to learn true and useful things about the new congestion pricing toll system that New York City switched on last weekend, but it is much easier to learn untrue things about it...

I wrote about Car Brain, the people who cannot calm down about NYC's new congestion pricing toll, and the media that exists to make sure they never calm down about anything. defector.com/democracy-di...

I think The Social Network is one of the best movies of this century and also, because people don’t get that movies about real people still embellish for dramatic effect, largely responsible for the idea that Zuck is an abrasive genius rather than a black hole of principles

A la mémoire de M. Le Pen, une jagoff historique mondial...

How the AMA Undermines Primary Care Federal regulators, under Democrats and Republicans alike, help them do it.

Great piece from Bob Kuttner. The American Medical Association has *copyrights* on the diagnostic codes doctors and hospitals use to designate patient ailments and receive reimbursement. The AMA makes $300 million a year off this. WTF?
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Bill Burr's bit about white women blasting white male privilege: "Bitch, you were sitting on the jacuzzi with me..."

Like white people love an “ OVER THERE” racism story

But if you tell them

“Hey that person whose openly enjoying abusing Black people in front of you RIGHT Now’

Needs to be checked and she’s a white woman who cries

What happens ?

Hiding comments is nice but I want to delete peoples accounts

wait a second I just realized “dreadnought” just means “fearless”

The original reference:

Some professional news: I am a new White House correspondent for @npr.org, joining the wonderful, hardworking, existing team.

I’m honored and excited to try something new. 26-year-old new-journalist Danielle is pinching herself.

Shadow Cabinet A Positive Form of Opposition

The case for a Shadow Cabinet – a positive form of opposition.
snyder.substack.com/p/shadow-cab...

Definitely worth your time...

schaumberg illinois is home to the world’s first michelin-starred rainforest cafe

Bleak as things now are, a continuing lesson of Trumpism is that the Big Guy is immune, his servants are not...

Kramer: My friend Bob Sakamoto says when they send one our guys to a hospital, you send one of theirs to the morgue.

Jerry: The morgue?

K: The morgue, Jerry.

we finally started watching the sopranos (gf had somehow never seen despite being italian) and halfway through the second episode she goes "this is just seinfeld for italians"

The moral of nosferatu is no matter how desperate you get never let a slob who doesn’t clean his fingernails hit or you’ll never hear the end of it

She is terrifying and amazing in MacBeth

Who is up for a short thread on the intriguing parallels between OpenAI and Enron, as told by one of Enron's investment bankers -- that is to say, me? Here goes...

Worth your time...

They sold themselves the lie that if they won political power, they'd have cultural power.

Rather than face up, they blast their pain in every direction...

i know the uk & various other despotisms have better claims on the "whiny rich perverts" license plates but NY's sheer volume at least oughta get it a look

unfortunately, there’s no right answer if your dad ever asks if you’ve heard of pickleball