Whimsy and Fighting Fascists Stan Account

This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.

This was the first presidential election I was eligible to vote in and let's just say it left me feeling a wee bit cynical about our particular political project here in the US

I cannot tell you, as a parent of a young child, how much I do not want this

That's called A Blaze at the Great Gig in the Sky

This is the hardest black metal album cover I've ever seen

Having grown up in NC as a Yankees fan (thanks Jersey-born Grandpa), this tracks

Same energy

however many trillions spent on developing Algorithms and hoovering up as much data as possible and amazon's recommendation algorithm still goes "oh you bought one window air conditioner? okay, do you want 15 more?"

Hey, do you know how many friends I lost in the Cola Wars to save future generations from New Coke?

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Like… you all just watched something historic. Just wild.

It’s Indiana. Most losses in FBS history. And they just won the B1G.

This is already the best season in Indiana history.

country roads
take me home
to the place
where i belong
peoria

[Gus Johnson commentating the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo] Princip, stepping out of the crowd. Princip! PRINCIP. OHHHH. GAVRILO PRINCIP

The Offspring covering Darlene Love may be the thing that finally breaks me.

We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over

Ranking College Football's Biggest Buyouts From a Historic 2025 Coaching Cycle A record amount of buyout money is owed to college football coaches who were fired during this coaching cycle.

Universities have spent $228 million on coach buyouts (so far) this season.

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"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."

The Supreme Court paved the way for a felon to return to the presidency — where, behind the shield of office, that felon has ordered a string of murders.

You are sitting in a red sleigh pulled by eight tiny reindeer. Sit back. Relax. Pour yourself another cup of cocoa.

I've been assuming that Kelly is positioning himself for a presidential run, and votes like this are totally disqualifying.

You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries “Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:

Not doing this from an anonymous email address is 👨‍🍳💋

Yesterday the Wisc. Elections Commission yet again dealt with a situation where a candidate only submitted 51 nomination signatures for a race that required 50 signatures. DO NOT DO THIS. No matter the # of signatures required, plan on submitting an additional 50%. 1/

Total buyouts for 15 fired coaches in 2025: $228 million. That's a record by nearly $100M. Kelly $54M Stoops $38M Smith $33.5M Napier $21M Freeze $15.8M Gundy $15M Wilcox $10.9M Pittman $9.8M Franklin $9M Pry $6M Foster $5M Bray $4M Dilfer $2.4M Beck $1.7M Norvell $1.5M

This year, universities are giving $228 million to football coaches who failed at coaching football so that they won't coach football anymore.

YouTube video by HD Retro Trailers The Midnight Meat Train (2008) Original Trailer [FHD]

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hey quick question: are all con law professors hit in the head by the same huge mallet, or does every law school have their own?

Once again, Medicare for All is the moderate position

Don't mind me just putting together a playlist for a late night snowy flight over Midwestern farm fields

Janice the Muppet with a purple Les Paul style guitar

Minnesota cities as Muppets:

Stillwater:

A photo of an advent calendar in the shape of a Nakatomi Plaza from Die Hard. A little Hans Gruber is at the top of it. There are 24 markings leading to the basement, which is Christmas Day.

The 1st day of Gruber.