Evan Mead-Brewer

Withering

Someone say Blake Treinen?!

Because it's not negotiating, it's a juggling act to distract people long enough to steal everything that's not nailed down

Never let them forget: this is the Commander in Chief the military WANTED. They just didn't think he'd sound quite this dumb whenever he spoke in public.

behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

I was thinking of you specifically, my friend

Not a day goes by when I don't think to myself: "I love Baltimore." And I know people in DC, in Chicago, in Portland who think the same thing about the city they live in.

America is a country where you're legally required to let the baby touch the hot stove, so it can learn a thing or two

I cannot possibly imagine being the kind of person who, when faced with a long wait at an ER, chooses to blames the other sick, injured people who are also waiting

I work with Veterans. If I told them that they "killed people and broke things for a living" they would (rightfully) tell me to go to hell.

Those that have had to kill someone in the line of duty most often view it with sadness, regret, and one of the worst experiences of their lives.

I started this thread in the middle of September 2025 because so much had happened this year that the media and zeitgeist had already memory holed.

Their actions aren't "countless." They aren't "unfathomable."

We can look it in the face. We can challenge it. Brave people already are.

Ezra Klein: There's a Rick & Morty quote I really like.

Ezra Klein: It goes like this, "Why would a pop-tart want to live inside a toaster? That would be like the scariest place for them to live."

Ta-Nehisi Coates not saying anything

Ezra Klein: Because in the episode they go to a neighborhood where everyone is a pop-tart and they live in toaster-houses.

I genuinely appreciate your passion for The Wonder Years

Ta-Nehisi Coates has the magic words to set our too-online generation free: "Do people you *respect* say that to you?"

Be proud, people! Trust yourself! If you don't respect someone, you don't HAVE to use your platform to promote what they say.

a cartoon of rick and morty in a kitchen with a wheelbarrow full of watermelons Alt: a cartoon of rick and morty dropping a lightsaber perfectly vertical

Perfectly vertical. Just watch out when it hits the ground.

I believe they call him "Painkiller"

I would love for "AI" the become the new slang for "fake news"

a close up of a person 's blue eye with a tear coming out of it ALT: a close up of a person 's blue eye with a tear coming out of it

Sliding into those -DMs (dextromethorphan)

I feel bad for Alfred Hitchcock. Trump is singlehandedly destroying the dignity of the fat-guy silhouette, and that's a disservice to history.

The arc of the moral universe doesn't bend your way, Blake

What do you think the overlap is between people who hate the tush push and people who think you shouldn't break up a no-hitter with a bunt?

The Thirteenth Disciple, if you will (if you won't, it's straight to Siberia!)

That's beautiful, man. Did I ever tell you about the time I went to Louisville and a handsome young man tried to flirt with me by mentioning that Louisville has the most cast-iron facades remaining of any US city? That guy clocked my whole personality at one glance (except for my sexuality).

It works on multiple levels

Nirvana but it's Utopia

I can imagine he wouldn't appreciate the comparison for myriad reasons

It's like Sandy Koufax pitching on the Sabbath ... in Hell

RIP Roger

Roger Ebert is dead to me 💀

I don't want to live in this timeline where The Thing was immediately panned critically upon release