Pretend to be a baseball team
I've been to an Angels game. It was, as the kids say, "mid". The Fall of Perry Minasian, and the Price of Doing Business: The common mistake people commit lies in thinking of the Los Angeles Angels...
Disempower the Supreme Court
The Court Sides With Dictatorship — and Chaos: This is a clear argument that says we have to one way or another disempower the Supreme Court. I don’t know enough to tell you what is the best route to...
Someone to blame
Why do people continue to insist that Trump's delusions are true? This is some good insight. Why MAGA buys Trump’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool hoax: Do these people believe this silly lie? With...
Warrior witches
These women are so unspeakably badass. The Warrior-Witches of Ukraine’s Resistance: “They can go places, do things, that men cannot,” Andriushchenko, who runs agents inside Mariupol, told me. “Also,...
The yellow brick road to home ownership
R. Eric Thomas described the various characters involved in buying or selling a home perfectly. Oz: Here for It, #363: Buying a home, in my experience, is like a Wizard of Oz adventure where every...
Degenerate gentry
David Roth has a way with words when he describes the core MAGAs. Promises Made, Promises Kept: The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Absolutely Looks Like Shit Now: Lots of awful people are like...
Modern Slopcore
McMansion Hell is always good for a few laughs. This recent article breaks down the new stlye preferred by unimaginative tech bros. mcmodernslopcore: Much fascinates me about these houses, however...
Howling and shrieking
Great line about the FTX balance sheet when Sam Bankman-Fried was first arrested. FTX’s Balance Sheet Was Bad: ... an Excel file full of the howling of ghosts and the shrieking of tortured souls.
Zlatan not hiding it
I love how openly disdainful of Alexi Lalas his co-commentators are.. A banger from Zlatan: “Everybody is getting a little bit nervous except for me and Thierry Henry, we’re used to the big stage.”...
No one will honor him
Jon Ossoff speaking the truth: “He’s trying to put his face on the money. Did you see that? He’s building a monument to himself. But see, Atlanta, he’s doing these things now because no one will...
Walsh promise
We can't let DOGE get whitewashed like The January 6 Insurrection. This post on Bluesky gives me hope that people won't let that happen: I'm literally going to law school and crushing these fucking...
David Simon on AI writing
In this interview, David Simon made his thoughts on using AI in the creative process very clear. SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without AI, and I could imagine today you...
When you're in the middle of it
This was a good quote from a reader on Electoral-vote.com: I remind myself that things always seem bleakest when you are in the middle of them, but the arc of history, IMO, is positive and steadily...
Expand the Supreme Court
I think we might be thinking too small on Supreme Court expansion. With the end of Chevron deference, it's obvious the Supreme Court wants to put its stamp on every regulation possible. I've seen...
Why does MAGA worship Trump?
Why MAGA buys Trump's perfect health lie: For a long time, the GOP has been a cult just waiting for its leader. Conservatism often carries an authoritarian bent... The right is regressive both...