"Monseigneur in Town", Chapter 7 in A Tale of Two Cities.

Same vibe, same callousness.

Forward Guidance with Prime Minister Mark Carney YouTube video by Mark Carney

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Snakes go down!

Follow the money.

Not surprisingly, some of them probably get their groceries at the corner store.

Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.

Stochastic terrorism is all I see

Own it like Obama did for Obamacare.

‘Was he kidding?’ Trump reacts to FEMA official’s claim he teleported to Waffle House | CNN Politics For years, Gregg Phillips — now a senior FEMA official — has told stories that blur the boundary between the ordinary and the supernatural, including that he once teleported to a Waffle House. Those c...

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This genuinely made me laugh out loud.

Multiple times.

And stop reading so I could catch my breath.

Props to journalists Andrew Kaczynski and Gabe Cohen… but their wildly amusing story still terrified me.

Truth to power.

And he died trying to help the stricken.

A million times this ⬆️

Why do right-wing authoritarians love such ridiculous hair? Trump, Orban, Milei.

Can or has?

When folks say, “Don’t make stories political,” what they mean is…

“Don’t make me uncomfortable. Don’t challenge my biases. Leave me unchallenged and comfortable in my worldview. Don’t ask me to be empathetic or nuanced.”

Quite simply, they are saying, “Don’t make art.”

Or we could, you know, just save the Earth and stop acts of genocide right here. Sounds both cheaper and more feasible.

I know it’s obvious, but it never stops bothering me that he wants us to go a barren and hostile planet when we have a lush and beautiful one right here.

Fix here first.

I think all of this framing is wrong. People want someone who represents their interests, not the interests of the investor/lobbying class. The problem with Newsom and Clinton isn’t it left or right problem. It’s a money problem.

One of the reasons that men say they’re less emotional is that they don’t consider anger an emotion.

I think we found Elvis

His predictions were supported by noted researcher Dr. Otto Uraz.

Nasty piece of work. Essay and author both.

It’s the equivalent of his ridiculous tug-of-war handshake. He sees it as the opportunity for ritual humiliation and nothing else.

Not much point having representatives if they don’t represent.

Thank God, somebody pointed this out.

Nailed it 🎯 Succinct but with bonus context and oft-omitted history.

Just more grift

More self reflection than Marc Andreessen. I’ll give her that.

All foam, no Guinness