Tractors and protestors drive through central Cork flying Irish flags and honking.
Protests in Ireland led to tons of gas stations running out of gas (~75% of stations we drove past were out) and others having long lines after a refinery was blockaded.
Tractors started invading central Cork and slowing/shutting down traffic this evening.
Today’s random complaint: I really hate the semi transparent stairs at multi level Apple Stores.
Yes because the current Admin has NEVER threatened blue states with economic sanctions (and acted on same) because of pet policy disagreements. Hungary is in the EU. They have to play by the same rules.
Maybe stop promoting corporate candidates who give lip service to identity politics but aren’t willing to commit to true economic justice?
I'm a bit of a broken record on this, but usurping the power of the purse isn't just one constitutional violation among all the many others. It is, uniquely and singularly, the death of constitutional government altogether. Game over, end of story, you now live in an autocracy.
Two pictures of the pillsbury dough boy: once is on a purple background with the caption “he is risen! happy Easter!”, and the other is tan and brown, similar to a cracker, on a white background saying “he is not! Happy Passover!”
It’s time to post one of my favorite memes of the year.
I have a coworker whose writing skill isn’t great that started using an LLM for comms, not just documentation on his work but also for posting in Slack channels and DMs. I found it incredibly impersonal, especially after years working together. I think someone finally told him to knock it off.
Los Angeles engineered its housing crisis by prioritizing car storage over human shelter. Mandating parking minimums made affordable housing illegal and forced 130 km of suburban sprawl. This is exactly what happens when you build a city for cars instead of people.
Mario and Princess Peach, welcome to The War on Karts.
I don’t like to lose.
But then their funding from the super wealthy would dry up even more. Which is why the Dems have been a failed party for a long time.
It’s a good start.
My sister and her husband aren’t wealthy but are raising two kids with travel teams, they essentially spend all their money and vacation time traveling regionally.
(Zing)
The latest album from Newly Medicated Dudes is amazing.
When I first read about ancient, barely mobile nonnas travelling hundreds of kilometers just to spit on Mussolini's dangling, naked corpse, it baffled me, a little. I didn't really grasp how someone could be driven to that kind of rage.
Well,
That’s the insanity of binary sex definitions.
Maus, Persepolis, Watchmen (if they want something superhero-adjacent)
NYT headline reads: "Trump’s Signature to Be Added to U.S. Dollars President Trump is set to be the first sitting president to have his signature appear on America’s currency."
The year is 2030. I now own a home in every walkable US neighborhood, which I've paid for by selling rubber stamps that say "refused to release the Epstein files"
Oh wow.
In other words: “I purposely wiped feces all over a friend’s living room walls, and I’m shocked that when asked to borrow $50 from them, they said no”
Not a Dances With Wolves fan, eh?
This week I have to keep reminding myself of the saying “Comparison is the thief of joy.”
"He wanted to invade a European Union country not long ago, Greenland...and now he needs us. Frankly he can go fuck himself."
Wondering if the Qataris are regretting that $400M plane they gifted Trump.
Tokyo for me. And now I live in NL.
Et tu, cleaver?
Wait until teams aren’t allowed to get visas for their players.
Zing!