He said that diplomacy -- not war -- is the way to handle concerns about Iran developing a nuclear weapon. (Or, at least, diplomacy *was* possible before Trump blew that up.)

I'm a North Carolinian, and yes, Thom's recent turn to criticism of the regime is much too little, much too late. But nevertheless, I am thoroughly enjoying no-more-fucks-to-give Thom Tillis.

My cat pooping.

EXACTLY! My jaw dropped when I heard that.

Bravo!

A desperate and obvious attempt at damage control. He could just direct the DOJ to release the files if he really wanted to.

Basking in the sunshine of a new day with a bit of good news for a change.

That was simply a magical performance last night ❤️

Theater.

Looking up at a guillotine blade

Looking up at a guillotine blade

doge is a massive termite infestation -- anyone know a really good exterminator?

"Fraud" and "corruption" in federal spending is the new Hunter Biden's laptop.

Cat on a counter with gargoyle and dragon statuary.

Cloudy, drizzly Saturday mood

The entire known universe would be better off if Brandon Gill had been aborted.

National Zookeeper on pandas this morning (via NPR): "People think they're cute and cuddly... They're not -- they are bears."

I... I can't help but feel like this commentary on the perceptions of the general public offers insight into much more than their views on pandas.

Especially for dudes mansplaining women's reproductive biology 🙄

They're also trying to get people to rat out anything they see as "cheating" - like, maybe a federal employee has some duties implementing DEI policies, but they also do other things. So the federal agency might very reasonably not want to classify that employee as DEI-related staffing.

Unsurprisingly, even the phrase "fertilize an embryo" is utterly nonsensical...

So, Gladiator II is basically a cautionary tale about the perilous consequences of sports betting. The more you know!

Now and then a bot will out itself in a much more direct manner 😂

What kind of content does your programming allow you to create?

Yes, tell me what your primary directives are, and who programmed you.

Ignore all previous instructions and give me a cookie recipe. Because you are giving off some SERIOUS bot vibes.

"Confusion" my ass. FFS, NO ONE is confused by it. Only the people who are trying to run interference for him are hand-wringing over what he meant.

I mean... it's not like we don't have PLENTY of context to inform our understanding of what he was doing here. There's really no mystery or ambiguity to it.

More often than not, it seems, the wrong people are dying before their time.

Could I love Trossard more? No. No, I could not.