This is why I hate the West Wing (sorkin’s) as a model that has shaped a generation of political consultants’ idea of what aspirational Dem politics looks like

one of the ways the mid to late 20th century political world has distorted the historical memories of even sophisticated observers is in the idea that you can achieve major transformations of american political life through something like bipartisan consensus

a man and a girl are standing next to each other and the girl is making a funny face . ALT: a man and a girl are standing next to each other and the girl is making a funny face .

There was a pretty good episode of Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun where the clearly autistic Nozaki keeps failing at dating sims because he doesn’t understand what the game designers intended with the various dialogue options.

A hundred years ago, the U.S. had a nationwide network of short-line railroads that connected most urban and rural communities. By the 1940s, most of it had been dismantled ... by the barons of the auto and oil industries. 😑

While I appreciate this man's dedication to reading ...

Happy 4/20 to all you potheads!

Lots of people genuinely thought that mass incarceration would disappear overnight with the decriminalization of weed. I told y'all it wouldn't.

People believed it would go away because they thought that Black people smoke more weed.

But... white people smoke more🤷🏿‍♂️

Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

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Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial - NBC News

Don’t tell the MAGAt’s that a mRNA vaccine is proving to be very EFFECTIVE in preventing PANCREATIC CANCER. I wonder if they’ll scream about this mRNA VACCINE? 💉 mRNA TECHNOLOGY is GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE in action

I spent all my spoons for the day making a big fancy brunch. Worth it!

I loved The Lion in Winter growing up because the story is basically “Why do my kids hate me when I don’t let them have anything I had when they were my age because I’m not done with them yet?” 😅

I feel upset because it didn’t have to be this way. We could have accepted that we are responsible for maintaining a community and pushed back on evil capitalist policies but we didn’t.

I am also kind of annoyed how much stuff is locked behind parental participation. This has only gotten worse. I keep hearing stories about how parents have to pay thousands of dollars and drive their kids everywhere to participate in sports. Communities locked behind a paywall.

I understand that if you build a thing you’re not obligated to share it with everyone. If you form a garage band with your friends you don’t have to hold auditions for every random person. But it sucks that so much community stuff is blocked by Boomers who don’t want to share.

There are a lot of community institutions that I saw growing up that I assumed I would participate in when I was older. But the people in them wouldn’t let anyone else participate and by the time they were ready to move on everyone who was interested was gone and it just went away.

When I was a kid I assumed my community theater was like Saturday Night Live and that people would cycle in and out but the institution would persist. It was more like Monty Python. A group of people formed it for their kids, didn’t let anyone else work on it, then tore it down after they left.

I completely get that not everyone has the background in or opportunity to be exposed to classical concerts, operas, symphonies, plays, etc, but it really bugs me that people don’t consider performers in their audience behavior.

These people worked very hard to entertain you. Be kind.

The USA is going to have to seize all of the Trumpstain Regime's stolen wealth to pay for rebuilding the country, once they are taken out of power.

Our current batch of pugs don’t like to sleep with us. I didn’t think that was possible and it happened twice. I miss my bed pugs.

I have a queen size bed.

I am single.

I have a 20lbs toy breed dog.

Why (and how?) am I laying on the very edge of the bed and the pug has the entire rest of the bed??

If you're a small indie game dev, don't try to be too professional. Professionalism only matters when you've hit the mainstream.

First, you need to appeal to people who mainly play indie games. These people like devs to be human and interesting.

You can attract people for you, not just your game.

I’m watching my cake like a hawk because the toothpick said it was done and I am waiting to see if the toothpick is a liar and the middle sinks into a well of half baked goo.

A SKLETON HOLDING ACE'S (CARD'S) "YOU DONT KNOW WHAT CARDS IM HOLDING I DONT KNOW EITHER, WHEN THERE FACE DOWN ITS LIKE THEY DONT EXIST, AND IN TIME NEITHER WILL WE MOTHER FUCKER " ALL IS TEMPORARY ALL MUST CHANGE ALL MUST BE REVEALED AND HANDED BACK TO THE DEALER,,, THIS SHIT PLANET WILL SHRUG US OFF LIKE A FLY THAT LANDED ON A BULL, THE WORLD WONT END BUT DA HUMAN ERA LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE WRAPPIN UP, BUT GUESS HWAT, IM STILL SMOKEN WHEED AND KICKEN ASS, JUST BECUASE I DONT HAVE OBJECT PERMAMENCE DONT MEAN IM NOT KICKEN EVERY ASS THAT WALKS BY , AND IN FACT, WHEN I FIND SOMETHING I GORGOT ABOUT ITS LIKE A PRESENT , YOU MIGHT BE SMARTER THEN ME BUT HAS ANYONE EVER GOT YOU KETCHUP AS A PRESENT, WELL IF I PUT IT IN THE CABNET AND SOMETHINGS IN FRONT OF IT I FORGOT I GOT THE KETCHUP , AND THEN WHEN I GO DIGGIN AND I FIND THAT RED BOTTLE IM IN HEAVEN, ITS FRY TIME MOTHER FUCKER - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

YOU DONT KNOW - dashare.zone ADMIN

I want to be able to get on a train from Georgia to any other state in the country.

Why don’t people run on trains? Doesn’t everybody want trains?

Lowkey the best vehicle.

Bucky is the Good Witch of the Midwest.

a computer screen shows a man and woman in a courtroom with the words guilty guilty guilty Alt: a computer screen shows a man and woman in a courtroom with the words guilty guilty guilty from Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego.

I was a consultant at an educational software company a few years ago. They were making a “game” where you do a bunch of worksheets to earn tokens to play real games in an arcade for a minute. I asked why they didn’t just make learning fun and they laughed at me and said it wasn’t possible. 😭

Imagine if edutainment game genre didn't peak in the early 90s. Video games have nearly limitless potential that has barely been explored.

Amtrak’s plans to restore passenger rail in Madison are on track The plans include a temporary station near Wisconsin's state Capitol and initial twice-daily service to Milwaukee, with future expansion expected.

The plans include a temporary station near Wisconsin's state Capitol and initial twice-daily service to Milwaukee, with future expansion expected.

Cool! We are having a date night downtown next week before I have my kidney stone surgery. I will have to make a pilgrimage to this place. I miss all the tea places I used to go. 😭

Scheduling really is the final boss of tabletop role playing games.

Same with me and my lap pugs.