Dang, we really should have passed some legislation intended to create a domestic supply chain for these parts & materials! [finger to ear] Dang, we really shouldn't have repealed the legislation we passed intended to create a domestic supply chain for these parts & materials!
puddins in one of his sillier sleeping positions
look upon him and despair
Warsh may be a reasonable guy and capable economist just playing a role here. But if integrity and independence are qualities we value in a Fed Chief, he does not have them.
Every nominee who dodges this question tells us that they have no meaningful commitment to American democracy.
A nameless malice gnawing itself in the corner
Shelley (2019) - John Currin (b.1962) #contemporary_painting #portrait
Three panel comic. Panel 1: person who has post-op bandages wrapped around their nose, nervously holding someone’s hand. Another speaker off panel says, “alright… let’s get these bandages off.” Panel 2: the person is gleefully looking at themself in a handheld mirror, their friends are overjoyed. Their new nose is a gigantic, elongated and pointed sword shape. Panel 3: they are jumping out of the ocean with a smile on their face, in unison with two swordfish who are also breaching the water.
The largest engine in the world: the Sulzer RTA96-C This monster powers massive container ships like the Emma Maersk. Standing over 44 feet tall and 90 feet long, it produces a mind-blowing 107,000 horsepower. That’s enough power to move an entire city block across the ocean.
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Conservatives very specifically endorse a version of medical freedom which includes vaccine refusal but excludes choosing to take cross-sex hormones
Tree Repair, 2026 by Dittmar Viane www.instagram.com/dittmarviane/
No consequences for murdering thousands of Lebanese civilians, but destroy a statue of Jesus and do jail time.
What a messed-up world!
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
I feel like it's poorly understood that Trumpism is *explicitly* about Trump and his allies getting to play by their own set of rules literally wherever possible
College radio
(I know it still exists but it's not like it was)
One of the dispiriting things about being a political writer in this era is that things are simultaneously horrifying and, in an intellectual sense, kind of boring. There’s nothing particularly challenging to grapple with; just a lot of hackwork where you point out the same lies for the 87th time.
Weird rules of mainstream media: you can't say he's *lying*, and you can't call a particular thing he says *false*, but you can say that the things he says *contradict one another*. That's the objectivity sweet spot. 🙄
we are governed by idiots
a tabby cat laying down with her chin up doing an eyes closed slow blink face which, when cats do this, means they love you :)
can i come over and look at u like this
impossible to overstate how poisonous this shit is. dudes on the street smiling and waving at your toddler are an indicator of a happy and functional community
[chuckling to my cellmate] they’re not actually allowed to put me in here
I do not respect or trust Tucker Carlson and I will continue to not respect or trust Tucker Carlson until I am dead.
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This day in history. 2015. National Tea Day in the United Kingdom. Dreadful stuff, tea. Poisons the insides and breaks the spirit. My uncle Petey gave up whisky and switched to tea and never pulled a quarter out of my ear again.
Meteor shit!
Painting of a railroad yard at night in the rain
Railway Yard — Mats Åkerman, 2004
Oil on canvas
Fishtopher, a classic brown tabby cat with green eyes, sitting in front of a window. The sun comes through sheer, textured curtains, illuminating half his face. Most of his body is blocked from view by a gray cat tree.
forget golden hour, its fishtopher hour
Once again "the death of the West" meant "the death of my secret bank account."
Turns out the phrase “America First” is preceded by the words “Sell Out.”
unless and until republicans agree to a ceasefire in the form of strict anti-gerrymandering provisions: fuck them to hell, squeeze every last drop of blood from the stone, lock them out of every seat you can
The AI bubble is like the dotcom bubble: It’s not that the Internet was some useless passing fad; it’s that a lot of money got poured into absolute horseshit before people started figuring out where the actual value was.
A two-family home. VisiCalc was written and developed in the home's attic.
This is 231 Broadway in Arlington. Back in 1978 a two-person startup called Software Arts worked out of the attic to create VisiCalc -- the first spreadsheet program for personal computers.
