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Occasional politics, the New York *sigh* Jets, behavioral psych, fantasy sports, and other general nonsense. Coming up from air after years on The Other Place. Making Commanders fans feel better about themselves since 2014
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thinking about how josh barro used to host "left, right and center" on a liberal public radio station, and he'd be "center" and liz bruenig would be "left." incredible range of opinions that's represented in elite discourse.

I did an event in DC & there was a party for donors etc after. Was talking to 2 ppl & I said "Things are so bad." They said "No this is how it is. Things swing one way, then another. It's normal." That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.

The Times questioning Zohran’s experience kinda just boils down to ideology & racism but the idea of 33 being too young to hold a major political office is so funny. If he was a CEO of a startup that produced something worse than nothing they’d write a glowing feature on his new bold ideas.

I'm so sorry you only have 30-45 readers.

The most consequential Speaker in state history.

Happy Father’s Day

assassins dressing like cops while ICE goes in plainclothes

i dont get involved in politics, im not interested in news, but ill gladly let an IDF guy glue my dick hole shut if it'll help him feel safe

From the New Yorker, 2018. I was so ahead of my time.

I live and die with the NFL and the NBA is a close second but there's no better postseason than the Stanley Cup playoffs

This searchable map of No Kings marches to join on Saturday is impressively crowded: www.nokings.org#map

All the brown folks who voted for Trump.... All the people who said he'd bring peace in the Middle East... Sigh.

I’ve never forgotten this picture from 2016 and how it completely reshaped my understanding of how the media covers protests.

there’s a reason bluesky is a retirement home for millennial posters - we grew up before algorithms and were not used to having content shoved in our faces unasked for we chose to click on those terrible threads ourselves

As a Bluesky truther from day one and someone who’s become increasingly earnest in my old age, I will say the earnestness of this site can be utterly overwhelming at times. It makes more sense when you remember this place is filled with folks fleeing the crushing nihilism of X.

With reported deaths now in double digits, it’s time for Nintendo to reveal what they know about the mysterious illness affecting Switch 2 owners

Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.

The best TV shows of 2025 so far are a mix of old-school procedurals and adventurous dramas. My picks: