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Bought this late last year. Glad to have the reminder.

MY BILL MAHER TAKE AS A PRODUCER ON THE APPRENTICE: So Bill Maher went to the White House and met Trump and learned "a crazy person doesn't live in the White House," however, "a person who plays a crazy person on TV a lot lives there, which I know is f***ed up.

perfect weather for a morning paddle. today I saw an osprey and two yellow-crowned night herons - who I’ve never seen before despite years on/in this river.

Excellent piece by David Brooks. “It turns out that when you mix narcissism and nihilism, you create an acid that corrodes every belief system it touches.” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

“digital murder” the headline doesn’t do justice to the urgency of its story. this is how the regime will paralyze anyone - including citizens - from being able to live a life. they’re abusing a “who’s dead list” and making it a “who’s ineligible for anything” list. apnews.com/article/soci...

The President and his umbrella attempt to board Air Force One

me and 3 of my best buddies in my first Jeep, in Bustamante, NL, Mexico. we had just finished a day of caving, back before they required guides. my Ray Bans, big hair, and punky smirk just kill me.

if you're angry about life in these United States being ruled by an autocratic clown, you're going to truly HATE living in a world dominated economically and militarily by the Middle Kingdom

we've been building an economic & military moat around China for 2 decades and it's all being unraveled in 2 weeks. "Xi begins a 3-nation tour of SE Asia next week to consolidate ties with some of China's closest neighbours as trade tension escalates with the US." www.reuters.com/world/china/...

from $2T to $1T to ... $150B. this most recent number is credible, but the obvious followup question is "was the juice worth the squeeze?" www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-lo...

reminder: it's the Gulf of Mexico

Why the hell does everything have to happen at once?

great night for baseball at Downs Field in East Austin

reminder: it's the Gulf of Mexico

Real talk, none of y'all are good enough drivers to text while you're doing it Put that shit down

vile. the official policy of the United States: we can/will expel you for your statements, beliefs, or associations. he's being deported because of his "past, current, or expected beliefs, statements, or associations that are otherwise lawful" source: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

new season of Black Mirror drops next Thursday. I have to expect it will feel wistfully nostalgic compared to current reality.

Schroedinger's Tariff Target

"we love tariffs."

check out this guy (also in the quoted post)