Jemaleddin Cole Scares You

Which nice leftist Baltimorean is going to tell me how to vote on all the ballot initiatives because they seem extra vague this year.

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Bluesky has four kinds of users.

High point of Brandon Scott’s stint as mayor: “Pull your mask up shorty!”

It's a choice (a bad one) to tell readers this driver "passed too close to cyclists" when there's video evidence showing he drove his car into them, made contact and hurt someone. Fellow journalists: we can explore the nuances of punishment for drivers without obfuscating their dangerous behavior.

Still wondering what went wrong with this picture from Wonder Woman #782.

New SEC filings show that Mark Zuckerberg is preparing to pay California’s billionaire tax without losing control of Meta. So billionaires can afford to pay the tax? And they won't lose control of their companies or flee the state? Don’t fall for billionaires’ propaganda. Vote YES on Prop 40.

I guess somebody out there was really hoping I hadn’t updated PHP last night.

It's OK to hate the people who voted for this.

It's always the ones you most suspect

You know how when one half of an elderly married couple passes away, the other often dies of heartbreak soon after?

Allegedly the kid’s mom shoplifted some DIAPERS. That was why the cops were called. The officer who shot and killed the baby had two misconduct complaints, one settled, and had been reported for making racially offensive remarks days earlier.

Just got all my boys together to take on the wandering ronin who came to town. There’s like 15 of us and only one of him so pretty much the only thing that would give me any pause is if he was master of the devastating and lightning-fast iaidō style. But that’s not likely. Coward hasn’t even drawn h

I’m out visiting family and two of my aunts will be here soon. One’s ex-husband made me afraid of water by trying to teach me via the sink-or-swim method. The other aunt hired a psychologist to make me I afraid and now I’m terrified of being around water. Family!

Another one. The premise: Young people are cutting off their parents for minor mistakes and misunderstandings. The lead anecdote: A woman severs ties with her family for refusing to get vaccinated before her wedding — to a man who *lost his mother and brother to COVID*

I think we’ve found the headline of the year.

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

The men’s winner of the Baltimore Marathon today was a horse who decided to run the race in a human disguise but didn’t think of a fake name in advance.

I tend to associate actors with a single role, and often refer to them by the name of a movie or character, so the whole time I’m watching Crystal Lake I’m thinking, “Hell yeah, Velma Dinkley!” I guess it’s better than calling her, “Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.”

Only watched one episode of Crystal Lake, but it’s weird and surprising and better looking than it has any right to be. No idea if it’s any good yet, but the production design and costuming are pretty amazing.

all of us just watched these university admins wield enormous power against palestinian student orgs, including unaffiliated ones, so these excuses land flatter than ever

Bikemore is hiring an executive director to lead our team and help launch a citywide coalition for transportation investment. Baltimore, full time, $110-$125k. @jedweeks.bikemore.net is staying, excited to return full time to policy director of Bikemore in Action. Apply by 10/23: bikemore.net/jobs

I was unaware of sideguards, we need this law in Maryland!

“Who do I gotta kill to become a partner at Andreesen Horowitz?” is a shockingly accurate attack on how A16Z hired a racist murderer.

Smart home devices with 512MB of RAM are going to run LLMs?

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I'd rather watch Hitler butt chug a beer.

A reminder that Andy has described his dad as an anticommunist fighter which is literally true because he fought for the Hungarian fascists with the Nazis against the Soviets.

It’s wild how people who demand to be heard fail to understand the right to freedom of speech.

I rode up to our local cyclocross course today to help clean up from the past weekend’s race. At first I saw a field of grass ruined by people riding through it in a downpour, but then I realized it was a place where people fought to overcome the rain and mud and be their best selves. Cycling rules.

When the Auschwitz Memorial has to fact check the new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia for being a nut.

The Kids Are Alright

Reimagined some Target reusable bags into a gift for a Marxist. I'm really pleased with (1) how the appliqued Marx stencil came out, (2) how the red-on-red embroidery looks, and (3) the phrase "shoplifting is praxis."

Hey NY, Chicago here. I made you some graphics cause we're all on the same team. Fuck ICE.

Does anyone have tips for getting on a, let’s say, “found family plan” at the Y?

It’s wild that there’s some kid of ethical agreement between makers of liquor and wine that graphic design quality must be equal to the quality of the booze. Popov Vodka has plenty of money to lay a graphic designer, but they don’t, seemingly on principle. Breweries, on the other hand, are lawless.

Call me when Chicago Pope gives a shit about the lives of pregnant people and I’ll let you know if he’s “pro-life.”

I see that Hegseth is too cowardly to do this on Christmas Day and dedicate it to the pope.

Carly Rae Jepsen releasing a double album of 24 songs and then 3 week later releasing an expanded version with another 8 songs is so incredible, but the fact that there are enough leaked songs she wrote for the album and discarded to make another whole EP? Legendary shit.

I said I liked it. I didn’t say it was good. Post yours!

Another classic, not sure if I've already posted this one here.

Nobody agrees with me, but Battlestar Galactica starts getting worse after the initial mini-series and plummets in the final season.

Apple, are you saying I’m not exercising enough? Because I can exercise more! Tell me when it’s enough, I beg you!