Jesse Friedman

If you thought Democratic fundraising was smarmy, just look at this dark (or should I say light?) pattern in a solicitation that was sent to the previous owner of my phone number. Here's the full link in all its slopified bullshit glory. secure.winred.com/god-family-a...

New conspiracy theory: People acquiescing to Trump's preferred term, Super Intelligence, will increase demand for Slovenia's .si domains. Melania is Slovenian. You figure out the rest.

Make a band edible Pancakes! At The Disco

bluesky is def a sports app now

Why, @flypdx.bsky.social, was this placard deemed necessary?!

The Latin word for barley is hordeum. So when you have a beer while watching the World Cup, it's a hordration break.

slightly increase a band Waterpiktradamus

slightly increase a band Some Doubt

Is it fair to say, in terms of brand, that Anthropic:OpenAI::Lyft:Uber?

Timeline cleanse: preschooler feeding chickens

LinkedIn Park

Per @theilluminati.bsky.social , maduros are now Freedom Plantains

One report, three spins.

Forget the 3 AM phone call. Is he ready for the call at 3 PM?

Gotta hand it to Ryan Lizza, we got bamboo-zled in _two_ ways by that piece on Nuzzi.

DoorDash: "Bird flu is over. Also here is where cheeseburgers are cheaper." Trump admin: "We have no inflation!"

The way I look at American political structure: the system is built for two parties. If you aren't in one of the parties, you're essentially irrelevant. So the only practical move is to make one of them work more like you want it to. The Tea Party et al did this and then some with the Republicans.

We don't want no Chuck Chuck is a chump who gets no love from me Hanging out the passenger side Of the Baileys' ride No clue how to lead

Calling an assurance that someone who isn't involved in the negotiations will follow the law isn't anything to be proud of. It codifies that whether or not the law needs to be followed is up for negotiation. This is terrifying precedent of the Dems' making.

Given the increasing likelihood of Thanksgiving travel chaos, I wonder if anyone's setting up an exchange for people to trade/resell non-refundable hotel reservations so people can switch to driving-distance excursions.

If anyone wants to watch Zohran's victory speech in its entirety, here's the timecode from the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/NnM_RgL...

Trick or treater: "Oh my god, why is this house so messy?" Me: "We have two small kids." Kid: "My mom has four." #adhd

Has anyone come up with a site/app for sharing and rating protest signs?

The costumes in Portland are great. Now we just need loudspeakers blasting Yakety Sax whenever the feds come and go.

Evita Solutions? Don't cry for me, mifepristone!

ACAB (Avocado, Cheese, and Bacon)

We need a word for "not surprising but still maddening." It will help us acknowledge the onslaught of evil without becoming numb to it. Any ideas?

I can't see the airport code DTW without mentally pronouncing the city it serves as "Detwoit." (Yes, I know the W is for Wayne County.)

This sounds straight from the lips of Jack Donaghy.

"How do we take advantage of Dame rejoining the Blazers to get people to come to the game, but not falsely imply he'll be playing because he's injured?"

Slightly diminish a band: Hoobasmell

Same number, two interpretations.

Car insurance renewal notice just came. Lemonade breaks out the price per car: 2013 Toyota Prius is going up ~20%, both for base rate and per-mile cost 2018 Chrysler Pacific base rate is going up ~10% but the per-mile cost is going down a tenth of a penny This is due to tariffs, right?

One relatively minor consequence of the Iran-Israel conflict is the wide berths flights have to take to avoid missles. This flight from Qatar to Georgia traveled more than double the normal distance, turning a sub-3-hour flight into a 5.5-hour one. www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

Cc @hels.bsky.social: some appliances being explicitly coded

Shorter NYT non-endorsement: one guy thinks bureaucrats should be selling tomatoes, the other guy resigned in disgrace for being a sex creep. We can't recommend either but we think the sex creep is probably better.

He's even capitalizing the nouns to make it sound more like the original German.

I find it very helpful to think of the US as having space for two parties. Who occupies each space is what it's all about. Look at how the GOP has been transformed in the past 15 or so years. It's the Dems' turn next. Before it's too late.

LOL another fun screwup from Google's AI Overview. The Oregon kicker is a biennial tax refund, as you can tell from the search refinement buttons.

Now we're rooting for both Harvard *and* Gavin Newsom?

Can we now call him Gulf Vader? apnews.com/article/trum...

Oof, this gives sociolinguists a lot to think about.

Oh, the irony.

If you have Global Entry, that card they sent you is a federal ID and it'll satisfy Real ID requirements starting next month.

Economy tanking so hard that American Airlines ground crew is getting around the tarmac at PHX on trikes 😂

Shout-out to the couple in front of me at Costco with exactly three things in the cart: a bunch of bananas, a case of Red Bull, and a four-pack of pepper spray.