T. Scott Ray

those naive millenials, unaware of MTV's "The Real World"

uh well

It's funny that this gangster DOJ is all about RICO cases

In fact, I don't think they were able to turn it around at all. What did happen to the Titanic? Which, in this metaphor, is the economy.

Tomatoes are one of the greatest things in the world. And not as easy to grow as this might make you think. Guy Clark has some words about this.

NEW: Texans spent decades steadily tearing down the church-state wall, claiming it is a myth meant to obscure America's true Christian roots. Now, Trump is helping them export their playbook nationally. The result: A federal bureaucracy remade in their Christian nationalist image. (Gift link)

"that birds a liar!"

Just a couple days ago there was a big NYT article about politicians living in fear--both sides, of course. Today a sitting rep gets raided by Homeland Security. Interesting.

I'm constantly fascinated with everyone in this administration's seeming undying belief that there will never be another administration after it, where they might face consequences.

It's funny and good that many people in public office couldn't pass a high school history class.

Wasn't it theh philosopher Don Draper who said, "If You Don't Like What's Being Said, Change the Conversation"

I gotta dust off my wayward priest screenplay

I think they know what they're doing here. No quote scrubbing, no sane washing, allowing him to demonstrate how briefly he can focus on any one thought. Example after example of how little his team is telling him about anything.

they're on a mission from god

it's a pop song, guys. that's what it is.

Who decided we'd all want to see Nick Saban on the tv all the time

When are people in the sports world going to stand up and say “we would prefer the openly evil 28% approval rating president not attend our game in-person because it is a massive inconvenience for our in-person fans, a strain on local law enforcement, and harms the television product”

I just think presidents shouldn't go to football games. Maybe they could do presidential stuff instead. Or watch on the tv at the white house in between meetings.

More than a skynet sort of situation, we should be worried at how much of their humanity people are letting atrophy as they outsource all thought and emotion and compassion and empathy to these prediction robots.

Real nice grid you got here. Be a shame if something happened to it.

and my doge check and my tariff check and

Counterpoint:

the fire I lit has a mind of its own!

But surely they wouldn't just demolish a storied DC building

I think that Dolly Parton was, for a lot of people, an ambassador of the "good" values people think of about the South: kindness, hospitality, can-do spirit, sharp and witty and down to earth. I think for a segment of people, too, she was theantithesis of a lot of noxious masculine country stuff.

It’s pretty telling that the one person who unites all of us isn’t being lauded for the number of records they sold or how good they were at business, but for their acceptance of all, generosity of heart, and joy of spirit.

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To me, that's preposterous. Crab rangoons. Things of that nature.

the albus dumbledore quote as if it's got the same weight as something ghandi said is really... chef's kiss

tbh 'I got appendicitis for my birthday' sounds like a Phoebe Bridgers lyric

Me writing a Don Draper esque full page ad in the NYT "why i'm quitting ray bans"

This is 100% the reader's version of the classic "I want to be able to say I have written, without doing the writing" use case for AI. Nobody is forcing you to "plow through" a book list! If you hate books and reading this much, you can just opt out. But they want to be able to say they've "read."

[bruce springsteen voice] well they, confirmed the epstein whisperer in the dead of night

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On Wednesday night, Houston’s White Oak Music Hall hosted an unusual lineup. 👀 On the main stage: Attorney General Ken Paxton. On the smaller upstairs stage: Meet Me @ the Altar, an all-female punk band, and Leisure Hour, an emo rock act known for its following of “DIY emo baddies.”

oh good, the worries have eased

I think the boldest Odyssey adaptation choice Nolan made was using Adele's "Someone Like You" as the siren's song. It worked for me.

It says this in the subhed, but this isn't even a good price?

the trump touch

I think the Nazi tattoo should have been the end of it, but here we keep going.

I feel like saying Wonderwall is objectively bad is sort of like loudly saying the Eagles suck

this ref has leading man energy

You think I'm pulling for England on July 5, the date of the greatest fireworks show in american history?