“In October 2025, both her SSI and Medicare benefits were halted, and she was told her immigration status was under review. Although Rakestraw was born in the U.S. and has never once traveled or lived outside the country, federal officials still raised questions about her legal status.”🤬
I feel like it would just take one Pokémon looking at Pikachu and asking “why doesn’t he need to live in the ball?” to lead to some fuckin changes in that society
Me, driving a hybrid Camry that I only have to fill up once a month looking at the bros driving their Pavement Princesses.
Apropos of nothing in particular.
A four quadrant scatterplot with the x axis labeled “raw animal sex appeal” to “endearing posh mojo” and the y axis labeled “has working understanding of what society is” to “does not know how society operates” with George of the Jungle, Rocky of Rocky Horror, JCVD in Universal Soldier, Leopold, Duke of Albany, Mark-Francis Vandelli, and Austin Powers arranged in a roughly diagonal line from the top left to bottom right
I have made the chart
Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM
Dare I accept this diabolical challenge?
And possibly, "We're all tired of having to work with that dingus Markwayne, so we're making him your problem instead."
Now, sure, I'm no longer a Catholic, but I had to go to mass every Sunday of my childhood, and I feel that entitles me to a bishopric.
Creating a schism for Catholics who are cool with Vatican 2, but want to go back to "and also with you" when the priest says "peace be with you."
I truly think the animating principle of the conservative mind is, "I saw something I wasn't expecting, and that cannot be allowed."
Person listening to Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" broadcast in 1938: Phew. Thank god this is fake. For a second, it almost felt like the entire world was at war
If you think having a Jewish wife means you can't possibly be antisemitic, allow me to introduce you to one H.P. Lovecraft.
2026 nuclear family meme— featuring Fritzi as Neurodivergent Aunt, Sluggo as Sluggo, Nancy as Daughter, Nancy Jr as Woke Dog
This, combined with "vice signaling" (taking pride in antisocial behavior) has given us the reign of the Stupid Asshole, something most people are against, but can only be remedied if we're not too polite to talk about it
I mean, it's not like Massachusetts has a history of starting a revolution following a protest related to a caffeinated beverage.
The first and only acceptable use for glasses-camera technology is foiling Jon Voight.
One frustrating aspect of the country being run by apocalyptic fascists is that I have less energy to focus on my true enemies, the prescriptivist grammarians.
on this day in 1933 "the US Senate confirms Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor and she is sworn in the same day, making her the first female member of the United States Cabinet."
His campaign debrief will conclude that they would have performed better by presenting him as the Slap-chop candidate.
Yes, it could have been prevented by impeachment. Maybe you should try that now; better late than never.
This author did not consider how easily a former effeminate straight boy turned effeminate straight man like me could find-replace this into an article about being called gay.
Upon seeing the price, my eyebrows shot up so fast I think I sprained a forehead muscle.
But why is there only a single ball on the graphic?
Many years ago, I declared that, while he does not know it, David Brooks is my nemesis. And, wow, did I ever pick a nemesis who keeps on giving.
Which oddly gets pretty close to the time I photoshopped Deathstroke and Wintergreen onto a box of Good Friends based on a joke you made on the podcast. Simpler times.
I'll be honest, every time I see a story about Kalshi, I think, "Man, betting is a weird brand change for that organic cereal."
I swear, I'm going to resort to printing out Karl Popper's formulation of the paradox of tolerance and hand it out door-to-door.
