Will it convince Republicans to support ranked choice ballotting? Of course not, but it should.

Fake campaign ad for "Not Sure" from the movie "Idiocracy"

I'm still vibrating over the fact that they choreographed "Prisencolinensinainciusol" by Adriano Celentano into the opening ceremony

Bonaventure Cemetery is 100% worth a stroll. Visited Savannah for 2 nights 2 years ago and that and Leopolds ice cream are my most vivid memories.

We were able to invoke a mode where it stopped automatically assuming any following comments were directed to Alexa, that was slight relief. Now it's her urge to inject cheery commentary about your activity that needs to stop.

Yup. "Alexa, set a timer for ten minutes called 'pizza'."

"Okay! Ive set that timer for you. In ten minutes you'll be enjoying that delicious pizza!"

PLEASE STFU

"But as this year comes to an end, I think it’s clear that they’ve reached the limits of what they can accomplish through brute force alone. " Please be right

Too soon

...and an offensive lineman for the Miami Dolphins

Animation cel from Yellow Submarine featuring a very tall "Apple Bonker" stalked by the four Beatles

Beatles for scale

I miss Fatsis's contributions to Hang Up and Listen; this was a really sweet revisit

Text from Gemini explaining that the airport code EMI refers to Emirau Airport in Papua New Guinea

New life goal: go to Papua New Guinea and hear the Sex Pistols

I can't tell if this is an curmudgeonly "no sooner than..." post

or

a defensive "i own a candy cane factory, please please my family needs to eat" post

- restrictions on pardon powers
- ranked choice ballotting everywhere
- add teeth to Emoluments Clause and Hatch Act

but how to control for the fact that STUFF keeps HAPPENING

Watto is immune to your Jedi mind tricks

Well, that plus removing minority women from positions of power

Lousy Barler12 weather

Pharma ad? Death + a paddlin'

That was me, the Bugle is soooo good, it's the first podcast I recommend to anyone

Thank you for a great show! Love watching the sausage get made.

Thank you for introducing and supporting 3 great comics. And thank you again for the exhausted-parent-friendly scheduling. You nailed that Park Slope demo.

[Turns chair around backward, sits]

"Hey kids, if I asked you how to pronounce V-E-E-C-K. what would you guess?"

Prototype presses for hexagonal and heptagonal burgers, no doubt

Late night talk shows, SNL

He's not going to read it; it doesn't have the word TRUMP in it in 28 point bold.

Here in Park Slope, Brooklyn family cargo bikes aren't that uncommon, but ... a big barrier is the lack of safe and appropriate places to park them overnight. Why can't we have nice things, indeed.

How do we know 25% of Americans didn't answer "What's the MAGA movement?"

Good thing the Governor of Texas certainly would blast any effort to nuke the ADA

(Hard sarcasm eye roll)

Odds that the ADA gets repealed or kneecapped by this administration - 50/50?

I don't