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Science journalist, bylines all over the place. Book: NOT A SCIENTIST: How politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science (WW Norton). www.davelevitan.com Sign up: www.gravityisgone.com

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Thought about it, don’t think so, too much else in its bones

06.03.2026 01:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It genuinely is, as well as being a goddamn delight.

06.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jaws created the summer blockbuster. It still does not qualify here. You simpletons. You rubes.

06.03.2026 01:51 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

Some yes, some no. A fickle mistress.

06.03.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is fair. Never been my movie really but I get it.

06.03.2026 01:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is absolutely correct

06.03.2026 01:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

These are both good calls

06.03.2026 01:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I actually considered this and I think you’re right

06.03.2026 01:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Guys baseball movies are not fundamentally summer movies. They are baseball movies. Summer slashers are slashers. Etc etc. These need to have SUMMER or WINTER as their root, a backbone. As defined by me, some dipshit.

06.03.2026 01:38 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

I will accept Stand By Me as a summer movie though I think it has some other vibes.

06.03.2026 01:31 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Hundreds of Beavers a great winter addition. Groundhog Day is not, in fact, a holiday movie.

06.03.2026 01:31 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

what a fun contribution

06.03.2026 01:21 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hot Tub Time Machine is a great winter addition. The Thing is snowy but not a WINTER movie. The Shining… I’ll allow it.

Caddyshack is a good SUMMER addition.

06.03.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Best definitively SUMMER movies:

-Do the Right Thing
-Wet Hot American Summer
-Snack Shack
-Dazed and Confused
-Summer of Sam
-American Graffiti

Best definitively (non-holiday) WINTER movies:

-Fargo
-Hateful Eight
-Winter’s Bone
-Groundhog Day

06.03.2026 01:07 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 3

Do Hegseth next

06.03.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

The existence of a "Shield of the Americas" suggests the ascendance of a "Hydra of the Americas"

05.03.2026 23:56 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

"nobody questions the success of the military operation" uh hang on where does the entire murdered school fit in to that "success"

05.03.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

c'mon everyone she is clearly just taking questions in her absolutely real and important function as Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas

05.03.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

lol

05.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem: 9/1 odds

Noem, like Rubio, has gladly plastered herself across TV and other media these last few months to trumpet the administration’s ongoing descent into fascistic cruelty. But she somehow seems to court weird controversy β€” like this weekend, when she had her bag stolen from a DC restaurant, which for some absurd reason contained her passport and $3,000 in cash. Noem can’t protect her own purse, let alone the Homeland, and at some point it will catch up to her.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem: 9/1 odds Noem, like Rubio, has gladly plastered herself across TV and other media these last few months to trumpet the administration’s ongoing descent into fascistic cruelty. But she somehow seems to court weird controversy β€” like this weekend, when she had her bag stolen from a DC restaurant, which for some absurd reason contained her passport and $3,000 in cash. Noem can’t protect her own purse, let alone the Homeland, and at some point it will catch up to her.

It took almost a year from when I set the odds (and the assumption at that point was that Hegseth wouldn't survive, so, oops), but Noem cashes in at 9/1.

www.jezebel.com/who-will-be-...

05.03.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
β€œStand Your Butt Up”: Republican Senator Tries to Physically Fight Union Leader
Senator Markwayne Mullin began yelling at the Teamsters president in the middle of the hearing.

β€œStand Your Butt Up”: Republican Senator Tries to Physically Fight Union Leader Senator Markwayne Mullin began yelling at the Teamsters president in the middle of the hearing.

oh good a saner DHS secretary

05.03.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
By BEN LEFEBVRE
03/05/2026 05:00 AM EST
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President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is telling his advisers to bring ideas to the Oval Office to lower gasoline prices in the wake of the U.S. attack on Iran, according to two energy industry executives familiar with the conversations.
The White House is "looking under every rock for ideas on improving energy prices, especially gasoline prices," said one of the executives, who was granted anonymity to describe internal administration discussions.

By BEN LEFEBVRE 03/05/2026 05:00 AM EST f β€’ β€’ β€’ President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is telling his advisers to bring ideas to the Oval Office to lower gasoline prices in the wake of the U.S. attack on Iran, according to two energy industry executives familiar with the conversations. The White House is "looking under every rock for ideas on improving energy prices, especially gasoline prices," said one of the executives, who was granted anonymity to describe internal administration discussions.

I have an idea. Here’s my idea: We should have had this meeting last week before we started bombing Iran. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

05.03.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 2123 πŸ” 387 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 47

see

05.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A lot of "some day they'll all have been against this" vibes out there right now

05.03.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Almost a year later this still seem very true, it’s all a matter of getting the news to people who haven’t been paying a ton of attention but can still be shocked by it all

05.03.2026 04:32 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
A perfectly camouflaged lizard colored tan and brown lying on a rock or tree surface

A perfectly camouflaged lizard colored tan and brown lying on a rock or tree surface

A colorful agama lizard, pink and red and a blue tail, on a rock

A colorful agama lizard, pink and red and a blue tail, on a rock

Ugh too much stupid stuff, here are some lizards of varying evolutionary strategy

01.12.2024 16:10 πŸ‘ 371 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 4

David Strathairn would never

05.03.2026 04:17 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Snores no. 6, What Is That Other Sound, ffs

05.03.2026 03:15 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"I asked God to forgive me, which he has."

Honestly this is the biggest perk of serving in Congress. Most people have to ask forgiveness and wonder. If you're in Congress you get a same day answer from the big guy.

05.03.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 3014 πŸ” 568 πŸ’¬ 155 πŸ“Œ 67

I know the number will never be zero or anything but goddamn I look forward to a time when a few less awful people are in charge of important things

05.03.2026 02:56 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0