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He/him. Originally from the Finger Lakes, moved to the Canadian prairie. Not because it rhymes with my name, but I don't mind that. Lawyer in two countries, competent adult in neither.

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Ah yes--the movie, that as a child, taught me the difference between hairspray and mousse (mild spoiler!).

07.03.2026 02:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I mean, to be fair, "Vice King" is a pretty apt title for Trump, as he is the king of vices.

07.03.2026 02:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Em Dash - 99% Invisible Last summer, Bryan Vance found himself in an argument with a stranger on Reddit. Vance, a Portland-based journalist who runs Stumptown Savings, a newsletter covering local grocery deals, had been accu...

Me either! There was a good recent @99pi.org episode on the em dash: 99percentinvisible.org/episode/658-...

07.03.2026 01:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over"...

DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent."

But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."

07.03.2026 00:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 3333 ๐Ÿ” 1591 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 65 ๐Ÿ“Œ 99

And GODDAMMIT--I will not give up em-dashes to stupid machines.

07.03.2026 01:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To be fair, the objection was that Roe was not codified in the ACA, which did pass the Senate with 60 votes. But I am pretty dubious that would have happened if abortion had been involved.

06.03.2026 21:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know what you mean, but I believe she is sane enough that she would counsel against attacking Iran on a whim with precisely zero preparation.

06.03.2026 20:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If only! 1986 computers had far less bloatware!

06.03.2026 20:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dear god. My brain is so desperate for hope, part of it is thinking that maybe sane evil will be better than insane evil? But I highly doubt it.

06.03.2026 20:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As the Court said in Carolene Products (footnote omitted)....

[geekiest tweet of the day done]

06.03.2026 20:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As bad as I thought Trump 2.0 would be, it has managed to exceed my worst fears.

06.03.2026 20:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you truly believed Graham Platner is not antisemitic at all, you would be sending him to synagogues in Maine to speak to Jews and reassure them of that. That is what Mamdani did during the NYC mayoral election. The fact they are not doing that is... telling.

06.03.2026 19:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 281 ๐Ÿ” 50 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Steve-O was on Joe Rogan's show trying to defend trans people and Rogan went off, he called trans people "fucking perverts" and "mass shooters" who have done the majority of school shootings.

Completely unhinged bigotry paid for by your Spotify subscriptions.

05.03.2026 19:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 3837 ๐Ÿ” 855 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 213 ๐Ÿ“Œ 292

My friends always say "you sound just like your dad" (also not a bad thing, objectively) and I never got it. Then the other day I was talking in a meeting, and--BOOM. It was my father's rhythm and mannerisms coming out of my mouth. I can't unhear that.

06.03.2026 19:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Words, what do they mean

06.03.2026 16:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1132 ๐Ÿ” 203 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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JUST IN: US customs agency says it cannot comply with tariff refund order reut.rs/3NjQxW0

06.03.2026 15:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 340 ๐Ÿ” 192 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 82 ๐Ÿ“Œ 228

It's got a rhythm!

06.03.2026 03:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Almost exactly what my wife said the first time she saw it. But man, what a movie.

06.03.2026 02:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I somehow never knew that Markwayne Mullin is *actually* Cherokee.

05.03.2026 20:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yup. Like watching "Grey's Anatomy" and thinking you have an intimate understanding of how hospitals work.

05.03.2026 20:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The worst thing about the internet is that it makes me viscerally aware just how many assholes there are in the world.

05.03.2026 20:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was kind of shocked to see this quote, while not actually Orwell, is often attributed to him and not far off things he actually said. So this misattribution may be the best thing Noem has done in her entire public career.

05.03.2026 20:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sigmund Freud made the same point about names!

(He thought, as many have, that Moses was a fragment of an Egyptian name--essentially 'Ramses' without the 'Ra'.)

05.03.2026 20:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Workers need administrators (or so I am told).

05.03.2026 19:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I believe the basic idea is that is simply where Ramose lived!

05.03.2026 18:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'Stand your butt up,' U.S. senator shouts at union leader during heated committee showdown | CBC News A congressional hearing devolved into an angry confrontation between a senator and a witness on Tuesday after Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma challenged Sean O'Brien, the president of the...

Just a reminder of the kind of jackass this guy is: www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...

05.03.2026 18:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looks like they're going to have to put truck nuts on the love-nest private jet.

05.03.2026 18:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For me the greatest example of this was H.P. Lovecraft, who was both an awful misogynist and a vile antisemite, and yet married a jewish woman.

05.03.2026 18:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With an implicit "who knows anymore?" caveat, I don't think Miller is "central casting" enough for Trump. My bet is he does the laziest possible thing, and appoints Homan. But we're all just whistling past the graveyard at this point!

05.03.2026 18:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0