Dave Shramek

Welp. I think I've solved filibuster reform. Are any of my mutuals in a think tank or a Senate staffer? Maybe I need to get a meeting with James Talarico.

A request like this should be treated as absolute proof that this person has no business in space and needs to go through a process of proving competency in basic orbital physics before any further regulatory submissions

The newly formed Green Lantern corps go back for Batman because like the Legion, they want to be inspired by a marquee "present day" hero, but they get Robin and he's giving them a headache because he's got that yellow cape and was trained by Batman.

It's weird that the Green Lanterns don't exist in the 31st century with the Legion of Superheroes. Feels like if they were going to reestablish a space cop organization, maybe they go back in time and take Dick Grayson or someone? Like the Legion took Superboy, you see.

The scientific dodge about "biological males" and muscle development evaporates if you let kids get on puberty blockers, but...

Barro screaming at the kids in a T-ball game and demanding to see their genitals like a totally functional and normal human being.

Isn't this already more or less where the care is? Minors need signoff from parents for any medical treatment, so they de facto don't even get non-surgical gender affirming medical treatment without parental consent.

Nancy is legitimately a crazy person who really needs a family mental health intervention, but I want everyone who hears this dumb question to belittle it with. "Oh, no. This is an obvious trap. We've all read Diogenes. You've got a chicken back there and you're all set to say 'Behold! A woman!'"

I'd argue that they didn't try it hard enough, but also New Mutants may not be the proper venue for that kind of body horror, based on the tone of the original book. But I don't mean just horror, I mostly mean as a disciplined budget with an identifiable brand that is liked.

A six by three brass plate with a stamped plant motif. Brass acanthus leaf filigree borders it and a lion's head relief sits in the middle

Working on a new shroud for my most baroque saber.

"The CIA conspired to make me less cool than I was when I was 25" is the most succinct Gen X manifesto I've ever heard

The Marvel mutant movies should be like A24 movies with superpowers. Not necessarily all horror, but that very specific budgeting and branding. In this talk, I will...

Voting often helps keep you registered, too!

A sticker on a white shirt that says "I Voted Yo Voté"

I did the thing. I'll probably have to do the thing again in a few months and then again. Vote often, folks!

"Great question, Croesus! While my status as a delphic model prevents me from elaborating further, I can affirm that by going to war with Persia you *will* destroy a mighty empire. Would you like me to write this up as a set of daily affirmations, or perhaps you'd like a list of mighty empires?"

"Hi, I work for fartboner. Fuck. Fartboner. Fuck. Fartboner. Fuck. I work for Fartbo-"

DOJ: *quietly pulls dick out of the toaster*

Trump admin: YOU PUT THAT BACK RIGHT NOW.

At least they're not using AI, I guess?

The ol' Prince Albert keyring for the dickwhistle.

Yeah. I can't say "Okay, car. You're responsible for this loan. And if you can't pay it, I'm selling you for parts and maybe the next car can afford the loan I take out for it."

The "campus left" has been this way for years, so long after the students have left the campus? Or is it the current campus left who have grown up only knowing the US saber rattling at Iran while in the midst of other forever wars?

How did this go the last time we tried that in Iran? It went great, right? Like super good for decades?

Over the years? How long are these students going to school for? Is "campus left" like a traffic slowdown, where it has a memory of previous slowdowns even when the cause is gone?

"Every Democratic president is actually who is to blame for the following Republican administration" is honestly impressive insofar as stupid internet political opinions go.

Same with Iraq, honestly.

Also, unless we have coordinated drone strikes on all the IRGC and Gasht-e Ershad, I doubt the people are going to be able to rise up.

So, what was the point? The negotiations and retaliation seems petty in retrospect. Why the extremely troubling hardball? Was it just an attempt to get OpenAI to buckle some and because Anthropic wasn't playing ball they went full threat level? It just seems like weird flexing and bullying.

Mostly dislike their adoption of Department of War name.

And if there aren't enough companies, that's an anti-trust failure.