what would Andy Rooney say?

ha! very well put.

shite, shit is only four letters.

“There is no point in criticizing something if some law of nature means that it must be so. But there is, despite claims otherwise, no law of nature which says we have to be bastards to each other or to the species we share this world with.” @ianwelsh.bsky.social www.ianwelsh.net/we-dont-have...

tbf that seems consistent with a national defense mission.

love it when a university i attended 20 years ago writes to let me know they've been hacked and they've leaked my social.

from @karlbode.com www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/t...

careful with that sense of humor of yours!

#AlternativeMath

we’ve been gaslighted into believing that gaslighting is a thing.

i wonder if a part of this isn’t the end of crypto idealism due to aggressive mainstreaming by an obviously corrupt and overweening state. a lot of early crypto enthusiasts really were idealists of one bent or another, of whichever bent in ways that the Trump era defiles. so why not cash out now?

“The average American can no more imagine the texture, habits, and routines of everyday life in a walkable urban community than they can imagine completely cutting meat out of their diet. Maybe less so.” @ad-mastro.bsky.social

for me the real marker of credibility is his promise to bring drug prices down 400, 500, even 600 percent. i am willing to presume all of his claims are as credible as that one.

i like to think i could have made a failure of myself no matter what my race or gender — or nationality or religion or sexual preference — had been.

have we considered prosecuting a war for whaling rights? the world once ran on whale oil and blubber. MAGA!

A great piece that explains succinctly why Congressionally defined independent agencies, far from undermining executive accountability, are prerequisite to it. by @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...

at least have the AIs vet the AIs!

is it a "real" journal if they didn't vet the references? isn't that a minimal editorial function?

The relevant unit of housing is not the unit. It's the district or neighborhood. Housing in contemporary society is not to about glorified tents, just to keep the rain off. Homes are the literal structure of society. Their most important characteristics are in relationship to other elements.