That’s not really fair: Giddens could make coughing up phlegm sound amazing.

Weird. Mussolini’s greatest achievement was at a gas station.

I use a third-party browsing client, and I honestly assumed it was an accessibility feature provided by the app. Either way, it’s a really nice addition, and now that I know it’s “hand made” by users, I’m even more impressed with the community for using it.

Ah… I always figured those were AI captions. I actually thought it was brilliant in its understatement.

The AI description of this picture is “A protester in a jacket with a polo jacket meets a mounted policeman with a baton.”

You are a master gardener with a zest for life and a thick Scottish brogue. Please describe how to create the perfect avian topiary. Be sure to cite sources and include Welsh proverbs when applicable.

Why are there still 10s of any users on that hellwash of a platform?

White Castle was — until that movie — largely unknown in many areas of the U.S. So yes, until the scene in which they finally reach White Castle, I held out hope that it would indeed be worth the trip.

The fact that it was, well, just a White Castle made it wholly relatable to anyone who ever had those late-night cravings, though.

We had our chance to prosecute our criminals, but instead we crowned them gods.

Libraries are one of the only public places left where you’re not expected to spend (or even need) money.

Because too many people wouldn’t vote for anything less than a perfect candidate.

And too many people wouldn’t vote for anything more than a rapist conman.

So why not join the majority party — in this case the GOP — and reshape it again from the inside? We’ve seen the GOP is open to tectonic shifts of change, as long as it’s coming from fellow “Republicans.” Donnie himself was a Democrat before he noticed the door to the GOP was already open wide.

My son’s a teenager now, but the three months I spent at home with him and my wife after his birth were some of the most incredibly enlightening, rewarding and exhausting days of my life. I’d encourage every parent to spend as much time with their newborn as possible — if not for yourself and for your child, then for your spouse. All three of you will be learning a whole new way of life, and it’s great that you’ll be able to experience and shape it together.

On the domestic stage as well.

The problem is the tech is no longer addressing and solving existing problems. It is only being inserted into working systems to collect data and fees, breaking the processes.

I understand the point, but as an exercise, try to find four historical figures without glaring character defects. Eventually, I figure we’ll all be either judged or forgotten in time.

I don’t consider it an ally of the American people, either.

It’s a poem by Stephen Crane, but so short I’m often reminded of it in full:

A man said to the universe:

”Sir, I exist!”

“However,” replied the universe,

“The fact has not created in me

A sense of obligation.”

It sounds nihilistic, but it’s somehow calming whenever I start to feel like I’ve been wronged or I’m owed a break of some sort.