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Me: HOW `BOUT FUCKIN' NOOOO.
It ain't fuckin' free if I have to download a fucking app for a Nazi-enriching site (no offense to present company intended) to read the supposedly free article.
My time isn't free.
My data isn't free.
My RAM isn't free.
YOU, Substack, ARE free... to fuck right off forever.
I am somewhat gratified that Xi basically told Trump he’s a loser, except that all the rest of us are also onboard this ship he keeps ramming into the rocks.
Note that the dying Traitor-in-Chief is no longer able to stand up straight. And that the makeup spackled on both of his rotting talons is getting thicker.
A couple of things. First, I live in Chicago, and any pizza place that had a “chief digital and technology officer” would be unceremoniously dumped in Lake Michigan before it could sprinkle its first shred of mozzarella.
Second, “fresh, hot Papa Johns delivered by drone” sounds like a threat one would receive shortly after the robot uprising. NO THANK YOU, DRONE. WE’RE ALL GOOD HERE!
“ Actual New York Times headline: Talarico’s Taco Order Turns Into a Texas-Sized Debate. Oh no, does James Talarico eat secret gay vegan breakfast tacos? [New York Times]”
Headlines like this are so fundamentally patronizing at their core. The subtext is GAY likes non meat products GAY SUPER GAY HELLA GAY, but it implies that true men can only consume from their breakfast trough of pork lard and a slice of breaded chicken between two donuts.
Also, if you’re an experienced traveller you have probably come to terms with the fact that food truck bacon and sausages are not likely to be cooked to your individual preference.
Texan here. Once again, the NYT is full of shit. I am pretty damn certain that there is no debate in Texas over breakfast taco components. All breakfast tacos are good. Any time of day is a good time to eat a breakfast taco. Now, if it was chili or barbecue, there might be a debate.
We are dealing with our own taco fiasco in California, where MAGA gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton decided to play regular guy by eating a genuine "street taco" for the cameras.
In Barstow.
At Del Taco.
This may well be the most fatal political gaffe in California history. In fact, Hilton would be wise to get on a plane back to England, where he was born, and never return.
“He meant Biden. He didn’t say this of course. He fed me a brown sausage loaf that smells like my bedroom. I asked for General Tso to complain but he wasn’t available”
A couple of wild and crazy guys! Your hed gif explainer: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/dance-practice
And the meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/08d5c9d7-8b55-4fde-9b1b-1a0a89053fd7?utm_source=share
So which one of these guys is the wing man?
They look like they’re sharing a trampoline.
Very Pretty Birds.
Birds of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo! Who knew?
I've only been too happy
To help you with your needs
My alpha friend
I'm off to spend
Time spreading fruity seeds.
It's not like I'm begrudging
I don't need to be paid
But I'll be glad when
Now and then
It's my time to get laid.
That goes well with the tune of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Hum diddle iddle iddle hum diddle aye.
KALAKA! also too!
Gorgeous birds, and the article was fascinating and worth the read. Thanks!
Let's dance!
Put on your red hat and dance!
Bouncy birbs havin' a ball.
Can't let the RWNJs see those birds; such behavior is GAY.
It's OK, they're wearing red hats.
Only the better to fool them my dear.
Dance Dance Avian!
Dancing like manics!
https://youtu.be/KlUsYvHDuDM?si=REZk8qDoG87vLpzE
Flirty birbs!
Best dance ever - hark - I see the mating branch!”
💋
Good morning. I know most everyone has gone to the next story but I just fucking CAN'T read about another wife abuser without MOAR coffee.
“coming wave of “Trump babies””
That is the grossest thing I’ve ever heard. I’m going back to bed.
I tried to go back to bed after the alarm cat was fed but I couldn't get back to sleep. 🤬
W/R/T : JVL at The Bulwark
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Me: HOW `BOUT FUCKIN' NOOOO.
It ain't fuckin' free if I have to download a fucking app for a Nazi-enriching site (no offense to present company intended) to read the supposedly free article.
My time isn't free.
My data isn't free.
My RAM isn't free.
YOU, Substack, ARE free... to fuck right off forever.
The substack author gets to set the terms of the paywall/subscription stuff. The Bulwark is getting farther and farther off my radar at this point.
https://removepaywalls.com/
Yeah ... doesn't give the whole article. Oh, well.
My heart is broken that the plane didn’t crash.
I am somewhat gratified that Xi basically told Trump he’s a loser, except that all the rest of us are also onboard this ship he keeps ramming into the rocks.
Because I don’t have a NYT subscription, can someone PLEASE tell me what James Talarico’s taco order is?! I need to know!
Marcie gives us archive linkies. *Pouts*
https://archive.is/XKEwX
Ta, Craig. So the answer is potato, egg & cheese, which is not controversial except to the numbskulls who wrote this crap.
Sounds like no meat, what a vegetarian would eat not a vegan. NYT headline bot confused
NYT confused. FTFY
As I prepare to start work, remember:
https://bsky.app/profile/peaceandpurpose.bsky.social/post/3mlrklv4np22q
Rock on, FT!
martini is one of the greatest resources on this Blog. - every morning - how does she do it?
She has been responsible for saving at least 14 species of endangered animals. You can quote The Wanderer on that.
Time travel?
Time dilation to be more accurate. Like Goku's training in Dragonball Z.
Sideshow acts performed well in Beijing, says lead clown.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mlu5hsw4a52d
They flew Hannity over their with him? - they look like two AI versions of themselves - maybe AI cleaned them up
Did us taxpayers pay for that?
Note that the dying Traitor-in-Chief is no longer able to stand up straight. And that the makeup spackled on both of his rotting talons is getting thicker.
Yup.
https://bsky.app/profile/bgmac.bsky.social/post/3mlu5uyrufk2q
The latest in Drone News, via USA Today's Rex Huppke:
"The worst pizza place is doing drone delivery ... for sandwiches"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/05/14/papa-johns-delivery-drone-sandwiches/90063798007/
A couple of things. First, I live in Chicago, and any pizza place that had a “chief digital and technology officer” would be unceremoniously dumped in Lake Michigan before it could sprinkle its first shred of mozzarella.
Second, “fresh, hot Papa Johns delivered by drone” sounds like a threat one would receive shortly after the robot uprising. NO THANK YOU, DRONE. WE’RE ALL GOOD HERE!
Do drones carry bills larger than a twenty and are they armed?
Papa - insists -
Pizza theft from drones sounds like only the newest breed of 21st century petty crimes.
Would you really steal Papa John’s though?
I had Papa John's on the first day the store opened in Wichita, never again!
“ Actual New York Times headline: Talarico’s Taco Order Turns Into a Texas-Sized Debate. Oh no, does James Talarico eat secret gay vegan breakfast tacos? [New York Times]”
Headlines like this are so fundamentally patronizing at their core. The subtext is GAY likes non meat products GAY SUPER GAY HELLA GAY, but it implies that true men can only consume from their breakfast trough of pork lard and a slice of breaded chicken between two donuts.
With a marischino cherry on top for fiber
Also, if you’re an experienced traveller you have probably come to terms with the fact that food truck bacon and sausages are not likely to be cooked to your individual preference.
Totally read that as "machismo cherry" & I'm keeping it.
Vegans don't eat eggs or cheese.
Tell me more about this donut chicken sandwich.
Texan here. Once again, the NYT is full of shit. I am pretty damn certain that there is no debate in Texas over breakfast taco components. All breakfast tacos are good. Any time of day is a good time to eat a breakfast taco. Now, if it was chili or barbecue, there might be a debate.
“All breakfast tacos are good.” THIS.
We are dealing with our own taco fiasco in California, where MAGA gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton decided to play regular guy by eating a genuine "street taco" for the cameras.
In Barstow.
At Del Taco.
This may well be the most fatal political gaffe in California history. In fact, Hilton would be wise to get on a plane back to England, where he was born, and never return.
Will he follow up with a visit to Chipotle?
yeah, that's my observation too - bbq is hotly debated - breakfast taco is an afterthought
So will we get an accurate account of the summit, or will it be a "He said, Xi said" sort of thing?
wow
yadda dadda dadda - !
:-)
You know what to do....
--------------------->
Non, je ne regret rien . . .
....
Hehehehe
Oh my.
(giggling)
ISWYDT
(bows)
National Embarrassment Returns to the U.S. Unfortunately.
https://bsky.app/profile/philoof.bsky.social/post/3mltw4mvins2r
Peek a boo!
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wbygrlznzrt674tmqkn4lki3/bafkreidoqhf3su4pyrlecm6wmqdnyy5hql2yfccd55pxkyi3swf7rehtr4
"So badly that this is his pathetic attempt to cover for the fact that Xi called the US a declining nation to his face."
Shorter TFG:
"President Xi said I eat shit sandwiches. He is wrong... I don't like bread."
“He meant Biden. He didn’t say this of course. He fed me a brown sausage loaf that smells like my bedroom. I asked for General Tso to complain but he wasn’t available”