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optimism of the will pessimism of the grace

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alex@sweatpants· 6d

Shelly duvall in the shining looking at the typewriter

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alex@sweatpants· 15d

Bart in the lord of the flies episode saying how it's gonna be like swiss family robinson

alex@sweatpants· 16d

Machine, Messiah The mindless Search for a higher Controller Take me to the fire And hold me Show me the strength of your Singular eye

Cover of Drama by Yes - a painting by Roger Dean with some panthers or jaguars or something on the foreground running towards a river crossing with a big glacier in the distance

alex@sweatpants· 22d

Simpsons screen: stretch dude and clobber girl

alex@sweatpants· 24d

If you're worried about ostensible members of your coalition being too critical of the Democratic party, the blue dogs used the house Dems' official .gov site to call the party fiscally irresponsible. The call's coming from inside the tent and has been for 30 fucking years.

Screenshot from Dems.gov description of the blue dog coalition:

Blue Dog Coalition
The Blue Dog Coalition is an official caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives comprised of 18 fiscally-responsible Democrats, who are leading the way to find commonsense solutions. They represent the center of the political spectrum, appealing to the mainstream values of the American public. The Blue Dogs are dedicated to pursuing fiscally-responsible policies, ensuring a strong national defense for our country, and transcending party lines to get things done for the American people.

alex@sweatpants· 24d

Personally when I criticized bidens economy, I meant this

Chart of children in poverty dropping by 2/3 from 2018-2021 and rebounding entirely in the next year

alex@sweatpants· 24d

Monty python subtitles gag about sacking those responsible for sacking etc

alex@sweatpants· Jul 13

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alex@sweatpants· Jul 11

The most schoolyard thing about it is he ripped that insult straight from a 20 year old episode of South Park

alex@sweatpants· Jul 3

my biggest hurdle to adopting the pnw-mindset since moving here is the part where you have to convince yourself that only one of these counts as a "real beach"

alex@sweatpants· Jul 3

The "Retail Theft" Moral Panic Is Out of Control

alex@sweatpants· Jun 24

Listen to @boontavista.com

Weathered bronze statue of a chill ass polar bear with sunglasses and flip flops reclining

alex@sweatpants· Jun 23

alex@sweatpants· Jun 13

5¾th Ave

alex@sweatpants· Jun 13

"We don't go to Lincoln Street anymore"

alex@sweatpants· Jun 13

The numbers are clear on robocar safety, but only compared to humans driving cars: an insanely dangerous thing that we for some reason accept. But I drive PDX professionally and I dunno, if the clankers can figure out what the fuck is going on here, then we maybe already designed the city for them.

photo of an intersection with 3 lanes leading to a second intersection 50 feet up:
- The right lane has a dedicated right turn signal (currently red), a "right turn only except bus & bicycles" sign and a separate signal to let you know when you *actually* shouldn't turn right because there's a streetcar coming and portland drivers don't recognize red lights.
- The middle lane leads to a Bus Only lane
- The left lane splits into 3 lanes, the leftmost of which veers off diagonally into a left-straight turn and a hard-left, both of which are labelled "Lincoln St." Next to one of the left turn signs is a "no left turns sign" and the other two are "exit only" lanes (exiting what? who knows)

There are 3 bike paths, one to the right of the bus lane, one sharing the left lane to, and one going across.

There are street car tracks to the right of the right lane and going across the second intersection.

There is a sign labelled "5th Ave" (the street you are on in this POV) that points down directly at the lane line in between the Bus Only lane and the rightmost branch of the left lane

alex@sweatpants· Jun 12

alex@sweatpants· Jun 10

Wow I can't believe they wanted to kill all these people

alex@sweatpants· Jun 3

Magneto and the original(?) brotherhood with a speech bubble pointing up

alex@sweatpants· May 23

Dennis Hopper from Blue Velvet holding up a mug of PBR and saying the Tyler Austin Harper thing

alex@sweatpants· May 19

The problem is they couldn't name it after what it's actually for or it would be "Ford Mode"

Screenshot from linked article:
None of that materialized. Instead, the Cybertruck got a “Wade Mode” feature that pressurizes the battery pack and raises the ride height, but it only supports a maximum wade depth of about 32 inches from the bottom of the tire. That’s designed for crossing a shallow creek — not driving into a lake

alex@sweatpants· May 19

If you're friends, can you ask him what Steve Bannon smells like

Seating chart from Trump's tech leader summit with Eric Schmidt sitting next to Bannon

alex@sweatpants· May 13

This garbage quotes three political consultants and zero doctors you fuckin hacks please try at least a little bit. Or don't I guess whatever I'm not your prompt engineer.