Frienemy of the People

@HeerJeet Not really anything. I’m using duck duck go which is passable. Supposedly, apple is working on their own version

What's a good search engine alternative to google?

@capitalweather Tickets for a show at Merriweather tonight, and venue hasn’t announced either way. Would you be inclined or disinclined to make the drive from NoVa?

135p: Wave of downpours about to cycle into DMV with gusty winds. Core of Ophelia still between Richmond and Raleigh and will arrive this evening when rain will be steadiest and heaviest. More info: washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/0…

@Hermit_Thrush Switch to peanut margarine

@MatthewSitman Fly the blue skies

It’s funny how certain accounts slowly start to annoy you on here. I’m sure I’m that account for some of you. Maybe we should just all log off for a bit

@MenInBlazers Get the ball to Trin

What would you change in the second half? 🇺🇸

@digby56 Bad opinions. The right answer is Battle Cry of Freedom.

For the 10 millionth time, American the Beautiful should be the national anthem instead of that warlike Star Spangled Banner

@mattytalks Eventually you’ll cave

I will never use bluesky, mastodon was awful too, this is the worst website on earth which is why it’s the best website on earth. It cannot be replicated

@Hermit_Thrush Maybe they are over on the bluesky application. Or perhaps in a farm upstate.

havign a meltdown

I can't wait to do banking and e-commerce at Twitter, The Everything Site. Imagine receiving exactly this level of service and excellence in every facet of your online life. "Now That's Musk."

@deejay_leaves I’ll take one

I respect every major national institution, no matter what awful shit it does, because I don't want them to get upset and start doing worse stuff, and because I think institutions are important. And I vote.

SCOTUS hitting me with a $20,000 bill on a Friday. I love that for me. The rest of my thoughts are illegal✌️

Ah, well

@samstein [citation missing]

those "huh, this court may be more amenable than i thought" vibes from progressives a few days ago have now fully left the room.

Supreme Court's Fourteenth Amendment: - DOES NOT allow for race-conscious measures to remedy widespread structural discrimination; - DOES allow bigots to refuse service to minority groups so long as the bigotry is sincere

what’s up with all these fucking bugs

@tangentsafari That’s really unfair. A lot of us went to state schools and are still giant idiots.

One way I came to this conclusion was when I would meet people in my early adulthood who would let me know early on they went to one of these schools. Over time, I’d come to think, “Wait. But he/she is an idiot. How can that be?”

One opinion I’ve held for a long time that I pretty much never talk about: We should all put less weight on the value of the “Ivy League.” Don’t be impressed by people who went to schools where half of the people are there because Rich Daddy bought a building or something.