Tom Wilson

I am once again asking all of you to stop having a cow

@halogen1048576 @Wilson__Valdez Nowhere near half of Dem primary voters have even heard of Piker

@Wilson__Valdez Hasan's supporters are dangerous undeserving filth and a fair microcosm of like half of the potential primary electorate, albeit the less engaged half. it's really bad for the Democrats and the country because Trump II is a much bigger danger and they don't care

Since we're being forced to do more Hasan Piker discourse, I just need you to watch the greatest Hasan video ever published. Featuring: "Fuck you old lady. Shut the fuck up you stupid fucking idiotic old lady." "Suck my dick old lady." "God damn. Yo, fuck this refugee!"

@Ike_Saul Trump Derangement Syndrome is named after its most famous victim, like Lou Gehrig's Disease

People who definitively do not have Trump Derangement Syndrome are going to be accused of having TDS because the president is acting deranged and they’re will to say so. Very weird circular derangement effects.

@MAGAtakes @Ike_Saul Romney and McCain were indeed decent people, but the idea that they were subject to harsher and less fair attacks than Obama and Kerry does not stand up to scrutiny.

Republicans literally ran McCain and Romney, the most “decent” milquetoast politicians in a generation. What did the left do? Accuse them both of being racists and sexists, which was absurd. Trump was the backlash to this leftist vitriol. Without understanding the left is the root cause of the nastiness, your analysis is worthless.

My hot take about the next few years is that decency is going to make a comeback. I don't actually think there are many Americans left who appreciate or enjoy this era we are living through; I think the indecency has been tapped. It'll just take a decent, charismatic leader.

@QuentinCody @Ike_Saul I'm referring to the cats and dogs

@ratnerstar @Ike_Saul "Create stories" does not equal "fabricate information", which was explained by many including him at the time.

@QuentinCody @Ike_Saul Maybe Vance *was* decent at some point in his life, but that period is over. nytimes.com/2024/09/15/us/…

@Ike_Saul JD Vance is decent, Gavin Newsom is not. The left/media will try to make JD appear indecent by association. There's a lot of selective pearl-clutching

@MadelaineLucyH @peacher_martin Melville? Nabokov? Faulkner?

@peacher_martin Hemingway. Fitzgerald. Steinbeck. Dickens. Orwell. Bronte.

I love a good American book, but it's so weird reading a British novel and a US novel at the same time. In American literature, *nothing* is between the lines. Everything is very stark and neat. In British literature, you are expected to follow the implication. Same language, different culture.

@dilanesper Have you read Corey Robin's The Enigma of Clarence Thomas? If so I'd be interested to hear your opinion of it

Thread: Justice Clarence Thomas has an incredible intellect, even though I often disagree with what he says. My thesis is almost every member of an oppressed group who on the Court gets stereotyped, and the Justices of Color are specifically falsely accused of being dim.

@kevinwlordbarry @mnolangray Agree in large part, with the exception of the mobile advertising ID ecosystem

@mnolangray Meta and Google ad tracking is both harmless and highly secure, those platforms do not sell your personal data.

What's something that experts/practitioners in your field universally agree upon, but that remains a "hot take" among the general public?

@pnickdurham @YIMBYLAND you had me until georgetown

Zoning created a class of people who regulate neighborhoods they don't live in, for people they've never met, relying on abstractions rather than local knowledge. It's a skin in the game issue. If you're for zoning, you're anti The Latin Quarter. The Marais. Amsterdam's canal ring. Trastevere. The medina of Fez. Savannah's historic district. Charleston's South of Broad. The French Quarter. Georgetown. Back Bay. Greenwich Village. Prague's Old Town. Edinburgh's Royal Mile. Florence's Oltrarno

@neekosette @mattyglesias Yes

@mattyglesias So you think the country that has chanted “death to America” for the past 50 years is interested in a nuke as a deterrent?

@InSchlep @brad_polumbo @RobGeorge congratulations, "she got the pink" is now stuck in your head youtu.be/f55KlPe81Yw?si…

@brad_polumbo @RobGeorge "She got the pink" is just this, right?

Planned Parenthood just posted this on Instagram… and I have questions?!?

@lisavsworld Personally I feel like that's a pretty minor consideration, but I readily admit I'm probably not the primary target audience

@ratnerstar Then it wouldn't be true to the book.

I keep seeing people complain about the 13 year old boy 2014 "reddit" humor in Project Hail Mary (especially from women) and all I can think is... have you met the common denominator man?

@TakeThatNurses @dissproportion Highly recommend sardines! Much less mercury than in tuna too

@ratnerstar @dissproportion I’ve always been curious about making tuna salad with stuff other than canned tuna. I did it with a fresh tuna steak once, and that was good, but I just always seem to forget when I’m at the store. Hadn’t thought about sardines though, that’s a good idea

I said “anchovies” but I meant sardines. Because apparently you can’t really eat enough anchovies to get the health benefits. So how can I eat sardines without tasting them?

@maustermuhle @WashProbs Being balanced is a key characteristic of a good Deal

Most schools put up slightly cheesy inspirational messages on their signs; “Striving for greatness!” or “Always aiming higher!” Deal Middle School went in a different, yet intriguing direction.

@llallawg @dissproportion (by "great flavor" I don't mean fishy, it just adds umami. You won't taste any anchovy flavor at all)

@llallawg @dissproportion Yeah, no need for blending at all! And no need for a specific recipe. If you're making anything that starts with heating up olive oil, just dump a can of anchovies in there first and stir until they disintegrate. Adds omega 3s but also just great flavor

What if I blended anchovies and added them to soup? Would I get the health benefits without having to taste them (much)?

@MariGO2thepolls Why don't people like worms? We've never tasted them before

Why do fish like worms? They’ve never tasted them before

@MariGO2thepolls holy shit Mike Vining

Ran into this dude and took a selfie. Don’t remember what he’s famous for just assumed it was a good bit