When NPR just reported that Minneapolis is “relatively calm,” relative to what?
Chris Abraham
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I’m too nerd to function. I’m too geek to function.



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Good stuff. Love AJ & Hecklefish!
Ancient Prophecies Predicted Hitler’s Rise and Fall youtube.com/watch
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Midterm Elections
In the last ~50 years, midterms almost always go against the sitting president. Since 1974, there have been 12 midterms. The president’s party lost seats in 10 of them. The only modern exceptions were 1998 under Bill Clinton and 2002 under George W. Bush, both shaped by unusual …
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Why the Insurrection Act Definitely Applies to Minneapolis Right Now youtube.com/watch
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Snarky Jay is my Hero!
A GOODBYE to KATHLEEN KENNEDY | You Won’t Be Missed youtube.com/watch
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Anyone know what the prediction markets (Kalshi/Polymarket) have on Trump invoking the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis this weekend?
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My crow friends are back. I just ordered a 5lb bag of raw peanuts in the shell for them. I like having them around.
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Fascinating. Must listen.
AI and the New Face of Antisemitism pocketcasts.com/podcast/m…
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Fitbit is good again, finally.
I’ve worn a Fitbit band on my right wrist every single day since 2013. That’s more than a decade of continuous tracking. Steps, heart rate, sleep, workouts. Long before Google. Long before smartwatches ate the category. Back then, Fitbit was social. Competitive. A little …
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Deadly force lawyers' review of Good.
ICE Defense and Bad Legal Takes youtube.com/watch
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Still Wagging the Dog
I’m not arguing that my view is correct. I’m arguing that your certainty is unjustified. I’m not presenting a counter-theory, and I’m not asking anyone to accept my conclusions. I’m not claiming better access, hidden sources, or clearer vision. What I’m pushing back on is …
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Must listen!
Bait-and-Switch: Victims of the LA Wildfires Find That Local Government Wants Them Gone pocketcasts.com/podcast/a…
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Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Minnesota to quell ICE protests
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On diluting powerful shame insult language
From about 2012 to 2020, labels like racist, fascist, Nazi, homophobe, and transphobe functioned as social kill switches. If you were tagged, you could lose your job, your platform, your friends, and your reputation. Those words still carried rarity and moral gravity, so people …
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Isn’t “fair treatment” different from “preferential treatment?” I guess it depends on the who.
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We thin skinned Americans
You’re right, Britain, British, English people, Irish people, Scottish people, Welsh people, we Americans have no natural spidey sense when it comes to having the Mickey taken out of us or getting the piss taken out of us. We’re extremely serious and almost never …
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I mean, of course it’s already in online stores and TikTok shop. You gotta love the free market. I guess.
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Effete men never know that about themselves.
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Extremely interesting and good reporting
Can anyone stop ICE? pocketcasts.com/podcast/t…