I'm afraid union rules preclude me from explaining my jokes. Apologies if I have confused anyone.

The ACA/Obamacare is by no means perfect, but it's been game changing for those with "preexisting conditions" who lacked good employer-subsidized care. We will soon add the fact that we can't provide stable, affordable health care coverage to the list of self-inflicted national wounds.

The "Fedora Man" famously caught in a photo right after the Louvre heist turned out to be a 15 year old kid who likes to dress as a 1940's detective. Because Paris.

AP News

Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo

Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the...

Semi-periodic reminder that the DM feature here is utterly broken and should not be regarded as "private" in any meaningful sense. And its semantics seem designed to violate the principle of least surprise. Example: ANYONE mentioned in a message, not just tagged at the start, is a recipient. So if you send someone a DM that says "That @npub178rv...qekt guy is an ignorant moron", I get a copy. I was reminded of this behavior just now.

House of the Temple, Washington, DC, 2023. All the pixels, and I assure you absolutely no ritual sacrifices going on inside, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53288608886 #photography

The big winners this weekend are the hotels at hub airports, full of stranded travelers who missed their connections

I ordered a sandwich for delivery and I'm pretty sure the delivery person threw it at a federal agent on the way here.

So I guess all those skyscrapers in Manhattan will be torn down to make way for collective farms now that Mamdani’s been elected.

Manhattan Bridge, NYC, 2023. A dozen pixels for every story in the Naked City at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/52841667763 #photography

"Why their decisive election victories mean bad news for Democratic prospects in 2026" - Tomorrow's NY Times, probably.