2026-08-04T23:34:26Z https://njump.me Mats Holberg https://njump.me/npub12kjhdu42hqp2uh3flwlsfsp9k5nvk42mls8c3y72n4mhhr68w9uquk3x3f https://media.mstdn.social/accounts/avatars/109/287/483/325/960/369/original/ccd020564ec85b45.jpeg https://media.mstdn.social/accounts/avatars/109/287/483/325/960/369/original/ccd020564ec85b45.jpeg https://njump.me/nevent1qqst7lm06596y89fu2fgyuj82z64p0w64n08d79gsw5l7ch6tfun52gzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs5msrc0 It boggles my mind when someone pretends to be a Rockefeller—or a family with a similarly well-documented family tree—especially in places real Rockefellers live/work/socialize. <br/><br/>This was somewhat smarter even though she was hanging out with a fake Rockefeller. Although weird that she went around saying: ‘You know I’m part of the Cartier family?’ Which, good god, no one says that.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/303/475/005/670/471/original/3bfde17370578015.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-27T22:23:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdmpetsh8mx3jtqfme0t9hckshjfngcm2crvny6qglzjpwfqr4ryszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachssgjlud My god, it’s a gilded junk shop!<br/><br/>(I knew it was bad, but all the tacky gewgaws seem to have multiplied.)<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/246/827/154/243/856/original/49dee26994c31396.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-17T22:16:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvt7j2z6nnl9cfwc82uxe7nkpqa0gsz5d4c7p607ucyyljjtkuezgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs3rhpqn Powerful passage about the Minnesota resistance in an Atlantic piece by Adam Serwer.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/968/273/532/622/456/original/085d3ddea2a6a3cb.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-01-27T17:37:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp2w2ym390cdtgxqvdt3g4mfkuuczqxc4sqh0kh4cyur7uu5g67lqzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs44f8j0 I’ll remember everyone who played ball with this administration for their own craven purposes. 2026-01-25T02:55:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstj3e5y8v28m85c94mppu5x4gzxzf49z242x023u2mr4lrn6fmk7szyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs2axup8 It continues to be my fondest hope that all the grace and mercy evangelicals have for others will be visited upon them tenfold. 2026-01-14T01:52:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspk8l37las47s389dyekakah8sew7ulhfx0n58grqk45g5dm39fugzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachss97ufy Oh, wow, just learning Bob Weir&#39;s childhood house was just down the street from me when I lived ever-so-briefly in Silicon Valley. 2026-01-11T23:46:45Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8mkuhwga9x6hwyj38q3qc4f0t2c60syffa98zc4m96696njucmtgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsp05ssy The massive CES influx begins. And I always feel bad for everyone who has to prep probably through the holidays for an event happening so soo. After the New Year. 2026-01-05T19:43:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvau8va8q7qfsctw9yal8mxajuduumfv2nj3vttmsm0n5k3uk653czyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs2fg8jj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstl6kx89ezxz7ewqh3gl8umwr49ra7cfl275ly0c2ye2dh39uf4hsdwpudj'>nevent1q…pudj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I keep a bottle of chilled Moët ready so I can immediately toast whatever health problem takes Trump. I don’t feel bad about this though haha. 2026-01-03T20:07:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd4thrryctmtqyfvyeuyuhev8raf39wnsvz5kenq0xq0nxakqe44gzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsrr6uc5 It’s hard to believe a place as reactionary as Huntington Beach commissioned a library from Neutra. And they’ve somewhat disfigured it since.<br/><br/>But just reminded this is where I made my mother take me when I was a kid because it was a fucking magical space filled with books.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/829/322/431/061/436/original/25ccb29a12ec56d8.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/829/322/754/964/533/original/96607c6cda30ee2e.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/829/329/379/739/278/original/46a4b83c7541c555.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/829/329/869/207/329/original/cec909412dccfb66.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-01-03T04:42:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvde27e6rcllawkfnwl5jr8357gxktkwlst9q5tvak06hpr7whpzszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsmanplp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdayhlw5lza0766ylr9t92c8zm6cvdm5zqjhy2wys4cf30un2z0hsv6g8gh'>nevent1q…g8gh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>TL:DR even if you’re just being cynical or pragmatic, be someone the bartender actually wants to chat with goddamnit. 2025-12-31T23:01:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdayhlw5lza0766ylr9t92c8zm6cvdm5zqjhy2wys4cf30un2z0hszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachstzddmq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgr3q43gnlt754n95mhfagh2rxd4lkql923gkjvpuqta8er0euxpch3kwnh'>nevent1q…kwnh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>He’s the nicest guy. And you probably need to know him to understand how much he clearly hates a couple dudes down the bar who are being dickish without even the excuse of being that drunk. Like arguing with him about industry news he knows for fact because he knows the people involved.<br/><br/>It seems like a Venn diagram of low-IQ and low-EQ when anyone who’s spent any time in bars doesn’t understand the advantages of a bartender who likes you and the disadvantages of a bartender who doesn’t. 2025-12-31T22:58:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgr3q43gnlt754n95mhfagh2rxd4lkql923gkjvpuqta8er0euxpczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachshe0jpd Especially glad I tipped my bartender 100%—my you’re-working-a-holiday rate—as I learn he’s off at 4 and will miss out on the NYE bonanza. 2025-12-31T22:46:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz4z55j6vwe0ua9wcx9658feyg86fhxqsqendp89xjyx9r66p4vcczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsl37wag In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvg4crqg3028ut4wmmr84hltr588vmarakf6a5q662s9jeeyc23gsgnacyz'>nevent1q…acyz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A funny thing about Paramount is that it splits a MASSIVE block with the Hollywood cemetery. (I refuse to call it by the idiotic late ‘90s rebrand Hollywood Forever.)<br/><br/>So, a lot of folks have been buried with a view of their workplace. Ugh.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/715/581/788/618/953/original/a47aa2b9a3200008.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/715/582/428/527/847/original/e99f18f19a1b4a2b.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-14T02:34:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvg4crqg3028ut4wmmr84hltr588vmarakf6a5q662s9jeeyc23gszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs53u0zj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyyuvl0ssq2xsu9rmln6nc6y4wq7tvdjl5mfc7t88sq4eangwch0qff3mj3'>nevent1q…3mj3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Making me think of a Hollywood fun fact. The wife of its initial developer—who envisioned a religious community free from alcohol, pool halls and other vices—offered free land to any church that wanted it. All the show people must’ve been a huge shock haha. 2025-12-14T02:00:38Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyyuvl0ssq2xsu9rmln6nc6y4wq7tvdjl5mfc7t88sq4eangwch0qzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachse2pu7m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq49eyf33dzwx6phfaskuv0errau5pjle07qqhfgug2g6lqrcudrqt8tux0'>nevent1q…tux0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You might argue: What about Columbia? But I’d argue its small Sunset Gower lot was a Poverty Row holdover and the studio’s moment as a true major was relatively brief. Then really outsourcing and eventually rolled into Sony and moved to the old MGM lot in the ‘80s. 2025-12-14T01:50:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq49eyf33dzwx6phfaskuv0errau5pjle07qqhfgug2g6lqrcudrqzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs36hyx7 Random fact since it’s in the news: For almost a century, Paramount has been the only major studio with a lot that’s actually in Hollywood. <br/><br/>MGM was in Culver City. Fox near Beverly Hills in what is today Century City. Universal in the Valley behind the Hollywood Hills. Warners in Burbank. Etc, etc. 2025-12-14T01:46:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswk0h3gucv66m7nfcshel3jzujwle65hkqrd7wlafr35t4a68kuvqzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsfznj42 Met a gay couple tonight who are MAGA—racist as fuck—and I know of course that this can happen. <br/><br/>But it actually shocks me when someone’s SO racist they support a regime that also wants to erase them. 2025-12-03T04:39:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp4pucmmvuauha6k44f8newuhn7f38z5z0mfde9r72sz4mq20xy4gzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsmeejk4 I couldn’t find Yukon Gold potatoes anywhere recently. A few shops had something sort of like them but not really. Turns out there’s a reason. <br/><br/>Serious Eats: Why Yukon Gold Potatoes Are Quietly Disappearing From Stores<br/><br/><a href="https://www.seriouseats.com/yukon-gold-potato-decline-11857300">https://www.seriouseats.com/yukon-gold-potato-decline-11857300</a> 2025-12-03T00:03:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd4k8vtnkh08c6ss0zvar6v92dpmvc5r54wx3546eq6cgycpulqwszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs77dcal I’ve been very on the record for over a decade as loathing Elon Musk. Now there’s this a stone’s throw from where I live.<br/><br/>Fortune: Elon Musk’s Boring Company fined nearly $500K after it dumped drilling fluids into Las Vegas manholes—then ‘feigned compliance’ and was caught doing it again<br/><br/><a href="https://fortune.com/2025/11/08/boring-company-drilling-fluid-fine-wastewater-elon-musk/">https://fortune.com/2025/11/08/boring-company-drilling-fluid-fine-wastewater-elon-musk/</a> 2025-12-02T02:49:31Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz9u48h4ut6cespahdz0nuqvjmjc22mkvyxfluxrj7878jjs330kqzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsvra8tm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyc55tuzw9hh4kagrj3ml9s30mtfk0ysejw6uszee2wgdq25mudhs0xlu8u'>nevent1q…lu8u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Something I genuinely miss about living in LA is how often I’d see Angelyne in her pink Corvette. It seemed like impossible odds that—whether Malibu or Hollywood—I could so frequently be in the same place at the same time.<br/><br/>You can totally approach her, by the way, and she’ll sell you merch haha.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/614/555/892/965/962/original/844f2abfb5761c2e.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-11-26T06:22:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyc55tuzw9hh4kagrj3ml9s30mtfk0ysejw6uszee2wgdq25mudhszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsl5jmu2 Finally saw the neighbor who goes with the sparkly hot pink Mercedes and she’s as blonde and bedazzled as I thought she had to be. <br/><br/>Including platform boots looking like they’re upholstered in disco ball.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/614/518/172/650/291/original/a8607fbc980b5664.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-11-26T06:12:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspzn2el2e8f9cvux6xpq3kps60sj3ulhsc0x6uusnpmxjegvthdcczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsvttjzg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsprep7p39vc480s7pvdy6gcvpywzy02v3x6tcxkcqqg73djc7aalqrqyupf'>nevent1q…yupf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So much talent it was insane! 2025-11-25T18:14:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsygynul2cw37un87gewpuqw4dl8k903ay7gjg0h49v68car3grshczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsfps7ta In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz2vrxgcu3d7pkahpwrcrhx3wn4vv62pjqlgtnmyh54j6wysrga8cndjyfc'>nevent1q…jyfc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Reminds me peripherally of a fun bit Carol Burnett did with Madeline Kahn about stars of shows introducing guest stars as their very good friends.<br/><br/>I can&#39;t find a specific clip. It starts at 24:39 when Carol says: &#39;Ladies and gentlemen, my very good friend Miss Madeline Kahn.&#39;<br/><br/>(This episode also contains -- in my opinion -- the funniest Family sketch. Kahn plays an affected local theater director trying to coach Eunice through a minor character&#39;s trivial part.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxSh9h9K4dw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxSh9h9K4dw</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/611/590/548/980/538/original/c23e4c2dbb27ef76.png"> <br/> 2025-11-25T17:51:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz2vrxgcu3d7pkahpwrcrhx3wn4vv62pjqlgtnmyh54j6wysrga8czyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsg9jxqu This is an extremely funny sentence.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/611/558/513/804/187/original/b8a88dd512de64c9.png"> <br/> 2025-11-25T17:41:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsph5el030jmd48g5uklp9sv3z9lea2rt4g3lm20s6hyluq34dw4xszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsnmwsd6 Marjorie isn’t so tough after all haha. 2025-11-22T04:01:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxded3zln5y2zyk2mfx5ksaskrwm3tp4qg58hfun6dfm3zzp76kpszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachskwcac8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2jdkc94pnuake9sthylv4duz9umpu2ae9zcfpte076rxwg7upmhgwfg44l'>nevent1q…g44l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The old joke that every day is Men’s Day. <br/><br/>Which might be why it sounds as if it were invented on the spot by parents of a petulant man-child who just wanted to shut him up while he had a tantrum about everyone else’s days. 2025-11-20T16:45:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2jdkc94pnuake9sthylv4duz9umpu2ae9zcfpte076rxwg7upmhgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsque4ch Checking to see if Men’s Day is an actual thing and one of the first things Google highlights is<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/582/978/754/582/115/original/909aa208c3183ad2.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-11-20T16:31:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdef8423cklnc42cmt8ye3tdqlmzd48zkandaa3f9vwfzs4smz5lczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachswa2263 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0arueaq428hvshgreyxf97ea4k4d5a273xf0dx0zzrp5xvdyqc8ccxcn3a'>nevent1q…cn3a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The Code took effect in 1934. When Hollywood chose to censor itself as a means of preventing the US government from doing it for them. Under pressure from bigoted religious conservatives. Plus ça change, plus c&#39;est la même chose, after all.<br/><br/>The next time you watch a picture made between the late &#39;20s and the early &#39;30s, pay attention to this: The attitudes, plots, dialogue and everything else will probably seem surprisingly modern compared to most anything that followed in the Golden Age. 2025-11-16T00:16:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0arueaq428hvshgreyxf97ea4k4d5a273xf0dx0zzrp5xvdyqc8czyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsvv32gz Something that really trips me out about early Hollywood is how many older actors either lived through the Civil War -- or came close to it. And certainly were alive for the actual Wild West era.<br/><br/>Marie Dressler, for instance, was born in 1868. And was only 65 when she died not long after filming DINNER AT EIGHT in 1933. <br/><br/>Here delivering a delightfully pre-Code line at the picture&#39;s conclusion to Jean Harlow. Who would, sadly, die not much later in 1937.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL4PyCzwFhg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL4PyCzwFhg</a> 2025-11-15T23:57:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdfgk2dyza7elw5fyjuqj94ykvu44v3pf95mdgysvkaw9vjm2m0sszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsjky4d4 The US is gonna start denying visas for obesity? Just get Trump’s doctor to write you a note. 2025-11-14T01:02:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs08q5y4whka26fa98g4snvnxwsrlmaw2eyc2x2gpdztdtc70rpmrgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsud6702 Thinking back to when this Epstein stuff first surfaced and Clinton was the name being bandied about and every liberal I knew was like: I don’t give a fuck who it is, if anyone assaulted a girl TAKE HIM DOWN.<br/><br/>But what do we know? We don’t have morals and family values like Republicans. 2025-11-13T01:27:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqe987hphtz7d67ahdr3380msfxfsf30z63908mdjgwg7z93kdnfczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachswzuhax Recalling the compartment in the driver&#39;s door of a Rolls-Royce Corniche for your booze. Truly another time haha.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/529/351/779/782/129/original/e6ea20290f53defe.png"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/529/373/469/118/126/original/1dd81392c261e77c.png"> <br/> 2025-11-11T05:20:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdq6s7fszm285wdm3776qmhsd6857gvwmqvz83gw5707fanfrshtczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachssx0735 I am by nature an establishment guy. <br/><br/>But my rage at the Democratic establishment’s fecklessness keeps reaching new levels of incandescence. And I’m gonna do everything in my power to replace useless dithering establishment Democrats. 2025-11-10T18:35:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2srpe9smt7s2mgr9d83wdlhx57xrqtx9aj26grufaaj0dyd80jugzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsm83z46 I have to tell you, and yes I’m drunk, but if I were a Christian who thought I’d someday face Jesus, the idea of explaining why I took food out of the mouths of the poor ON PRINCIPLE? I’d be scared shitless. 2025-11-08T03:31:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspy327fpt5d7f8qw524c2fzxzj77t327dhpr29g56n2av2l08yk9gzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachskaw972 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxwj4nvc5jxaf2c44xkl6fjnkpslxc4fh905v49mzkvda8fwuqr5g42v9ll'>nevent1q…v9ll</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m sentimentally attached to something called aprikoskrem—apricot cream—that’s insanely rich. Mom always made it for Granddad, the father-in-law she adored, because it was his favorite dessert.<br/><br/>No one in the extended family has a written recipe. But the basic idea is boiling dried apricots (8-ish ounces, Mom prefers Californian to Turkish) with sugar (1/2 to 3/4 cup) and blending it when it’s soft and has cooled down a bit. Then whipping it with heavy cream (1 pint). 2025-11-07T17:56:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxwhtpalzqdmlq7qwqxqrhzr3eg5ez4l9e8zr7q9hmga9k8y6qdxgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs8v72nh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswrgw4yg9z83gyc9wwxelux9kj05tfzkjf27nsxfgsczjle9mzgqqxey42r'>nevent1q…y42r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m so sorry. 2025-11-07T01:34:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8wwz4uqgfr8qqqg8egyk053y9xug5dwlvrjxp2zn70mdpjay2ehgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsj6pfev These beautiful electoral results. I’ll just re-up this because BLISS.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/494/798/882/188/632/original/a18e8e0ee4c7b51f.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-11-05T02:46:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8essz7ru8alwsah9hraxgxqljaflvty9uucd3t8uha2az63p2c0gzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachstx9ldf I happen to think you’re a total jerk if you want to stop the government from helping those in need regardless of what causes their need.<br/><br/>But my head explodes if those total jerks also act like welfare recipients are a lot of layabouts who don’t deserve it—when MOST are actually working people who aren’t paid a living wage by profitable companies, e.g.<br/><br/>CNBC: Walmart and McDonald&#39;s are among top employers of Medicaid and food stamp beneficiaries, report says<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/11/19/walmart-and-mcdonalds-among-top-employers-of-medicaid-and-food-stamp-beneficiaries.html">https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/11/19/walmart-and-mcdonalds-among-top-employers-of-medicaid-and-food-stamp-beneficiaries.html</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/487/121/306/615/772/original/ea896ac223ba7f40.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-11-03T18:13:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz0sjvd3dg6nes640nnz2dsgmx4jyl0za86ut78y62ntss3608nlszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsvclxtp No matter the specifics of ongoing humiliations, I’ll bet seeing himself referred to as ‘Mountbatten Windsor’ stings most of all. <br/><br/>Good.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/481/712/195/975/659/original/8a4a55e2356dce90.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-11-02T19:18:10Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyw6lxh4jt9n03x5g92xkety2nz9cq5twyhs8ss2ew644lczzddqgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachshetcgv Okay, I’ve just learned my grandfather and his brother—both hard-partying midcentury doctors—gave each other vasectomies one drunken night on a dining room table.<br/><br/>And I’m dying with laughter not only because it’s beyond weird but because my great-uncle literally founded a hospital in Los Angeles. It wasn’t as if facilities and colleagues who’d do it gratis weren’t available. But, of course, that’s not how you think when you’re blotto, think it sounds like a good idea and know how to do it haha. 2025-11-02T18:47:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs25maq0s0ahusxk2t0pnzwljpcvrrl87t7wey03znld5jle9smydszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsryuw4e It’s ridiculous in a country where people spend a thousand dollars a month for shots that make them eat less that there’s even the slightest chance anyone might go hungry. 2025-10-31T21:45:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfaexzh5vdjek88kl0ctkuyeeqv76qkjrp6nfraj6wf475597f33gzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs55dp2t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgtsph3ex3e4z9nph67c7sulmy0tr3szk0uzgzxc6uthe2rch0yqszv84wh'>nevent1q…84wh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>AND! Something to consider the next time you&#39;re thinking about a nice meal out: When you dine at a José Andrés restaurant, you&#39;re supporting a spirit of noblesse oblige that doesn&#39;t exist almost anywhere else anymore. 2025-10-28T03:32:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgtsph3ex3e4z9nph67c7sulmy0tr3szk0uzgzxc6uthe2rch0yqszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsu52694 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszszdl6ntksc790u474esqpe9w2uwcwqwkc9cfq8k2fjvnxrw34gcgxmymh'>nevent1q…mymh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The Las Vegas location, but here&#39;s the falafel and hummus at Zaytinya -- served with the most wonderful airy pita bread.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/449/659/810/527/391/original/898df4cf9103f4e0.png"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/449/659/819/072/597/original/8d462a0f678cea78.png"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/449/660/436/331/920/original/282422f56cf9a707.png"> <br/> 2025-10-28T03:28:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszszdl6ntksc790u474esqpe9w2uwcwqwkc9cfq8k2fjvnxrw34gczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs8w8n9f Re: that last boost about José Andrés still always being a total mensch.<br/><br/>If you&#39;re a federal employee in DC who&#39;s never been to Zaytinya, check it out! There&#39;s a good chance the free options will include the excellent falafel, hummus and baba ghanoush. I&#39;m getting peckish just looking at those words.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.zaytinya.com/location/washington-dc/">https://www.zaytinya.com/location/washington-dc/</a> 2025-10-28T03:23:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsthssfvp4s7kzhqvem7qhpeq5ll3ae5f5zxnqhxg3rmsr5f2z3cdczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsvqfl0e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw0mhcq4klxqc3m8zpe8ngcrj39070mv5hjsnxtwtw5t06c303x4qj4hnfw'>nevent1q…hnfw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s brilliant! 2025-10-27T00:24:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsttlkgwcfkvj9ch2l0j3q0luust0v2hl2d2m2dfjf0307czmdvw0szyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs5p6fsc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9kn5aqdec2hqyr898khpqe3t5d3myd23eg5xupckcgcarzldsdesymln4v'>nevent1q…ln4v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Zing! 2025-10-27T00:10:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswx0kg8kkq5wrslwrpxvpq70x894ushgp0tvqa3ml03nhk6dj88dczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachspqeda0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9cqqfw6djfdpgap7f8grha3afjwyn022e83hyk38wdthee2fzgpgxlrpvj'>nevent1q…rpvj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nearly every evangelical I know lives and breathes in active defiance of nearly everything Jesus taught in the Sermon in the Mount.<br/><br/>So, I guess it’s understandable that anything will only ever mean what they want it to mean at any given moment. 2025-10-23T18:30:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9cqqfw6djfdpgap7f8grha3afjwyn022e83hyk38wdthee2fzgpgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsxt076h There’s no point asking Republicans who’ve spent decades shouting at you about their principles how *any of this* aligns with *any of them* because the only fucking principle they’ve ever actually had is power. 2025-10-23T18:24:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgfemtyay2d904n2h0se95ccqlwyk67ur90ett6c49dsdvfswg3rszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsw20rhf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvvkdhgdmpdw59j5rzuntaf3plkyznf90csfz8fvpetvynl6nzt3sz4m6me'>nevent1q…m6me</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The bottom line. I’ve had an insane level of privilege in my life. And I’ve never—even when I was a little kid—understood why anyone would want to push less privileged people down rather than raise them up. #NoKings 2025-10-18T19:10:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvvkdhgdmpdw59j5rzuntaf3plkyznf90csfz8fvpetvynl6nzt3szyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachst0madg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszyj533fgvunvv3a3fhgqrqd75n3xgcsjeya099479r8t56w6rk4gr4285q'>nevent1q…285q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I fucking love that the vibe of this protest is very NPR except with lots of ‘fuck’ on signs. #NoKings 2025-10-18T19:07:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszyj533fgvunvv3a3fhgqrqd75n3xgcsjeya099479r8t56w6rk4gzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachslekslr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszwcldnd2085y4h9rmza8xxzvlvecphe2dynqpps68c3r7mzeqrlgkdllum'>nevent1q…llum</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Pleasantly lubricated, a quick turn around the book fair, and back to the protest. <br/><br/>My family aways jokes wherever we go that I always want a cocktail server. Which is really only polite, in my opinion. #NoKings<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/396/717/961/347/351/original/544fa41490dbb2e8.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-18T19:03:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszwcldnd2085y4h9rmza8xxzvlvecphe2dynqpps68c3r7mzeqrlgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsz2elcm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp773r5jm43va0mhdxca3dntp32gausa2jl0j8dlu67mdj5tc8lpgs5mawg'>nevent1q…mawg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The great thing about Book Fair adjacency is the food truck section and BEER.<br/><br/>(Cracking up at how a policy means they put the age verification wristband even on guys with lots of grey hair—which is how they verified me haha. No ID check.) <br/><br/> #NoKings<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/396/627/863/828/552/original/953593da776881d4.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-18T18:40:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp773r5jm43va0mhdxca3dntp32gausa2jl0j8dlu67mdj5tc8lpgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachstq8aft In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgg9znktyczmvtlgqghs8y9uwpv57khytnxnqfajttqgna44ufrccp3h9rq'>nevent1q…h9rq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And my congresswoman haha. #NoKings<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/396/548/337/651/282/original/c5b6e1d2306d93ba.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-18T18:19:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgg9znktyczmvtlgqghs8y9uwpv57khytnxnqfajttqgna44ufrcczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsmlywt3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszs7r2fjtlznfcldyzudd5jfgpt2w8txdmhe0wfwlx7rrtax2sjwsz7gpu4'>nevent1q…gpu4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Such a small town—glancing over and, oh hey, there’s the head of Nevada’s ACLU. Very cool dude. #NoKings<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/396/544/167/184/212/original/7dca209ea96db911.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-18T18:18:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszs7r2fjtlznfcldyzudd5jfgpt2w8txdmhe0wfwlx7rrtax2sjwszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsxcmlm2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ln8nh5tchqhg0hh7ugqj5hls659y7hundv9n5f9axgz5j9zu0tgfz7sya'>nevent1q…7sya</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I feel the exasperated *waves arms* sputtering of some signs here—Epstein, ICE and impeachment all in one place haha. #NoKings<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/396/523/086/619/806/original/7e33d527e559550d.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-18T18:13:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8ln8nh5tchqhg0hh7ugqj5hls659y7hundv9n5f9axgz5j9zu0tgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs2p2yj8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswd2zyvdpdra2t49ttmyua8tgsrd53uslvx3n8d30yd5car0qlttsjmr440'>nevent1q…r440</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hahaha it’s such a wholesome protest the speaker just had everyone chanting ‘Drink water!’ Because it’s important to stay hydrated. #NoKings 2025-10-18T18:09:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswd2zyvdpdra2t49ttmyua8tgsrd53uslvx3n8d30yd5car0qlttszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs70lsnx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqfmmzvsufq4lax4al4lxdxg2v4hyz84ykq4cvsg2z07cn538dmwcn2mll2'>nevent1q…mll2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The annual Book Fair is also happening a couple blocks down Las Vegas Boulevard. Which feels like synergy. #NoKings 2025-10-18T18:03:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqfmmzvsufq4lax4al4lxdxg2v4hyz84ykq4cvsg2z07cn538dmwczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs4l70e5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ncautu48zx2wn26fk58he4hsk2z4fasy7479l5cdpqj8ct39a3q4st366'>nevent1q…t366</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Already a good turnout at start time in Vegas. I’m digging this inflatable trend. The unicorns are blowing bubbles haha. #NoKings<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/396/478/506/497/324/original/baf9414bf942cdd9.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-18T18:02:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8ncautu48zx2wn26fk58he4hsk2z4fasy7479l5cdpqj8ct39a3qzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs644y2y Walking to No Kings in Vegas. I pretty much always look like a WASP but I do try to play it up for this stuff. <br/><br/>For whatever the optics might be worth—people like me are mad as fuck, too.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/396/442/448/354/130/original/1476f2d0bbaf2867.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-18T17:52:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvmmkqlxavx0f0mqql8nud9vsd6m63fwd2ctcex8dgs83svy80zrgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsfm4cd9 I like how anti-MAGA protesters seem to have sort of co-opted the frog from the extreme right. <br/><br/>I especially like to think that 4chan dudes might be regretting tattoos. 2025-10-18T00:00:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs24905nl5h3t4yuaz8ew9qsjx577rxqaaq6xynmsjgs7xumz9fvqqzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachshrz0sm At Luxor—downmarket for the Strip—and witnessing perhaps the strongest indication I’ve personally seen of the Vegas downturn: Hotel employees in suits practically chasing down guests crossing the lobby to ask if they want vouchers for anything. <br/><br/>Like, literally asking the open-ended question ‘Do you want vouchers for anything?’ at the back of peoples’ heads as they’re walking somewhere. 2025-10-16T17:34:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8lrsvmlpsxc52kgzfs76wyual8cq3mn0gfxr5all4xj4p245rc6szyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsx33q28 HOWEVER! <br/><br/>I’m pretty good at boycotting things and I promise you that I—as a local—will never use this even if it’s the most convenient mode of transport.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/375/536/099/595/338/original/ddb217a5c59a0f41.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-15T01:16:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0utvjamedmvypvj0udrjvjsf3fcwwlmgv69l66jrnc4jpufjtvngzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsx7h44x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfkas428tgm8uz9u5qfe96s8jtjzudvrtn290my0dcfpw7l7rvfvcv6qf0g'>nevent1q…qf0g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m sorry but it’s not a pedestrian’s duty to be on the constant alert—or instantly yielding!—for electric vehicles coming from any direction at 25 mph on sidewalks. 2025-10-01T19:23:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfkas428tgm8uz9u5qfe96s8jtjzudvrtn290my0dcfpw7l7rvfvczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsc0pgds In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2arapveelsg90lh29st6q6ctc3jvljplpc28049dyydcxsf3s5kcus7jqp'>nevent1q…7jqp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Jesus Christ and now nearly run down by a man in a speeding wheelchair. He would’ve hit me if I hadn’t literally jumped into the street. Going—and gone—so quickly I didn’t even have time to swear at him. Fuck. 2025-10-01T19:19:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2arapveelsg90lh29st6q6ctc3jvljplpc28049dyydcxsf3s5kczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsj0tseh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0924ptwtq0kkyvmdqvnmpvyrf9szjdlc9cdfqhslsluey6lfxfkcp66dh7'>nevent1q…6dh7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>*deep cleansing breaths*<br/><br/>I’m not a particular fan of Jeff Koons—but in a town that isn’t generally strong on culture—I do enjoy strolling past significant art every day.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/300/474/054/750/994/original/2bcac27e55e28878.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-01T19:06:56Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0924ptwtq0kkyvmdqvnmpvyrf9szjdlc9cdfqhslsluey6lfxfkczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsrkj0ug In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyslr7qedjxdnx50vrk9qkld7e6wyw6cl7s6vwm3j0pe2k34m6dmgcgmrwu'>nevent1q…mrwu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m all for sharing spaces. I know roads are incredibly dangerous for cyclists. But they—in turn—make sidewalks incredibly dangerous for pedestrians. And it’s incredibly uncommon—in my experience—to encounter cyclists who aren’t raging entitled pricks. 2025-10-01T18:51:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyslr7qedjxdnx50vrk9qkld7e6wyw6cl7s6vwm3j0pe2k34m6dmgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachss87rfg Headphones in as I’m walking. And the cyclist *on a sidewalk* yelling from behind to get out of his way when I was in a narrow space next to a bus stop—literally I would’ve had to step into the road for him—is lucky I hadn’t processed what was happening until he’d almost hit me in his scramble around while swearing at me. <br/><br/>I was so angry I might’ve legit slugged him. 2025-10-01T18:49:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsr3kgl8kja59ws54vdph5zdj7gfnvn9a0uu5ngsee947rp3rqdtdgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs3czsg6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8skh8n63p2m8cter58kqcn00z6msaf7s62q2vena75v0jw380alsdzsmw2'>nevent1q…smw2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But back to our economic downturn, I think of the service industry dopes who voted for Trump because of ‘no tax on tips’—which isn’t all that great when there are fewer tips to tax, they still have to pay all the other withholdings, and it’s actually a $25,000 maximum deduction that won’t help workers who need it most.<br/><br/>Yahoo Finance: Trump’s ‘no tax on tips’ promise falls flat with Las Vegas workers—and experts have branded it misleading<br/><br/><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-no-tax-tips-promise-140000585.html">https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-no-tax-tips-promise-140000585.html</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/284/952/465/599/428/original/80166d4684d0b7ee.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/284/953/052/267/256/original/bdeb7e14ac78c747.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-29T01:19:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8skh8n63p2m8cter58kqcn00z6msaf7s62q2vena75v0jw380alszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsnyyxly In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8t0h5jya577r23cp7hmzg3lhdr49tpje8hxpu56ecyme346j0tcqk0y99l'>nevent1q…y99l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Pro tip: There are two Nobu restaurants here: One at Caesars Palace and one at Paris. You want to dine at the former. A much more upscale environment. The Nobu at Paris is positioned on a narrow ‘Parisian street’ with patios that’s theoretically charming. But it feels very schlubby with crowds of people walking to the the garage or to/from the lower-end Horseshoe. Or queuing for the Bobby Flay burger joint next door.<br/><br/>See also: Martha Stewart’s Bedford. Get a table DEEP in the restaurant haha.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/284/902/060/985/696/original/f64c0ef758c812de.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-29T01:06:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8t0h5jya577r23cp7hmzg3lhdr49tpje8hxpu56ecyme346j0tcqzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsm92d72 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszfzu2teff4a828zhwz4vtuke23getj8yel0lg8jltpryd2hpud7q3wmy79'>nevent1q…my79</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was at a favorite spot on the Strip the other night and it should’ve been packed—summer heat is over and I’m usually getting grumpy about all the crowds again. But it was slow. And they said it had been really slow.<br/><br/>You know it’s bad if the Caesars group—eight properties on the Strip—is pitching locals with free parking and 25% discounts at restaurants including Nobu. <br/><br/>You could probably score some surprisingly good deals as a visitor, too, even though it’s technically high season. 2025-09-29T01:00:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszfzu2teff4a828zhwz4vtuke23getj8yel0lg8jltpryd2hpud7qzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsg24mje Overheard someone saying it was dumb to act like Las Vegas tourism dropping by 10% was anything to worry about. ‘It’s not that much!’<br/><br/>Sweetie, your ‘not that much’ is $5 billion in direct spending and $8 billion in negative impact *so far this year* thanks to a president who’s such a financial whiz he’s doing what he can to drive everyone else’s casinos out of business, too.<br/><br/>The Street: Huge Las Vegas Strip operator tries new bid to fill rooms <br/><br/><a href="https://www.thestreet.com/travel/las-vegas-strip-hotels-tries-desperate-bid-to-win-back-visitors">https://www.thestreet.com/travel/las-vegas-strip-hotels-tries-desperate-bid-to-win-back-visitors</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/284/849/147/079/469/original/7a5d6a70c46d3caa.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-29T00:53:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxa0w8da2fnm39tnumsrc5alq988985dvmssvef0l44zdvfltpgqgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachszjtugt I only have one friend in town with little kids. And it still cracks me up that when he texts about meeting for drinks after their ‘family dinner’ he means 5 PM and not 8 PM. 2025-09-24T15:26:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswsqke3mx7f8t007nwjvlzuuwn78fj402hvxgcdftr63yvjm4w7vqzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachszuqffd When you know you’re getting left behind, you’re a lot less likely to panic when you wake up on earth the day after a rapture. 2025-09-24T13:58:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsprvawcru76lz00whk9ymlfxt7aaup80qp26ekw8huxlway3zqyhszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs6ghx6d Is there a time zone situation with the rapture? It feels like a stupidly American notion, so I’m guessing it has to happen by midnight eastern time, or nine here in pacific time. <br/><br/>Making it very nearer my god to thee for those of us on the west coast. And Hawaiians should have a very early dinner if they want a last supper. 2025-09-23T20:08:31Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw0r870yndx22sw87ucyzwrsuzly0s5p00jj7etfjdyrca6freu5szyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsv56qne Why does the Supteme Court even pretend to deliberate anymore? 2025-09-22T23:20:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyuaxav2d7zz0am47fzgpdn4mcdxnmnyv9ez7697c8x0u5lqqt8vszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsllxwkj Oh, great<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/237/897/864/288/392/original/62bc0ac4814da029.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-20T17:52:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfdcvdc9lwc35x5m2hx9ss48r6vmlrf45he28xfwzt9caw98kf5dszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachswfnzd0 So, I guess SOUND OF MUSIC is now about an insufferably woke family.<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/228/446/039/145/893/original/70abc9a0d4ef8e51.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-09-19T01:49:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrgv6z99d8c7xmrtdpjxhemz230ca8vvw79p6eky2tc4tsv26nrkgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsvpnnpx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstsku3drxzf5ktpt2w9v86skdsmyzxhqp0j49vjs8vt2gn0lj8hfcmzs2kg'>nevent1q…s2kg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What depresses me is that regular tickets now cost a fortune AND I think the experience is always like the busiest day of the year when I was a kid.<br/><br/>I personally trace the destruction of what I loved about the place to the introduction of monthly payments for passes. Made it far easier for far more people to treat it like hanging out at the mall. The cheapest one now is $600, which a lot of people can’t/won’t pay upfront. But $34 a month is the stuff of ordinary entertainment budgets.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/226/206/678/904/836/original/188726b990df04a1.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-18T16:19:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsryd6458qw6yetwlylclg7nqr3h6uvns4sjztln4jpvzsafsjel4gzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachslvshvd I’m fascinated by aspects of the Disney cult. Like, for most of my life, you could walk right up to the Dole Whip stand at Disneyland’s Enchanted Tiki Room. But then, several years ago, there were suddenly very long lines.<br/><br/>And I wonder how it happened. Did Disney and/or Dole promote it directly? Did someone in marketing target influencers to hype it? Or was its genesis totally organic—just a random blogger who started raving about Dole Whip? 2025-09-18T14:15:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2wyh28ss5t8q8ryge8rlxa5z7w8l557q78ayakw933gnajggwe0czyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs8mvnk3 One summer around 1978 I got chicken pox. All I wanted was that pink calamine lotion for the itching. <br/><br/>But my mother—then at the height of her health food fanaticism—consulted our nutritionist in Malibu, who advised her to smear crushed organic strawberries all over my body. Which, of course, did nothing except make me itchy AND sticky in the middle of a heatwave.<br/><br/>This is how long I’ve known the people now controlling public health in America are fucking morons. 2025-09-17T21:54:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgey2uvp25z8gwzzk7uazpc43jnzn37hl5y8tkdwf5qme4mvr7tqszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsz4rx0h Gosh, Robert Redford. He was so central to an era of pictures that is still -- broadly speaking -- my favorite. RIP 2025-09-16T14:17:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9yydcw7pmaw3ajcq7rlyy0s3mmnfwuzems8pqt23q0gm7ac8vheqzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs5azjlc Yeah, that’s the point, you dopes.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/188/934/219/909/128/original/c070a8fb0b78d972.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-12T02:20:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxcml2dw9ugl3wckrglwsgpdzwvpukh2w587hjyfeattq0mt9qujczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsauyhgw Very sorry to hear Polly Holliday has died. If you&#39;re around my age the catchphrase &#39;Kiss my grits!&#39; will probably mean something to you.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/182/938/255/264/555/original/aa7fd4d21b0d1932.png"> <br/> 2025-09-11T00:57:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2pf6n4s9xy0rs2qc5kp4z0k033g7lu0lle44ghvcjah64tdxkqhgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachst4mjmy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsva8vazzz8n62ve5jld02zdgj4p3693v56mwndqkwrr2lrsn7lq3grdrhr0'>nevent1q…rhr0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Insane on purpose 2025-09-04T02:48:38Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfyfqt6a3xzttlq5zvrpwdkm8u4udajrzsujnvl22n6v2fqp7yjcczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsmvrdcq I’m officially RAGING as that motherfucker Trump and that motherfucker RFK Jr make it so CVS won’t let me schedule a covid vaccine shot. 2025-09-04T01:16:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszgtryzn9vsd8nt7zjda04vjsuwaqlxxnxvq6drm3tzfxjnql2gmgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs00u42l Weird question but there are so many science-y people here. <br/><br/>I have fairly hairy legs but with a fine texture, so I didn’t really notice anything was amiss until I was in the shower and noticed what felt like stubble—as if I’d shaved them. So, can’t pinpoint exactly when it happened.<br/><br/>Is it possible that a hot tub had such strong chemicals it burned the hair off? (I’ve been in a lot of them.) A reaction to sunscreen? (Don’t usually put sunscreen on my legs but have this summer.) I’m baffled. 2025-08-25T14:55:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdknwgqa4p72sh9r3xmnv3yv33ukdnlrady5qrecwgq5plmy0q4jqzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachshtxv85 Wow, there’s an unvarnished headline.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/051/125/227/763/694/original/4ef4d0d6d5f05e33.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-18T18:14:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9c0tvpnqdcdrr2ngvz858t0u7puzpju44h84fs828fxafepxpjyszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs2fcdqu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszwf9fkp405fxya7z55qnk08hv36ykjt8sj9hppzmgemrm0wzzddqz4ljus'>nevent1q…ljus</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ha! Fair question! We were elevated in a Range Rover, better view into their car, and she leaned over and stretched across the back seat to get something out of the door storage on the other side of the car and was wearing a skirt. 2025-08-14T18:34:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfclv23u95nasl4g08ntu5krre6rdazyju0xyjsv8gaa3sp460dfszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachskpv9fv It’s wild, all the random data stored in our brains. Like, I always forget this song exists even though it’s probably one of my favorites by Madonna.<br/><br/>But—completely forgotten until I hear it—is how the record had just come out before our family drove down the 95 from Boston to DC. And this track was playing while I looked at a leggy blonde my age in the back seat of a Rolls-Royce next to us.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/028/402/346/501/499/original/9b5a698b576c9cc6.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-14T17:55:31Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs22hvw5ag232rf28fvzp0gks60j9t3ez8newlh3pdhfqz5dxh6s8szyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsggmt68 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsydpuqutet74j3yne5057rshf08w43edvm75y02797da26ysxca3g3kcxx8'>nevent1q…cxx8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think this also is definitely a part of it. The way people style themselves has definitely evolved. <br/><br/>And I focused my musing on women, but it also occurs to me you no longer see male pattern baldness anywhere. And because basically every young man shaves his head when it happens, I don&#39;t associate the look with &#39;old&#39; when I see it on someone who is actually old. 2025-08-02T13:54:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswf37a3qavuhcq8zcyp64vy3cft9z0wk6prg3ace0kadq7klu5erszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs0ucr4t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrc9ndylqrfg76ky7zvg3gpmprdkh4lkw2ledpuv6qf7es3c0wzrqx5xhwy'>nevent1q…xhwy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Definitely a factor, I&#39;m sure, but I don&#39;t think it&#39;s just that. My mother (born 1951) and my grandmother (born 1926) had very similar non-smoking, health-food, exercise-intensive SoCal lifestyles. But if you compare photos at similar ages, my mother always looks significantly younger than my grandmother. And my sisters (born 1973 and 1978, also healthy lifestyles) look younger still. <br/><br/>FWIW, as far as I know, none of them ever used anything stronger than moisturizer. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1u7xjae02krnf5teenaw0njg4n27a9zuqy7wgzfc2ytfq6ya3lcjsnhztt0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>peachfront</span> (<span class="italic">npub1u7x…ztt0</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-02T02:47:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszs5zcpqpz22xdcrdjcd7a4df834v82dmw9zplnaxadud6zk8pkegzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs0rppuk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp9q93jt6clxx8gt09gmnakgah2p9rzmaewt2sspz2ett42vzpdac70exs7'>nevent1q…exs7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Exactly! It seems like there was a definite shift after the early 1970s when people stopped looking as old as before? <br/><br/>I can think of a few reasons like health and style but it seems like there was a clear cutoff these still don’t totally explain. 2025-08-01T18:32:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstt0km3gna6sq437v5km4z8h9myg45f5gxhvkckk77lr73kwzlmdszyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs6yuw72 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyadvuwgcmasg5pme3etef7jgh02a7lzkfdschwg3r2unpxymgcnqnj92h9'>nevent1q…92h9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OOF. I feel that.<br/><br/>What genuinely shocked me about Archie Bunker is that I would’ve guessed he and Edith were in their early 60s. But the actors were still in their 40s when that show began! 2025-08-01T18:15:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst694pg5d0afunma6p5g0mtu0g8trlqwx59780m4w83sgrl99839czyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsn9ew20 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd5fkwl7005ey7rta84nq5l0wektftgx5xt8v49wsuw82x56kyymcg39tkh'>nevent1q…9tkh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It was bad enough when I figured out I was at least a decade older than basically every ‘80s sitcom dad. But SHOOK when I realized I was even older than Archie Bunker. 2025-08-01T17:42:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstwe4e6xp2qfaw44z892zwnd787qptyv6qlx4fgfuh4r0el044zcczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachswkzr0e I’ve changed my messaging with evangelicals. Because I’m done with a benefit of the doubt that presumes their fundamental reverence for Jesus.<br/><br/>It’s no longer: Explain to me how a god who preached the Sermon on the Mount wants any of this. <br/><br/>It’s now: Explain to me why you worship a disgusting god who wants all of this. 2025-08-01T16:47:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxsrp5wgpkftaq0xf52qj7my7ul5ej63rh7wyr89cuxq4y0wp8azczyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsnsf7ve A church but make it hair metal.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/933/872/935/802/730/original/1ec418fef01e6ffb.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-07-29T01:15:27Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrwuu6gyyjpc426q9pejq67par3rlk7p453g22j697q2cu2k69t0szyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs5kfp2c *checks watch*<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/931/654/715/602/653/original/22aea77ea09aa7c3.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/931/654/982/973/388/original/704de324447c133d.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-07-28T15:51:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszkf0gnpw0uqx8lyjt6dvpzh8fjg7kx3asqrsp48kjlhj2ejsux5czyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachs39q9kc Is there a character from a TV show or an influencer who’s been wearing Brooks Brothers t-shirts?<br/><br/>Seeing the logo on younger guys all the time now—always t-shirts, never polos—and feel like there must be a pop culture reason. 2025-07-27T22:11:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstkswqmdwneu3fdm5apfkhjy3c7593cgd66qt8hqd2wf5ck34ktwgzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsl7nc2p I really don’t think it’s a coincidence Republicans waited until WWII vets were all basically dead before going so soft on fascism Elon Musk could sieg heil at an inauguration rally without bothering them in the least. 2025-07-21T22:04:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszu5qftad9hrc7ctj2594aqqxu9vn0z2qq7dduywqg3ar5lrsj5aqzyp262ahj42uq9tj798am7pxqyk6jdj64t07qlzyne2whw7u0gachsw66p9h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw5ph3qfuc52x02ddf2wy6s2mlhpv3g0ksy6zz5pzhkqvq949xaxgwj7lcd'>nevent1q…7lcd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was absolutely delighted happening upon this pair in Stockholm a couple years ago.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/868/582/194/499/762/original/965dce4bce6885ed.png"> <br/> 2025-07-17T12:33:55Z