He’s also on CLP-1 agonists now. He was fatter in his first term. And while your point about perspective is true, everything we know about him would tell us that of course he exaggerates or ‘reality distorts’ all the flattering and unflattering facts about his person. Be that height, weight, golf score, net worth, approval ratings, intelligence, etc.

@Mik said in Cuomo?: We live in strange times. Even the stupidest dog knows what pack he belongs to. I guess it doesn't work with tribes.

That ball came uncomfortably close to that baby's head.

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@jon-nyc said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread: A contrarian take: https://x.com/khamenei_ir/status/1938184845873844536?s=46 And Elon replied in that thread.

@89th said in Trump was sarcastic...53 times: (There is no mature content, despite the pop-up) They never know when the next F bomb is coming.

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@89th said in Megalodon Sharks Were Prehistoric Nightmares. Why Did They Go Extinct?: I'm surprised we haven't seen a trump-inspired MAGA LaDon. The article says it was slimmer than the great white rather than being built like a big fat torpedo.

@Mik said in The Oscars are on now: Yeah, Brody overstayed his welcome. I might not have minded if he had anything remotely interesting to say. I do want to see The Brutalist though. He was good in the Brutalist. I just watched it last nights, yes plural... it's like 3.5 hours long or something so it took me 3 nights. My thoughts, no plot spoilers though: click to show Guy Pierce is really great in it. Surprised to see him, and loved his performance as a rich tycoon. I thought the movie would be more about the brutalist architecture movement though, and not so much about one person. The movie starts out strong (and the cinematography holds strong the whole time) but the plot gets a little sloppy about half way through and (to me) lost the "this is a great picture" feeling by the end.

Make this. You'll thank me later. I just used ground chipotle and some adobo spice instead of the can. also breasts instead of thighs. Also sauteed instead of firing up the grill for two little chix breasts. Still delicious, any way you want to cook it. Marinated for three hours. Would be great on pork, fish, pretty much anything. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023145-tajin-grilled-chicken

I bet he calls Pete that in private as a fun joke, and forgot he was speaking in public.

@taiwan_girl said in The Never-ending Grift: “The puzzle to me is why are they resurrecting this idea from, like, 10 years ago and trying to milk a little bit of extra money out of this,” Dediu says. He answered his own puzzle. Grifters gonna grift. Magat grifters gonna grift magats.

I’m starting to think he’s not a very good human being.

I remember you talking about that. Wonderful.

Interesting article to me. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/sinwar-march-folly/683290/ One would think that Yahya Sinwar, until recently the leader of Hamas in Gaza, had absorbed the lessons of 1967. But he overestimated his own capabilities, and those of the Iranian-led “Axis of Resistance.” Like the leaders of Iran, he spoke violently and with great confidence. He allowed his reasoning capabilities to be overwhelmed by conspiracism and supremacist Muslim Brotherhood theology. He also made the same analytical mistake Nasser had made: He underestimated the desire of Israelis to live in their ancestral homeland, basing his conclusion on an incorrect understanding of how Israel sees itself. In the end, the October 7 massacre Sinwar ordered did not cause the destruction of Israel but instead led to the dismantling of its enemies. Hamas is largely destroyed, and most of its leaders, including Sinwar, are dead, assassinated by Israel. Hezbollah, in Lebanon, is comprehensively weakened. Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, Iran’s main Arab ally, is in exile in Moscow, his country now led by Sunni Muslims hostile to Iran’s leaders. Iran’s skies are under the control of the Israeli Air Force, and its $500 billion nuclear program appears to be, at least partially, rubble and dust. Not since Nasser has anyone in the Middle East been proved so wrong so quickly.

Another Buffet proposal that has got the endorsement of Elon Musk. Over a decade after billionaire investor Warren Buffett had given a quick fix for America’s budget deficits, his old interview clip is making waves again on social media, and this time his idea is being backed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Utah Senator Mike Lee, as per a report. Recently, Lee shared a video of Buffett's 2011 interview with CNBC, where he had said, "I could end the deficit in five minutes,” quoted Moneywise. “You just pass a law that says that any time there's a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election,” quoted Moneywise. The Utah senator, in his social media platform X post, asked the public, “Would you support this amendment?" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/elon-musk-endorses-warren-buffetts-5-minute-plan-to-erase-the-deficit-bold-idea-gains-momentum-us-deficit-news-elon-musk-news/articleshow/121784656.cms

https://www.newsweek.com/us-close-high-speed-rail-breakthrough-2081942 When the great and the good of the American high speed rail industry gathered in Washington, D.C. over May 13-15 for the U.S. High Speed Rail Association's (USHSR) 2025 annual conference, there was tremendous excitement tinged with anxiety. Several attendees told Newsweek they believe the U.S. could be on the verge of a high-speed rail breakthrough, setting the stage for the kind of comprehensive national system enjoyed in the likes of China, Japan and Western Europe. Ray LaHood, a Republican who served as Transportation Secretary under President Obama from 2009 to 2013, said if one of the two high-speed rail lines currently under construction is completed, it will prove "wildly popular" and boost support for high-speed rail across the nation. Other insiders agreed, but argued permitting reform and more explicit federal support will be needed first. There has been concern over the Trump administration's attitude toward high-speed rail. The conference took place one month after Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced $63.9 million in funding for a proposed Dallas to Houston route had been scrapped, and amid rumors that the California High Speed Rail line under construction between Los Angeles and San Francisco could lose federal support.