Author Archives: Jeff Porten

So in other news, 6.5% of the people born the same day and year I was are dead. (Bookmarking this site because of the very useful “how far have you traveled” orbital calculators, which I sometimes try to do by hand.) How old are you getting? Let us explain it properly!

Mental note to bookmark this video and post it every time I ever see the words “politically correct” again. Katie Mack on Twitter

@justRVB: nothing sums up 40 years of the conservative message to working class people better than this Judd Legum on Twitter

I feel the need to share this again, because the first time, no one seemed to notice that NORMAL EVERYDAY AIR MAKES US HIGH AND STUPID. Jeff

You say this as if people aren’t adopting quack alternative medicine, avoiding GMOs, believing organic is healthier, and generally rejecting science. Kurt Eichenwald on Twitter

If this video gets widely shared, there will be loud cries to nuke Houston from orbit. Which I may have to join.

Hurricane harvey mosquito swarm

@carlisle:
Rude to not use her real name: Danielle of House Recess, First of Her Name, the Not It, Khaleesi of Grass Lawns, and Mother of Crayons. Dan Lopez on Twitter

@hugorifkind: NO NO NO. This should read…

Britain’s SECOND Queen Elizabeth opens the THIRD FORTH bridge to FIFE.

You lazy fools. Reuters Top News on Twitter