Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Really by the 19th century they were conquering the world for rubber and guano, and you never see them eating that stuff either. 1523
Reposted by Pat LangeMeredith Rose @mrose.ink · 29/09/2026So, fun fact: ever since 1994, and Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America" campaign stunt, Congress has had a SERIOUS problem with subject-matter expertise and institutional memory. It's why Congress has such a deep and complicated relationship with lobbyists. 1/ 718860
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Good scramble there, Case Keenum. Never do it again. 100
Reposted by Pat LangeMatt Goldich @mattgoldich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Case Keenum vs. Andy Dalton. 2007 Texas Bowl rematch! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Te...en.wikipedia.org2007 Texas Bowl - Wikipedia 02612
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I collect dead ends, special Munich edition. 8/28/26, west bank of the Isar, a bit south of the jarringly-named John-F.-Kennedy-Brücke. 041
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 23/09/2026One thing about living in a large new-build apartment building is that you start to think seriously about banning fire alarms. 100
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The guy I usually remember is a different Alex Gonzalez, but I remember this guy because he was the other Alex Gonzalez. 010
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Impossible to overstate how much of a stupid asshole Bret Stephens is. 010
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I haven't tried it personally, but Kenneth Walker seems hard to tackle. 000
Reposted by Pat LangeScorigami @nflscorigami.bsky.social · 13/09/2026🏈 CHI 59 - 37 CAR FINAL ✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1096th unique final score in NFL history. 6135951125
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Upon reflection, I was not as ready for some football as I had previously represented. 000
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I can't tell anybody how to feel, but Democrats were clearly better at protecting abortion rights when they had a bunch of nominally pro-life electeds and a Senate majority than when they had neither of those things. 000
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Now that I've ridden Spanish high-speed rail, I'm even more convinced that there were better ways to spend trillions of dollars in the 2000s than invading and occupying multiple countries in the Middle East. 000
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I was the same age, and as much as we were all collectively horrified by what we saw, the immediate turn to indiscriminate revenge by some of our teachers has stuck with me too. 000
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Yeah, I'm politically engaged. Every day I send a dozen text messages with the word "STOP." 010
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I thought to myself, "Well, nobody would expect Stafford to sneak here." And they didn't! But there's a reason nobody expected it. 001
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Maybe it's because I've just been in the Picasso Museum, but I think there's a real debt to Picasso in this work. 010
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Somehow the Málaga Metro, which is essentially light rail, has a station with two underground track levels *and* a full-length mezzanine level. I have never been more jealous of Spanish construction costs. 000
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 30/08/2026You still can't make me learn who Hasan Piker is. I won't do it. A streamer? That's nice, how many crimes did members of the Cabinet do today? 052
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This framing seems a little disagreeable but it's fundamentally the same as my position, which is that social democrats are the true heirs of American liberalism. Mamdani is an incrementalist who actually delivers incremental progress instead of stasis. 100
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 28/08/2026There are lots of data centers in the United States, and data center defenders tend to think of these "normal" existing data centers. But the marginal AI data center is an unlicensed power plant. 030
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I'm not a Belgian taxpayer or a member of the European academic community in any way. Asking me to get politically invested in an HR action at the University of Ghent is fundamentally deranged. 000
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Going to pretend "TBD" means we still haven't figured out everywhere Cliff Floyd may have taken some at-bats. 010
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I can't begrudge two very wonderful writers shifting gears after so long, but wow, end of an era. Podcasts got me through the pandemic, and the Distraction and the whole Defector phoenix were a bright spot in 2020. Keep reading these guys, obviously. 020
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 28/07/2026On the one hand, yes, we live in a pervasive digital panopticon with many pernicious effects on society. On the other hand I routinely get Spanish-language ads after practicing Spanish on Duolingo, which is kind of funny. 000
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 27/07/2026It's me, for some reason looking at zoo job listings, reading the phrase "Vice President of Animals," and drifting into a Homer-Simpson-esque reverie about the hijnx of Animal Congress. 000
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Buddy, get this. You can both think and feel, and you have to do some of both if you want to stay human. 110
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Look, surely holding a lead against Argentina in the closing minutes of the game won't present any difficulties. 100
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 05/07/2026"Maybe try crossing it to Haaland a few times or something," okay, going to give ol' Landon a point for that one. 000
Reposted by Pat LangeRyan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 11/06/2026I think this is what NYC must have felt like during the events seen in the documentary Ghostbusters 547674927
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 09/06/2026"Is that... Is that Rahm Emanuel?" I ask, seconds before things end badly. 020
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Well, obviously the best case for any veteran from New England with a history of substance abuse and reckless behavior is that they turn into Ted Kennedy. 000
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Happy North Atlantic Hurricane Season to all who observe. 000
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 31/05/2026It's a great feeling when you follow an account for non-Chicago-related reasons and they turn out to also have correct Chicago opinions. 0674
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Throughout history, humanity has dreamed of getting the group chat to switch platforms. To this day, no one has ever done it, but we honor the heroes who have fallen in the attempt nonetheless. 030
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 03/05/2026If you like Griffin Canning, you should try Pickled Sphinx. 000
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 28/04/2026What... what is going on here? These must be the least walkable apartments in the entire state of New Jersey. 010
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Chiefs betting it all on "Mahomes will keep the offense respectable," in a year that Mahomes may not be at full strength. Bold stuff. 000
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 15/04/2026I was attending Catholic high school during the run-up to Iraq. I've heard more specious Just War Theory arguments than JD Vance can dream of, I don't need to hear any more. 010
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Cubs just scored the shallowest sac fly I've ever seen. 100
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I'm still calling it Iranfrastructure Week because it didn't happen. 000
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 03/04/2026It's Good Friday, so I'm thinking about the messy quasi-Gnostic theology implied by Roy Harper's "Don't You Grieve", a song written from the perspective of Judas Iscariot. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVdp...youtube.comRoy Harper - Don't You Grieve (Remastered)YouTube video by Roy Harper 000
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 02/04/2026You call it threatening to commit war crimes against civilian targets such as the power grid. I call it Iranfrastructure Week. 020
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 01/04/2026My best and final offer is I will continue to not know who Hasan Piker is. 000
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Sometimes I can't tell if NYT's house style is meant to be devastatingly dry, or if it's simply decontextualized to the point of causing brain damage. 000
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Purdue might as well be a Soviet janitor because they can't buy a bucket. 020
Pat Lange @pfunklange.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Fletcher Loyer failed nominative determinism *twice* by becoming a basketball player. 010
