W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 6hI get the message it is supposed to be sending, but it comes across as "if you thought Ken Paxton was an a-hole, you have no idea just how big an a-hole he is." 030
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026So tired of the willful ignorance of the rights bad faith by "centrist" commentators 011
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026That looks great. Nice men's wear looks so tempting, but I know I'd almost never end up wearing it. 000
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026That's what every flyer in my mailbox has been once we got past the primaries. 020
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm coming around to thinking it isn't a significant factor. 000
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It is absolutely baffling to me how Rufo is taken seriously by anyone outside of the right-wing industrial complex. 040
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is closer to true than usual for Hassett. "Virtual" isn't the most inaccurate word for relief on gas prices. 000
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Can the mainstream media stop pretending Rufo is a respectable figure now? 000
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026That's not good. We're not in a recession and by some metrics the economy is fine, but a soft job market and inflation outstripping wages is a miserable combination for a lot of people. I know I'd dread being laid off right now. 120
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Dammit, now I want to break out Civ V and play a game on a nice large world, but I don't have time for it. 001
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you ever make it to San Antonio, eat a tortilla from Alamo Cafe for me. 000
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's hard to believe, but sometimes people are just the way they are with it being some sort of political operation. Even famous people. I mean, not me, everything I do or say is a political calculation, but it is possible for someone to just be. 100
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I wonder how much not being American shifts his view on this. It seems like there is something about American culture that says something is only worthwhile if you are trying to make money. Like enjoying watching a game is fine, but it's a more worthwhile activity if there's some cash on the line. 460
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I never thought I'd say this, but Trump's "Sir" stories are better. 090
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Boy, she just has a horrifying track record of empathy and compassion. 000
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026There was a time when I thought the political backlash from scandals and corruption went upward linearly with the amount of scandal and corruption, but now I realize that it is a bell curve. 0171
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026He's such an effing clown. While the war in Ukraine demonstrates the need to adopt new doctrines and the war we are actually in the the same, he fixates on this performative macho nonsense. Meanwhile, the effort to deal with the new reality is headed by Musk and Gingrich? 000
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Before all the recent stuff about Hasan Piker, I had listened to the start of an interview with him on some podcast, didn't find it interesting (partly because I had no idea who he was) and switched podcasts. I don't remember anything he said. I suspect that is far more exposure than most people. 030
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026So let's change a sensible policy for mailing passports that is working just fine to a more expensive (even if just slightly) and less-sensible one for absolutely no effing reason? Seems very on-brand for this administation. 1170
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So if Schmitt had his facts right, which obviously he didn't, then the evidence that Jack Smith colluded with Fani Willis was that he went to a NBA game in Atlanta? I feel like an accusation of conspiring with someone needs a bit more evidence than being in the same large metropolitan area. 021
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm unfamiliar with the time-spent-with-headphones-on-staring-at-a-computer-monitor metric for educational efficacy. By that metric I think we've vastly underestimated the educational value of PC games. 000
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I feel like there are far more articles about Rahm running in 2028 than actual people who want him to run 030
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If you are a GOP rep, it has been proven time and time again that not sucking up to Trump is setting your political career on fire. 000
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Pretty sure she burned the lobbyist bridge once she broke with Trump. 020
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I think the lesson to not judge people too quickly or harshly isn't a bad one, but it seems weird that it would always be the lesson. I mean when people tell you who they really, believe them isn't a bad lesson either. 030
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Or maybe the three of them just dropped a terrible album. 010
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's hard for me to exactly pinpoint what makes AI art look like AI art, but yeah it's very distinctive like watching a normal TV show with motion smoothing or something. Maybe someone with art training could say what it is. 2190
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I suspect the answer is more likely to lash out. Thank goodness we don't have a hopelessly compliant Congress and Supreme Court. 010
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Good point. I think maybe it's harder to feel directly affected by what a senator does rather than a governor. 000
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The thing about Kansas is that they do elect Democratic governors from time to time so a Dem winning a state-wide race isn't really that outlandish. 100
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Darn facts, getting in the way of my snarky response 😀 020
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's hard not to just draw the conclusion that Americans really like corruption. 100
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026On that last one, do you mean the person was highly attractive when they died or that they died in a fire? Or both? 010
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026But the claim seems to be that individuals are defrauding the government by signing up for the ACA, paying their premiums, and then not filing claims. Which, you know, is how insurance works. 011
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026That first about about 5 times the population of Florida sounds like pure nonsense. The part about people not using their insurance... I'm not sure how that is defrauding the gov. I mean I can see how an insurance provider could do it, getting subsidies. If that's the case people should go to jail. 110
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Older folks working in the government. "Why are there so many regulations on Sports Illustrated?" 0110
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Not sure how soldier cosplay is supposed to change the algorithm, but what do I know? 100
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Don't all kindergarteners have a preferred pronoun? Should we just use random pronouns when dealing with young kids? 010
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026That's a remarkably unflattering angle and shot. Maybe Kent doesn't like Vance much. 000
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I think if the GOP is going to really turn out voters the juice will have to come from elsewhere. Not that Vance or Rubio can't win in 2028, it's probably going to be a close run thing if the Dems end up with someone uninspiring. 010
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I don't get any sense that anyone is excited about Vance or Rubio. I think Rubio polls well because he seems electable, but as a Lib I'm well aware of the problems of running a dull candidate who is 'electable'. But Vance feels phony and Rubio is very politician. 130
W.E. Larson @welarson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Yeah, I think a big problem with the AI race is that it's becoming increasingly clear that AI is heading towards becoming a commodity rather than winner take all. 130
