The Cheesecake Factory stuff is a really good encapsulation of conservative discourse during the Obama era for folks not old enough to have experienced it. Endless whining and mind-loss over something they wouldn’t even notice if someone else said it. Eight years of that!

Two things are fundamentally in tension here: The people who care for the elderly need to be paid fairly for difficult and important work (I also don't think you want to underpay the person keeping your mom alive and healthy). But paying someone else's full-time salary is beyond the means of most Americans. Which is why, obviously, this is a place government needs to step in to help with the burden. Ditto childcare. None of this can, or should be, managed alone.

Arvell Reese and Gabe Jacas are starting to get accustomed to this list

Listened to Nate Silver on Ezra this morning. One of the least popular things I could do on this website is defend Nate Silver, so challenge accepted. His "vibes" have been directionally correct in every Election. In 2012, he fought against the polling unskewers making claims that Romney would win based on undersampling of Republicans. In 2016, his model was famously FAR more bullish on Trump than any others. He was the only modeler who understood the possibility of correlated polling error. In 2020, he repeatedly emphasized the higher than usual uncertainty due to the pandemic. In 2022, he fought back against pollsters (NY Times!) basically ignoring their own data to buy into the Red Wave. In 2024, he said that even though his model was 50/50, his gut said Trump would win. All in all, a better record than anyone else on Election Twitter.

Elon Musk has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.

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KNOCKDOWNS AND PANCAKES ADD UP AS THE GAME GOES FALCONS CHRIS LINDSTROM IS ALWAYS FINISHING #nfl #atlanta #falcons #dirtybirds #football @AtlantaFalcons @C_Lindstrom63

Top-5 #Falcons PFF Offense Grades vs. 49ers (Week 7) 1. RG Chris Lindstrom - 88.0 2. LT Jake Matthews - 77.0 3. WR Drake London - 75.6 4. RG Matthew Bergeron - 73.6 5. RB Bijan Robinson - 72.2

HERE IS PICTURE PERFECT TECHNIQUE ON A REACH BLOCK CHRIS LINDSTROM IS A MASTER AT THIS #nfl #atlanta #falcons #dirtybirds #football @AtlantaFalcons @C_Lindstrom63

The PFF team of the week for NFL Week 7! 🏈

Didn't notice this in the moment, but Kendal Daniels rightfully point out: "Trent Williams is a freak of nature man. He caught me."

“I think that Ian Cunningham specifically deserves a lot of credit for the bets they made along the defensive line this offseason." @robertmays, @davehelman_ and Derrik break down another impressive game from the Atlanta Falcons defensive line.

🚨MOVE THE PILE🚨 THIS IS HOW YOU HANDLE LINE STUNTS #nfl #atlanta #falcons #dirtybirds #football @AtlantaFalcons @Neuz_Flash @C_Lindstrom63 @jawaan_taylor74

Since you are 5, we will use pictures to explain things.

Yesterday Trump repeatedly called Abdul El-Sayed a "jihadist", told Nicki Minaj she had a "beautiful ass" and asked her to stand up so the crowd could admire it, and yet the dumbest people on Twitter are still pretending to be offended by a mention of the Cheesecake Factory.

Top-5 #Falcons PFF Defensive Grades vs. 49ers 1. Jessie Bates III - 92.7 2. LaCale London - 89.8 3. MIKE HUGHES - 89.4 4. Maason Smith - 75.5 5. Kendal Daniels - 67.3

FALCONS CACAWWWW

Been telling people for years, it’s a locker room of good humans. Not shocking they did this, but love to see it.

Today was Jessie Bates III's 6th career game with an INT and forced fumble Only 1 player has more in the past 40 seasons. Rod Woodson

I love Jessie Bates. Total stud. This was my favorite play of the day so far. So tough. So clutch. Vintage Bates. Monster win for ATL!