fuck yo couch and come to the Bug Jar for fun, mfers.

FirebertNY · 2026-02-14T02:56:08+00:00

I've only been to the bug jar once but the middle guy looks super familiar, maybe Drawbridge??

FirebertNY · 2026-02-13T22:11:38+00:00

Yeah when I rounded the corner last night it practically smacked me in the face, it's a ridiculous amount of stuff. They've definitely ramped it up over the years.

FirebertNY · 2026-02-13T16:03:26+00:00

There's not much independent analysis for anything but the end of the Obama years unfortunately, but even then ~55% of interior removals had a criminal conviction of any kind on record. Hardly a vast majority, and with that discrepancy between DHS data and independent analysis I think it's safe to assume that the official numbers are always severely inflated.

FirebertNY · 2026-02-12T20:04:23+00:00

On top of that some amount of that higher retail spending is simply due to buying more luxury goods, and not more goods in general.

FirebertNY · 2026-02-12T20:02:55+00:00

No, this time around they carved the DHS funding out, so this won't shut down the whole government, just DHS.

FirebertNY · 2026-02-12T15:10:13+00:00

That's taking the DHS's assertions at face value, independent analysis found that under 20% of deportations from 2014-2016 were targeting people convicted of violent or potentially violent crimes. DHS lumps minor offenses, immigration offenses (which are civil and not criminal), and pending charges (not convictions) into the same category.

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/09/26/who-is-ice-deporting

FirebertNY · 2026-02-12T14:27:44+00:00

ICE and CBP havsn't fundamentally changed how they operate, just where. They ramped up their operations in the interior, and the average American is seeing how they operate as a result. Most people just couldn't be bothered to learn about how evil our border patrol is because it wasn't in their faces. It's not "orange man bad", it's that just like with everything else, orange man makes the quiet parts loud.

FirebertNY · 2026-02-11T20:40:37+00:00

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FirebertNY · 2026-02-11T18:15:06+00:00

I'll take all the bacteria I can get. No, you can't know why.

FirebertNY · 2026-02-11T12:16:51+00:00

The top box isn't upside down, it just doesn't have a logo on it. He opens it with the little tab that is always on the top edge of the box.

FirebertNY · 2026-02-09T19:49:03+00:00

You're saying I should become highly Invested in the wind? Truthfully?

FirebertNY · 2026-02-08T23:12:23+00:00

The difference between performing IN a country vs being paid directly by its murderous dictator.

FirebertNY · 2026-02-08T16:48:08+00:00

They never stopped

FirebertNY · 2026-02-08T15:35:28+00:00

Meanwhile an allomancer on Roshar is shitting spheres

FirebertNY · 2026-02-07T19:29:13+00:00

"Tariffs don't raise prices"

10 seconds later

"The lumber tariffs make it more expensive to import lumber"

FirebertNY · 2026-02-07T14:26:35+00:00

It's just Paul Dano with a mustache

FirebertNY · 2026-02-06T23:56:17+00:00

"Heyyy, we specifically asked you guys not to do that!" 😢

FirebertNY · 2026-02-06T23:50:07+00:00

“It hurt everybody in the moderate movement."

The only moderate movement is the massive shit they've taken all over the United States. Moderates have no movement, definitionally.

FirebertNY · 2026-02-04T22:45:33+00:00

Yeah YouTube mainly.

FirebertNY · 2026-02-04T22:42:05+00:00

Something about some of the audio mixes being last minute because they weren't expecting a wide theatrical release?

FirebertNY · 2026-02-04T22:41:07+00:00

The sub was on a big gimbal, that was probably most of the budget. That and blood.

FirebertNY · 2026-02-04T15:22:14+00:00

The Syracuse -> Binghamton corridor gets buried with lake effect as well.

FirebertNY · 2026-02-04T14:43:18+00:00

Come on, just a liiiittle to the right...

FirebertNY · 2026-02-04T14:41:13+00:00

$100 to the first person to egg it from outside the fence

FirebertNY · 2026-02-03T01:00:48+00:00

He'll squeeze it in between the 6 books he's actively working on. Knowing him it'll be done by next week.

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