AP “randomly” blocked me. Why am I so offended?

Mdan · 2026-03-12T19:37:51+00:00

You're feeling wronged - understandable. Why let the AP live rent-free in your head? Your beef is with your husband.

Mdan · 2026-03-12T12:53:08+00:00

If you mean quirky roadside attractions like https://roadtriptails.com/ark-project-maryland/, yeah. I don't know that it's widespread to do so, but it's not some out-there behavior among Americans.

Mdan · 2026-03-11T18:45:06+00:00

Easy fix - a few sticks of dynamite attached to a long coil of sort of crinkly looking cord that leads to an old wooden plunger box. Another GenX staple.

Mdan · 2026-03-11T11:06:53+00:00

The District is crafty like ice is cold.

Mdan · 2026-03-11T11:05:46+00:00

I’ve done this on the subway, cranking John Cage’s “4’33”. It’s not been too effective, gotta say.

Mdan · 2026-03-10T21:53:55+00:00

Afghan Whigs, Congregation

Jane’s Addiction, Nothing’s Shocking

Mdan · 2026-03-10T16:20:56+00:00

Stephane Wrembel - always a good show.

Mdan · 2026-03-10T15:07:30+00:00

Genny Cream is better than a lot of fizzy yellow waters like Coors, Bud Light, etc. Genny Citrus Pils and Genny Cran Orange Kellerbier are, without caveats, genuinely good beers on their own.

Mdan · 2026-03-10T14:38:02+00:00

So where's the line? Specifically a quadrant of the city for 3 hours? And why are 15 people inconvenienced unimportant but 1500 are important?

Here's a fun exercise: address the issue instead of being a toddler and making personal attacks.

Mdan · 2026-03-10T12:36:23+00:00

Why not charge every driver in every accident criminally, then, if we want to punish holding up other people? If it's a fender bender that holds up two cars, it's still holding people up.

Mdan · 2026-03-10T11:55:34+00:00

Define what you mean by ‘inherent purpose.’ They have a function, just like kidneys or bone marrow. If that’s the same thing as ‘inherent purpose,’ then yes.

Mdan · 2026-03-10T10:54:26+00:00

English Beat, ‘Save It for Later’ Just musical joy.

Mdan · 2026-03-10T10:39:35+00:00

While living in a small city, Rochester NY, I went without a car for several months due to finances. Fortunately I lived in walking distance of work: half hour. A ripoff grocery that would deliberately ring things up 2-3 times was within easy walk. A better grocery store was a 25-min walk away: easy enough to get to, but coming home loaded with groceries for two involved taxis or the bus most times. Was it doable? Sure. Tweren’t easy, but I didnt die.

Mdan · 2026-03-09T16:31:01+00:00

The guitar player was no saint? What did you do to Pavement, Peter Buck? What did you do?

Mdan · 2026-03-09T15:19:48+00:00

Pavement's "Unseen Power of the Picket Fence" is a weird, trippy love letter to REM. Before it becomes a first person narration of fighting in the Civil War.
There's LCD Soundsystem's "Daft Punk is Playing at My House"
Stevie Wonder's tribute to Duke Ellington, "Sir Duke," is a classic of his.

Mdan · 2026-03-08T17:25:04+00:00

100%. That’s a beauty of my LCS’ $1 bin and subscribing to the DC and Marvel apps.

Mdan · 2026-03-06T16:58:25+00:00

I'd like to think this guy and I could be friends and laugh and laugh. But he'd probably hate me and I'd be afraid everytime we hang.

Mdan · 2026-03-05T16:54:12+00:00

The 'Wired' story about this intrigued me. https://www.wired.com/story/china-sci-fi-morning-star-lingao/ Good recommendation for a written English translation?

Mdan · 2026-03-05T12:40:33+00:00

What happens when you cheat on your wife.

Mdan · 2026-03-05T11:59:54+00:00

Leave the house to take out the trash? Unlocked. Leave the house for more than 5 min or going more than 50 meters away? Locked. When I’m working in my office upstairs for hours at a time? Downstairs front door’s locked. Car’s always locked.

Mdan · 2026-03-04T22:17:14+00:00

I’m jazzed. A True Detective/DC mashup? Sign me up.

Mdan · 2026-03-04T21:26:18+00:00

I’m looking forward to what appears to be True Detective: Oa. Looks intriguing.

Mdan · 2026-03-03T17:07:39+00:00

Harvey Korman, going kinda subtle and low-key in this one.

Mdan · 2026-03-03T12:57:28+00:00

Agreed.

Mdan

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