The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. Ametuer coffee snob. I geek out about 12'' pans.
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Daniel James retweeted
The house is loud and messy because of small kids, and then one day it's clean and quiet and you're sad, with almost nothing in between to enjoy.
You really have no option but to say "this is good" when it's loud and messy bc that's your only chance to enjoy it.
Daniel James retweeted
America is having a national debate over a $20 burrito.
And somehow half of Washington still doesn't understand the burrito isn't the point.
It's the $20 burrito. The $8 coffee.
The $2,500 apartment. The $900 car payment.
The insurance bill that looks like a second mortgage.
The starter home that requires two six-figure incomes.
People are watching the basic rewards of working hard slowly move out of reach.
And when they complain, millionaires in Washington tell them to cook at home.
People aren't asking the government to buy their burrito.
They're asking why everything in America suddenly feels priced for someone richer than them.
Daniel James retweeted
Top 3 dumbest excuses people make when defending mass surveillance and Flock cameras:
1) "You have no expectation of privacy in public."
Except long term tracking isn't just "being seen" - it's an imposed, automated dragnet and stalking. Courts recognize the "mosaic theory": individual public moments, when stitched together 24/7, reveal your doctor visits, political rallies, and entire daily life without your consent or a warrant. It's not the same as someone watching you pass by.
2) "Your phone spies on you already."
This is pure defeatism that ignores personal agency. You can buy a Faraday bag, De-Google your phone, no have one at all, or choose to leave it at home entirely - you have consumer choice. You can’t opt out, alter, or opt out of a state monitored network of automated license plate readers scanning every public road.
3) "If your kid was abducted, you’d want one."
When you resort to absurd emotional traps and logical fallacies (Appeal to Emotion, False Dilemma, Faulty Generalization), it's a confession you can't defend the tech on its merits. Police have solved crimes for generations without violating constitutional rights, and extreme edge cases don't justify permanent dragnet surveillance of the entire population.
Daniel James retweeted
Not to change the subject from burritos but when I was earning poverty wages in my 20s I used to go to Subway nearly every day and get a footlong Italian sub for 5 dollars. It was generally the only big meal I would eat in a day.
If I was hungry later at night, I could always swing by McDonald’s and grab a chicken sandwich for a dollar.
All of these people are screaming about “eating at home” but I basically never made meals at home in those days and I was able to get by. You used to be able to survive on low wages without making meals from scratch. If that’s not possible anymore then it’s a sign that our standard of living is declining. That’s a problem. You should care about that.
Anyway, I went to a Subway recently and that same sandwich was 13 dollars. McDonald’s, of course, doesn’t sell anything for a dollar anymore.
Daniel James retweeted
Seen a lot of conversation about how predatory the American medical system is.
So I will weigh in.
I ended up going to the ER about 2 weeks ago for crippling pain. Turned out to be a ruptured ovarian cyst. I was there for MAYBE 4 hours.
My bill? $13,500 dollars.
Because I'm uninsured (by choice, that shit is a SCAM), the hospital dropped my bill down to $8,100 and some change as an "uninsured" discount.
For starters, $13,500 for a 4 hour hospital visit is insane as it is.
But the fact the hospital can wipe $5,000 off the bill "just because" should show you how utterly fucked this system is.
And to be clear - $8,000 is still an absolutely insane sum of money when all these people did was scan my stomach and give me some pain killers.
On my itemized bill, my CT scan was 7k. The iodine they used was $900. Just being in the ER room alone was $2,500.
We phoned the hospital to haggle. They dropped the price by $20.
Normal people can't survive this shit. I do okay and $8,000 is still an INSANE chunk of money out of my savings.
Anyone who argues this isn't a disgusting, predatory system is crazy. And it is even crazier that Americans accept this.
And for those of you who argue this is the free market, I need you to be quiet. There can never be a true free market here when government and insurance have their creepy little fingers in this pie.
People shouldn't go bankrupt trying to pay medical bills. This has to change.
Daniel James retweeted
Or… and hear me out… they could just publicly name every single person they saw on the island.
Epstein survivors make last-minute push to convince House Republicans to release files
cnn.com/politics/live-news/t…
Daniel James retweeted
This woman does benefits for a small business, she’s says American Healthcare costs are becoming unsustainable
- 11 employees on benefits, herself and her family all healthy
- UnitedHealthcare is increasing premiums 46.53% on their renewal
- Roughly $23,000 per employee
- $5,000 deductible before the plan pays anything
“It's so disturbing. So let's say that I had a health event where I broke my arm, I'd be paying the $23,000 in premium, and then I'd have to pay another $5,000, so $28,000 before I receive any assistance from this plan — Ridiculous.
UnitedHealthcare, you should be ashamed. This is embarrassing, and this is not accessible for American families, or small businesses — It's a problem”
“How are people surviving”
Daniel James retweeted
Car headlights have gotten absurdly bright – roughly doubling in recent years – and it's dangerous for others on the road.
I encouraged the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to look into setting better maximum brightness standards in their upcoming infrastructure bill.
Daniel James retweeted
Since its release in October 2014, only an hour and 20 minutes have passed on Miller’s planet in Interstellar
Daniel James retweeted
Now, folks, lead by disingenuous media members, are clinging to this crazy idea that a well coached, veteran, champion team avoiding penalties in the *postseason* is somehow EVIDENCE of a league wide conspiracy!
But when asked to provide the playoff game that the Chiefs won thanks to the ref they come up with… what?
An obvious hold in the Super Bowl that the defensive player said after the game, and I quote, “"It was a holding. I tugged his jersey. I was hoping they would let it slide."
An obvious roughing the passer penalty in AFCCG that the defensive player said, and I quote, “I didn’t know how far out of bounds we were.”
Or an unnecessary roughness call in the 3rd quarter of a game KC was winning that turned 2nd & 6 into a 1st down?
It’s all fever dream nonsense, lead by angry fans on social media & media members who have proudly tripled down on horrendous Chiefs takes that now feel boxed in by their continued excellence. That’s all.
Daniel James retweeted
Roughing the passer calls per 100 pass Attempts:
Patrick Mahomes .636%
Russel Wilson .710%
Baker Mayfield .730%
Kirk Cousins .743%
Desean Watson .781%
Jared Goff .781%
Josh Allen .936
It’s a tracked stat. We can put this one to bed now and just let them cry.
Daniel James retweeted
When a team looks *this* much better at the very end of the year, it’s almost as if they were treating the early season as… practice.
If only anyone had been telling you that all year. 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Daniel James retweeted
This isn’t complicated.
Separate the bills and vote on them individually.
one vote on the clean CR
one vote on the debt limit
one vote on disaster relief
one vote on farm bailouts
Radical right? Individual bills for each issue.
Daniel James retweeted
I’ll explain how this new power works. Under current law, the government can compel “electronic communications service providers” that have direct access to communications to assist the NSA in conducting Section 702 surveillance. 3/25
Daniel James retweeted
The problem with “The Chiefs get all the calls!!!” narrative is not only that it’s ludicrous, but also that actually the data & film shows the *opposite* is true.
