- Full of stars: It’s only been 100 years since we learned that there are other galaxies out there.
- Ooh, I’ll have to root around in my botany glossary: “You scalar implicature!”
- MLM mind games:
They will often try to get you to accompany them to a conference or other gathering where you will be surrounded by people who are just as eager to tell you how successful and happy they are while complimenting you for being smart enough to sense the opportunity.
I can confirm, from personal experience, a version of this practice.
And for the DOGEs in the back:
- “Make Thanksgiving Efficient Again,” by Alexandra Petri.
- “‘They’re eating the pets:’ Trump, Vance earn PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year for false Haitian claims”
- Subtweet of the year: James Harbeck introduces scelerocracy.