I’m not a big schadenfreude guy, but when that cohort turned ~30 and found out that the next cohort, which included my older kid in middle school, viewed them as hopelessly lame was utter delicious.

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The US tried telling Europe not to defend themselves from Russian aggression or else Russia will get aggressive and it’ll be Europe’s fault—which didn’t work—so now they’re telling Europeans to self-censor and avoid acknowledging what Russia is doing or else Russia will do what it’s already doing.

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Reyes: Freudian slip, I guess [that's a quote] Missed the next bit

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OH HOLY SHIT Woodward slipped up and said the tree removal was part of the plan. Reyes: Wait, stop, did you just admit the tree work was part of the plan? Woodward: No Reyes: Reads him the transcript. Now, if you want to say "gosh, that's not what I meant" Woodward: Gosh, that's not what I meant

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And generally speaking, I don’t think we were entirely wrong. There were things that were genuinely moving in positive directions. From the position of a disabled queer person, things were the best they’d been in my lifetime. And in the first term of this hellscape, there was still hope to be had.

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