My great-great grandmother from Arkansas was a Presley (related to Elvis). We’re distantly related, yay!

I live in London, so not quite in the most optimistic range of NK, but my imagination has been unspooling in the direction that any nuclear conflict in the Koreas rapidly spirals out of control between the US, China, and Russia, and so being in a large city has its risks. I’ve packed a bug out bag I keep in my bedroom…

Call me cynical but I theorise she only popped one out to guarantee spousal support/child support in the inevitable divorce.

Not what I’m seeing. I guess we’re being A/B tested 😉

That vomit emoji is going to get so much play. It would have been so useful for the duration of 2016.

There was a pulp mill in my parents’ town in Canada when I was growing up (well I was only there a year and they are still there, and the mill is inactive). HOLY HELL THE SMELL. It was like boiled cabbage with gym socks and dog farts, 24/7 and no matter which way the wind was blowing.

Canadian programmer here who was on an H1B for awhile. These visas are NOT taking jobs from Americans. Employers are required to do due diligence looking for qualified American applicants, and the visa is for the job, not the person so the salary is market. Sure, you can be exploited in other ways once you’re hired…

I’m astounded that anyone can still be in the middle on this. I think the only way that’s possible is if you haven’t been paying attention for the last 2 years.

Yes they vary regionally. I get ads for universities and local clothing brands (I’m in London in the U.K.). But it’s always like the three same damn ads! They need to shake it up a bit.

Wasn’t that’s the whole naming scheme in 1984? Ministry of Peace running the wars etc?

Trudeau will be next week according to my mom (I haven’t verified but she is in Canada and is glued to the news). She hates Trudeau (mainly because she hated his father and thinks the current iteration is just a vacuous pretty-boy) and even she is eagerly awaiting the shadenfreude of the impending interaction. I…

I kinda want to make a t-shirt that reads: Bowling Green was an inside job!!1!

No don’t tip unless it’s a large party.

There have been times I’ve been in a jam packed tube station (~1000 people) and the only thing you can hear is the odd cough or sniffle. Or leaving a station, the shuffle of feet on stairs. It’s actually a bit creepy.

Londoner here (former Canadian/American). Just be courteous. Don’t talk too loudly in confined public places. If using the tube, stand on the right on escalators. Please don’t loiter at the top/bottom of the escalator. Use your contactless debit card to board a bus (you can’t pay in cash). If you don’t have one, get…

Politics in Hawaii isn’t quite the same animal as on the mainland. Hawaii has a very strong identity and values that are very different, and that temper some of the worst influences of the GOP. Like for instance you can’t really get any where if you don’t embody the spirit of aloha (in very brief, it’s being…

I’ve been following Linda Sarsour on Twitter and she’s very motivating. I dunno, I’ve been pulling for Zuckerberg to take point. I think conservatives would listen to him.

Can we just lock him in an echoey room lined in mirrors and be done with this nonsense already? He’ll get everything he ever wanted.

This really does feel like a way of life even though I’ve only been to two protests. I’ve never protested before even though I was sympathetic to Occupy and the anti-Iraq War movement. In contrast, this feels existential.