David Torstenson

Ever thus to deadbeats, Lebowski.

[David Torstenson @dtorst]

@RoKhanna

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@elonmusk You could buy Huell Howser’s old volcano house. It’s an MCM beauty in the middle of the Mojave. Probably within your price range, I’m guessing 😂

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@_jackmcpherson

[Noam Blum @neontaster]

The most wholesome content right now is World Cup fans enjoying America. The love they get shows that even in these cynical times, "wow, your country is cool" is a welcome sentiment.

[David Torstenson @dtorst]

@RoKhanna @grahamformaine "Deeply insecure men often like to use power and violence as a way to make themselves feel tougher."

Seems like Graham's telling on himself here.

[David Torstenson @dtorst]

@BridgetPhetasy Yup. I like the way @politicalmath put it:

[PoIiMath @politicalmath]

I mostly agree with this with the following caveat:

It might not be legal fraud to grab 1,000 ballots, mark your favorite candidate, and have a homeless person sign it with a smiley face

But it is a moral fraud because you've just disenfranchised 1000 voters who actually care about their vote, care about the results, care about their city

If that is what is happening (which seems likely) then it calls into question the very nature of representative democracy. Why do we even have a vote if the vote result isn't determined by individuals but by NGOs who can harvest as many votes as they want using these strategies?

[PoIiMath @politicalmath]

I mostly agree with this with the following caveat:

It might not be legal fraud to grab 1,000 ballots, mark your favorite candidate, and have a homeless person sign it with a smiley face

But it is a moral fraud because you've just disenfranchised 1000 voters who actually care about their vote, care about the results, care about their city

If that is what is happening (which seems likely) then it calls into question the very nature of representative democracy. Why do we even have a vote if the vote result isn't determined by individuals but by NGOs who can harvest as many votes as they want using these strategies?

[David Torstenson @dtorst]

@EsotericCD Small quibble: designed not only to fuel paranoia, but also to keep the ruling party in perpetual power. Jungle primaries serve that purpose as well.

[David Torstenson @dtorst]

@redsteeze @AviWoolf As with most things, The Simpsons already did it.

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@GloriaJRomero Congrats Gloria! (From your neighbor across the street circa 2016-2019!)

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@TrungTPhan The first LEGO set that you’re *not* supposed to complete in your lifetime.

[David Torstenson @dtorst]

@TrungTPhan Between this and the USC film school rebuild, dude’s dropped several billion into a 7 block section of South Central LA. Respect.

[David Torstenson @dtorst]

@redsteeze Yeah, but Favreau said he’s a good, decent man. Gotta trust the plan, and all that.

[David Torstenson @dtorst]

@politicalmath @tracewoodgrains Hard disagree. It’s an uphill battle for Pratt to be sure, but Bass is an unpopular incumbent who only beat Rick Caruso by single digits in ‘22. Her handling of the fires alone leave her quite vulnerable.

[David Torstenson @dtorst]

Well. This makes me feel a bit better about crying when I lost a chess match when I was 10.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This is what it looks like when the winner feels sorry for the loser.

Ukrainian chess player Vassily Ivanchuk and his reaction to losing at the World Blitz Chess Championship vs US player Daniel Naroditsky.

[David Torstenson @dtorst]

For what it's worth, I also employ the method that Anthony Kiedis uses. Record myself singing gibberish over chords. Listen back. Record more gibberish. Eventually hear a word or phrase in the gibberish that seems interesting. Build a song around that.

[Jaynit @jaynitx]

Rick Rubin reveals the three completely different creative processes used by Eminem, Jay-Z, and Anthony Kiedis

"Eminem will always be writing in a book, always writing all the time. I asked him, are all these rhymes used? He's like no, 99% of what I write I'll never use, just to stay engaged in the process of writing"

"Jay-Z doesn't write anything down. He listens to the beat, hums, then goes on the mic 20 minutes later and just says a whole complicated verse. No paper, no writing, nothing"

"Anthony Kiedis sings along with an idea of a melody but he doesn't yet have words, just nonsense words automatically real time, then listens back and says this phrase sounds good. It's like a puzzle"

[David Torstenson @dtorst]

@spencerpratt Did you stop next door to get some Moo’s BBQ? Best in the city!

[David Torstenson @dtorst]

I feel attacked here.

[Americana at Brand Memes @americanamemes]

LA dads at their kid’s preschool graduation:

[David Torstenson @dtorst]

He's in the self-checkout line at CVS. Now make the machine glitch out so that he has to wait for an employee to come and finish the transaction.

[David Torstenson @dtorst]

Griffith Park in Los Angeles was donated - and named after - Colonel Griffith J. Griffith.

He was not actually a colonel.

(He also shot his wife a few years later. She survived, and divorced him.)

[Ramin Nasibov @RaminNasibov]

What historical fact sounds fake but is true?