Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

“Facilitate” is an active verb, not a weasel word.

I don’t recall signing up for living in a dystopian sci-fi novel.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

You would normally have to try pretty hard to self-incriminate this badly.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

Donald Trump found guilty as fuck – May 30, 2024!

Celebrate the fucking wins.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

They spent the last eight months firing professionals and replacing them with ideologues.

She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

“A king is only a king if we bow down.” – Rev. William Barber

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

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Tuesday Evening Respite Open Thread: Interior Origami

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Mesmerizing folding-furniture solutions, as many of us gear up for *complicated* weekend travel:

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  7. 7.

    satby

    I’ve seen some of those inventive furniture solutions for sale here too, mostly places like Wayfair or Hayneedle (same company owns both, I think). For shelves in my pantry, I bought an Origami shelf system. Comes mostly assembled, you just unfold it and screw on the included caster wheels if you intend to move it. So fast and easy!

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    frosty

    @Suzanne: ​I dunno, you could be peering through the windshield wipers at the PA Turnpike on a cold dark night. Train isn’t so bad… if you brought enough stuff to read anyway.​

  14. 14.

    opiejeanne

    My daughter had one of those chairs that turns into a step stool. It was sold by an importer in SoCal, and he called it a library chair.

  16. 16.

    frosty

    Wow! Why can’t these guys design the interior of my next travel trailer? Much cooler than the usual dinette/bunk conversion or the jackknife sofa.

  17. 17.

    frosty

    @Suzanne: Ugh, sorry to hear that. Seatmates just ruin a good travel experience. Especially the ones in the tiny airline seats next to you. At least you have a little more room. (I hope, it depends on the size of the seatmate.)

  18. 18.

    Suzanne

    @frosty: He spent the first hour of the trip bouncing his heels up and down. Then the second hour opening and then closing his knees over and over. I was stressed just being in proximity.

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    OzarkHillbilly

    Just took a trip down old folks memory lane courtesy of the Riverfront Times. Too much fun: What Your St. Louis Suburb Says About You

    I have to say that the blurb about Des Peres is all too true:

    Des Peres:
    You usually just tell people you live in Kirkwood, but you wouldn’t mind a little more respect. That five-bedroom house wasn’t cheap! (Also, Nikki Glaser is from your city, not Kirkwood. She does it too!)

    I do. Because DP was deadville and I went to school in Kirkwood (where I became acquainted with my first black people) and spent all my free time (if I wasn’t in STL city)

    Minus a couple side shots to Ontario and Wyoming I ended up in STL where I found myself living in Tower Grove South and then at least a half a dozen other neighborhoods in the city. I find most of the descriptions all too funny because they are all too accurate.

    A few date me. Surprise surprise surprise.

  21. 21.

    JaySinWA

    I don’t see the utility of the sliding stairs in front of the garage. It seems to make a lot of space unusable.

    The other stuff makes sense, but I don’t get that.

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    CaseyL

    Is that a Japanese vid, of  the folding furniture? That would make a lot of sense, for so many types “origami” furniture – space is always at a premium in Japanese city homes!

    And, oh, those two doggies!  I don’t think I have ever seen two household animals love each other at first sight like that.  The more established critter is always a bit territorial, at least at first.  Such a lovely fun pair!

  35. 35.

    Geminid

    @Dan B: That Cabinet meeting must have gone on over six hours. I wonder if all 38 cabinet members spoke. Or from what I’ve read, yelled.

    One report said the 6 Shas party members  slipped away and left a note saying tbey were for the hostage deal. They are one of the two Ultra-Orthodox parties, and the Sephardic “Council of Sages” had already given them the green light.

  38. 38.

    CaseyL

    @Lyrebird: I did wonder, the writing looked like Chinese characters, but the singing struck me as sounding Japanese (deeper, more gutteral).

    But living space is definitely at a premium in China, too.  I’ve seen photos of apartment blocks in Hong Kong that give me nightmares.

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    Martin

    I’ve made some pieces like that in the first video – they’re really fun to make. They also usually don’t hold up very well because tight tolerances and complexity usually create mechanical wear unless you are VERY good at it.

    It’s helped me become more of a minimalist. The best solution to not having enough space or storage is to simply desire less stuff.

  52. 52.

    Lyrebird

    @CaseyL: But living space is definitely at a premium in China, too.

    Yeah, the underground-parking trick thing in the first bit is what had me at first thinking it was not China, because that’s a LOT of space!

    And silly me forgot that Japanese can use Chinese characters, too, but the song is saying “this is…?? this is…???”

    as you might guess, I know how to say “this is” but have no clue about the rest!

  54. 54.

    No One of Consequence

    These are awesome, and you all are good people.

    Someone I respect once told me, “The Japanese are the Masters of the Small Space.” He was continually amazed by the ingenuity of some of their design solutions, maximizing functionality with minimal materials or space required. This was especially true, he posited in their transformative design solutions, such as many of those featured in your clips.

    He was a car enthusiast, who was making comparisons between luxury/performance brands, and was commenting that if he had a ways to drive, he would take his Lexus, versus other options, because it was most comfortable and had the best interior. His other options ranged from Ferrari’s to BMW’s to Audi’s, and others I’m too thick to recognize or appreciate. I noted the observation, for future reference, for when I had the problem of needing to choose which car to drive. I have not encountered this particular problem yet, but I look forward to its arrival.

    Peace,
    -NOoC

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    Ivan X

    @frosty: I took an Amtrak roomette last month from NYC to DC and it was bliss. Only avail on a couple of lines, this one was going all the way to New Orleans!

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    Lyrebird

    @schrodingers_cat: Thanks for sharing the sketch!

    If you have a moment, could you say what specific things you used to make the watercolor-like backgrounds of some of your  elaborate coloring projects?  I tried to google what you said, and I ended up with something pretty different, crayola “cream sticks”, which are interesting but I am sure they are not what you’re using.

    If someone was wishing to color with lipstick and eyeshadow, that is kinda the feel of the cream stick things.

  59. 59.

    Narya

    Baked some test joconde today; let’s just say I’ll be making it again tomorrow. I think the culprit in that and the failed meringue on Sunday was a carton of egg whites (rather than whites from separated eggs), so I ended up buying another dozen eggs. I have so many yolks in the fridge….and will have even more tomorrow. Pastry cream, maybe…

  65. 65.

    Kayla Rudbek

    @Scamp Dog: I want all that furniture and to see the patents. Even if the writing is all in Japanese or Chinese, I still want to see the pictures and diagrams.

  66. 66.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    Nightly ritual:

    I clean out the cat box late every night except on change days. Our orange cat supervises from the top of the stairs. Chuckie stays in place as long as I just scoop and level the box. If the cat box needs topping up then Chuckie heads down the stairs as soon as I grab the litter bucket after cleaning the box out. He has this need to keep the box smelling like ‘home’, I guess. Sometimes I fuck with him by adding the litter first, letting him do his duty, then cleaning the box out and adding more litter.

    The little shit will hop right back in the box and squeeze out a bit more…lol!

  70. 70.

    StringOnAStick

    @Martin: One of my rules of life for dealing with climate change is buying new as little as possible, so I buy used everything when possible.  When a better used option opens up to replace something, I don’t sell, I donate to Habitat so at least some of what they get goes towards affordable housing.  It takes a lot more time and you definitely go through iterations but at least I didn’t create additional demand for new stuff.

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