Conlan Spangler

@conlan
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Show threadConlan Spangler55m ago
During my six months riding it, I heard most of my Long Islander colleagues call it the L-I-R. I called it the L-I-R-R, even though that sounded odd to me—I’d usually just say the train. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/nyregion/lirr-pronunciation-long-island.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jlA.3ND9.FPuxKfQiRqpY&smid=url-share
L-I-R-R vs. Lurr: The Debate Splitting New York Commuters

Initialism or acronym? It doesn’t matter. No one can agree on how to pronounce it.

The New York Times
Conlan Spangler1h ago

MS NOW* has started experimenting with using ALL CAPS for certain words in their YouTube video titles. Unfortunately, my personal code of conduct forbids me from watching any political/news video that does this. Oh, well.

*Irony is hereby noted.

Conlan Spangler1h ago
We’re watching Nixon’s legacy get buried deeper every day. Second crookedest is just the first non-crookedest.
Conlan Spangler6h ago
RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116597176681779646
Show threadConlan Spangler8h ago
(And, on a pettier level, never describe this as $1.776 billion. $1.8 billion or $1.78 billion works perfectly well without acknowledging their masturbatory little games.)
Conlan Spangler8h ago
When discussing this obscene, corrupt slush fund, don’t neglect to mention this is $1.8 billion in *taxpayer* money. Let’s all remember that—and the billions more he’s taking for ballrooms and other vanity projects that don’t serve Americans—next time we’re deciding how much debt we’ll go into just to fill up our cars with gas. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/trump-irs-lawsuit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jVA.y_G6.79NbgKtYoIRM&smid=url-share
Justice Dept. Announces $1.8 Billion Fund in Settling I.R.S. Suit

The dismissal appears to be part of the Trump administration’s effort to effectively settle the case, which stemmed from the leak of his tax returns in 2019.

The New York Times
Conlan Spangler12h ago

RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116595896235104398

Everyone at the White House and the Justice Department erupt in cheers and high-fives, congratulating each other on achieving the single most egregiously corrupt act in the history of the federal government.

Conlan Spangler1d ago
It really seems like every company now has decided they’re going to synergistically monetize consumers’ data to sell us even more crap and squeeze every last dime out of us pathetic, slack-jawed yokels.
Conlan Spangler1d ago
In retrospect, it’s obvious we’ve been on a downward slide ever since everyone started saying “YOLO”.
Conlan Spangler2d ago

Remember when Obama was first elected and went on some foreign trips and Republicans derided it as his “apology tour” (i.e., apologizing for the U.S. under Bush)?

Our next president is going to need to visit foreign countries as part of an officially branded American Apology Tour™. And it still won’t be anywhere near good enough.

What an embarrassment.