Wednesday, March 11, 2026

LEONARDA JONIE: I cannot describe the level of seething hatred coming off this AZTEC-AMERICAN

This is grim and true. Every experience easily confirms this.

I walked into a Walmart today in Texas and I asked the greeter where the nail clippers were. My first mistake was assuming that a Walmart greeter in Texas could speak English. He looked at me like a confused animal that didn't realize anyone could see him. So I headed in the direction of where I thought nail clippers were and found them, locked behind glass. My second mistake was assuming this was going to be an easy process. I looked around for the employee who could unlock the glass. Another employee, another Mexican, stocking the shelves pointed him out to me as I would never have figured out this person worked there. I walked over to him and POLITELY asked him if he could unlock the glass. I cannot describe the level of seething hatred coming off this AZTEC-AMERICAN. He stopped what he was doing and looked at me with pure, unadulturated hatred as if I had just interrupted his life by asking him to do LITERALLY HIS JOB. So great was his anger that he didn't even answer me. He just stopped what he was doing, looked at his phone to check the time and make sure he was still on the clock, and then walked over, opened the gate, allowed me to grab my nail clipper, closed the gate and walked back off without saying anything. Well, he didn't say anything OUT LOUD. But this man made his thoughts known very clearly on his face. The only thing keeping these people from openly murdering us is the SEMBLANCE of civilization that still exists. And the only reason he felt that way was because he clocked me as a WHITE WOMAN and therefore, his racial enemy.

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

CHASE HUGHES: if you think the brain is going to win versus a trillion-dollar computer, you're an idiot. Human beings we don't have a firewall.

 
If anyone listening . . . if you think the brain is going to win versus a trillion-dollar computer, you're an idiot.  I'll just say that.  Human beings we don't have a firewall.  Like we can't download anti-malware for ourselves.  That's why I'm just on this massive campaign to say like you need to spend time on social media as you possibly can and as little time doom scrolling shorts.  And I say this as a guy who publishes.  I don't know how much money team puts out, but I think it's two or three shorts per day.  But they're at least they're educational. Really curate what gets your attention.  If anyone listening if you think your brain is going to win versus a $1-trillion dollar computer, you're an idiot. I'll just say that.  Pretending to have all of my stuff together and I've got an 8-ft pile of laundry back at home, so we'll kind of project a lot.  So confidence is never, ever, ever something that we do. It's something that we are. It's an internal state of safety, safety, non-performance . . . .  Just these three things: I feel safe, I'm not performing, and I have a generalized expectations that things are going to pretty much be okay no matter what.  Those are the three elements of confidence. 

DON'T F*CK WITH ME . . . BITCH

J. MICHAEL WALLER: The American founder of International Women's Day, Clara Lemlich Shavelson, joined the Communist Party USA in 1926, and remained a CPUSA member until her death in 1982. During that time she was loyal to every Soviet leader. from Stalin to Brezhnev.

Clara Lemlich Shavelson, 1886-1982.

GROK ON FREDDY'S CUSTARD & STEAKBURGERS: The high leanness, lean beef can taste less flavorful/juicy than fattier 80/20 blends

Wow.  When Grok acknowledges the bad taste and smell of Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers hamburger meat, you know you're not delusional or "it's only you."  You're getting confirmation from the "collective" or aggregate sites.  Grok explains, 

Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers uses 100% lean ground beef for their "steakburgers" (which are their hamburgers/burgers).

Well, there's your fist mistake.  You don't want lean.  You want the fattier version, the 80%/20%, not the 90%/10%.  Yuk.   

They describe it as premium beef, pressed thin and cooked-to-order for crispy edges, but they don't publicly disclose a specific single supplier or brand name for the ground beef on their official site (freddys.com) or in most public info.

Okay, so we don't know what we're getting or where we're getting it from, or from what animal.  Do they partner with Bill Gates' Beyond Burger?  God help us. 

Their nutrition/allergen page notes that info is based on "average values for ingredients from Freddy's suppliers" (plural), suggesting they source from multiple or varying suppliers depending on location/region. 

No surprise here.  It'd obviously be better to have the meat sourced from a single farm, but I don't know how bad it is to have a hodge-podge of meats from different farms.  No rancher would address that, nor would any carnivore aficionado.  

Like many fast-casual chains [wait, what happened to the food?  Shouldn't it read "fast-food chain"?], they probably use large foodservice distributors (e.g., Sysco, US Foods, or similar) that provide ground beef from various packing houses. There's no indication it's from a premium branded source like some places use (e.g., no mentions of Angus or specific ranches).

For comparison: Their hot dogs are specifically Vienna Beef, but burgers aren't tied to one publicized beef brand.

Regarding the bad smell/taste you experienced (like "McDonald's bad" — often described as overly processed, off, or ammonia-like in some complaints):

Freddy's emphasizes fresh, cooked-to-order patties (not pre-frozen or pre-cooked like some fast food), and they market it as higher quality with lean beef.

However, there are scattered customer complaints online (e.g., on Reddit, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube reviews) about the meat tasting bland, dry, off, or low-quality at times — some call it "garbage" or note a weird smell/taste in specific locations. This could stem from:

The high leanness (lean beef can taste less flavorful/juicy than fattier 80/20 blends if not seasoned/cooked perfectly).

Batch-to-batch variation from suppliers. 

Okat, so Freddy's partners with platforms like ArrowStream, a supply chain management tool for foodservice operators, announced in 2023, . . . but doesn't name the beef source.  K2D Foods was also cited as a source of Freddy's burgers.

Location-specific issues (storage, freshness, or cooking).

Or just personal taste — some love the thin, crispy style; others find it underwhelming compared to juicier burgers.

If it's consistently bad at your local spot, it might be worth contacting that specific Freddy's (via their app/site contact form or in-person) or corporate through freddys.com/contact-us — they encourage feedback. Sometimes it's a one-off freshness issue.

If this isn't the Freddy's you meant (e.g., a local place or something else), give more details like the full name/location! Otherwise, their beef is standard premium lean ground from commercial suppliers, not a secret fancy source.