White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

My dad will have been dead for two months tomorrow morning. I would love to talk to him forever. I can't. And a fucking glorified LLM-fueled chatbot can't change that, but it can be a freakish abomination in the eyes of God and men, preying on the grief stricken to give them shit and call it gold.

If you live in Maryland and you want to contact Bill Ferguson, his number is 410-841-3600 or 800-492-7122. You can email him at [email protected].

In the 1820s, Americans thought a canal across Nicaragua was inevitable. They were wrong. Canal dreamers, revolutions, and rainforest disasters—this story has it all. 🎧 @lizcovart.bsky.social dives in with historian Jessica Lepler 🔗 www.benfranklinsworld.com/428 #history #EarlyAmerica #BFWpod

Two men. One rainforest. No data. In the 1820s, two rival Americans tried to build a canal through Nicaragua. One had connections. The other had a surveyor named Blunt (yes, really). It did not go well. 🎧 Listen: www.benfranklinsworld.com/428

What a beautiful voice, will miss this www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Zv...

I’d go farther and say it was unethical and immoral.

I have issues with the research conducted here and some of its conclusions, but there is no question PD often sucks. Teacher surveys have shown this for years. A problem right this minute now is we're trading one focus for another--how to use AI--that doesn't address teacher or student needs.

A +12 Trump district covering Oconee and Athens-Clarke counties (UGA and very conservative county neighboring it) flips.

I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.

Today on the show: You can't fire Alina Habba last July. She quits! Also, SCOTUS's Slaughter shitstorm with @andrewtorrez.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

The news media aren't going to remind you, but I will: 7 million people showed up on a single day in October to denounce Trump's fascism and defend liberty. The resistance is strong. We can win. Join us.

I donated a little amount to help @maximumfun.org move and in return they honored me by adding my name to their toilet paper holder. My 15 minutes of fame are finally here. And if you ever use the toilet at MaxFun: YOU'RE WELCOME

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Highly recommended.

This doesn't make sense when you remember that puberty blockers are regularly prescribed for cis children all the time with no issue. It's only banned for trans youth.

Afghans in Wisconsin face uncertainty amid Trump administration crackdown www.wpr.org/news/afg... #wipolitics

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Nice

Write to GiveSendGo since this goes against their terms of service because you can’t “benefit groups that promote violence…”

Pre-pregame pretzels and #CarryTheG @cheeseheadtv.bsky.social

THE BEARS STILL SUCK

May the Force be with us.

this has become a very important video to me

The UW-Oshkosh Titans volleyball team are champions, registering 18 consecutive set wins on their way to a Division 3 national title! Congratulations, Titans!

@cheeseheadtv.bsky.social Packers legend

@aaronnagler.bsky.social listening to yesterday’s Packer’s daily with tears in my eyes. My dad got lucky and got season tickets when the very first south end zone seats were built. He and I attended every game (except the Tampa Bay blizzard game) from the time I could get up the steps on my own…

Final Packers injury report for Sunday's game against the Bears.

In 2017, Trump called up Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to tell him what a great job he was doing with the drug problem. Duterte told the media Trump said he did it "the right way" Duterte is awaiting trial in Hague right now for what he did. edition.cnn.com/2017/05/24/p...

This is a total stab in the dark for my #phillies fan friends out there. Ages ago (15+ years) the Phils sold this Phanatic ornament. My brother and his family had one they loved, but lost along with everything else in the CA fires last year. I can't find one anywhere online. Anyone have any leads?

As Justice Kagan begins her dissent by pointing out, what is even the point of trial, of fact-finding, of clear error, of standards of review, when the Supreme Court simply ignores every single part of that and decides everything purely on the papers without any real consideration of the facts?

ABC News and MS NOW reports that a Virginia grand jury has refused to re-indict Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges

@joshtpm.bsky.social “inflation leveled out under Biden” true! The rate prices were increasing decreased. However, wages/income never kept pace with previous inflation so consumers were still feeling the effects.

columbia sportswear is running an ad campaign challenging flat earthers to send them a picture of the edge of earth

@upbeachbum.bsky.social does he have a prayer?

7/7 Europe must act. Release Russia’s frozen assets to Ukraine. It secures Ukraine, gives leverage, and makes Trump irrelevant. Helping Ukraine win is the best way to protect Europe

Holy cow did you clean this up for him…his words were that the Somalis were garbage and this what you run?

what's the first week of December if not time for this timeless gem of joy? www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZqz...

TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there. Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.

Republicans should be winning districts like this without batting an eye. They had to call in Trump, Fox News, all of it. The beast is bleeding.

Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.

What you're seeing tonight is why @runforsomething.net builds a bench *everywhere* -- we've got great candidates with local experience & authentic communication skills ready to run and win in places no one saw as competitive six months (or years) ago.

@andrewtorrez.bsky.social 🥺🤔

Wisconsin farmers are facing a tough financial future, with their profits being cut by MAGA's failing tariffs and ICE attacking farm workers. We need real solutions to support our communities, but Republicans are refusing to deliver.