Time to starve the beast. Otherwise states are just paying 'protection' money to the mob. medium.com/@carmitage/e...

The Empire State Building honors Bob Weir.

Police keep the fucking FBI away from the crime scene challenge c’mon Portland

Once again begging journalists to write about Mount Sinai, one of the biggest hospital systems in NYC, splitting with Anthem, one of the biggest insurers in NYC. Crickets!!!

So wait! Now does Ice deport him or something?

A woman found a ring commemorating the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City in Niskayuna earlier this month.

Tell us: As the U.S. prepares to observe its 250th anniversary, what does being an American mean to you right now? https://bit.ly/3YCG6Pf

this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)

During the Ottoman Empire era, miniature palaces with elaborate decorations for birds to live in were carved on the outer walls of buildings, and this one, which remains at Istanbul's Topkapi Palace, appears to still be in use as a home for birds @sciencegirl #globalmuseum #birds #Ottoman #Istanbul

Happy Winter Solstice! On midwinter’s day, the sun sets between the pair of stones that form the largest trilithon at #Stonehenge Farewell to the shortest day of the year, as we look forward to lighter days ahead! ☀️ #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology

Neat find, a set of fisher tracks in the woods! These lead to a very large maple tree it climbed. The leash is for scale. #Fisher #animaltracks #winter

From your lips...

A wonderful trip through the history of life on earth. Thank you for an entertaining and informative book. I'm not done yet, no spoilers. Don't tell me how it ends.

1. If America were fascist right now, I would not be posting here. Neither would you. Instead, I - and you - would be trying to build networks of people *offline* who can support and protect each other, in the dark, rather than yelling at the president and his stooges in our own names. /2

NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends. It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.

In a statement, DHS said, “DHS has no involvement with the selection of subcontractors.” They said the agency does its contracting “by the book” and the process is run by career officials. “It is very sad that Pro Publica would seek to defame these public servants,” DHS added.

“Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day.”

The only thing that has improved Democrats’ approval rating among their voters has been fighting back against Trump. We cannot afford another “Schumer Surrender.” Urge your Democratic senators to continue holding the line to keep healthcare costs down and protect coverage for millions of Americans.

@mimicofmodes.com how is this?

@lordbusinessman.bsky.social Here's the things for djt and his minions: when the tariffs get ruled out and the debt explodes, I would expect interest rates to jump. I don't think the Fed can cap that well. But I defer to @unusualwhales.bsky.social or lordbusinessman for more thought. #econsky

The head of security at the Louvre.

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future. Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.

Now, the Democrats could do something really funny here and start using the ad themselves… youtu.be/XWQRuRIxMBI?...

1. Here are some facts about the guy, Timothy Mellon, who donated $130 million so Trump could pay the troops during the government shutdown. 🧵

I'm convinced that the Pedocracy moved from the Church and the Boy Scouts to the GOP.

And hung out with those fine Young Republicans.

My feelings, exactly.

Happy John Brown’s Raid day to all who celebrate

www.historysymposium.com/cassidy-perc... In one week! @mimicofmodes.com will help us kick off our livestreams for the fall season. It is time to learn all about corsets!

Why are they unable to sell the harvest, Senator?

Seth Meyers should invite Colbert and Kimmel on his show.

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments. that fox news host still has his job.

One of the greatest errors in K-12 education, in my opinion, is prioritizing trigonometry and calculus over statistics. Yes, trig and calc are important for many professions. Statistics are important for literacy.

The thing about a lot of these never Trump Republicans is that, unlike a lot of institutionalist Dems who think the fever will break and we can all return to comity or whatever, these guys saw the rot up close and know the only appropriate response is to tear them out of government root and branch.

I miss the old brand #CDC

@mikeysid.bsky.social I read your piece on govt websites. Is this what I'm dealing with?

Has anyone else noticed that the US Census website no longer functions? Try to look up data. #census

Didn’t want to believe this was true. It’s true.

Plans include 265 housing units, retail space and a parking garage for commuters.

"How to write an article on timber trespass without mentioning a Forester. "

There goes the price of pencils, too.

Best audience ever

I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.

Since May: Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time. Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time. A judiciary at war with itself.

Can someone explain why Eric Adams is not on the primary ballot? Is it the obvious reason, or something procedural?

"They'll get over it." That's apparently the closing message from Senate Republicans before they vote to take away health care from millions of Americans — all to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. Unbelievable.