Impeachment anybody? What is Congress doing?

A tariff “refund” mostly goes to whoever wrote the tariff check: the importer of record. That’s not the same person who paid more at the register. So refunds -- if they're offered -- might sound like consumer relief, but in reality, they're corporate windfalls.

First rule of self-publishing: If there's not already a market for your book, create one.

When actually all cultures are inherently products of evolution and hybridisation; the question should rather be about the conditions of exchange, the question of who and what gets to be represented and how, who gets to profit from something and who doesn’t.

Seeing people once again complain about paywalls and blame publishers. The publishers aren't (mostly) to blame -- it's mostly (as with so many of the evils we face) Visa and Mastercard, making micropayments untenable.

Grabbed a copy of The Big Book of Watercolor by José M. Parramón. A lot of newer watercolor books are cutesy-wootsy but this 1985 publication is very serious indeed, opening with a brief history of watercolor in Europe

Sic semper creepazoids Andrew’s existential dread is great. Acrylic on canvas board

Guys, this isn’t funny! dementia patients only behave like this when they’re very distressed

Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court. Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business. As well as everyone else who stepped up.

Alberta had plenty of money but Smith pissed it away while at the same time begging Trudeau for more TFWs and putting ads up all over Canada begging other Canadians to move here. This is all her fault. All of it. But she's hoping Albertans are racist enough to go along with it. #abpoli #cdnpoli

we go live to the tariff press conference

I know no one understands context clues anymore but are people genuinely surprised to find out Pedro Pascal's gay

South Korean culture is fascinating because it's like "We make two things extremely well: Weapons and pop stars. One of these industries is the ruthless, blood-soaked byproduct of a nation whose soul was scarred by eternal war. The other is our defense industrial base, which is respected globally."

I just looked up Anna Paulina Luna's actual backstory and I'm sorry but what the fuck, this person is a comic book villain

This isn’t a referenda. It’s an election. ##abooli #ableg #cdnpoli

I will believe that Canadian governments are actually serious about our prosperity and role in the world when they start funding our universities at an actually effective level rather than constantly cutting them.

My finished atmospheric forest lesson. I think I preferred it at the more abstract Knights Who Say Ni layer but I am happy overall

one thing that gives me a little optimism is that most people seem to be coming around to the idea that soaking the rich won’t necessarily solve budget deficits, which is true, but understand that soaking them isn’t about solving budget problems

"I’ve been working as a writer for the past decade and watching my industry shrivel up and die as a result, so you’ll excuse me if I, and the rest of the everyday people who stand to get screwed by AI, aren’t particularly excited by what AI can offer society." ~ @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social

I'm tired of the Age of Fucking Around. I'm ready for the Age of Finding Out.

Fandoms are trying to engage with activism that can make a difference, and your library is a great place to find those opportunities.

What Lizzie's protection of Andrew, /and/ Charles' suspension of that protection, has proven, is that whether the law can reach the monarch's family is dependent entirely on the monarch /regardless of what the law says./ This cannot be fixed with acts of parliament unless they kill the institution.

PURE HELL was the first Black punk band. They lasted from 1974-1979, but a falling out with their manager meant their record didn’t come out until 2010. I gave it a listen: www.lazyandentitled.org?p=162658013

anyway all that said we decidedly should /not/ forget that the power of the monarchy kept him out of facing legal consequences literally until lizzie died

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested at Sandringham home

My brain is committing terrorism against me by insisting that my current earworm be "We Built This City". I mean wtf, brain?

You might find this incredibly cynical, I choose to find it incredibly funny

Saying "um, ah, well..." for thirty seconds and then changing the subject has been the literal policy of the united states as regards the defense of Taiwan for decades. The whole point is to avoid giving a straight answer. If you want to critique on FP at least read a Wikipedia first.

The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires

I'll just post this I'm tired

This whole fight over transgender stuff happening on X is so weird to me. The most notable thing about trans issues in the last 5 years has been the enormous, coordinated anti-trans activism campaign across the right, aided by moral cowards in the center. But that campaign is *never mentioned*.

most discourse about the qualitative decay of tv or film or games, imo, genuinely /can/ be summed up by a vulgar Marxist explanation that as long as a creative has to pander to the expectations of the market and of consumers they will not produce anything as good as it could be

do you know what would help!!!!!!!! living in a society that lets people experiment with their gender without treating it like the most important thing in the world!!!!!!! letting people get it right or wrong without politicising their decisions!!!!!!! just being chilled about gender!!!!!! aaahhhhhh

Been stuck for weeks with my WIP, trying to figure out the final 2/3. Took a shower this morning, and I came to the solution during that ten minutes. Truly, cleanliness is next to godliness. #amwriting

On February 16, 1982, The Jam were at No. 1 on the UK singles chart with "A Town Called Malice" (released as a double A-side with “Precious”). The song had entered the chart at the top spot and would stay there three weeks, marking the band's third number one hit in the UK.

The rapid ascent of atheism or at least deism in the western world since the mid 20th century has, in my opinion, obliterated one of the most tangible connections we can use to understand the past.

“They've overstayed a visa. They've missed an appointment with an immigration judge. Alright, that warrants a slap on the wrist, a wagging disapproving finger, and perhaps a small fine for the bureaucratic burden. These are administrative violations” www.liberalcurrents.com/abolition-am...

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

This is a really good book so far. Many of books have the techniques and then the projects but this one has bite-size technique instruction followed immediately by a project using only that technique. Major emphasis on brush control, which is good for beginners who may have never used one

A new 500 Songs episode is now up! Bruce Johnston! Jan and Dean! Rod Stewart! Questions about gender identity! Getting booked to play New York by accident! Herman's Hermits! Masturbation! Heinz baked beans! Aliens with trousers unlike our own! It can only be the Who, and part one of "Pinball Wizard"

The revelation that Herman's Hermits were in fact the ultimate wild men of '60s rock and roll has changed everything.

This is great!!!!

This is exactly it. On essentially every issue, this Labour government is either too leftwing - a bunch of anti-business measures that nobody cares about, an infrastructure binge at a time when it should want downward pressure on rates, etc. etc. - or too rightwing (as set out below).

Refresh yourself on her history with @500songspodcast.bsky.social: 500songs.com/podcast/epis...

The 80s and 90s sneered at the 70s so hard that we are STILL afraid to have color in our homes, so if the kids these days want to mock Harry Potter fans as cringey, it’s okay by me.

Post a banger, not in English: "Será, Será" by Shakira youtu.be/yt3IhMGjp5s?...

Slightly diminish a band My Chemical Situationship

The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass.

A 10 seat loss of a disaster based on the latest polls. @escrimshaw.bsky.social breaks it down. #ableg #abpoli Nenshi’s NDP On Track For Disaster open.substack.com/pub/scrimsha...

It shouldn’t be a novelty to have a politician refer to children as fellow citizens of this country, but that’s where we’re at. Children deserve actual advocacy, but are almost exclusively used as props. Hope to see Mamdani’s attitude become more commonplace