Btw, as explanation, I posted the Santa's because we're halfway to Christmas. And also to post something positive, since SCOTUS and NC Legislature just did some heinous stuff.

In today's SCOTUS ruling, victims of Monsanto's Roundup / glyphosate were denied justice because the EPA has decided "based on science" that the herbicide is not likely carcinogenic. Turns out it was Monsanto's version of the science.

I don't know how @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com could both write about today's SCOTUS Monsanto decision and not ever mention that the company secretly ghostwrote key papers EPA relied upon to conclude that Roundup/glyphosate is safe. Kinda feels like journalistic malpractice.

This fucking ruling. Describing Haitians as "eating the dogs and cats" and from a "shithole country" and that they "probably have AIDS" and other stuff is, apparently, not racist. The cumulative effect of this court's rulings is to legalize racism. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

@metricula.com Looking for "half Santa" ended up with me finding this...

We're halfway there...

OK, so just as I have to yell at my fellow Americans "air conditioners *are* heat pumps!" to combat basic ignorance of what the tech actually is, Europeans need to hear "heat pumps *are* air conditioners" because y'all are making arguments which don't make sense if you see why heat pumps are good.

Didn't intend for this to become a thread, but that's the rub. Any country subsidizing heat pumps which can only heat has created policy based on a misunderstanding of the technology which itself comes from ignorance re: the energy mix of a power grid and historical heating fuels.

Vote No and tell everyone what is really at stake www.reddit.com/r/NorthCarol...

I’m reading the books Heated Rivalry is based on and this first one is so sweet I’m *crying*

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Some Democrats think the party has gone too far left and needs to readjust towards the “center.” Rubbish. Where’s the center between democracy and oligarchy, and why would Democrats want to be there?

Daniel Cressy, 23, says path leading to completion of curative gene therapy is his ‘greatest blessing’

They say making mistakes is the best teacher. But when you've made as many as I have, it seems to indicate more of a poor student or deep executive issues.

Larry, the chief mouser at 10 Downing Street, has now outlasted six U.K. prime ministers. In 2023, Alan Taylor captured scenes from Larry’s decade-plus in office:

Amazon Prime Day isn’t for everyone, but Best Buy, Target and many other retailers are offering great alternative deals on products worth buying

Genuinely hate all those Instagram reels about how great the UAE is because they don't have to pay taxes unlike us silly Westerners. It's from slavery, dawg. What they're glorifying is the master's freedom. UAE glazing is unironically a sign of moral decay present at the highest levels of power.

When I opened Q in 2012 the min. wage in Washington was $9. We opened paying $15hr knowing Seattle was gonna bump it to 15 in 2014. All my fellow bar owners were PISSED at me....because all their employees wanted to work for me & I only needed to charge 25 cents extra a drink to offset that $6.

Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8 would like a word.

Huh

I feel like I'm using stolen valor every time I use the NATO phonetic alphabet. But it works on getting spelling and serial numbers across-- modern VOIP is garbage. Where is the "Can you hear me now?" guy when you need him?

29 days ago, folks. @movingsideways.bsky.social found this.

Please watch it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S25...

The Obama deal gave Iran their own money. The Trump deal gives Iran even more of their own money alongside $300 billion presumably from the GCC, as well as complete sanctions relief and a promise that the U.S. facilitate Iran's re-integration with the global economy.

Damn this world is good at giving you hope just to snatch it away again.

The amount of “good press” the US media heaps on the Administration for solving problems that didn’t exist is illuminating.

Exclusive: Trump told reporters on March 31 that the ballroom project would be "taxpayer-free." But documents obtained by The Post show the contractor estimated the cost at $600M — weeks before Trump's comments, and with more than half of the cost coming from taxpayers. https://wapo.st/4otu32O

“It would have been great if 10 years ago we had passed a comprehensive privacy law that included law enforcement as well as the commercial entities. That's the 1st-best time. The 2nd-best time is today,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told @caseynewton.bsky.social & @kevinroose.com on @nytimes.com’s Hard Fork.

Yet another article about this fascistic sociopath and his snake oil.

Here is a public service announcement filmed by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1980s, and I promise that you would not correctly guess who pops up at the end if I gave you 10,000 tries

NOT ONE DIME! We tried to tell everyone that Trump was lying about the ballroom being fully privately funded. It turns out taxpayers are expected to cover about $300 million of the $600 million price tag. If Trump wants a ballroom, he can pay with the money he’s been grifting off the presidency.

New: Trump’s family crypto business expected to soon be allowed to operate like a bank Decision will be made by Trump-appointed regulation Charter approval would allow US companies to complete transactions - like Venmo - on Trump platform, with cut for the firm www.notus.org/economy/trum...

JD Vance is a product of Peter Thiel, who is obsessed with Carl Schmitt. Schmitt argued that a dictator seizes power through a "state of exception"—when the rules are suspended due to some "emergency." "Sovereign is he who decides on the exception." Vance is vastly more dangerous than Trump.

Perfect response from Jamie Foxx

The Cycle: 2010: PupACup puppy cafe opens. Free snuggles with every coffee purchase. 2018: PupACup announces IPO. Requires membership. 2023: PupACup announces move to pay-per-second snuggling. 2026: CEO Gilles De Rais of Xtreme Dog Fighting Inc acquires PupACup.

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The tie-up will create the “third-largest player in U.S. television,” the companies said.

fake feds are investigating ballots that don’t exist from a made-up city. other than that, totally checks out.

The administration’s rapid response account is… mad at the Weather Channel. For reporting the weather.

“Scots discovering tailgating” could be a real Prometheus stealing fire moment

Seattle elected a socialist mayor and immediately won the Super Bowl, NYC elected a socialist mayor and immediately win the NBA Finals. if Raman gets elected that means that the Rams win the Super Bowl. i don't make the rules.

A Real President, Not A Poseur.

Despite being a famous Hollywood star if you want to know what sort of person DAVID NIVEN was, the largest wreath at his funeral was from the Porters at Heathrow Airport. It read: “To the finest gentleman who ever walked through these halls. He made a Porter feel like a King.”

Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social, a PhD microbiologist who won the democratic primary for Georgia’s 13th Congressional District, tells C&EN how being a scientist is propelling her toward Congress. #chemsky 🧪

Those amazing moments when Wildlife Photographers get wildlife visitors 😍

In a newly released recording Mike Johnson admits that next year, should Republicans hold their majority, they’ll go after Social Security and Medicare. They “have a plan.” Vote like your life depends on it.

I don't like pro sports. In fact, I actively hate them. And looking at the NBA Finals posts on my friends social media, I can only think like Snake Plissken in Escape from LA. To paraphrase: "If the Knicks win, NYC wins. If the Spurs win, Texas wins". And I can't stand the ego of either place.