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"the frontier of the rebellion is everywhere" Indeed.

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This:

This is how he announces his demands. Whatever he extorts from Venezuela 'and that money will be controlled by me, as President' The second, bigger wave is waiting in the wings. So whatcha all gonna do?

How did we skip from rendition to: "Venezuela After Maduro" Maduro can be tried and, lo and behold! the courts decide that the Southern District of New York does not have standing to detain or try a foreign head of state.

So, for those IN the #Epsteinfiles, World War is preferable to their unredacted release. Good to know.

Guess we shouldn’t be surprised when the Department of War starts one.

Just so we all understand If I call myself a journalist And my priors are some takes here and there I might have conveyed an idea but c'mon That does not make me a journalist

“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.” In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.

So many things from taxes to a car payment which will kick up your price or take your home if you're "late" Argh

Since Alanis, I mostly reconsider what is or is not ironic. Taking your new snow tires to be installed on a snowy day would be ironic if?

Cannot wait to see this

The spirit of the 'tiny desk' is that the performer was restrained and so also spotlighted. What is happening with that now? Love love love Bad Bunny That desk is neither tiny nor a desk

had not known this happened until this very moment

Why can any wealthy person bankrupt someone through court costs for taking a stand based on their conscience and their values and their beliefs?

From the Obamas!

...for those who can relate: "I devote this day to being with the absence of this God to whom I meant to give my life."

Has anyone else read "The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" It's been ages, but it had things to offer at the time of me reading

Sadly, deeply, criminally spot on.

Some dude in Pennsylvania just elected himself by writing in his own name. Every vote does in fact count.

Discworld QOTD, from The Last Continent “The wizards were civilized men of considerable education and culture. When faced with being inadvertently marooned on a desert island they understood immediately that the first thing to do was place the blame.”

So they're keeping him busy with ballroom drawings and plaques that his library will sell copies of in the gift shop. Completely on brand.

Did someone hack Rubio?

Absolutely nobody asked for this BUT English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.

Just put a new battery in the camera I bought in high school. The satisfaction of _feeling_ the shutter's light vibration in my hand is a thing I had not realized I'd missed.

Apparently the armageddon acceleration asshats feel it is time to tear the world apart while they think they hold the most cards

How 'bout the government does not get to know. At all.

They must draw us across the uncanny valley which they cannot cross

So everyone in the USofA knows: The 'reason' that medically staying alive for you, your children, and your parents will be so much more expensive this coming year is: D's allowed R's to tag the Affordable Care Act as "Obamacare" And MAGA is pretty much a reaction to the Kenya president.

Uber's CEO just said: Do you think we Should ALLOW Human Beings to drive (emphasis: my own) The People with the Money plan to take your car ( Thank you @karaswisher.bsky.social )

Azimov did not mention that iRobot had been gifted to the Chinese by a delusional liminal Manchurian candidate

This is an Excellent Summary of not only how to explain 'complex' social concepts to kids, but also how to personally not be an ass-hat at any age! 1st of 3 Treat yourself!

Seems what we got ourselves here's a genuine, certified 'conservative white male encouraging same to do violence against all others' type situation, innit?

Who exactly is getting $12 billion? Is the soy farmer at Treasury getting his beak wet?

Preach 🙏🏼

This is the way

Having almost certainly not met or spoken to a Somali, much less a refugee, the racist in chief has feels about what his gut tells him 'everybody knows' and 'many are saying' about people who came to a country which promise(d) prosperity, safety, and freedom for those who work for it. 1/2

Reading up on cardiac MRI as a diagnostic tool for no particular reason. Heart Failure, and/or follow up on disease progression is a possibility, eh? my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diagn...

To all those talking 25th amendment: Please read said amendment. Then look at 47's cabinet. Then thank the Senators who consented to their appointment. Thank them at the polls and in a non-partisan fashion. Advise and consent (or not). That was the job. They failed.

Property tax is property theft.

Is #basssky people who like to play the bass and people who like to fish?

Marge! * walking backwards out the routunda with two fingers up at 'lil Mikey J * -Jan 5th is the first day she could retire with a full federal pension AND - She leaves Johnson a 218(R) to 213(D) House with 3 pending special elections by April (TX, TN, and NJ) Good times friends, Good times.

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Woke to this

Affordable 16 year mortgages. #President2029

I had the pleasure to meet Dr. Goodal in the late '90's while 'fixing' her computer at a university where the good doctor had an office and I did work. She did look at me as if I might be a chimp, which I took as a high compliment. Rest in wonder, and thank you for your insights.

Yes. I mean no. I mean: do not forget. It is not only the workplace; it is all the places where being a predator was ruined by civilizing rules.

"There are about 1000 others"