Poking into a story online "Disney and Hulu cancellation numbers are out" and the cancellations are reported as a percentage unsupported by an N, and the caveat additional subs are quoted in real number estimates without percentages. Nice. No way to make ANY comparison without data not in story.

Sports Bawling.

I have left Substack. It is a scary move financially, and I urge you to consider signing up now for my newsletters. The Ghost Era is off to a good start. Check out some of these pieces from the last week. There's this morning's newsletter, for example... www.drewmcweeny.com/how-to-prepa...

Ad on TV: "Do not use (random drug name) if you are allergic to (random drug name)." Great! Can you remind me WHERE I WOULD LOOK THIS UP? I have never heard of your Menoxoquibbulustanocrap before in my life, HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO DIVINE THIS INFORMATION?

"To a supremacist society, most of us are acceptable losses. Charlie Kirk is not. To a supremacist society, guns are allowed to kill most of us, and the pundits can debate later how sad our deaths were. But guns were not supposed to kill Charlie Kirk." www.the-reframe.com/acceptable-l...

Nixon's "Saturday Night Massacre" was 52 years ago today. It was a shocking breach of DOJ norms, and a major turning point for public opinion on Watergate. Trump already had one of these (on a Thursday) in February, and has had at least four more since then

The "sit down wave" meme again circulated on Bluesky prior to the October 18th round of No Kings protests. This time around, the unwise and unsafe advice to sit down during violence at protests was largely drowned out by leftist and liberal accounts debunking the bad advice in question.

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

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This is devastating. RIP @igd.bsky.social.

Port Angeles to Port Townsend to Seattle P8 slurps up your metadata Warflying

What happens when you sit down at a protest? This. You become an EASY TARGET for police violence. The line of cops with batons and shields, horses, and vehicles will mow right over you while you're scrambling to get to your feet. They will beat you and break your bones. You will be trampled.

Geno Suarez hits a Grand Slam to put the Mariners up 6-2 and seal Game 5 of the ALCS! "The City is Shaking!" #SeizeTheMoment

There seems to be a concerted, coordinated effort from the White House and various governmental agencies to join Bluesky en masse prior to the "No Kings" protest and flood the zone. A reminder that the Trump admin is monitoring social media platforms to find excuses to revoke visas:

white house has joined bluesky click here to block all official us government accounts instantly bsky.app/profile/did:...

Speaker Johnson spoke for several minutes about the Weekend's expected rallies, and it turns out he said something I fully agree with. "It's a Binary Choice, now." Yep. He actually claimed he was the Party of Limited Government with a straight face. Maximizing your Liberty.

From the Past is Prologue collection 2014 USMS > DHS FPS > Pierce County RIG5 RE Protests

If a paycheck can wet your pen, how much less expensive would it be to still it again?

I am never ever fucking EVER getting over these fuckers just driving around snatching our neighbors off the street.

"We gladly devour those who would subdue us"

Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."

There's like music and stuff too

I explained why this looks like a violation of campaign finance law: “They are getting information from and about the campaign that is not available to the general public—that's inside information that they're then using to electioneer on Bruce’s behalf,” Fincher says.

Honestly, I was mystified that they have not revealed their new Axlotl Tanks at the recent press conference, I was told the branding was nearly complete on that.

"I was deployed but I'm not deployed anymore. Generals don't like the vehicle."

The trial of Sydney Reid, who was initially charged w/felony assault for videotaping ICE, then charged w/misdemeanor, and whose case has been beset by all sorts of discovery problems since, has finished. Judge Sooknanan threw out allegation involving one of two "victims" (on same assault charge).

It’s funny to see Olivia Reingold complain about her ex-friend who comes from “media royalty” when she herself is media royalty. Dad was NBC Asia top brass and then bought six local CBS stations. She’s a Columbia legacy, and Michael Barbaro interviewed her for a WaPo puff piece when she was 10.

I dunno, Bari Weiss deciding to finally find out what reporting is all about is kinda refreshing, I wonder what she will learn about it? Will she write a report?

My Paternal Grandfather changed his surname to the English spelling during this, or his Father. My Dad told it both ways. It happened during WW1 and because he worked for the RR at the time as a Bull.

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I found the free speech* *Limited hours, subject to change. Again.

“We need everyone to get involved in the fight, and we need everyone to have a vested interest in continuing to resist.” 🚨 new from me 🚨 ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can. How Local Organizing, Community Defense and Security Culture Protect Us in Ways Technology Never Could

The thing everyone who does math knows, is that no matter how many times you multiply Zero, the tiny boat in the Caribbean Sea was never going to reach the United States because it was not moving at all.

ARE THESE DUMB MOTHERFUCKERS REALLY DOING PIT MANEUVERS ON CROWDED CITY STREETS?????????

When the POTUS names a news agency as Lyingpress it should be a practice among the remaining news agencies to take note, and to dump every advertiser who wants airtime and places ads with his State Media agencies. Can't use our airwaves if you do the State Media route. Can't send your Cabinet.

BREAKING: Amazon has fired Palestinian tech worker Ahmed Shahrour, five weeks after he was suspended for speaking out about the company’s ties to Israel.

PANEL: 51.2 Fuser Error

1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto. ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE

Some helpful history notes from the last few decades: Vietnam (the war) did not end because of marches in DC, it ended because of a march on Saigon. The US did not win World War Two, the Soviets won World War Two with Allied help which included the US. Racism was never solved in the US.

Crusaders doing that thing

Let's not forget! As annoying as it might be for the Veep to gaslight and attempt bald faced lies - He's there because the Orange cannot speak coherently.

You apparently are.

If you see this, quote with a game that released the year you were born.

That moment you realize the recent news was not about FIREWORKS like the one in California Oh no And they're a Woman Owned Small Business Probably working contracts for Gaza or Ukraine who knows what else

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.