"Multiple decommissioned confederate statues have been transformed for an exhibit in Los Angeles, focusing on the horrid nature of racism in US history." open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...

The Aaron Parnas good news only update is good for your soul: "The Seminole Tribe of Florida, America’s oldest ranchers, is marking 500 years of cattle herding—a tradition that began when their ancestors captured livestock from Spanish settlers in the 1500s." open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

😂🤣😂🤣😂

If you don't know much about Milton Friedman, you should read this. It gives you insight into his views, which were instrumental in destroying economies throughout the western world and creating our current disaster. open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...

The moon was looking really cool earlier this evening

OMG—I just got Rush tickets! They're one of the bands I'd always wanted to see, but hadn't. When Neil Peart died, I thought the window had closed on me seeing them, because with another drummer it wouldn't be the same. But Annika Nilles really is good enough to sit in for Peart. I'm excited 😊

(Sun 26.Oct) #waffle1374 5/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 396 🧙 #wafflewizard wafflegame.net The words are a little tricky, but not hard. There are 3 double swaps on the board—2 are counterintuitive, and only 1 is simple.

(Sun 26.Oct) #Polygonle 1183 3/6︎ ◆︎  ◤︎   ◼︎  ◣︎  ◢︎  ◆︎  ⬢︎  ◣︎  ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 www.polygonle.com I had to think about this one MUCH too long...

(Sun 26.Oct) #Wordle 1,590 4/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 94/4 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 93/99 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ 46/40 😄 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/75 Overall 80 skill/45 luck After my default 1st 3 starting words, this was pretty straightforward, lol. Supposedly there were only 5 words left after my 2nd guess, so I should have started thinking then, lol

(Sun 26.Oct) 🙂 Daily #Quordle 1371 4️⃣8️⃣ 5️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Some high stress 50-50s, lol

(Sun 26.Oct) Daily #1351 1️⃣3️⃣⬛1️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣⬛0️⃣4️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣⬛0️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣⬛1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣⬛1️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣⬛0️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣⬛1️⃣9️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣⬛1️⃣1️⃣ sedecordle.com #sedecordle Hmmm, some tricky words, but not too bad, overall

(Sun 26.Oct) #Pips #69 Hard 🔴 4:12 Kept mis-clicking and dropping dominos inadvertently, lol... so the time was slower than it should have been, but not embarrassing like yesterday's, LOL

(Sun 26.Oct) #Strands #602 “Fall-ing” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 I guess it's appropriate, but I don't know how much of this is strictly American...

"[The GOP is gambling] that Democrats who refused to give up their demand for the extension of the premium tax credit to stop dramatic hikes in the cost of healthcare premiums will cave when America falls into a hunger crisis. "What are we doing here, folks? 1/2 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

"Donald Trump held a press gaggle aboard Air Force One that might as well have been a stand-up routine performed at 30,000 feet, except the jokes are unintentional and the punchlines are foreign policy. The only saving grace is that it was only five minutes long." open.substack.com/pub/whatdidd...

"Questions of Trump’s mental acuity have been raised after he falsely claimed that Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco, and Jack Smith rigged the 2020 election and taped lawmakers’ calls — even though none of them held government power at the time..." open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

It's always worth taking the time to peruse Jay Kuo's Just for Skeets and Giggles… 😄 open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

Tiedrich doesn't even have to name the "fucking idiot" and you already know who it is... 🤔🙄 "friday: the further adventures of some fucking idiot "on Friday, some fucking idiot blew up all our trade negotiations with Canada because he got Big Mad at his TV." 1/2 open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...

"A leaked Amazon document revealed executives debated concealing the full scale of their datacenters’ water use, choosing to publicize only “primary” consumption and omit water used for electricity generation to avoid reputational damage." open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

"Illinois Governor JB Pritzker went on Fox “News” to debunk their constant lies about Chicago, while slamming Trump’s invasion of US cities." open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...

"Friday brought several new violations of the Constitution and the norms of democracy—never before experienced in the history of our republic." open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

Everything about Friday night's letter from HCR disgusts me (with one exception, if you read the letter, you'll know what it is). Fuck Trump. Fuck all of those who are enabling him. Fuck everyone who voted for him. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

The East Wing of the White House has now been completely destroyed to pave way for Donald Trump’s $300m planned gilded ballroom, ...contradicting Trump’s earlier promise that the existing building would not be touched. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

(Sat 25.Oct) #waffle1373 5/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 395 🧙 #wafflewizard wafflegame.net The words are tricky. There are no double swaps on the board to start. Most should finish it, but 5s will be uncommon.

(Sat 25.Oct) #Polygonle 1182 3/6︎ ◤︎  ◢︎  ⬢︎  ◣︎  ◣︎  ⬢︎  ◆︎  ◥︎  ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 www.polygonle.com Yikes, lol, this was harder than I was expecing...

(Sat 25.Oct) #Wordle 1,589 3/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 94/52 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 68/51 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/90 Overall 84 skill/64 luck After 2 default starter words, there were only 5 realistic possibilities left, and 4 of them had already been used, so, yeah, lol... 1 out of 20 are missing it...

(Sat 25.Oct) 🙂 Daily #Quordle 1370 7️⃣6️⃣ 8️⃣4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Oh holy crap, this one is hard...

(Sat 25.Oct) Daily #1350 2️⃣1️⃣⬛1️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣⬛0️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣⬛0️⃣5️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣⬛0️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣⬛0️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣⬛1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣⬛1️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣⬛1️⃣0️⃣ sedecordle.com #sedecordle Too many 50-50s... this one is a pain in the butt...

(Sat 25.Oct) #Pips #69 Hard 🔴 19:16 LOL, everything that went right yesterday went wrong today. Too many variables, and every one that I guessed on to see what would work was wrong... 😄

(Sat 25.Oct) #Strands #601 “Quite a transformation!” 💡🔵💡🔵 💡🔵💡🔵 🟡 This was a waste of time to even have looked at, LOL. It's a topic I care nothing about. Never even heard of some of the answers, and don't want to know, lol

"Donald Trump’s Truth Social post about Canada and Ronald Reagan’s supposed love affair with tariffs reads like an exercise in selective memory and unrestrained punctuation." open.substack.com/pub/whatdidd...

These fuckers should stay the fuck away from state elections — they're only trying to intimidate voters and suppress turnout. "The Justice Department will deploy election monitors to six counties in California and New Jersey for upcoming off-year elections..." open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

"For years, voters have complained that Democrats didn’t have the spine to take on the power ravenous GOP. Now golden California and sic semper tyrannis Virginia are proving otherwise..." open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

"our next Democratic president is going to have a lot of cleanup work to do — but one of the many things they must campaign on is a vow to put all this shit back the way it was before Cankles McRottinghand assaulted it... [including the Rose Garden parking lot] 1/2 open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...

"so, ...the guy who lied to us about bone spurs and hush money and his Ukraine phone call and a hurricane and covid and the election and his height and his weight and his golf scores and his magically regenerated ear also lied to us about preserving the East Wing." open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...

"Democrats are speaking out about the flagrant abuses by federal agents, demanding action be taken by local and state authorities." open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...

"Republicans always find money for billionaires, corporate handouts, and themselves. But when it comes to actually investing in the American people, suddenly they say that we’re completely broke." open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...

"Without ever proclaiming it out loud, Mike Johnson has accomplished what open insurrection never could: the methodical, bureaucratic nullification of Congress itself, eliminating its ability to perform oversight over Trump." open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...

"Medicare Advantage is the health care equivalent of the subprime mortgage crisis — except the fine print here is costing Americans’ lives and depleting the Medicare Trust Fund." open.substack.com/pub/healthca...

"In the United States, the MAGA agenda is based on driving economic insecurity for the working class while stoking anti-immigrant rage. Is Canada vulnerable to such manipulations? Absolutely." open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

"[T]he editorial board of the New York Times counsels “moderation,” urging Democratic candidates to move to the “center.” Tell me: Where’s the center between democracy and fascism, and why would anyone want to go there? 1/2 open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

(Fri 24.Oct) #waffle1372 5/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 394 🧙 #wafflewizard wafflegame.net Holy crap, figuring out these words is tough. There are 4 double swaps on the starting board—only one is simple, and it's in the only simple word to find. The other three... good luck, lol.

(Fri 24.Oct) #Polygonle 1181 3/6︎ ⬢︎  ◤︎  ◢︎  ◥︎  ◢︎   ◼︎  ◆︎  ◥︎  ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 www.polygonle.com OK, so this one required some thought... I'll be shocked to see bullseyes 🎯🎯🎯 on this one...

(Fri 24.Oct) #Wordle 1,588 3/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 94/16 ⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ 94/94 😄 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/- "No one in our sample of 213,526 completed Wordles faced this scenario!" 😄 Overall 97 skill/55 luck LOL, my starting words meant no thought was required for this one... 😄

(Fri 24.Oct) 🙂 Daily #Quordle 1369 7️⃣6️⃣ 4️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Multiple lucky guesses to the rescue, lol

(Fri 24.Oct) Daily #1349 1️⃣3️⃣⬛0️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣⬛1️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣⬛1️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣⬛0️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣⬛0️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣⬛0️⃣9️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣⬛1️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣⬛1️⃣9️⃣ sedecordle.com #sedecordle Wow, this one is difficult

(Fri 24.Oct) #Pips #68 Hard 🔴 1:42 Oh holy crap... a series of lucky guesses, starting with what had to go in the 5 of a kind and 3 of a kind, and then everything just lined up... ...oh, and the game numbers still are screwed up... 🙄

(Fri 24.Oct) #Strands #600 “Through the ages” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🟡 Once you realize what they want, it's not too hard. The spangram is just whatever, lol. I saw it after a couple words and just decided to save it for the end for a more aesthetically pleasing result, lol

"The muted and oblique responses of corporate media have failed to rise to the occasion of a president transforming himself into a dictator before our eyes..." 1/2 open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

If you aren't reading this Substack daily, you should be. Bullshit and lunacy are called out, and no punches are pulled. This is a good way to stay informed about what 🍊💩 is doing and saying without having to listen to hours of his bullshit. open.substack.com/pub/whatdidd...