Three things about the Witkoff tapes: 1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia. 2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea. 3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.

It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.

Ever get insanely, irrationally mad at some historical figure who's been dead for centuries? Or is it just me?

I would wipe Rise of Skywalker from continuity and make tony gilroy write the new end to the sequel trilogy. It can be as bleak as he wants it to be bsky.app/profile/benj...

Oh, hey. A former UR classmate may be looking for work pretty soon. But is Donald Trump going to kick Kash Patel in the face above a volcano the way Admiral Kirk did to Kruge while shouting, "I have had enough of you?" The headline certainly suggests it. www.ms.now/news/trump-k...

Pennsylvania food sales taxes confuse me. Coffee creamer and potato salad, no tax. Cranberry juice, tax.

Ah, good. I have JELL-O options.

If Trump isn’t the most OPENLY corrupt president in US history, who is? He makes Harding’s *personal* corruption look quaint.

Awww, shucks. Got turned down for a job with Liberty University.

I hope Khan doesn't hear about this

Ah yes. Current governments expect us to: - Save for our retirement - Help our parents in their retirement - Have kids - Spend a lot to stimulate (local) economy - Purchase our own house - Bail out failed banks and tech companies Bonus points for doing your own healthcare insurance negotiations.

Does anyone in Baltimore need (or could use) a 20 lb turkey? Because reasons, we have acquired one, and while we can come up with uses for it, it's A Problem for my allergy issues and if someone needs it more, Sarah is happy to deliver anywhere in Baltimore

They're building a Taco Bell in Red Lion. I've never lived in walking distance of a Taco Bell before. (It's a little less than a mile.)

Last week I heard a cover of Cohen's "Hallelujah" on a 24/7 Christmas music radio station and my brain went "WTF?!?" so hard it registered on the Richter Scale.

This is Cole. He is a deaf service dog at Dr. William Mennies Elementary School. He just turned 9, and all of his students learned sign language to sing him happy birthday at a massive party. 14/10 for all (IG: colethedeafdog)

You’ll never guess what this post is about.

Trump's domestic Gestapo raided a job site, then handcuffed a US citizen born in Raleigh NC -- even after being shown the guy's REAL ID, which is only available to US citizens and LPRs CBP+ICE will ignore your identifying documents when it suits their racism www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...

LinkedIn: You should apply for this job! Me: Wow, this job would be great! It fits my skills, it pays well, and it's with a relief charity that does good work! Job:

Two books I recommend that go into how the Wilson administration squashed leftist movements and dissenters in the run up to and during World War I: Adam Hochschild's AMERICAN MIDNIGHT G.J. Meyer's THE WORLD REMADE That's a piece of American history not taught.

Sometimes I think about how for much of history everyone was medicated on booze, nicotine, cocaine, hasish, opiates, amphetamines, etc., and now we're all expected to just be out here raw-dogging life

This sounds like the opening of a Philip K. Dick story. After his colonoscopy Albert becomes increasingly convinced that he remains in the anesthetized world, and he must let medical professionals know that he's trapped there because only he knows that crab aliens from Synrid VI are invading Earth!

True.

Another commission of Philly's Gritty, in the snow, Frank Miller style. Sorta. Gritty City Sin Gritty That Orange Bastard. Your call.

To quote the late Cardinal G.C. Glick, "Catholicism Wow!"

"I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow!"

US Congress voted 285–98 to condemn "socialism." 88 Democrats joined Republicans, including Hakeem Jeffries. What they mean by socialism is your access to healthcare, housing, safety regulations, and anything that benefits you instead of the oligarchy. There has been no vote to condemn fascism. #3E

This is correct. The 80s didn’t end until Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Are the lampreys okay? They don't deserve this.

I was thinking this morning about people I knew at EB Games 20-25 years ago. Employees, customers, even people I interviewed. In my memories, they are all frozen in time as they were then, even though all are older now (and a few have died). I prefer the memory.

"The music has stopped. Inside the ballroom, the elites are still applauding their own performance, mistaking the echo for a standing ovation. The rest of us are already out on the sidewalk, listening to the building groan, tallying the damage." marygeddry.com/p/welcome-to...

I was trying to figure out what my Congressman, Lloyd Smucker (R-Toady), was yammering about on Facebook this morning. This is the context I was missing.

"What happens when an industry spends 15 years telling talented young journalists that personal brand is currency." It's not an "industry" saying that. It's professional society. It's why LinkedIn is a cesspool of relentless selling and gamification of "personal brands." I hate it.

Yes, all the time, and how they’re constantly expanding the boundaries of who is disposable.

The Russo-American ”peace plan for Ukraine” is a plan for Ukraine’s destruction. It must be resisted at all costs.

my mom used to say immigration laws were dumb because god didnt make any borders between the countries, humans did that. i didnt necessarily agree w her but she wasnt wrong.

I love Matt Smith, and learning he's a hardcore Oasis fan makes me love him even more www.nme.com/features/tv-...

York's B&N opened in July, and the location is, imho, poor. Even though it's five miles from me, I'm more likely to go 25 to go to Lancaster's. Point is, it's nice that there's a B&N in York, but it's not part of the fabric yet.

Good. Dems not backing down in the slightest in the face of Trump's call for their execution. Keep this up, Dems. Treat Trump like *he's* the violent criminal and the real threat to our Constitution order. Because he is.

In 2028 I will vote for whoever will send Stephen Miller to The Hague.

Obviously Trump hasn’t helped himself with the tariffs but fundamentally people want the price level to come down and the only clear way for a president to do that is engineer a recession (which he may very well do!)

Nobody's ever got anywhere near the deep importance of the relationship between Paul & George in The Beatles. They were the first Beatles to meet – *they* essentially created the spark for the band on the bus together. And I don't think G ever quite forgave P for then fawning over big boy John.

Milk jug: "Sell by Nov 13." Smell test? Passed. Shake text? Not chunky. Taste test? A hair sour, but within acceptable limits. I'll go to the store today and buy more.

media coverage of this is already as pathetic as you might expect, usually failing to mention: the FCC has no authority over the UK's BBC the scandal was created by right wing media the year-old BBC edits fall outside limits of UK defamation law PBC, NPR never aired the documentary

I think there's a decent chance that the Pope visits Chicago during this presidency and while there asks to see Broadview and I wonder how that plays out.

Ah, this may explain the inexplicable traffic jam on 83 this afternoon

We’ll never forget Jamal Khashoggi, and we advise those who care about free speech and a free press to do the same.

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

I know it's unlikely, but if Tim Curry came out if retirement, even for a voice-over, Muppet Clue(do) would be worth it

"No bucks, no Buck Rogers."

Things happen. Like Charles I meeting an executioner's axe. Like Louis XVI having a rendezvous with Madame Guillotine. Things happen.