In the wake of SCOTUS gutting the VRA, if Dems win in '26, and again in '28, Dems need to pass a nat'l non-partisan redistricting law that prevents *any* demographic information from being used in districting. And ensure it's reviewable by courts, but *NOT* for partisan purposes.

I need to start a Christian group, like, Christian Malt Whisky Drinkers Assoc. ...And you have to be named Christian to join.

Star Wars is fine if perhaps less creative than other works, the fans are mostly fine, and Disney is evil because all corporations are evil. But, if I'm choosing between Disney and JKR, Disney gets my money every goddamn time. Harry Potter can fuck right off to the dustbin of history.

my controversial take is that star wars is fine, fans mostly kinda suck, and disney is evil.

I can't quite parse if OnlyFans allows legal, non-harmful firearms content. I want to get a VR camera and do POV VR180 shooting competition content, but IDK if that's a ToS violation. "Prohibited items including weapons [...] used in a manner that threatens or may cause harm to yourself or

95% agree. I don't think we need *gun* reform, per se, but I think we need reform of the social conditions and laws and law enforcement mechanisms that lead to violence in general, and gun violence specifically. Some of those changes are economic, but economics *alone* won't fix it. We have

How long was that war with Iran supposed to last again? Even before the unprovoked attack, Trump had historically low ratings.

Apparently all the looksmaxxers are doing 2,4-dinitrophenol these days. I guess they think it makes them... [Puts on sunglasses] *Hot*. Okay, yeah, that was a pretty esoteric joke, even by my standards.

No, dental is the BonesPlus™ add-on plan. Medicare only covers BonesBasic™.

About $14,000 US. A brand new Toyota Prius AWD runs about $32,000 US after taxes, title, etc. I have a very, very hard time believing that there's any rational reason that this bike costs that much, *even if* you factor in economies of scale. ca.bmc-switzerland.com/collections/...

The trees are starting to lead out, the grass is turning green. Spring is finally starting in northern Maine, and it's almost time to move my seedlings outside. I'm hoping the garden does well this year; it's the first time I've lived anywhere (as an independent adult) with full sun.

First: this is clear indication that Collins is starting to really fear an election loss. Second: there's zero fucking chance that she would have voted the way she did if her vote would have been the deciding vote. It's performative; she's still a Trump stooge. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

The real reason gerontocrat Janet Mills ended her campaign www.kenklippenstein.com/p/voters-tak...

I've done this with all of the cats I've had since Stumpy died. He died alone and scared, in an oxygen tent at an animal hospital. I should have been with him.

I'm surprised that she would be having any monetary issues, given that she was the preferred candidate of the Democratic machine. I wonder what all the people screaming at Platner to drop out are going to do now? Support Collins? apnews.com/article/jane...

Hmmm. Canadian law has changed, potentially allowing people born outside of Canada to be recognised as Canadian citizens. One of my ancestors was Canadian; I'm not sure how recent the ancestry needs to be to claim citizenship. It would open a lot of doors...

Í appreciate the sentiment, but this isn't a long-term solution. Even though labour isn't the largest input for *most* prices, it will raise prices, make American products less competitive, etc. It's going to be hard to fix this while the US is still mostly capitalist. www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/f...

I'm not Australian, and I'm definitely outside of the junior range, but this seems... Pretty fucked, TBH. jacobin.com/2026/04/aust...

Yesterday I re-patterned and completed sewing on the collar for my motorcycle jacket. I've had the jacket for 10 years, and four crashes (none serious); the leather of the collar had rotted out from heavy wear. I just need to put the snaps on. The fit is very good.

It's weird that people on Bluesky so readily admit that the entire administration is wildly inept at everything, *AND YET* the assassination must have been staged because the security was *also* inept, and the response to it was tone-deaf. Plus, clearly no one would hate Trump enough to try.

For people in favour of eliminating constitutional rights, everything 'proves' their belief. People aren't shooting ICE? "Patriots" aren't fighting tyranny, so ban guns! Someone tried to kill the tyrant? This proves that guns are the problem, ban guns!

Thing is, I get it, kind of. I was raised in a 'high demand' (read: cult-like) evangelical Christian religion, and stuck with it for >25 years. I said and did terrible things at the time because I *knew* I was right Then my faith cracked, and eventually broke. I realized I'd done so much harm.

The idea that there wasn't a real assassination attempt is the worst kind of stupidity. Two people died; one person by Thomas Crooks when he missed Trump, and Crooks himself. This is the liberal version of the Sandy Hooks 'crisis actors' conspiracy. Yeah, Crooks was a terrible shot; he blew

Karoline Leavit says that, in the Iran war, all of the cards are in Trump's hands. ...But he's playing Uno.

This must be true of **ALL** rights, not just the rights that people find convenient. Yes, we must have the absolute right to vote, we must have freedom of speech--especially politically unpopular/disfavored speech!--women must have reproductive rights, and 2A rights shouldn't be up for debate.

Fun fact: more presidents have been assassinated than have been impeached. *NO* president has been removed by impeachment, but four (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy, have been removed through assassination. Nixon was never impeached; he resigned first. Make of that what you will.

...Dimmu Borgir has a new album coming out? And they're touring? What fucking year is this? Oh god, am I too old to mosh?

@jerrelxl.bsky.social doesn't get that Mills simply isn't up to the current task. Less than two weeks ago she refused to call what Israel is still doing in Gaza a genocide. Yes, she's a lifelong Dem., **AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM**. She wants politics as usual, and we've already seen that won't work.

I'm not quite there. Like, literally Hitler, except they want to eradicate Palantir, et al.? No. But aside from that, pretty goddamn close. And maybe liquidate all the executives there, too.

I very, very highly doubt it was a hoax, because two people--the shooter, and someone near Trump--were both killed. If it was staged, it certainly wasn't staged with Trump's knowledge, because he can't shut his fucking mouth to save his life. But the narcissism? Yeah, that tracks.

Consulted with an electrician today; a similarly sized house that heats solely with heat pumps used 5MW of power in a December, an avg. of 167kWh/day. They have a 26kW solar array and ended up producing more power in '25 than they used. I'm feeling v. good about my plan for a 20kW array.

When I hear "important agricultural region in SoCal", I immediately think "we're all gonna die because climate change is turning farmlands back into desert".

Win 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC fixes that problem; just uninstall Edge. ...Or any other "feature" you don't like. That version is proof that despite Microsoft's lies, you don't *NEED* Edge, or 3/4 of the other shit--esp. the telemetry shit--that they bundle with a consumer O/S.

Collins *really* doesn't like directly facing the people she's asking to vote for her. The only time she's around constituents is when it's a photo op.

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST, IS SHE TRYING TO FUCK THE WHOLE COUNTRY OVER? She hasn't made changes to any of the policies that people hated, so, what?, she just wants to keep Republicans in power?

The political left--which includes centrist Democrats--needs to be armed, and they need to be armed with militarily useful arms. The point is not to revolt against tyranny, because civil wars are horrific. The point is to be ABLE to.

Got a quote on a 20kW DC grid-tied solar array; about $60k US. Capitalization depends on a lot of things, but the worst case scenario is about 12 years. A *cheap* month is $200; in the five month winter, even mostly using a wood stove, we hit ~$600/mo. And electricity ain't getting cheaper here.

MTG *did* encourage it, yes. And she's not a liberal, and likely never will be, despite her realization that MAGA is complete bullshit. But- People need to be given some amount of grace when they realize that they were wrong, and when they're attempting to change.

"A panel of eminent psychiatrists..." AFAIK, the people that claimed that Trump was a raging psychopath never did an in-person evaluation. They based their claims off media reports, Trump speeches, etc. That is absolutely **NOT** a valid way to make a formal determination.

Thought: a simple way to regulate the "futures" markets would be to treat them like online banks. Make people prove their identity, force them to use their legal name as their public-facing handle. Eliminate all anonymity, make users' history public.

I was just wondering why Janet Mills doesn't seem to be doing any in-person events isn't doing town hall meetings if she's serious about the senate, and, well... 😬 She is *not* connecting with ppl in her own party. m.youtube.com/watch?v=oJUq...

It's incredibly hard getting multiple quotes for construction where I live; there's often only 1, maybe 2 companies that even work out as far as I live. Sometimes no one at all.

People need to disabuse themselves of the notion that more information will change the minds MAGA and Trump-supporting Republicans. It's not a rational choice, it's an emotional-social choice. Until you can affect their social in-group, no additional information will matter.

No one is talking about this because gas is EXPENSIVE. And yeah, sure, it's a tragedy that school girls were killed but how the fuck am I supposed to afford to fill my WankPanzer F750, huh? WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE TRUCK DRIVERS?!?

I managed to nail that upholstery pattern on the first try, after the foam underlayment had been changed by the designer. I guess that education in fashion design is finally working out. :) (The designer, sadly, has no sewing experience; what they want can't be physically done.)

Whoopsie-daisy. www.reuters.com/world/us/ira...

"Teen mental health is profoundly complex and cannot be linked to a single app." Tobacco companies said the same thing about tobacco & cancer. The undeniable truth is that ppl using social media are FAR more likely to develop mental health problems. www.businessinsider.com/social-media...