Some decades ago, I got my circle of friends to refer to moments when we had to shout this particular interjection as "rolling double sixes" (six letters in each component of the word) . This is a worthy specimen of double sixes. Writ with ample cause, and we all know what it is. What a world!

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If this holds up, it is a _major_ milestone; so far, since the voting rights and civil rights acts, half of white people (38% of the population) have supported the more racist major party leader of the US pretty much no matter what they do.

one of my related hot takes is that we should ban news networks from real-time updates of results. they can report results when the votes are counted.

An interesting thing about @debhaalandnm.bsky.social -- as a former Secretary of the Interior, she is probably one of the few candidates for Governor of any state that has managed a workforce as large as that of the state she's running to lead. That, not constantly saying "debate me", is leadership.

RIP my Da, Myron E. Jones Junior, aka Bud, aka Buddy, aka Papa, died 15 years ago today. A slice of his childhood from the 1940s in his own words on This American Life. www.thisamericanlife.org/175/babysitt...

I definitely don't think Marco Rubio is one of the greatest secretaries of state of all time, but I will concede that, when he leaves office, there will be some mighty big shoes to fill.

My bet is that 38/62 approve/ disapprove is the absolute floor for the WH. The best possibility is the 62 percent are all in favor of impeachment and removal.

Cousin Carol Bove has built up a body of installation, sculpture , and visual works. An article about one exhibit thanks to eagle eyed kin @janehammons.bsky.social . Thanks!

@mekka.mekka-tech.com 's 38% principle illustrated in a stark example.

A guy who sat behind me at Albuquerque High School in Civics class and would stab me with a needle on the end of a pencil sometimes ended up machine-gunning a wall of the white house. www.gettyimages.com/detail/video...

Railway Telegraph operator and talk radio host (voice of the uaw). Grandmothers were an attorney and a literal irish washerwoman.

For followers of @mekka.mekka-tech.com : just like you'll always see close to a 38% minimum for approve, you'll see a 62% maximum for disapprove/disagreement. I've seen a bunch of 62%. Going to write them down.

The all kinz city: Albuquerque

Jesse Jackson reading "Green Eggs and Ham" is so wonderful. RIP

Found this track after 30 years of trying to remember where I heard it -- violin sounds like magical CARDBOARD! Tired working too many hours. so I'm going to walk for 3 kilometers with this on repeat strolling like the world is MINE www.youtube.com/watch?v=goNO...

Never thought about this before, but 🚴‍♂️ is the main reason I have an intuitive understanding about how much real racism (consistent bad effects on non-white people caused by white ppl) can exist without open racial animosity by white ppl : ppl who don't _hate_ bikes make biking miserable.

Let's play " who wants to get another discharge petition?"

My second-last substack subscription ends today. I'm BEGGING @hcrichardson.bsky.social , @thebulwark.com , @zeteo.com , and all the other anti-authoritarians on substack to offer an alternative subscription platform (in addition is good enough) because of this problem: karlbode.com/substack-sti...

Very plausible.

I am not a natural anti-Amazon person. Amazon was 3 months old the first time I bought from them, I applied to work with them 4 times, and I spent $3500.00 at Amazon and Whole Foods in 2024. But since 11/5/2024? $100.00, all of it one item (char) at whole foods. Reconsider ANY purchase there.

one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites

"Having a Black woman in a movie about the Greek Gods sending Odysseus on a decade long hell trip fighting endless monsters en route home from the God War is not Historically Accurate" y'all are the truly dumbest motherfuckers ever born on this rock hurtling through the void.

Mostly the whitest answers. FFF - A different life from coal mining. FMFF - Avoiding military conscription in Prussia FMMM - Potato Famine MFF's people - Southern Planters. MFM's people - avoiding conscription in Mexico MMMM - Potato Famine. MMF - Avoiding conscription in the Russian Empire.

"Violence can destroy power; it is utterly incapable of creating it." -- Hannah Arendt

Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it

One pet peeve I have is "mind reading" reporting, especially when it's provably false. President Trump has revealed several times that he knows he lost the 2020 election. He is not obsessed or deluded about this : he is knowingly using the lie to cause more harm. apnews.com/article/trum...

One out of six of respondents who said they voted for Trump are in favor of abolishing ICE altogether. That seems like an underrated development.

Remember folks, if we're talking about élites and government officials, then snitches get... GREAT BIG MICROPHONES!

CNN exit polls had 2024 Trump winning 57% of white people (now 51% disapprove in this poll) and 55% of men voting Trump (now 54% disapprove). NOT a coincidence that first retreat happens the same week white voters and male voters turn on Trump (white AND male voters probably still well over 50%+)

"Classical Liberals". More like John Woke Shill, Them/They-vid Hume, and John Woke Ammirite?

Sliced a half-dime chunk off my thumb last night, avoided the ER by a mm; my only suffering is that I can't button my top button; fairly lucky in context.

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I agree with this 100%. I also think (and hardly think @jamellebouie.net would disagree) that the Trump administration can and will _push_ the election illegally and unfairly, and it's a great idea for us to fight that with the same strength that we would if the elections themselves were in peril.

I just thought everyone should see this

Hockey question : Do you get a 5 minute major penalty for slash fiction?

@maggietokudahall.bsky.social and all other pigeon fans, witness:

It’s ironic that they’re like “if we do ethnic cleansing we’ll have a high trust neighborly society” and then Minneapolis is literally doing high trust neighborly society and they’re like nooooo

To be fair, the regime is probably setting up the the biggest increase of respect for the US since Germany starting in 1949. He just won't be there when it happens, by definition.

There are places where Trump, as president, has broad freedom of action. And there are places where Trump, as president, has been able to act unilaterally because the main point of opposition, Congress (and SCOTUS), support his program. (1/?)

Man - this obituary! This life! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...

I have seen this photo like fifty times in my timeline and it's gorgeous yes but also it's giving me agita because she's like a centimeter from setting her own hair on fire, and I don't mean that in a metaphorical sense

That's why they do campaigns, to make it look like they have a much stronger force. But there are far more decent people. Renee Nicole Good was one of the decent people.

"The last time I saw her, she was flying o'er the ocean...with a long string of goslings...and they all went HONK-HONK." www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ffJ...

Not at all newsworthy, but brought me a lot of happiness. I've been sober (not taking alcohol, my last intoxicant) for 363 days. I had that H3N2 Clade K stuff so I didn't notice the last days, but winter holidays and travel were surprisingly easy. Seems I'll carry on.

@charliekenesson.bsky.social needs these pictures!