100% this. Congress desperately needs to claw back its power and place as the most powerful of the three branches. This would be a good start.

This one got to me. Good on this guy for finding a way to teach his kid some math.

I think often about how the "Blue Lives Matter" crowd are rabidly pro-gun. It is one of the contradictions of our political alignments that the people who claim to care about cops being shot advocate a world where criminals have easy access to firearms.

I know like two people will see this, but I invite you to see if you can build on this chain.

The top is after Trump’s DOJ redactions below is without, I can almost figure out who they are protecting

"when skillfully used" And there it is. The AI pumper's escape hatch. AI cannot fail. It can only be failed. If someone tries to use it and gets garbage results it must be because they were promoting it wrong.

So, about the "warrior dividend". What's the plan? Renege and blame congressional Democrats? Pay out of diverted funds? Bully Congress into setting aside funds? Fund with money creation? I can't see any goal that isn't an attack on congressional power in one way or another.

The bar is so low that I am just relived that the idiot didn't unilaterally declare that we were at war with Venezuela, despite lacking any authority to do so.

When DJT dies I will respond with more grace and dignity than he did to the passing of Rob Reiner. Understand, this isn't a choice to take the moral high ground. I just don't have the capacity for that level of ghoulishness.

So, I am about 90% sure this trophy was sculpted by an artist who knew that it was going to a truly awful person for truly awful reasons and decided to see how bleak of an image they could get away with. My complements to the artist.

Prisons need to be places that build people up better. This requires money that neither side of the political divide is keen to commit to the process, but it would be worth it in the long run.

I just looked through my schedule to see how long it has been since I had a day when I didn't have a work appointment. August 16th so that I can make a modest living as an educator. Then the senate Democrats fold like a wet napkin the on the first weekend they needed to work since February.

I am going to try posting a short math thread weekly. I have never done this before, so I don't know what theme it's going to have. But here goes the first. Most people know that the sum of the digits of a multiple of 9 is also a multiple of 9. Example:74331 7+4+3+3+1=18 1+8=9 1/

I am glad my local school board is pushing back on this nonsense www.kjrh.com/news/local-n...

Oklahoma superintendent of schools uses his office to push his religion in schools. youtu.be/wVBYmrppOnM?...

Reskeet with a favorite book from your childhood.

Hello new social media app. I just migrated from the Bad Place. Are things better over here?