Getting word that Uncle Sam isn’t America’s real uncle

The whiter the area the more likely it is to have a Reform problem. Immigration isn’t the problem, otherwise you’d get Reform in more diverse areas - it’s fear of change among older people.

I met an extremely old lady who told me my tomato plants would grow more successfully if I tickled their leaves with a rabbit’s foot. I did give it a go but the rabbit, who I’d barely met at the time, asked me to stop.

Hive mind, help please. Can you recommend more podcasts? I like podcasts like -no such thing as a fish -Podcast of unnecessary details -more or less -The Bugle -Monkey cage -Empire -newsagents -private eye -In our time

I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day

I don’t think unrealized gains should be taxed. However, getting a loan against unrealized gains should count as a realization of those gains. Borrow $10 million against the $1 billion company you founded? Great job! That is $10 million you earned and should be taxed on

So, from this, the Tories‘ position at the material time (I.e. at the time the alleged offences were committed & charged - Tories in Government) declined to assert in evidence that China was an enemy state which was an essential element of the offence. . And that’s why the case folded.

We all agree regex is pronounced like gif, right?

This both simultaneously blows and sucks. As will I, presumably.

A girl who suffered a brain injury while protecting a younger student during the mass shooting at Annunciation said she is “doing ok” and enjoying being back at school.

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

Boost!

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Holeeeeeeee

reposting with alt-text Zero arrests by NYPD is actually astounding to me

The NoKings Protest numbered in the millions across the US. By way of comparison the most generous estimates of the largest Tea Party protest day (April 15th 2009) put it at 320,000 nationwide. The largest gathering that day was maybe 15,000 in Atlanta, Georgia. NYC today had over 100,000.

Sushi birds looking like they're making a Japanese version of "Grease"

roughly a million years ago during the student protests in London, some friends and I set up a Missed Connections Twitter account so people could try and meet up with the hot protesters they'd seen on marches, offering the No Kings people this piece of information for free

Breaking - Postecoglou appointed to be new Prime Minister of France.

After reading the replies I am now both confused and hungry.

Whoa

If you see this, quote post with your favorite Pokémon (wrong answers only).

Welcome to all the new Bluesky users! Remember not to skeet "Jerry Man" three times while looking in the mirror, otherwise he will appear in your mentions.

There are a lot of newcomers to Bluesky today. Welcome.

Hard plastic made from bamboo is as strong and durable as conventional plastics for uses such as household appliances and car interiors, but also recyclable and biodegrades easily in soil.

Oh that's a zinger

Man what a lucky guess.........

Awesome ad. No notes. Got my attention.

I don't know if there's such a thing as a "world cyberwar" but I think we are in one? and the US is determined to lose it. 🧵 Today the admin is mass-firing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation's cybersecurity protection across all levels of government.

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking? Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

Me in the Antifa waiting room: frog, frog, frog Receptionist: (thumping table) Frog! Frog! All the people in the waiting room: (stamping feet) FROG! FROG! FROG!

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

"Sir. A second image meme of this type has just dropped."

Not sure how anyone was supposed to know that the exact thing that they were repeatedly warned would happen was gonna happen

Singing "pink pickled onion" to the tune of Pink Pony Club while making sandwiches for lunch.

An excellent case of cutting-edge technology meeting consumer needs. For example, I frequently stream some money to my mouth so I can eat it.

Me: Dang! another loss! My chips are low, so this time, I'm going to double my bet and put it on a single row of numbers... Observer: Strategic brilliance, here at roulette, he is placing fewer, massive bets! The house won't be able to counter this one! (House wins again) Well, nevertheless

The Jackpot is proceeding as expected, I note.

This is A+ content.

Observed in the wild outside a coffee shop in the Home Counties, England, UK: Person 1: oh sorry Person 2: sorry! I'm late! Person 1: sorry I didn't know what to order for you. Person 2: sorry! I should have messaged you. Person 1: sorry! Person 2: sorry! Canadians eat your hearts out!

holy shit (laudatory?)

DOJ this morning:

queen shit, rest in peace

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE: This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov 37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois. This is assault.

This is an outright lie.