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Every state's National Guard will be federalized to occupy every single American city. Of course, to meet manpower needs, every citizen between 18 and 68 will be drafted, and of course the Third Amendment will need to be suspended until this emergency is over.
What's going on at the White House?
We SAID "ope, just gonna sneak past ya". That takes care of 1 and 2, and direct eye contact is for enemies or lovers. Not a fan of rudeness though, and so: sorry that happened to you.
These are great and I salute you (I didn't know the OMaM video but the others all got an immediate nod of recognition.)
It's a little bit Batman: TAS, it's a little bit Wings of Honneamise, it's some of my favorite '90s animation in a blender. youtu.be/aDaOgu2CQtI?...
You don't need a weatherman to know which way this link goes. youtu.be/MGxjIBEZvx0?...
There's another Rocket video they made, but this is the one I meant. youtu.be/Th-AqMvvBzE?...
For your convenience: Sabotage youtu.be/z5rRZdiu1UE?...
I'm gonna think of 16 others as soon as I hit Post. Beastie Boys - Sabotage (dir. Spike Jonze) Smashing Pumpkins - Rocket (Dayton and Ferris) Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues (Pennemaker) Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution (McFarlane and Altieri) Real "didn't have MTV until college" kid.
That would have been five hours of labor back then for a Mox! Before taxes.
That would get you a lot of trilobites... harder to tap the fossils though.
Yesterday in a moment of weakness I stood in a game store and nearly bought a beginner M:TG box. I haven't bought any Magic cards since '94, '95? But the Lure-Basilisk pull is strong.
"You Must Love Me" from Evita
Excellent question.
"Empty Chairs at Empty Oval Offices"
But if it, you know, happens, that would be a big distraction from the Epstein files.
I'm not a doctor! But Trump has surrounded himself with lousy doctors, medical practitioners, secretaries of health and human services...
The Yippies couldn't levitate the Pentagon, but there are a lot of people out there hoping for one big news story this particular weekend. Like that old slogan for the Powerball goes, it could happen. Interesting thread here before it's deleted:
I'm sorry for your loss.
There was a press pool report that loud music that Trump may well enjoy was heard near the ex-Rose Garden. What that PROVES is nothing, what that INDICATES is... well, it's odd. Lots of speculation like "they're easing his passage to the new world", "it's loud to cover the bonesaw" or "it rocks".
Iâm just saying that when it happens Iâm jumping out of bed, running to my window, and tossing a coin to a boy to buy the biggest goose in town
i assume he was quietly transferred to another server
A story in three 2025 headlines
Can't wait for Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill in 2030, assuming that's still on track!
Oh, this is more of a flex, if more local. I was at a Herschel and the Detainees show at the Fine Line. Herschel spotted me in the crowd. Crew started throwing balloons onto the crowd from the balcony and the band sang happy birthday. (It was in fact my birthday.) That was so sweet!
Was pretty close to the stage at a P-Funk All Stars concert. Garry "Diaperman" Shider was telling us to wrap it up so we won't be "sitting nasty", and he flung something into the crowd. It landed near my feet. A wrapped condom! I kept it for years; because of my lack of game I never--what's a flex?
Sitting next to a family at the State Fair waiting for my friend and listening to a little girl, maybe 8, telling her grandma about her friend M who âalmost got shot in church yesterday.â âM is fine. But her friend passed away. Isnât that sad?â
this story from yesterday. oh my god.
elements of the MAGA aesthetic: -pre-fab (tight suits that aren't tailored, those Home Depot decorations on the White House walls) -ceding control to an authority ("Elon Musk thinks this car looks cool") -the idea you can buy taste -impressing in-groups (again, those stupid suits)
Republicans were more upset with a restaurant logo than children being gunned down at school.
Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
Tom Clancy's The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda
Lots of people at the Lynnhurst candlelight vigil for the Annunciation Church... massacre? atrocity? tragedy? tonight.
it feels like such a simple ask.
The shooter literally had the minimalist âLossâ meme on their rifle. You cannot take anything this person said or did at face value. Itâs all so deep soaked in irony and toxic fandom culture that if you arenât actually researching this stuff for a living you really shouldnât be engaging with it.
Two children are dead, 17 are wounded in a mass shooting at Annunciation Church at 509 W. 54th Street in Southwest Minneapolis. The shooter has been identified as a 23 year-old who allegedly had at least one video online showing off guns, ammo, a smoke bomb, and the black shirt he planned to wear.
To quote myself from yesterday, when a bunch of people were shot in front of a different Catholic school by my home. Even if they aren't related (and maybe they are?), Jesus, the guns! The kids! Let's change shit so you can't have semi and or automatic guns unless you're in a well organized militia.
Two days in a row weâve had mass shootings involving people using weapons of war to inflict violence and pain on our community. It doesnât have to be with this way. We donât have to live in a society that allows people to own weapons like this.
There is an active police situation at the Annunciation Church on 509 W. 54th St. There is no active threat to the community at this time. The shooter is contained. Stay away from the area to allow emergency personnel to help victims â W. 54th Street between Lyndale and Nicollet Ave.
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldnât write it
It's an audacious premise - like if Pat Oliphant's penguin from his editorial cartoons was given an epic backstory across history's sweep and characterization to rival Forrest Gump's. The Archers did good movies.
Ugh. My kid's old daycare is based in that Jesuit high school. Those poor people, those poor kids. There's a lot going on in the nation, but can we rail against automatic rifles again for a while?
Boooooooo!
we need a breed of democrats that will unabashedly say the government - empowered by the american people - has done great shit like win ww2, build the internet, and is working on good shit like curing cancer and ending aids -- and anyone opposed can fuck off
I know two personally, and think they've enriched the state and my life with their presence.
Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
This dude was indicted for dozens of felonies in multiple jurisdictions and never once had to post bail
Taught in kindergarten in the '80s, recited every morning. We pretty much had to say it in K-8 Catholic school. In public high school, we could've declined to say it, but possibly face eyerolls and jack-off motions, like those who didn't stand, hand over heart, for the national anthem. '80s to '90s.
Judge Xinis: Your clients are *absolutely forbidden* from removing Mr. Abrego from the continental United States. You understand this? DOJ: Yes.
I just realized this is literally Pokemon Go to the Polls
"Please, Mister Terrific was my father. Call me Tom Terrific."
It's like they think framing it as "local law enforcement" vs. "federal troops" is a clear and winning argument. How about: "Donald Trump is drunk with power, he's a dictator just like he said he would be, he's sending the FBI to attack citizens -- he's a tyrant and we have to stop him!"
"Can you explain this gap in your employment?" "Gap? I was enslaved by a foreign crime organization when my girlfriend sold me to them when I thought we were taking a romantic vacation. I had to prey on regular people by scamming them, or be beaten. More so, I mean." "Ah. Would they hire you again?"
Not that you asked, feel free to ignore: the original Mr. Terrific was one of the ooooold time superheroes from back in the '40s. His biggest thing was that his symbol on his costume said "Fair Play". This new guy has been in newer comics. According to one comic, he lives in Minneapolis. #localangle
I heard that Rick Derringer played the solo for Yankovic's cover, RIP.
Y'all The ICE building in Portland is painting a line in front of their building But they don't even know how to spell government
White Light Riot - Midway Souvenirs. Thanks, Babney!
As Art Brut once mused: "Second hand records are cheaper/ Reissue CDs, extra tracks" I'd lean towards a second hand copy of the CD box set, but that's because I don't have a turntable. Your mileage and priorities may differ.
Minneapolis is my hometown, and my favorite #skyline. This was one of those sunsets that people talk about later. #blueskyartshow #photography #urban
The Maxwell interview is to the Epstein Files what the Barr Memo was to the Mueller investigation.
"This is more of a comment than a question, but remember thou art mortal, and the world will keep spinning even after you die, which will probably be sooner than me. Kind of a bummer, isn't it? I'll wait for your response."
Weâre treating Trump like a Make-A-Wish Kid who wanted to be Hitler with the time he has left
Minneapolis is ready for change.
If someone put a gun to my head and asked me to name my favorite song I would be like, Okay, okay, let's be cool here, let's lower the gun, we're just talking here, easy, easy, you don't need that, man; look at me, look at me, this is crazy, come on, think about this, we can fix this, it's all right
I was reading "Dirty Doc Ames..." around the time Trump was facing his first or second impeachment and kept getting excited reading about the crusading grand jury, and then waiting for the comeuppance due to Ames and his brother and their cronies, and... nothing? He fled the city, but that's it?!
Man, I wish Doc Ames suffered that badly for his crimes.
As of 2025, @naomikritzer.bsky.social has joined an exclusive club of only 21 authors who have earned at least four Hugo Awards in the prose categories (novel, novella, novelette, short story, or series). It's the same number of wins that Heinlein managed.
Back Athas up, here comes Dark Sun!
Since This Is Spinal Tap is slated to be rereleased in September for Criterion, I am crossing a bunch of fingers hoping we'll get a Hard Boiled CC rerelease.
Two things can be true: 1) this administration is causing & will cause incalculable damage & death to vulnerable people, and eventually to everyone except maybe the oligarchs. It is a horror show beyond many of our wildest previous imaginings 2) they are bungling fools and they have already failed
âIâm not writing this as a Democrat or Republican, Iâm writing this as a man watching families like mine wear themselves thin.â đșđž
Do I want to know what a Google "Android XR" platform is? Hopefully it sticks around longer than Yahoo! Screen or Google Video.
$11.41/hr * 40 hrs/ week = $456.40 a week. $456.40 * 52 weeks/year = $23,732.80/year. That's not a lot!
the sandwich crimes unit contemplates the incident www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Wow, Christy! The style of sculpture where the sculptor carves a super realistic veiled head out of marble is one of my favorites. And this is basically the same thing. There should have been a Muse of Sculpture (who also had a degree in mascots) because that muse spoke through you. Great job.
There is a LOT of filming going on and reporting out where feds and ICE are in DC. I know everyone means to be helpful when sharing that information, so I encourage everyone to get up to speed on the SALUTE method, which allows us to share info that is precise and doesnât sow more fear.
you got a fast car I got a plan to pay off my loans step off the curb in front of you wonder how much I'll get for 6 broken bones
Now! That's what I call Microsoft 25
Too bad this isn't on 60 Minutes Classic.
Will this make any difference in the quality of the Marvel movies made? Itâs funny to think of a genre so tied to American culture is now made in England. Maybe this is what it felt like when Westerns started being filmed in Spain by Italian directors.
So far, this works for me in desktop Firefox and mobile Chrome. Now just waiting for the sinister secret instructions to come through.
Formerly "Made. In Georgia."
A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasnât much reporting on it. But Iâm not finished thinking about it! 𧔠An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 âblast-proofâ windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
I assume this refers to the State Fairgrounds, but we have a lot of fairs, so...?
Uh, anyone know what happened at the fairgrounds? I got an Amber-like alert telling me that while there was an extreme emergency, everything is cool now according to the police, who are done doing whatever they did. "Absolutely nothing happened today in sector 83 by 9 by 12", am I right?
This year's Hugo Awards finally include a poetry category. I'm so glad. Here's a random speculative poem found at Worldcon this year.
There's this -- all the stuff HE is doing, and then there's the Revolution of 2025 that is blundering along just as Project 2025 laid out. We're getting dumber, poorer, weaker, sicker. Less safe, less free, less honest, less true to our ideals. Can we get a counter-revolution brewing?
Look, the water was cold.
Wait, so the scammer is using the username "You paid [money] for cryptocurrency"?
"Sure you brought enough guys?"
1989 has been streeeetching out for the last few years, ever since we got a Batman reboot followed by an Indiana Jones sequel followed by a Ghostbusters sequel.
Not a bad list. One very sincere movie often forgotten from these lists of films that might've saved us from nuclear apocalypse is Amazing Grace and Chuck. A kid self-radicalizes and, through silent protest and the help of a Dr. J-like hoops star, drags two nations to disarmament talks.
OK #Minnesota, lets do this!
a Papers, Please clone except you're in Candlekeep taking in books from visitors and figuring how to classify them. If it wasn't Forgotten Realms, but Eberron, it would be a newspaper publishing sim. If it was Dark Sun, it would be a Mad Max: Fury Road caravan chase management game.
Sounds like that person has a target on their back.
I don't care what the loony left says, I agree with Trump that crime in DC is WAY up in the last few months - the damage unimaginable! đ Bribery and emoluments đ Abductions đ Illegal tariffs levied đ Illegal blocking of Congressionally mandated funds đ Illegal deployment of National Guard etc. etc!
A Democratic Party with any spirit would stage a press conference every single day to present Donald Trump with one sarcastic award after another. The Dennis Hastert Award for Enabling Pedophilia The Richard Nixon Memorial Trophy for Lawlessness The Blue Ribbon for Setting a Record Federal Deficit
I thought it was a silly name and that there was no point trying to compete with Google Video. I wonder how long it would have lasted if Lazy Sunday hadn't come along. Maybe it would have still become the juggernaut it is today, just taking slightly longer to get there.