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[snore]
Scientist-recluse of ambiguous background & demographic. Photon whisperer. Fully evidence-based, as my imaginary friends will attest. Still breathing, in a very blue hood in a blue city in a blue US state.
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[snore]
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Tens of millions of goobers in blue states, too, don't forget.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, never deadname your 5-year old cat.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Actually no, to be precise: they shouldn't have to divest them, but they bloody well should have to put them in a blind trust.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Because Trump is stupid. QED.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
I suppose this passes for cleverness.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Wrong. Out of millions of Nazis, the Allies only executed about a dozen.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
He's rich, not an oligarch. Please learn the difference.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
I would like to hire her in 12 years.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
I can relate
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
If she's going to say something like that (and good for her), then why doesn't she simply have the stats at hand to back it up? Bad Journalism. No excuse whatsoever.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Nice, but don't be too impressed. They did it by building LNG ports.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Make it 35 years.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Let Texas secede and wither.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
The problem isn't with social media, but with social comedians.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
"But all red-blooded Americans want you in Hell. On Earth."
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Cute, but Huntsville has always had a much, much larger role in the US space program than Denver has ever had.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
"Too anti-Trump" "Jumbo Shrimp" "Right-wing Intellectual" Things that don't literally exist.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
If all the good baseball pitchers were removed, the world would be a batter place.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Wool does not break down in the human GI tract.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
*Someone* has to make up for Elon's inablility to control his genitals.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course it can. The vision is for NC, not for himself. Pro tip: In countries other than the US, people actually build for the future.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Elon, someone has to make up for your inability to control your genitals.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
You can change your name. JD Vance's real name is actually nothing like JD Vance.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
And why do you pick on white men's names when the US govt also sports Summer Lee, Hope Baldwin, Hope Hicks, Dawn Adams, Faith Evans, April McClain-Delaney, and Grace Lankford?
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, yeah, actually we do.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Wrong. The last thing US tariffs have is continuity. Check any graph for yourself.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Sounds like they're scamming somebody--in the end, not you.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Those who rely on prayers rarely have thoughts.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Already better med credentials than RFKJr's
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
That simply means he's met a lot of crap people.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
..also, he would have deported Rafael Cruz.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, no one ever had to work long hours before. 🤦♀️
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Watch that "we" shit
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Nothing to discuss. Just apply it.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Dumb take. The medical cost was just the first couple of episodes, any other premise would have served. After that, he was just lying to himself about his real motivations--the whole point of the series. Guess you missed that.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
...more TX commercial successes: Valero, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Chili's, ConocoPhillips, Container Store, FedEx Office, Frito-Lay, Gold's Gym, Halliburton, J.C. Penney, Rackspace, Sysco, USAA, Waste Management, Whole Foods, Dave & Buster's, Dr. Pepper, Fossil watches, GameStop, ...
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Just from one red state: Dallas TX: Integrated circuit Dallas TX: Handheld calculator Austin TX: Selective laser sintering (3D printing) Houston TX: gas chromatography Texas artists: Beyonce, Willie Nelson, Usher, Van Cliburn, Tanya Tucker, Selena, Commercial: Dell, Compaq, TI, 7-Eleven, Exxon
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Next: Dr Pepper.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
We even grant voting rights to Republicans. Probably a mistake, but there it is.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
I said a prayer, too. Even God was taken aback at it.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
News flash: The graph's "$100,000+"mostly means $100,000-200,000 / year which is neither "wealthy" nor a market for first-class plane tickets.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
This one's converging pretty fast.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Stroke
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Apparently, that's America.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Besides everything?
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
So she's saying that her kids are smarter than she is.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
So, Wrong: "Lady Gaga fans are gay." Right: "Lady Gaga fans are eventually gay." Got it.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
(1) No. You don't just add monthly percentages. (2) Dollars were hardly worthless during the Weimar republic.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Both brain-dead, so not all that different.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Apparently commented on by the innumerate class: You pay insurance for the years you need insurance. But you pay Medicare for decades in advance before you need it. Very far from the same thing, so percentages are (duh, you say) of course not the same. Grow up, buy a clue.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
"You can't stop what's coming. They ain't all waiting on you. That's vanity."
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
That would be the FDA, not the CDC.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks like the way lawyers staple papers.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Rats. Guess I won't be licking a hammerhead worm anytime soon.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
It does work that way for sub-fractions: millimeters, micrometers, nanometers, etc.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
I gather you've never had Dutch appelgebak. Sad
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, a raw potato is more palatable, but otherwise yeah.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
What? He couldn't get a gig in Weleetka?
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Stop living in the past.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
"Must" means nothing. Sanders is just howling at the moon to pretend he can make a difference.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Bend Sinister (Nabokov) comes pretty close.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
No point in running high-speed trains on tracks shared with freight. Everyone in the world knows this but the US. Which won't stop France from delivering high-speed trains hoping Americans will grow up some day.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Nah, you have to compare cost per unit energy ($/kWh), not total bill which folds in amount of energy used (which can easily change 2X between summer months). When progressives learn something about statistics, they'll make arguments worth listening to. Until then--same crud as the Trumpist dolts.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
LOL...as though private companies and governments never exploited workers.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
I know, terrible, calling Andy Kaufman a comedian.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Since Jan 20, all my days end in "why?"
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
So he's stating directly that Americans have less heart and worse mental health than Europeans. 🤷♀️
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
And he even looks embalmed already.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Never a TOW missile when you need one
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
I hate it when cell phone photos reverse left and right /s
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Same is true of Johnny B Goode
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Back door of a farmer's house
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
You could just rename it "Baja Scotland"
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Except that kids born to conservative families come to hate their parents and their parents' politics.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
You cannot run proper high-speed trains on tracks shared with freight. France knows this. Japan knows this. China knows this. Poor, sad US can't buy a clue.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
And yet the place is full of families of four--or more.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Prayer is malformed self-talk
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Johnson is directly saying that Europeans are better and saner than Americans.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
People actually put that stuff in their bodies??? [shudder]
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Wrong on several counts. 1. Trump would have to live that long. 2. It would hardly be Newsom. Walz maybe. 3. It would still be wrong. As ex- President, he's legally entitled to protection. I would prefer that that protection be in prison as the courts have already ruled it should be, but still.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Meh, I have Jimi Hendrix on vinyl.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
It's just slavery. Everyone should set their mitochondria free right now.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Leave it to Christians from Texas to 69 in public.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Civilization is very far from over. American civilization, yeah probably.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
I'll be Smith, you be Wesson
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
CDC has nothing to do with that.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
I can only wish he had picked a better father.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Sorry to infect you with reality, but: in the US, having a million dollars doesn't make you anything close to rich and powerful. Not even close.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Quit eating jalapenos and you won't get the runs.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
> bluesky doesn't answer
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
More to the point: it never becomes an experienced developer. AI talks a long game, but they're playing the shortest of Ponzi schemes.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Related to pastafarians
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
Nah, just a dumb time to be alive in America.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
He can't blow up the vaccine industry. Just the vaccine industry in the USA. Mere side issue to the world.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
The top 20% are not "rich".
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
They are in debt to whoever owns their bonds. Not difficult. Open a book, maybe.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
They were already in a church school when they were slaughtered. Shows what good praying does.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
He's that stuff in the bag.
Carmina Iguana (@carminaiguana.bsky.social) reply parent
The president is a public servant, whether or not he fancies himself as one.