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Right. The parade has happened in Pittsburgh every year for quite a long time. I take Labor Day parades for granted. There are sometimes labor organizing marches in between labor days too. “It’s also…” in addition to what?
The Labor Day parade? It’s happened every year for quite a long time. The labor movement is kind of a big deal in Pittsburgh.
Do you still think that boy children need special attention and a slower pace for learning to give them an advantage and girl children are fine doing without?
I see. The parade. Got it. Good to see Shapiro out there.
Please don’t call me that. It’s not appropriate.
I didn’t think that came from sponge brain poopy pants himself.
Two fine choices. I hope you like it here. Pizza and pierogis, what more could one want?
Bummer. I mean, that’s Lovely, but there’s nothing like a pittsburgh cookie table. Were there little burnt almond tortes at least?
For what? What happened?
Did they have a cookie table at the wedding?
Welcome. Which is the pizza that reaches top 5?
Triple explanation point, even. What is happening over at the house where we let the president live for up to only 8 years?
Ooph. That’s a stinky pile. He wasn’t driving was he?
What’s the rate of mortality for influencers? Does it seem high to everyone else or is that just me detecting something that I’m concerned about? Observation bias. Is there data anywhere? Some make sense, like documenting your journey with a deadly disease. Others seem to be job related.
They don’t say anything about how it “finds fraud” that couldn’t be done before. One should design a system to prevent users entering fraudulent data as much as possible. There’s no small amount of fraud that goes on among insurers, brokers, processors & mtg backed securities traders. I had battles.
Why make that a guessing game? Politico. “Cass Sunstein on What Lefty College Kids Get Wrong, the Dangers of Trump and His Own Regrets In a new book, the longtime legal scholar offers a defense of liberalism from its critics on both the right and the left.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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I don’t either. I do think there would be more complaints. I could be out over my ski’s here. The horror. 😉
Do they not have crappy white bread on the whole land mass? No yeast?
Oops. Just laid into my neighbor about patriarchal abuse and identifying your pronouns. I feel strident on Sundays. Probably not a good time for some people to talk to me. I think I scared him. Oh well.
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You’re fortunate to live somewhere that doesn’t happen. You should try it with sleet. That said, here, the umbrellas are in tact and there doesn’t appear to be wind causing the effect. Umbrellas don’t work in those conditions. Is that TMI? Gee. Why would anyone find it annoying? 🤣 Sorry. 🥴
“That’s what I’ve been dispatched to tell you I believe, but they do whatever the fuck they want. Especially when it comes to children.”
I get it. I like crappy white bread for peanut butter & whatever sandwiches. That’s a dessert. Other bread doesn’t hit the comfort nostalgia mark. I don’t have ANY trouble getting my hands on it. I can have tons delivered right now. Is she trapped on an island or boat? I support DEI in bread.
She could leave the compound and get herself whatever bread she wants. If her cult is all sourdough now, she needs to take that up with whoever decides that kind of thing for the community. It’s not because of us demons out in “The World”. Where is she that they can only get or make sourdough?
You just don’t have enough faith to fully recognize God’s…err…Mr. President’s intercessory blessings.
It’s eugenics. “Sort of a cleanse”. A purification of the land, society and culture. WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. What their pastors have been teaching & preaching. The churches have officially entered politics. It’s a massive influence. Think Epstein is bad? That’s the tip.
That makes it sound like he had a traumatic brain injury or a stroke. He wasn’t sent to a re-education camp either. Whatever the reason for them, he is an adult capable of his own decisions. “Lost & gone” are passive. He knows exactly where he is. He’s no victim. He’s very much present & aware.
What is his position on international students? I think the old man forgot. I suspect he also thinks all of Asia = China and he was talking to S. Korea’s former president. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
Right. I get rot. I think pineapples are on sale this week. Maybe a winter project is in store. My house might be too cold too. Thanks. I’ll check out the video.
I bet he had surgery.
Did you see that law enforcement found an actual underground bunker of child sex traffickers/abusers? They could have been draining the babies. Turns out it was a bunch of creeps in Alabama. It wasn’t Hillary Clinton or Tom Hanks. That’s for sure.
Yeah. I think anything you can do to keep the soil insulated and shaded helps.
I’ll stick any seed in dirt and see if it grows.
I was just going to look up the ones I was thinking about for next year & found this site. Look at the hybrids! My back garden is a little wild. It’s the first year, so it’s experimental. Food, herbs, flowers all get mixed up. www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/annuals/mari...
That has to be really tough. I’m thinking about getting cisterns next year. I live in a generally wet place, but it never hurts to conserve & be prepared. There are a lot of adjustments in the garden with the climate changing.
I came across an old dried marigold that I’d attached to a Halloween decoration yrs ago. I planted the seeds. I think I got what you have. I like them so much more than little dense things that look so contained & constricted to my eye. They work for cut flowers too. Sort of Victorian look.
I’ve often wondered what those plants and flowers could be if they were in the hands of lots of different plant breeders. The seeds could be improved for food. The flowers decorative, various leaf patterns, hardier varieties, amplify different herbal flavors for cooking, tea…
It’s pretty.
I can never get that to work. That’s so cool.
Awe. Buck up, little buddy. You thirsty?
That’s disturbing. I hope I don’t need to say this to anyone seeing this post, but DO NOT DO THIS! Use the better machine, your brain. If you’re not confident in your own brain, use other brains specifically programmed to perform these tasks. If Elon can make his a Nazi overnight…
I’ve been thinking that for a while. Do people call police about witnessing a kidnapping and/or assault? What happens if witnesses do? What happens if every witness does?
Take a look at all their churches and the rampant abuse there. Those pastors are fair game now they’re officially political actors. Stop turning a blind eye. It’s not just Doug Wilson’s CREC. Look at allegations against people in his faith office from first term. He dropped investigation into SBC
That’s not being gay. That’s a sexual abuse offender.
Donald walking away with Jesus on the beach.
Hilarious. The worst/best part, that’s actually a good idea. I bet that would sell. Some praying hands figurines with this at the base. “Art” prints with a Bible passage.
We also decided it was a good idea to keep getting into wars for decades without any exit plan and investment in domestic infrastructure…or domestic anything that’s good for us.
Team Trump is purposefully raising your electricity prices, hoping you’ll be mad at your electric utility and not blame them. The benefit to them is extra dollars for their greedy fossil fuel donors. Here’s how it works.🧵
I think it works here.
How do you feel about lamb? ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2017/04/21/w...
Looks like a page turner.
Closest thing to a prayer vigil you’ll see from this crowd. IHOP BSky. 😇🤣
Perhaps he’ll be in surgery.
Wow. That’s horrible. I can’t think of worse advice. I’m sorry that was done to you.
I’m wondering if these things shouldn’t allow anyone’s image. I don’t want to be someone’s puppet. Creeps me out. Personally, I don’t think AI should have been unleashed on the public. I think there are uses, but that should have remained on leashes, in development. Cool, find useful orphan drugs.
Stand up. Posting once per day on social media about state tax cuts and silent in the face of this anti-American regime won’t protect us. Appeasement does not work.
Nothing about the largest employers in PA losing federal funding? This state depends on education & medicine. Do you believe pocking the state with climate destroying data centers & eliminating medical research is a benefit? What will you say when they come to occupy Philadelphia & pittsburgh?
Awe man! I wanted a whole different kind of “roaring 20s”. Never thought I could be more anti-patriarchal. Interesting what we find when the dominant group no longer controls information.
@aprilajoy.bsky.social listening to this week’s Not Tim and April show. I’m laughing like a loon in my back yard. Have you tried stand up? I think you’d be very good.
Kidneys don’t walk around on their own. Anyone eligible to donate is using them both. Having been on a transplant list, I don’t want one from someone so desperate for survival that they sell theirs. I also couldn’t afford that, like the majority of recipients. There are other solutions. He knows.
And they control the robot overlord. Like the wizard of Oz with his great and terrible wizard face machine.
No. You’re thinking from your grooming, indoctrination, and fear. You’re suggesting taking away people’s freedom and forcing them to go through mandatory indoctrination, like you were. You’re simply transferring everything you’ve been groomed to believe to the opposing side. It’s no better.
Wrong answer. There are other people besides you and your enemy. If you don’t care, you’re not careful.
So, this isn’t your weird habit.
Does the watermark need to be over the face of the victim? I hate that part. It’s like another assault by the artist. Defacing them. Tagging with your identity, disfiguring theirs. Put it on the menacing guy or in between them or something. Not on a victim’s face.
Enough with the militias. Neurodivergent and queer people aren’t any more reasonable or more impervious to coercion & indoctrination than anyone else. That said, the idea of banning guns only in blue states might be the most stupid gun policy idea I’ve heard, especially now. They may be needed.
Your direct personal experience is pretty fucked. Never forget that. Useful deterrent of what? How do you know your weapon did anything besides message dominance & suppress people’s freedom? You don’t know, but you tell yourself this story. It’s a story about authority, dominance & confrontation.
Who is murdering the other 39%?
Speaking of Denmark and Greenland. Everyone is terrible. www.bbc.com/news/article...
This. This is the path taken by a bunch of munchausen* moms. I knew it was all his fault. If 1:25 people in Texas were autistic, it would be a way more colorful and interesting place. * facticious disorder imposed on another to be technical.
#Epstein #EpsteinFiles #GhislaineMaxwell #StarTrek
Now that you put it that way, I’m in!
True master at his craft. 🤣
Grrrrrrr.
That idea has seriously harmed a whole lot of young people raised that way. It feeds religious scrupulosity and fear of eternal torture because it’s impossible to do.
Yeah. We’ve known that since they went up. I think they’re available from several stores. Maybe hobby lobby. It’s funny to look at the oval day 1 vs. after 7 months of housing a demented raccoon. It’s looking very smelly. Like a men’s 4 person dorm room x grandpa can’t take care of himself at home
I think we’re at smite level.
Can they talk about intersex people?
What if people stopped stoking hate, division, misinformation, disinformation and bad ideas about coalition building & voting? Being anti-maga or anti-Trump isn’t going to move the needle for the party that can defeat him & his benefactors. People are already putting out ultimatums about 2028.
The collar would drive me nuts. I LOVE the shoes and socks. The flouncy pantaloons look quite comfortable. I’m partial to a skirt. I watched a program where they reconstructed an outfit like this. It seems comfortable & practical. A bit too much fabric & cuff for day wear, but easy to modify.
There is a difference. It’s not all about money. It’s power & control. You’d be shocked at some of the venom some gay men can spew at women. Literally how women’s bodies are vile & should be hidden from public, during pregnancy & caring for newborns. Belief in rigid patriarchy being human nature.
I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.
Geeze. I’m a kitten compared to you two. Why do people take me so harshly when forget they believe in god or say something that implies it’s irrational? I swear. I can say something exactly as another & people attack or shun me.
Yes. I think it’s a personal matter unless it crosses into abuse & neglect. I very strongly believe in separation of church & state and respecting other’s rights & boundaries. There are people of faith who don’t do that. In secular and civic spaces, it should absolutely be checked at the door.
It is true. Not sure how you can deny it or why you would. Never said or implied it was a majority. Not sure where you got that idea Okay. I haven’t encountered them. They seem to be far lower profile, but that could be because I’m not exposed to lesbian maga. Lesbian maga makes less sense.
I think we need to raise Peter Thiel’s profile in DC. Leave him limping away like Elon.
“Every accusation is a confession” rears its head yet again.
There are a lot of gay men who seriously hate women and believe strongly in patriarchy. They can be quite militant. You don’t see lesbians.
Tell me about your plan. You never told me how not voting protects human and civil rights. Your 5 year plan, which puts us in the beginning of the term for the next president. Geeze. You want me to do (or not do) something, but you can’t tell me why it’s a good decision.
You can look in a different direction. To the people of faith who are standing up to the abuse and corruption along with those who actually believe in and practice boundaries, humility & service. It’s important to remember the internet can limit perspective & reinforce beliefs. It can create a silo
These beliefs changed for me in many ways over time. I know I’m pushing. Saying the words “coercive religion” isn’t indictment. Some are. Some aren’t & everything in between, or no religion. I’m not a fan, for myself. I’m not a joiner. I’m not someone people want to have join and I’m an atheist.
What are you talking about?
Absolutely! I want a 5, 10, 25, 50 year and century plan. We’re already talking about 3.5 years from now & that decides the next 4. Do you think there aren’t consequences? If people stay home or vote for one of several 3rd party candidates, do you expect trans right to be protected? What happens?
I assure you, Riley Gaines doesn’t think of me at all. Do you think you’re going to convince me I’m against human and civil rights for all people? That’s really weird. That quote is super stupid.
You’re unfairly stereotyping and creating a “THEM”. Some people truly believe in Social Justice Jesus and it’s reflected in their acts. If you’re raised in a high demand or coercive religion, it’s easy to believe that all are the same or similar For example, April’s spouse is transgender.
I understand that anger, especially with the rise of Christian nationalism. Belief in a god/gods doesn’t automatically mean high demand, oppressive or coercive religion. For many it’s deeply personal & independent, even inside religious practice. Were you raised in a heavily religious environment?
You’re required to tell why you’re high risk to get the vaccine. I’m not sure what “proof” is required for some of these and several can be temporary. Honestly, this seems like a way to manipulate people into not getting vaccinated. It plays heavily on fears.
This doesn’t make sense. If he wants access to identifiable individual medical information he can get it, like from insurance & care providers. You’re already required to disclose info to the insurance co. We still have HPPA & ACA. Something to consider with federalized healthcare.
Are you familiar with @aprilajoy.bsky.social’s work & faith? She’s an excellent example of a person of faith who doesn’t wield it as a weapon. You might like her There are many people of faith who believe strongly in social justice. I took a long time for me to let go of placeholder god.