expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm eternally grateful that my alma matter had residential colleges in lieu of fraternities.
& peopledad or call me mark we're all in this together 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇦🇺🇳 #resist
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I'm eternally grateful that my alma matter had residential colleges in lieu of fraternities.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
New development doesn't have to be ugly though.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
What we definitely should continue doing though is pointing out the MSM's wildly different coverage of health issues between Biden and Trump.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social)
Well this is absolutely phenomenal...
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
or more correctly, gun anti-culture
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Class act!
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
What can you expect from a right-wing "thought leader" who posts ridiculous shit like this...
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
His entire ridiculous life is driven by organizing these vain attempts to feel adored.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
TBF seems like an effective way to get rid of large quantities of full diapers.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
You know what annoys the hell out of me? As advanced as dryers have become, with all their sensors and special program settings, just about every goddamn thing I buy says "no machine drying" on the label!
Jen Bendery (@jbendery.bsky.social) reposted
Photo passed along from a federal employee from inside the Dept of Labor building, where a giant Orwellian image of Trump's face is now draped outside. Big Brother is watching.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social)
I can sure identify...
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Scratch that: The air volume would still be shared so this would still likely count as a scissor stair and therefore not provide a 2nd egress as defined by many codes.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
One possibility occurred to me: if each side is a single run floor-to-floor. But there should still be diagonal breaks drawn in the middle of each run to accurately show that.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
If what you say is true, then the plans were drawn incorrectly.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm just guessing, but wouldn't the studios in total bring a higher ROI than combining them into larger units? The main point either way is that much floor area gets lost, which raises the stakes even higher for the investment return.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
👇
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
The GOP has become so accustomed to bootlicking that it's considered normal behavior by them.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
No problem. I could have made it clear.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
I meant my comment as an addendum to the "increase supply" option.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Would only add to that a general policy of equitable distribution of public amenities would improve overall quality of life while limiting the need to move "up" to attain these goods, meaning less upward pressure on prices.
Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) reposted
As a friend recently put it: the venn diagram of people who assured us the gun violence was worth it because we need the guns to protect ourselves against a tyrannical federal government and the people cheering on Trump as he deploys the military to take over American cities is a circle
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
I say we make everyone happy by switching out Hungary for Ukraine as EU member.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social)
It's Sunday so there's a decent chance you have some spare time. Please use it to read this 🧵!
29 U.S.C. § 157 (@organizingpower.bsky.social) reposted
If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
not explicit ➡️ possibly implicit Why is it, of all people, newspaper editors don't understand how words work?
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
To note: all three almost exclusively due to GOP fuckery. But don't forget a key driver: Fox News
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
The warfighters in DC got the trash picked up, now time to mulch.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Had the great pleasure to attend the musical production of Toxic Avenger 9 years ago in London. Though this might be good, I'm a bit disappointed the producers didn't go with the musical version.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
TBF it's probably hard enough to find anyone, let alone Clooney, who has concern for that miscreant's health.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social)
Sure sounds like the real deal, folks...
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Someone who so well understands Star Trek gets my vote.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
A cult of personality. What could go wrong?
Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers.bsky.social) reposted
I wrote what is essentially a blog post (😱) about why Dems keep screwing up their efforts to build out a liberal media ecosystem and what can be done about it: www.elizabethspiers.com/why-dems-kee...
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
What a fucking joke
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Hard to hold a job in this administration when they demand such a high level of craziness and/or incompetence.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
^ murderers is what I really meant
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social)
Not only a right-wing gun nut, but a superfan of other racist murders. A 🧵...
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expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Example of one successful negotiating tactic...
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
I admire the rye humor.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
About a month back...
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social)
Thoughts and pr... - oh wait 😬
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
In this pile of streaming shit can be found at least one shining pearl of truth: "I have no idea."
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
That "expat" in my handle? This is one of the reasons.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Left behind their families and friends to do yard work. What a fucking joke!
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
It's always so amazing how such moronic fuckwits at the same time consider themselves categorically superior to anyone.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, can be fuck you, but usually doesn't happen often because 1) the prosecutors are competent, and 2) not motivated by partisan politics nor vendettas.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
The best option of course: just don't defame people!
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expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
"President of Europe" 😜
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
👇
Joni Askola (@joniaskola.bsky.social) reposted
1/5 It’s time for Europe to stop hesitating. russia’s frozen assets — hundreds of billions — must be seized and handed to Ukraine. Not someday. Now. This is one of the most powerful, cost-free ways to help end the war faster. Why are we still waiting?
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
🚨 MAJOR BREAKING Democrat Catelin Drey FLIPS Iowa SD-1 — a district Trump won by 11.5 points in 2024 — defeating Republican Christopher Prosch in a landslide special election and breaking the GOP supermajority.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Where are all the corporate media headlines demanding his resignation? Where are the all the assumptions that about specialists visiting the White House meaning the president is dying? They did this daily with Biden. Why not now? Are they covering for their cash cow? Are they paid to cover it up?
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Being in dialogue with a pretty large, diverse group of left-wing types, you'd think that I would have encountered someone, at least once, comparing themselves thusly, but indeed, I have not.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
You and your ridiculous both-sides nonsense are one of the millions of reasons our country is rapidly sliding into fascism.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Not a single person who voted in 2019 voted for Trump - there was no presidential election in 2019!
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Ironically when a sharpie would probably be especially helpful.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
It's all meant as a show of absolute power, to show that the administration can't be checked by any norm, law, or judge.
Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg.bsky.social) reposted
Let’s be clear about what is happening: This man is being punished — and disappeared — because he embarrassed our pretender king. They trumped up a criminal case against him because he was embarrassing.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm frankly only waiting for the death certificate.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Wait, wasn't this guy calling himself the peace president?
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
No no no, Jessica, this is completely different. This is NATIONAL socialism, which makes it perfectly consistent with all the GOP now stands for.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social)
No falsehoods detected... ...and so depressing to contemplate how different things would now be if we had chosen correctly last year.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Each state still gets 2 senators - which was the primary intention behind their creation and not the selection method. The founders most importantly recognized their own limited ability to anticipate the future needs of the country and so gave us a way to change the way we are governed.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Russia had signed an agreement guaranteeing the territorial integrity of Ukraine BEFORE they invaded. Why believe them now?
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
"The Senate is supposed to represent the states, not the people." What does that even mean????
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
The German word Mist also doesn't mean a cloud of small water particles. 😉
Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu) reposted
A free, democratic and independent Ukraine. That's what you are fighting for. That's what our efforts are all about. We are with you, for as long as it takes. Because a free Ukraine is a free Europe. Happy Independence Day, Ukraine!
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't know, man, I would hesitate to call something the "strongest endorsement possible" if someone said my work was "impaired by slapdash prose" and full of "interminable, convoluted sentences that teem with digressions and then awkwardly limp toward disorienting conclusions." But that's me!
Greg Olear (@gregolear.bsky.social) reposted
"There’s still time to change course. ICE isn’t gunning down dissidents yet. The MAGA concentration camps are still mostly empty. We haven’t invaded Greenland. World War III has not begun. We can—and must—learn from what didn’t work in Germany & apply that knowledge to the here and now."
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
On a large poster above Hitler's Berlin Sportpalast speech in 1933: "Der Marxismus muß sterben damit die Nation wieder auferstehe" (Marxism must die so that the nation can rise again)
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social)
🔥🔥🔥🔥 JAMES DOBSON, 89, died this week after a long battle with children....
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
No, they never endorse officially, but they largely poo-pooed the dire warnings if elected.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Purely on the basis of its suitability as a platform for open dialogue, X should be avoided since it restricts access to only those with accounts - unlike open platforms like BlueSky and Reddit.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
"Just do what you have to do."
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social)
It would seem Russia has taken a liking again to Alaska.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Osama Bin Laden provided the layup. 9/11 set us on this path toward craziness and self-destruction.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
It's always just "two weeks" away.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social)
Jack White's latest hit: "trump is masquerading as a human being"
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Not at all. He has never been interested in bringing peace to Ukraine - only in getting credit for doing so.
Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves.bsky.social) reposted
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social)
How the craziness spread...
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social)
How is this even real? 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
If he could only manage not getting distracted so easily, Rogan would really get his eyes opened by this...
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
he let her slip through his fingers
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
Wild to see in so few years how much a guy's head can swell up around the same idiotic smirk.
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
There are statues honoring this dude all over the world for a very good reason!
expat catdad (@jmneel.bsky.social) reply parent
AND he's old!