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Yes, the stock market does oddball things (bc people) and the S&P components do what they do. To gain some perspective, look at the historical components & changes. The S&P is not in stone; it is curated by the powers-that-be to be attractive to new listings, and be an “important” index, etc.
“The DOE report is basically arguing climate change is no big deal, therefore we shouldn't act. Always it's about trying to delay action and maintain the status quo."
Andrea C. Love, PhD - #cdnpoli mRNA vaccines are safe, have been in development for decades, & have far broader applications than older vaccine technologies. New vaccine technologies evolve when scientists have tools & knowledge to make something more elegant or complex that wasn’t possible before.
30 seconds of driving an old sports car along a reservoir in rural CT. Asmr worthy? Who knows. It does kind of purr. (Testing video uploading)
Normally they've booked 40% of their fall soybean sales to China at this point. This year, they are at 0% booked, and no, that's not a typo. www.farmprogress.com/soybean/us-s...
A peerless can design. 15/10 #fuzzybabyducks
Foremost delusional psychopath is more like it.
SARAH PALIN: "There are going to be death panels!" RFK JR: "Technically, it's just me."
Its hard to shoot people without them.
Potted plants are smarter. The “perimeter” as such is indefensible. Busses with windows. Outdoor bus load/unload in the open. Classrooms with windows. Outdoor sporting events. On & on…
Give us a break. The only action you guys have taken is to weaken gun laws, allowing scores of criminals to get guns; shut down funding for anti-violence programs in our cities; close the Office of Gun Violence Prevention. You've taken action - and it's gotten people killed.
62 years ago, Dr. King led the March on Washington with giants like John Lewis, Mahalia Jackson, A. Philip Randolph, and so many others. If you’ve ever wondered what you’d be doing during the Civil Rights Movement, this is your test. (1/2)
Will you play ball with me? #dogsofbluesky #rescuedogs
these knuckleheads always come in with vibes instead of facts. Parents with children are *subsidized* by the taxes of childless taxpayers in the district. None of them pay their actual share. And they think they are paying twice? Lol...
CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else. #USAnotRFK Lets gooooo
Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
one of the worst days (12/14) comes to mind. My kids were in lockdown at their school nearby. When they got home they asked if they were safe, and I had to lie to them. Because none of us are ever really safe. My SIL was at the navy yard. My wife's cousin was killed in the LOD. It's everywhere.
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I think they meant, “AI drivel”
She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse. ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
my old boss lived next door to Wayne LaPierre on a tony cul-de-sac in NoVA. There was 24x7x365 armed federal protection for the residents there (who included former FBI chiefs etc). So for all the "gub’ment tyranny!” yelping, at the end of the day, he was 100% on board with it.
Vaccines do not cause autism.
Actually that's what happened. Cars sucked. Steering sucked. Brakes were a joke. Gas tanks might be under your seat or in the dash. There were no brake lights or turn signals. Seatbelts were finally required in '68. Insurers fought adding ABS. Every warning sticker is written in blood. We love $.
NEW: Yesterday, I posted that I was unable to get the COVID vaccine at my VA clinic, and many of you assured me that the new one would be available soon and that I was overreacting. I was not overreacting. I am no longer eligible for the vaccine. apnews.com/article/vacc...
Good morning :)
He’s just so clueless. Take routing, the thing that makes the internet work - came out of Stamford U. Cisco’s founders paid a tiny fee and went off to make billions.
“I will not interfere with access to vaccines.” 💣 Fires entire ACIP panel and appoints nutters 💣 Works to disband USPSTF 💣 Removes kids from COVID guidelines 💣 Threatens pediatricians who vaccinate children according to AAP guidelines It’s time for him to go. FIRE RFK JR #firerfkjr #savehhs
Is there anything better than rolling around in the grass with your favorite squeaky tennis ball? #dogsofbluesky
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Does anyone else feel like having captain bankruptcy do the economy thing, is like, idk, a bad idea?
Some people love video games, some people watch sports. I fix up old sports cars and then see how i did, as in, “did i remembered to torque those bolts?”. (I did ok)
The idea that im supposed to trust a corp with both my data and my freedom is a non-starter. When i could finally buy whatever i wanted, i bought a classic (‘88). No depr, no software bs. I want auto subscriptions like i want cancer. I buy your thing and you leave me alone. Capiche?
Mrs is on our regional BOE and has had to politely sit through pub comments from redhats claiming that “critical thinking is indoctrination!” if you can believe that… Not only can’t they do it, but they don’t even understand what it is.
A “news of the weird” day for sure.
Mike Collins is an idiot. There are 55M people in the world with US Visas. They’re not all here at once. There are about 185 types of visas and in FY2019 there were 3.2M people here on temporary visas.
Private equity looted 3 Connecticut hospitals. Services cut, nurses buying their own supplies etc. They will do it to your hospital if we don't stop this trend right now. 1/ Today I'm releasing a report on the truth about private equity in health care. tinyurl.com/adangerousprospect
going to a happy place (in my mind)
the lack of a developed prefrontal cortex seems to be a valuable trait in this administration.
Or Michael Bolton…
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Doors and dashboards are the two things I really try to avoid. (This is a door) Here the interior door handle didn’t work right. No idea how this rod got bent, but I bent it back so that It works now - until I can replace it. …Bc it’s going to bug me until then.
His social media team should be awarded the congressional medal of freedom for this campaign. (And probably more)
I had to look that up, thanks! I don’t really know the history.
Friends in spb told me that the easiest way into Russia was the ferry from Helsinki. Im not sure some Americans understand just how close they are.
“While crypto’s huge computational costs undermine any legitimate use case, the benefits of anonymity and the lack of a centralized authority are well worth the inefficiencies in one particular context: if you want to transfer money to commit crimes.” econjared.substack.com/p/crytpo-the...
A short discussion of how mafia state actors are leveraging social media and meme/crypto assets to undermine global democracy, from recent testimony in European Parliament. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3QK...
Trump Confesses that the United States Is a Client of Russia www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/18/t...
Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Putin found out the hard way.
So Johnson’s concern is not that trump is breaking the law but that he might experience some consequences for having done that?
The economy sucks because Trump is badly mismanaging it. But soon his propaganda operation will erase the truth about our economy and replace it with lies. It's hard to underscore how dangerous this moment is - when truth disappears. Stop pretending it's normal.
We cant go surfin’ cause it’s 20 below..
You had to wait by the radio hoping it would come on again and that the dj would mention the band, title or album.
I know a margarita and pulled-pork nachos can’t fix the world, but they also can’t hurt.
I have a feature-length piece out today that deals with hominin hybrids, "ghost populations," and the new(ish) notion of how our evolution isn't a tree but a braided stream. 🏺🧪
It’s astounding!
Truly amateur hour stuff.
Last month, we reported that the IRS was preparing a system that would share millions of taxpayers' data with ICE. Now we can confirm data was officially transferred ⤵️
ICYMI, the eye-popper in today's PPI: a 39% rise in wholesale fresh vegetable prices. It's the largest month-on-month increase ever recorded in the summer (data to 1947), and one of the ten largest ever, regardless of season. With the estimable @alexjamesfitz.com www.axios.com/2025/08/14/i...
When you get too close to the truth they send the sandwich people after you.
I blame the Romans.
Nothing like a lot of uncertainty to throw a wrench in the works.
very creative and ngl, kinda scary. #gotEgressFiltering?
More great reasons not to post personal photos online. Thank you @bellingcat.com for your important work!
Homelessness gets blamed for many things it seems, but who are these folks and what are some of the various reasons they’re in this situation? Many are single moms or women escaping abusive relationships. (eg: Not car jackers)
“I don’t buckle up (bc I am not confident that I can push a button)”. Because racism. Got it.
The thing about the courts hack is really just poor hygiene, due to lack of funding, legacy systems, etc. RU hackers aren’t especially smart, but attackers have all day, every day to look for a weak spot. A modern polp/zero trust infra with proper monitoring would not allow this kind of thing.
Just 33 more and he can be president
So what is that, assault with intent to stain?
That boy looks like a cross between a donkey and a potato… no wonder he’s always mad.
Rooms full of people talking to computers was already a bad idea in 1997.
So good. The Mayor of London puts his finger on it. Ditto Mew York and D.C. READ the entire essay. It’s that good.
They’re not saying it because msm has refused to report on the truth about racism & white supremacy in this country in any sustained manner. They will say “Democratic cities” over and over. But what of Portland, Seattle, Nashville, Jacksonville, Miami?
"The notion that FBI and National Guard are required to round up fourteen-year-olds is preposterous, but Trump is playing on a well-worn racial stereotype just as he did in his infamous Central Park 5 screed: he is summoning the public to be afraid of young black and brown men."
Buried in the regime's political takeover letter of the Smithsonian is the worst bit. Unlike exhibits, which are non-destructive towards primary materials, temporary in nature, and reversible, the foundational collections are irreplacable. They want to be able to throw stuff out.
“The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.” —Dante Alighieri, Inferno (Canto 3)
If “A Guy named Big Balls got beat up by a couple of unarmed teenagers” ends up being our Reichstag Fire, I’m going to be very angry.
This is like the star trek episode where the fuhrer is found drugged in a wheelchair...
From 2020 to 2022 COVID vaccines prevented over 18.5 million hospitalizations, 3.2 million deaths and saved the US $1.15 trillion. mRNA vaccines and treatments are being developed for diabetes, HIV, cancer, and more. Imagine how many more lives we could save if we don't defund science.
“The president believes climate change is a hoax,” reports a former White House staffer who wishes to remain anonymous. “But he also knows the data say otherwise. His solution? Destroy the instruments that deliver the data.” kaizen-blog.org/en/das-ende-...
Incredible that its only 14% though.
Weather events are getting more severe and frequent. Watch what the people who can’t live on conspiracies do…
Sounds very scammy. Like they expect you to call and give them your ssn or cc numbers.
“I didn’t expect to face the same risks in Atlanta as in South Sudan.” *We repeat: Friday’s CDC shooting wasn’t random. It’s the product of years of attacks on public health by Trump and our own boss, RFK Jr.* Thanks to @landmanspeaking.bsky.social for outstanding reporting Gift link:
I would humbly add Michael Harriot’s, “Black AF History” to that list.
Well this is alarming.
Idk… i mean giving other people’s land away worked so well for Chamberlin
Gus & Deli ride in the old bug and take a new hike. A perfect day. :) #dogsofbluesky #rescuedogs
Directions are for people who don’t know what to do.
It would be easier to boycott Dean Cain if he actually did anything.
Around here we call NH , “MAGA Vermont”
