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"Flooding" is ceding more capacity than they have. Sprinkling "blue" cities with soldiers on false claims of excess criminal violence is still an abuse of power, but its effects are possibly more damaging to the administration through slow weakening of the forces and increasing farcical operation.
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A lot of MAGA do. They understand very well what Musk et al want to do. Hence the rebellion. And while there is a lot of racism and nativism, there is also a hard current on dignity and respectability, that work shouldn't be everything. It's a very easy Dem Party opening.
Frame this in the context of the Musk-Maga split over tech immigration that erupted earlier this year.
Uhhhh, how do you want the bad news on receding obgyn care in ban states?
At this point, announcing he's conscious and demi-sentient is Breaking News.
It just feels like the authoritarian/fascist discourse overlooks how oppressive this country was until fewer than five decades ago. I think a lot hope Trumpism might thread the needle to a neo Jim Crow. Many would be ok with that. Of course, it's unlikely this clown car enterprise can manage that.
My most unpopular opinions are that George W. Bush was president in 2008 and Donald J. Trump was president in 2020.
Would you like to be angry about something non-political? Are you irrationally enraged by quotidian incompetence? Enjoy! 😭🤣😭🤣😭
I didn't see anything promoting White Women in that way. We have a problem as a broad demographic, but we are also, especially left of center, the targets of significant biases as well. Or did we forget about Hillary Clinton?
I barely get to be in my field with a PhD. Men with nothing but some lateral experience are elevated. Did you never wonder why women have to use their credentials in SM identification? We are dismissed without them. But your attitude leads to another form. It's impossible to exist sometimes.
No. I worked very hard for mine, and I don't need you to diminish with your Everyman need to humbleneg your own work, which is rooted in your socialized sense you always deserve and belong. No. Mine was a travail. If you wimped out, that's a you problem.
Personally, I think Ben Miller should spend time thinking about the nearly 350k Black Women forced out of jobs by this administration before he gets too uppity about dismissing these issues.
On the other hand, from personal experience, if we start putting ", PhD" after every AI product name, we can kill the industry.
Nicely taken out of context. Were you in a coma in 2016? 2024? Did you look at the other posts in the thread? Have you been listening to the Left Rogan discourse? Do you note the dominance of men's voices? But the cherry on top is being a woman casually dismissed by a man as irrational.
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He had to take the post out of its context and attach this to a post pre-dismissing the issue as irrational and MAGA like. The men will make sure we are taken care of, don't worry.
Nicely taken out of context. Were you in a coma in 2016? 2024? Did you look at the other posts in the thread? Have you been listening to the Left Rogan discourse? Do you note the dominance of men's voices? But the cherry on top is being a woman casually dismissed by a man as irrational.
How Sweden’s ‘secondhand only’ shopping mall is changing retail. Built alongside the city’s recycling centre, it includes a dedicated drop-off point called The Return, where residents donate unwanted items. theconversation.com/how-swedens-...
#Kyiv and Kyiv region are under a Russian drone attack this morning. Kids have to hide in shelters (the subway doubles as a shelter) instead of being in class.
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They won the S-J War Theatre of Operations. The US certainly weakened the opponent, but the US did not support the liberation well, and what went to the Nationalists was used on the PLA/CCP. It angered Mao.
Ukrainian aviation destroyed a huge grain elevator in the Kherson region with an airstrike. Russian occupiers had set up a training center for operators and a command post there. It was there — now it’s gone.
Russian media report a large oil "stain" moving towards Crimea.Reportedly,this is due to an oil leak from a tanker in a Russian Novorossiysk port on August 29. There are reports that the "stain" consists of no less than 10 tons of oil products. Russia is a threat to the environment.
1/ Russian warbloggers continue to be furious that, as one puts it, "our oil refineries continue to leave the chat". They are turning their anger on "oil barons" who, they suspect, are happy to see refineries exploding if it boosts their profits. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/maks...
Too many people forget that the American nuclear arsenal alters every variation of change in the US political system.
How will they divide the nukes? There is no slide to devolved power, either.
He was advising the Maine Dems, apparently....I'm sure this a decent enough guy, but it just feels of a piece of this march to masculine dominion over the Democratic Party. bsky.app/profile/benw...
Would you like to be angry about something non-political? Are you irrationally enraged by quotidian incompetence? Enjoy! 😭🤣😭🤣😭
This will make things really interesting, as exactly what constitutes 'building a warship' is somewhat open to discussion (Design? Steel cutting? Welding? Block assembly? Fitting out? Production of sub-systems?), and the workshare setup offered will look as different as the vessels themselves.
Wilson, Eisenhower, Reagan. We have a minor trend of covering to span the term to the next vote.
A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic.
Great discussion here with @alondra.bsky.social on #AI and what’s at stake as it proliferates. Looking forward to reading Alondra’s upcoming book, “Auditing AI.” publicinfrastructure.org/podcast/117-...
Smart hedgehog. 🤣
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If the Democrats don't give in to the left patriarchy, there is going to be big trouble.
I'm sorry, no matter what personal or ideological gripe one has with universities or the academy, we didn't face the imminent destruction of entire parts of our institutions & the lives of dozens of students suddenly upended because of fascism before Trump. Just stop it with this unserious nonsense.
THIS. Without serious backup, the only people who can risk ✨speaking truth to power✨ are OTHER people who are rich & powerful. The billionaires are already in charge. There's no way to Simply Cleanse The System Of Money at this point. That takes deep legal reform...which takes winning elections.
Car brain is a disease
Say what now?
“When he showed up at the House’s impeachment proceedings against Mr. Trump in 2021 carrying a grocery bag from Zabar’s, he went viral. Asked what was inside, he answered: “A babka and the Constitution, what else?”(gift link)
We should be allowed to punch these dudes in the face.
I don't think Elon Musk should be questioning anyone's "stronger emotional responses".
I'm never letting go of that grudge.
⚡️ Zelenskyy confirmed the "coalition of the willing" will meet in Paris on Sept 4 to discuss prepared points on Ukraine’s security guarantees.
And now about the war. As of August 25, due to russian war in Ukraine, 1,553 cultural heritage sites and 2,388 cultural infrastructure facilities have been destroyed or damaged. – Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine
The sudden disappearance of presidential age and fitness as an issue www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/09/the-...
I tracked down source of a TikTok i saw about horrific car pick up lane in a Tennessee school district. And it is true. Parents arriving by noon to wait in line for hours, doordashing food as they wait, etc. www.wbir.com/article/traf...
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Have you seen what they're doing here?
Your ignorance of the work being done is actually the problem.
Rich White Men Only Need Apply. Well, at least they are finally being honest with us. They like the racist patriarchy just fine, but with a few nods to social goods and less institution destruction.
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He decided to post through it. 😬
The National Guardners
The other problem with this -- do you think Schumer and Jeffries have nothing to do with the MoCs you like? You never hear the caucus say what you're saying. That rabble wouldn't hold if those two were doing a bad job. But it's not necessarily for them to be the in spotlight. "Dems Bad" sells.
‼️ Russian Railways August 2025 Loading Update Thread More bad news for Russian Railways! Note: Data tables are provided in the thread
It is costly and complicated to create that. We have buses and highways, and it would take nothing. And holding Union Station does nothing for such a plan. Urban stations are no help.
They are so ghetto also you aren’t supposed to open any white house windows 🪟 but hey keep trying your hand if you like. Tossing trash 🗑️ out smh. #DC
M28 'Davy Crockett' Weapon System—a tactical nuclear recoilless smoothbore gun, intended for firing the M388 nuclear projectile, armed with the W54 nuclear warhead. Here it is firing a M390 practice round (which actually contained a powerful high-explosive warhead). 🎞️ catalog.archives.gov/id/29220
I'm betting within ten years. 😉
"We can indeed confirm that there was GPS jamming, but [Ursula von der Leyen's] plane landed safely in Bulgaria. We have received information from the Bulgarian authorities that they suspect that this was due to blatant interference by Russia," European Commission spokeswoman Aarianna Podesta
Yes. But someone will eventually realize that landfills are a source.
The world's largest sand battery just launched in Finland! Developed by Polar Night Energy, this is a massive step for clean energy. It stores 100 MWh of thermal energy in sand, providing cost-effective alternative to LI batteries for long-term heat storage. www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/28/w...
Landfill mining...😭
The meeting will be only at the level of political advisors of the permanent missions. www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
Today’s Miller Lite stat o’ the day $30 The estimated 2025 GDP for the U.S. in trillions. So yeah we definitely took in $8 trillion in tariffs in a few months. 🙄
We understand illiteracy & the dire consequences. To a lesser extent, also the effects of innumeracy. We are understanding in real time what happens when civics education is eroded; peeps lack basic understanding of how politics/govt actually works & his highness' royal tweets are taken as policy.
"And it Stoned Me" was my first. I have listened to more Van, in every one of his eras, than any artist. youtu.be/AYqJtqyeilE?...
The Pentagon planners now know the administration is treating state/city officials as hostile, are acting without local support. That they are lying on the circumstances. There is nowhere to hide and pretend this is acceptable.
I just don't see how this works on our system, which is both oversubscribed and directed internally. And the outlets are either Mexico or Canada, so...unless the idea is to end at ports and put them on ships?
Sunset in London is an hour earlier on the last day of August than on the first. During July, it only gets half an hour earlier over the month. The rate of change speeds up the closer we get to the equinox. At this time of year the nights draw in at a gallop. www.timeanddate.com/sun/uk/london
As we gear up to head back to DC, I want to express my gratitude to each and every one of you who showed up during the August District Work Period. Every word, every idea, and every story is one I will take back with me to our nation’s capital. Thank you, New Mexico! Happy Labor Day! ❤️
Who let her get away with that nonsense?
A small but curious detail: how Putin and Aliyev were greeted in China.
We cannot and should not erase history, no matter how difficult. We should learn from it to push forward and shape the future that we all deserve.
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Ukrainian forces mopping up remaining Russian infantry groups near Dobropillya, military official says #Ukraine
Thank you. Less for me than for my son and his dad (my former). But he was a good man, and I'm sad for them.
I wish I could have shown him this. bsky.app/profile/aure...
This makes me think of Duffel Blog's early teens banger about a mis-dropped HDR pallet, where peanut M&Ms becomes like saboted rounds. 🤣
Thank you. It's weird getting divorced, not everything breaks, but it can't be the same, either. I was sad to lose him then and now.
... imagine he didn't like you, being gruff. For some reason, he liked me and that was special to me. Rest easy, Andrzej.
We lost a fine immigrant today. My former father in law, whose early life was a trial of war, loss, and occupation in Poland. Who lost a father and found him, and a new life in the US, a decade later. Who served this country then worked and raised a family. He was mostly reserved, and you could...
Yep. youtu.be/AbcjXo37vj0?...
I had this album cassette on a flip loop through my Irish History class - it slaps. I would have become an Irish Historian had I been thinking of the field as an avocation at the time. youtu.be/I3sOqERyI60?...
But this is a magical Caravan. youtu.be/WdZLTnRnHs8?...
Tupelo Honey is my favorite. youtu.be/YWg4NzVoBec?...
"And it Stoned Me" was my first. I have listened to more Van, in every one of his eras, than any artist. youtu.be/AYqJtqyeilE?...
I just want to show you how chestnut trees in Kyiv are meeting autumn. The “boys” have grown up.
Good thing all of the search engines suck now, between AI content, remixed content, and SEO manipulation.
...works project to mitigate with a radical pruning campaign.
Or, more positively, to ensure longevity and against catastrophic failure as root systems lose the space race. The Northeast is looking at treemageddon in the suburbs. The stock is gorgeous, but pavement and underground construction is hemming them in. Worsening storms... It would be an epic...
❗️In temporarily occupied Luhansk, AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline has run out - there are giant queues at gas stations.
Have you ever seen how they prune trees in London? Like that.
Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 