a very gentle reminder that mineral names aren't capitalized
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a very gentle reminder that mineral names aren't capitalized
iirc there's a cap on the number of military and civilian personnel moved between states without Congressional approval
in the moments before his brain finally shorts out for good, Trump will definitely pardon everyone who committed illegal acts under his administration, with all the t's crossed and all the i's dotted he's just that kind of thoughtful, loyal boss, always thinking about the little people
Like this is just not acceptable, sorry
the follow up question from CNN should be “okay, then who in the fuck *does* know what they’re talking about, since you clearly don’t”
was this the well-intended but naive Hugging Face mistep from a few months ago, or something else?
going to guess that Jeffries's mom often told him that the bullies who beat him up in middle school were just jealous of his grades and good looks, and he believed her
sometimes (a lot of the time) a snap off-the-cuff judgment that someone's just a weak windbag is right
there are probably some posters here who might confirm that there will be an additional cost eventually paid by the sailors on the ship that fired that missile at a helpless target
like pizza and hot dogs, maybe more states should consider the weird (but somehow right) Chicago/Illinois Way
I'm pretty sure that most Bluesky posters with autism picked up all these "autism: a fate literally worse than death" vibes long before I did
so the Secretary of State is posting snuff videos the self-degradation from a one-time presidential hope is stark
and how those peaceful Nazis were mistreated, just awful
for sure, but speaking as someone with relatives who worked for papers that were taken over by a different RWHF the process is clear to anyone with inside information of how journalism works, but makes you sound like a raving conspiracist to the majority of people who don't 🙃
just a wild guess*, but is there any chance the Chicago Tribune was taken over and gutted by a predatory right-wing hedge fund sometime in the past few years? *not really
which is why you can't vote for native silicon either
I could be wrong but I don't see a majority of Maine voters supporting this
soon after joining Bluesky and in an early WS follow-unfollow-mute-block-unblock cycle I politely but naively suggested he might want to block some of the more abusive posters responding to him I later realized I'd misunderstood the Stancil Way
Surplus hops must be safely disposed of, and brewing is cheaper than deep wastewater injection wells. Below is a craft brewery specializing in strong IPAs: hops are pumped in, IPA is pumped out.
it looks to me that his inner circle or handlers are screening his media intake because he acted surprised when informed of the weekend speculation about his health
sadly, as full of resentment, lies, and bullshit as ever but verbal and not on death's door
but don't underestimate Burgum's raw charisma and magnetic personality
100% clear
the Congressional GOP caucus has accepted their fate with calm equanimity
EPA Fires ‘Dissent’ Statement Signers The EPA fired agency employees who signed a June declaration decrying moves that contradict science and undermine public health www.scientificamerican.com/article/epa-... as Labor Day weekend started.
"Don't become like us," billionaire Republican donor tells Democrats, "you'll lose the moral high ground"
from a technical point of view that headline could easily be true if Tesla's value approaches zero
if enough people wish hard enough on carefully focused outcomes, it can warp the fabric of observable reality it's just quantum physics, really 😶
I don't understand why anyone thinks (or even pretends) that critical health information about world leaders (or candidates for such offices) would ever be freely given out by their staff
Here's some real talk: Dem strategists urging Dems to avoid the "trap" of talking about Trump occupying cities are saying this precisely in order to get quoted in NYT and elsewhere, and everyone involved in this charade knows it. @jamisonfoser.bsky.social and me: newrepublic.com/article/1998...
considering his ego, love of the limelight, sensitivity to his public image, etc., and that a short public appearance mocking the "haters and fake media rumors" would quickly put the story to rest - if nothing was wrong - suggests that something *is* wrong looking forward to finding out what it is
opening it from time to time to shout at anyone who looks like they could be a refugee or immigrant
the school was built in a wedge between two interstates on the other side of the town and suburbs it draws students from it's almost funny
there are federal laws ag– …oh, right, you're on your own
Vance feigns resigned surrender, but slowly and carefully shuffles towards direct sunlight.
"Perhaps universities should… teach," he intoned knowingly.
I read the list, then blocked the poster due to zero interest in reading anything from anyone so disingenuous or naïve
nobody could have known Old Yeller (1956): novel where a beloved dog contacts rabies from a wolf and is put down Old Yeller (1957): film of the above Cujo (1981): novel where a beloved Saint Bernard contacts rabies from a bat and indirectly kills a child Cujo (1983): film of the above
no worries! "It didn't work a decade ago, and it won't work now."
GenX and that line has been embedded in my brain for most of my life
even the cat knew there was something wrong on the other side of the wall I've seen these parked (parallel or perpendical) in Italy in about 3 m of space
watching and waiting
I sometimes wonder how much of Gore's defeat at the ballot box but also meekly surrendering in Bush v. Gore was due to Lieberman's all-but-Republican political positioning
everyone knows if there's one thing Donald J. Trump can't stand, it's a camera go ahead, try and find just a single previous picture of him taken from less than 300 yards away
new owners move into the repossessed house, and their contractor discovers the skeletal remains of the former owners and their children inquiry concludes they starved when they got lost in secret rooms while playing or searching for missing family members
well, that's clearly just your (and my) failure of imagination
😮
The Nightmare Before Christmas could be the handoff
I'm almost surprised a school board didn't ban the Bible to be in vicious (sic) compliance - lots of problematic material in there, best to keep it limited to adults, can't see a right-wing government having any issues with that decision
Release the Epstein files. It's what Trump would have wanted.
all those freewheeling Independents, Mavericks, and Moderate Centrists© that Congressional party leaders desperately chase after
don't miss the angry crossfire over whether eugenics and fascism overlap "significantly" or "completely"
"It has good bones," the realtor tells you "Oh, you mean the foundation, framing, and roof are solid?" you ask Her eyes flick involuntarily towrds the cellar "…uh, yes, that's *exactly* what I meant"
a flexible approach to reality
A pre-dog-walk 🧵 on the pandemic. To me, the lesson of the pandemic is a very familiar one, although as far as I can tell, no one is talking about it or learning it (which is also familiar). It's about the contrast between America's two political parties.
a watermark hadn't occurred to me
also the hat USA
…not dying?
fortunately he seems preoccupied at the moment
when the belt line finally reaches his nipples it will all mercifully end
Excited to announce that the 1st paper from my postdoc is now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social ! Using a large dataset of 3D preserved fossils, we explore the diversification of jaws in early bony fishes. 1/15 www.cell.com/current-biol...
the Boring Company has never completed "a major project" *anywhere*
I had a full color dream where I was swimming in a fast current in shallow water over jagged rocks while a Central American volcano was erupting close by and a giant crocodile swam up beside me, and my dream reaction was to think "that's weird, I didn't know those were native here"
did you notice the dig at Liberal Abundance that was slipped in? (since there's no alt text, it's the bullet point under Goals that reads "become paralyzed and ineffective")
I'm pleased to introduce a full set of Congressional *and* legislative report cards, courtesy of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project. An enormous amount of work, the culmination of several years of development. Check it out! samwang.substack.com/p/redistrict...
From Russia with Love may also have the best collection of villains in any Bond film, with none of them played for jokes.
Had Goldfinger stuck to his original plan the series would have been very different. "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die." [Bond dies.]
what a record, and he even left off "mayor" he must be completely exhausted… just as a little treat for his 65th birthday (tomorrow) he should retire
how about electoral surgery, with a poor outcome?
Black women have every right to be furious. The irresponsible choices of white voters has for many of us, taken our livelihood with consequences for our homes, the education of our children, our ability to care for parents. It’s unconscionable. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
H: ça sera simple, facile, et agréable B: ??
an unwritten scene where Aragorn is nervous about meeting his 3000-year-old girlfriend's much older dad
unlike aircraft, nobody who designed a locomotive ever thought "this is too heavy"
"the first step on the long road back to redemption," Rudy thinks, feeling good about returning to his roots as a life-saving hero smiling to himself, he forgets to check his mirrors as he slowly pulls back onto the highway
as far as I'm know, diesel engine -> alternator +/- batteries -> electric motor was always how diesel-electric locomotives worked
a social media aide: you made a big splash, sir!
NYC's current population is 10% higher than it was in *1940*
Newsom should hold a news conference at Reagan's grave and urinate on it. And if that turns out to be a step too far for centrist Democrats, better that he be the one to find out.
not to take away from your main point, but something I heard from a couple of former pro athletes is that the sport wasn't fun for them for a *long* time before they hung up their cleats for good
the detachable door handle on the fake door with the hidden real door beside it? ooof
Also, didn't the big defamation lawsuit he lost essentially show he's bankrupt? So who's paying for his alleged security team?
Donald J. Trump, International Man of Mystery
wait, I've got this… [thinking so hard it hurts] …Jesus?
I'd like to watch him flip that burger just to see if he has an "oh no" moment
The emergence of Nadine and her impending duel with El Pollo Morado:
the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is coming up fast, and about 30% of adult Americans are happy to follow the shittiest grifter in history into the void
"No we don't," the GOP says, collectively rediscovering a 2600-year-old paradox
I recently learned that Batman's no-kill policy was a later addition in one of the stories in his first DC comic, he machine-guns gangsters from the Bat Plane
I remember commenters correctly noting that the only people filmed taking bottled water and food from flooded grocery stores with no power or employees that the media framed as "looters" were Black
there's something to be said for countries that disallow given names that are contrary to the best interests of the child
if there was a deep state of the type MAGA obsesses over, Trump and whoever is actually running the adminstration from day to day would never have been able to cripple national security agencies as has been done
I've been on this site too long to stroll into JB's mentions with a "well, actually" take, but one thing Trump's unconstitutional EOs in areas outside of federal jurisdiction could do is provide political cover and moral support to Republican state officials attempting to suppress Democratic voters
I've never watched these shows and am not going to start now, so I'm not their target audience but by now, showing that Noem is a sycophantic liar who will say literally anything in the service of Trump and power has zero news value and only spreads propaganda to low-information viewers
members of his own family have publicly called him a psychopath, and I see no evidence that he has successfully dealt with his extreme behavior or has any interest in doing so
Thing #2: A high school student writes that no one at his school is talking about AI, everyone is using it, and his concern "If we keep going this way, we might end up graduating without even noticing that we’re not having thoughts of our own." theimportantwork.substack.com/p/at-my-high...
one of the enjoyable things about that piece was hearing a bright high school student writing in their own voice
oh no, just reading this now best wishes, and I hope the care you took to stay in shape for work helps you out here too
Trump/RFK are decapitating our public health system, a pillar of American greatness. So Dem Govs should scour every corner of the law for creative new ways to defend their people from this madness. Dems should polarize this debate to the max. Thoughts on this here: newrepublic.com/article/1998...
[nods approvingly, Chief Wiggum style] that's some fine electrical work, boys
"while admiring the stonework" yeah, sure buddy, you really nailed Trump in all his glory there