All impulse, no reflection, vampires sucking the lifeblood of America.
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All impulse, no reflection, vampires sucking the lifeblood of America.
Puff Donny?
“Whipped Jello”?
The Soothingly Blue Ridge Mountains
Truly, a lotta beauty there in that painting.
A confusion of categories. Invading Chicago with federal troops is a very different category, and scale, of problem than then tragic shootings that could be better contained with stronger federal gun laws.
Go for shoes next!
And … Mendelssohn!
senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽
To dispute your superiority would be an artless crime.
He can’t help himself.
US Center for … Control Prevention
Allow me to use a more active voice and say: this is bad.
The incarnation of Tom Lehrer.
And I thought paraprosdokian referred to a person from the small disputed area between Azerbaijan and Armenia. My wife won't let me disclose what I thought a transnistrian is.
Brilliant
Mother Earth is watching. Don't be complicit.
Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have “stayed and fought”, With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr. He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
Superstition beats science once more in the MAGA/MAHA universe.
If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them: —Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings —More guns don't make us safer —A majority of Americans want gun reform We don't have to live like this.
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
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.
You nailed it.
Whew! I'm glad your knees are okay.
It's dangerous to stand your child in front of the business end of a firearm, and demonstrates both supreme hubris and ignorance.
“Do we end up ‘merely’ like Hungary or do we go all the way toward an ‘American Reich’? So far, after years of studying World War II, I fear that America’s trajectory feels more like Berlin circa 1933 than it does Budapest circa 2015.”
Ouch. We Americans are responsible, and able to respond to make things better. Self-awareness helps, as does awareness of the present evil in the gold-trimmed White House. Ultimately it’s up to us citizens to act well for the common good.
More like the emperor-king’s estate than the people’s house that it should represent.
Humor is one of the best methods to address the Trump regime cruelty. Humor transforms how we see things, and reduces barriers to action. The action? Speak truth, vote, protest, litigate, tell legislators what you want, ensure accountability.
Indeed, no reason to be bitter about missing a better bittern photo. Congratulations on what must have been a genuinely good experience, and the nice story to go with it.
Nope. It’s vulgar, lazy insecurity.
… ammo.
you can easily tell the difference between “stationary” and “stationery” if you just remember A = stay and E = envelope
Goddess of grammar art thou!
Like John Barron, but higher in the ranks of “nobility,” he thinks.
She doesn’t need a hero, she is the hero we need. 🤩
Last night was pretty here. My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography
You’re funny. But also, what a clever idea.
Far out!
They’ll get her killed by putting her in a less secure facility.
On this Chairteenth, we celebrate the good folks of Montgomery, especially our guy AquaMayne. Special shout out to the folks who, within 72 hours, recreated this in their apartment complex. A COMMUNITY!! 💀
Can we energetically fight and overcome the tide of white male “Christian” nationalism that exalts rich demigods without taking up firearms across the country?
“Faith”
Yes, as indexed by the intersection of this stupidity’s speed and magnitude.
Ironic.
Civil war rolls gradually into view.
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We are fortunate to have a place that makes momos at Loga’s Corner in Toronto. Mix and match sauces and momo fillings. And they’re pretty!
Today's sunset iteration, Florence, OR.
#MyFruits 🌱
Thanks for standing up for truth.
Malarkey!
One of the most important and powerful things any kid can do to make a better world is if they see someone being pushed around, stand up for them. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
“.. At no point in the unfolding Epstein scandal has Trump focused on the young victims of these heinous criminals. .. The president has shown no concern for anything other than protecting himself.” @rexhuppke.bsky.social @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Watch the seismic waves from the magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia sweep beneath seismic stations in North America. By the time the waves reached North America, they are far too small to be felt by people, but can still be detected by seismic instruments. 🧪
How do you ‘steal’ underage girls from Mar-a-Lago?
It's just a “swarm of fish" following a duck.
Gerrymandering: the art of mathematically disproving majority rule.
Mamdani: We are reminded no matter how strong our gun laws are in this state, we are only as safe as the weakest laws in this nation.
United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero - Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.
💙 #WednesdayWisdom 🏳️🌈 #FBR #FBPE #Resistance #StrongerTogether #KindnessMatters #Motivation #Bluecrew
@usfdop.bsky.social
Motherfucking wind farms…
The problem is that such “super intelligence” lacks the nonverbal intelligence of the human brain. There are multiple types of intelligence the brain integrates. AI remains artificial and will always be limited.
As though she was his possession to control (cf. slave).
The reach of Tchaikovsky!
Max Schmitt in a single scull, 1871. Gorgeous composition by Thomas Eakins of Philadelphia, who was born on this day in 1844.
Heroine!
The Queen of Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms just once a year at night and only for a few hours.
And Andre turned out much nicer. We all need Nobel laureates for chauffeurs.
It’s Friday! So, time for some seriously chonky otters.
Sun ejecting Plasma, as captured by the Parker Solar Probe. -Credits: NASA
Yes. Correct. Take the moral high ground, and enjoy feeling justified in having achieved doctoral supremacy!
A return visitor, whom I have begun calling "Ingmar."
It’s almost like you just can’t trust Trump.
The fact that the President of the United States posts a fake video of a kneeling Barack Obama being handcuffed and we’re supposed to pretend it’s perfectly normal, everyday stuff shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
Again, I say: If AI is so good, why would I have to go to school to learn how to use it?
Call it something like a reverse mortgage, where you voluntarily sell yourself into a type of slavery in which you (at first) feel happy that you are better off.
When will the leaks occur? Of the Epstein file, and then … the “pee tape?”
Boxed in he is.
Yes.
You are funny and will ultimately triumph in bringing good and timely ideas to fruition in NYC, and ultimately beyond the bounds of New York politics!
Riveting! Poe Donald...
These days, by what epistemology do you know? I yield, however, on their incontrovertible beauty.
He wants his father’s approval. Sad.
Great book, and open access.
Please also send the left wing for help, or even a centrist or two. On the other hand, this is a seriously gorgeous painting. Thank you.
Wonderful book! Thank you for bringing it to people’s attention.
Trump is envious of Obama’s acclaim (e.g., Nobel Prize) and impulsively flails, before failing and claiming the limelight with tantrums.
It’s all fundamentally recursive, adaptive, and moving.
Wouldn’t you want constituents to make an appointment rather than randomly walk in?
On 6/12, DHS Sec’y Kristi Noem said “We are staying here to liberate [LA] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership this governor and mayor have placed on this country and this city.” This use of military force to displace a democratically elected is the very definition of a coup.
This is the main story. Treatment of Senator Padilla was horrifying, but this statement by Trump’s cabinet member threatens state-level military coups.
She is saying, in effect: "We are going to liberate the city from its democratically elected leadership using the military"
THAT is the most frightening story.
noem saying thery're going to "liberate" california from its leaders seconds before federal law enforcement restrains and removes one of the state's senators from the room—like what else needs to be said
WATCH: Sen. Padilla pushed to the ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lie
You know who else talked about liberating people from their government? A guy named Ayatollah Khomeini, who basically destroyed Iran. I never thought I would see so many parallels between Iran and the United States, but here I outline several that are obvious to anyone paying attention.
This is Kristi Noem admitting that Homeland Security is currently occupying Los Angeles, not to protect citizens, but for purely *political* reasons. Yes, she really is that stupid.