Remarkable thread.
06.03.2026 17:35
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Remarkable thread.
Bluesky is where all the coolest 50-somethings hang out and refer to the youngest posters (age 38) as kids
Not a bug but a feature in this new war of choice. What Trump requires is a major terror attack on American soil prior to the midterm elections. Declared state of emergency. Disruptions in voting. Political dissent challenged and even prosecuted.
His war has primed the pump as intended.
"AVs almost by definition lower the friction and costs associated with driving ... And we already know, from the last century-plus of experience in the US, what happens when we make driving easier: We will get more of it. And more concrete and asphalt infrastructure to accommodate it." #UrbanTruth
Started saying "grok is this true" whenever anyone tells me anything I don't want to hear.
I can only quote the great Annie Dillard and her magnificent "Pilgrim At Tinker Creek: "Fish gotta swim. Birds gotta fly. And insects, it seems, gotta do one horrible thing after another."
A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable
Made it to Friday but at what cost
Black-and-white photograph of a girl smiling gently at the camera, with one hand to the side of the head, wearing a striped top.
6 March 1931 | A French Jewish girl, Esther Tukarski, was born in Paris.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 23 August 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among the 892 people murdered after selection in gas chambers.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a construction worker's outfit. The other shows her in a police officer outfit.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a nurse's outfit. The other shows her in an electrical worker's outfit.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a military outfit while riding aboat. The other shows her in a firefighter's outfit using a firehose.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a Westernwear outfit. The other shows her in a police officer's outfit.
good news. kristi noem has already found eight new jobs
For Type #2, the unquestioned GOAT is:
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - DEVO
youtu.be/zhJwSsUGb04?...
Me when people wonβt watch The Lowdown:
@katiejonesmpls.bsky.social bikes the talk.
Congrats Katie, @peterschmitt34.bsky.social and baby Hans!!
Never forget that this what The Washington Post said when Noem was nominated.
"Tell Kristi. I want her to know it was me."
imagine being a history buff and getting this random tattoo on your chest that you look at every day in the mirror and then when you watch history documentaries for the next 20 years you never notice that all the nazi uniforms had your chest tattoo on their hats?
Face morph of Kristi Noem into Noam Chomsky, made in FaceFilm (not AI)
Kristi Noem Chomsky. Is this anything?
white painted bike lane Proposed bike lane cancelled after failing to get approval from every living and deceased resident within 25 km.
"Proposed bike lane cancelled after failing to get approval from every living and deceased resident within 25 km."
behind whatever *lectern
The ayatollahs could issue the funniest statement ever today:
"Wait. He just appointed the second-most deadbrained Senator to head homeland security and he gave the dog-shooting Barbie some made-up job defending the Western Hemisphere. And now he wants to name our Supreme Leader? The fuck you say."
For Whiting to abstain AGAIN ...
Such weak sauce
Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse. n.pr/4rUa1zD
Rewatching "Raising Hope"
Such an underrated show
So so funny
Martha Plimpton and Garret Dillahunt are all stars but everyone is great (Lucas Neff is the perfect straight man)
Pixar Apologizes After Learning βHoppersβ Slur For Beavers
Pixar Apologizes After Learning βHoppersβ Slur For Beavers https://theonion.com/pixar-apologizes-after-learning-hoppers-slur-for-beavers/
And for people who want to take a light-hearted quip that is self-deprecating to the United States and otherwise implicitly positive towards Canadians, but who want to turn it into an international indecent 24 hours laterβ¦
Sue the traffic engineer and the municipality into outer space
Tim Walz fit this bill to a degree before he was neutered by campaign consultants before the VP debate. Up until that point he was like America's midwestern dad, willing to dish out some tough love with big heaping servings of kindness.
yup
Even back then I loathed Marc
Keeper of the Flame - A film from 1942 warning Americans how democracy can be dismantled from the inside. This scene was written during World War II. Watch how calmly the plan is explained. Ask yourself why it still feels current today.
Jimmy has fear? A thousand times no!
