Frank Shorter

Charged up at @ionnaofficial.bsky.social ‘s Apex NC rechargery this morning during their 2nd anniversary free promo. Thanks for the free electricity!

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

And yet, it's quite clear that the people who determine public opinion in the US *disliked Biden more*. Biden made them more angry. They resented him more.

We should all think about why that is. Why did someone basically trying to do good prompt so much more fury than someone wallowing in vice?

Dozens of educators demonstrate at the intersection of Green Level Church and Carpenter Fire Station roads in Cary on Wednesday, calling on state lawmakers to provide more funding for public education. Protests were held across North Carolina. (Photo via @vizjourno.bsky.social) #ncpol #nced

Literal trigger warning. Good grief.

The reality of this video and the fiction of the DHS press release are as far apart as the Grand Canyon.

Where the hell are Google and Apple enforcing their app store terms of service on X? Grok doing CSAM should instantly be a removal from the app store. Any other app doing this would be pulled instantly. Journalists should be asking for comment from these companies.

Front pages of American newspapers after Jan. 6, 2021, with headlines like "Capitol Chaos," "Assault on Democracy," "Pro-Trump mob storms Capitol."

Five years ago.

The Private Equity Firms That Gobble Up Hospitals and Spit Them Out Looking to turn a quick profit, the firms buy medical facilities and then unload them just a few years later, often leaving devastation in their wake.

Looking to turn a quick profit, private equity firms buy medical facilities and then unload them just a few years later, often leaving devastation in their wake.

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The Trump / Lawnmower kid meme but trump is redacted

Yea, when the regulatory landscape gets changed underneath your business assumptions (rug-pull on subsidies), they have to make hard choices to stay in business.

I keep hearing people talk about the Maverick, but it doesn’t meet my use case, so that’s not a truck class that I care about.

We’ll see… Farley seems convinced EVs are the way forward, especially against competition from China, but actions speak louder than words.

We want to eventually get a travel trailer, and I’d priced a comparably equipped (max tow, propower) F150 eco boost, which would have been approx $10K cheaper up-front. 7500 of that was recouped with the tax credit, and early next year, we’ll have broken even on total cost of ownership.

I traded in my Corolla (pretty efficient) for the Lightning, so the savings would have been even more, if I’d been coming from a gas truck.

Last month, I passed 1 year of ownership with my F-150 Lightning and wanted to share some numbers for the year:

Gasoline costs: ⬇️ $2,862
Fast charging: ⬆️ $321
Electric bill: ⬆️ $975
Natural gas: ⬇️ $219

Total costs:⬇️$1,749

(I also replaced my gas hot water heater with a heat pump hot water heater).

“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938

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@ionnaofficial.bsky.social looking forward to your (eventual) expansion into South Carolina. It’ll be a good day when I can road trip from Cary to Charleston with Ionna!

'Andor' wins the Emmy for Best Writing in a Drama Series

Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus OREM, UT—As law enforcement officials search for a person of interest in the assassination of 31-year-old Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, witnesses on the scene at Utah Valley University ad...

Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus

A reminder that simply not posting is always an option.

The piss tank on the ISS is now 24% full.

Thanks, SEC Refs!

Remember when Brian Kelly did a fake Cajun accent during his hiring press conference at LSU?

They decided any physical fitness standards would be too woke.

Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️

Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸

Heat Wave Doesn’t Bother Local Contrarian
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Extra sharp: How this Clemson student became a national champion cheese judger Yes, evaluating dairy products is a serious task.

Timeline palate cleanser (no pun intended): My buddy Chapel Fowler from The State profiled Clemson's national champion cheese judger and the story is exactly as delightful as you'd expect.
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