Met this fine chap on my morning walk
Met this fine chap on my morning walk
Things will get even dumber
Today is a sunny day, and I like the way daylight plays over my book shelves (curtains drawn, of course). It gives new texture to these age old books, inviting dreams, curiosity and wonder.
A large raven in an enclosure. Instead of the usual black, it is white with blue eyes
Today I got to meet a white raven at a wildlife rescue center! This is Opal π
The only person to ever accidentally get a nazi tattoo is the only democrat to ever accidentally retweet stew peters and oh by the way he has never run for office before. Send him to the senate!
he had it for 20 years and he bragged and asked people if they wanted to see βmy totenkopfβ
just say you love Nazis. the apologism is boring.
BOOCKVAR: β.. itβs now time to be watching fertilizer and row crop prices,β as 15-30% of fertilizers flow thru the Strait of Hormuz. β.. understand too that we are just weeks away from the beginning of the important planting season.β
Happy Friday! πππ
one google data center in virginia
two million gallons of water per day
information only released under court order & risk of contempt
Tomorrow's Bandcamp Friday fundraiser will be for The Trans Continental Pipeline, helping trans folks leave hostile states (ahem, Kansas) for Colorado.
By building their voice assistant around generative AI, Amazon has created an Alexa that simply doesnβt work.
Easy tasks, like playing music or pulling up YouTube videos, go haywire.
Itβs an AI flop.
www.wired.com/story/why-is...
They fund it in Gaza. They're doing it to Venezuelan fisherman. They're doing it in Iran. They're doing it in the streets and in concentration camps to immigrants in the US. They've done it to US citizen protestors on the streets in Minnesota.
There are no limits to what they are capable of.
I know many Americans are feeling hopeless this upcoming election. But I do urge everyone to go out and vote. I know it feels like a vicious and repetitious cycle but voting does make real change.
Thank you,
Your friendly election poll worker.
This is a real video from the official White House account on a war that is currently killing people. I donβt know how the US is going to come back from this.
The post was βJUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. πΊπΈ π₯β
We should reckon with the idea that Americans are so fucking dumb that we booted out the party that saved the country after Covid and created the best economic recovery in the world in favor of a con man who said he would use racism and magic to make everything cheaper and jobs plentiful.
Steve-O was on Joe Rogan's show trying to defend trans people and Rogan went off, he called trans people "fucking perverts" and "mass shooters" who have done the majority of school shootings.
Completely unhinged bigotry paid for by your Spotify subscriptions.
He's a big dude, he probably could fit the whole boot in his mouth.
Quick public service announcement
Just been informed my old Twitter account is back and I want to make it VERY clear itβs not me.
Havenβt posted on that hell site for years.
ME: pack a bag, weβre flying to kansas
MY WAYWARD SON: what kind of bag
Politico scoops it: Hegseth is planning a seven-month war with Iran, through the end of September, approximate cost $250 bn. Plus Israel's expanses, of course. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
There's no reason for Iran to attack NATO nation Turkeyβbut a drone did. Iran denies sending it.
There's no reason for Iran to attack a UK base in Cyprusβbut a drone did. Iran denies sending it.
Now Azerbaijan has been attacked. Iran denies involvement.
I think this is Israel.
On Mar 5, 1921, US Senator for Nevada Charles Henderson was shot in the arm by a former client in his Senate office in Washington, DC. bit.ly/2POXqO2
Note: This incident prompted the one of the first federal votes on gun control, which failed.
House of Representatives blocks war powers resolution 212-219.
Funny how they always have just enough votes to stop these things!
It's not a world war it's a world special military operation
I will never for my entire life forget centrists giving me "but how will we pay for it" lectures about universal healthcare.
Appalling. Does anyone assoc w/ Trump take this war seriously?
Btw: "Prediction markets platform Polymarket said it has secured an investment from venture capital firm 1789 Capital and that Donald Trump Jr, son of the U.S. president, has joined its advisory board" www.cnbc.com/2025/08/26/p...
New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...
I'm worried when Kristi Noem finds out she's been fired she's going to become America's first obedience school shooter.