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Providence-born, bred and based guy. Writer of HowToEatACity.com and SelfIndugentClaptrap.com πŸ₯‘

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Connect to the Capitol: Gov. McKee addresses endorsement for opponent NBC 10's Dan Jaehnig spoke with Gov. Dan McKee on Connect to the Capitol.

This is quite an interview.

It’s not personal Governor.

You got mad when then US Attorney Cunha and I and RISP investigated your shady dealings.

β€œYou called the FBI”.

You’re words to me.

I’m not putting politics over people.

I’m putting people over you.

turnto10.com/news/local/c...

09.03.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

we need to strip this whole thing down to the studs. we won't. but we need to

09.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 961 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 2

poorer Americans spend something like 30 percent of their pre-tax income on transportation!

09.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 716 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 3
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Hasbro’s CEO on J.K. Rowling. We just published our new Decoder interview with Chris Cocks, the head of Hasbro. I asked him directly about how he thinks about author J.K. Rowling’s politics and what it’s done to the Harry Potter f...

cannot stress enough that "separate the art from the artist" was meant for private individuals reconciling the art they love with its flawed creators and not meant for the ceo of a company driving a dump truck of money up to a bigot's front porch

www.theverge.com/podcast/8914...

09.03.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 7770 πŸ” 2179 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 152

After nearly killing Leo with solving Israel-Palestine, we're at Toby lecturing the Belarusians about how dangerous a strong presidential system is while the rest of the Oval Office argues about bombing Iran, and this show is ironically somehow very topical two decades later

09.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the worst effects of the Trump era on American culture is in how it reinforces the solipsism that to an extent always permeated American political discourse.

09.03.2026 07:27 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is like the Norm MacDonald "Hold the fort" bit about Hitler but in Bluesky live-skeet form.

08.03.2026 22:42 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A winter boot with a giant crack on the side of the toe near the rubberized sole

A winter boot with a giant crack on the side of the toe near the rubberized sole

Thank goodness it's almost spring, because winter has won the day here

08.03.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s profoundly weird to have β€œThe Troops” be this ephemeral, elusive concept that demands deference in all seasons no matter what.

It feels Prussian.

08.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 452 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 11

Sunday, March 8th: my appliances taunt me from the past, reminding me of the lost hour

08.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wandering around town going, "yeah, uh, actually, a while back I was enchanted with an impervious to magic magical forcefield, so I guess I'm just going to have to continue going about my day. Actually, you know what? Everyone in this town? Same thing happened to them."

08.03.2026 07:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the $400 billion figure is the amount that China theoretically agreed to in 2021 over a 25 year period. the amount *actually* spent so far is something like $3 billion, we think, or roughly a third of the direct cost of the Iran war to the U.S. so far.

08.03.2026 03:08 πŸ‘ 436 πŸ” 65 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
The Geordi LaForge version of the Drake meme, with Geordi appearing to protest for "2:00AM" but approving of "3:00AM," in keeping with Daylight Savings Time

The Geordi LaForge version of the Drake meme, with Geordi appearing to protest for "2:00AM" but approving of "3:00AM," in keeping with Daylight Savings Time

08.03.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Rod Serling is probably the coolest guy of the 20th century. Looked cool, sounded cool, fought Nazis, hated John Wayne, wrote the screenplay for Planet of the Apes. Honestly dunks all the hell over any male influencer guy.

07.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 4017 πŸ” 765 πŸ’¬ 85 πŸ“Œ 42

Would the Bartlett administration have been the sweatiest White House in US history? This show's subtitle could be "The Endless Quest to Get White House Staffers Laid"

07.03.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You might think this is condescending but β€œIran is near the Strait of Hormuz” and β€œall the world’s oil has to go through the Strait of Hormuz” are facts that were apparently not raised in the Oval Office

07.03.2026 06:18 πŸ‘ 536 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 4
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you could also throw in Alaska for scale:

07.03.2026 06:54 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Me, pointing to Iran: "we can't drive there."

07.03.2026 07:50 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No, no one will insure the Continuity editor if they try that, there have been too many...incidents...

07.03.2026 02:39 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Elle Fanning tag-team fighting goons with her own disembodied legs is just as ridiculous and fun as I remember

07.03.2026 00:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They should make a Predator: Badlands PvE video game

06.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

the Democratic Party is going to be handed a windfall current leadership is utterly incapable of exploiting and we need there to be consequences for this time.

06.03.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2

how it feels taking public transit rn

06.03.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 2073 πŸ” 378 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 31
MAGA vs. The Declaration of Independence
MAGA vs. The Declaration of Independence YouTube video by Takesβ„’ by Jamelle Bouie

thoughts on stephen miller’s rant about β€œhuman rights” youtu.be/3RJ_TWtFcMk?...

06.03.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 1328 πŸ” 297 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 0
Colorado governor signal he'll commute sentence of election denier. Pressured by President Trump, Gov. Jared Polis said he is considering the release of Tina Peters, the last high-profile 2020 election meddler still imprisoned. His fellow Democrats are outraged.

Colorado governor signal he'll commute sentence of election denier. Pressured by President Trump, Gov. Jared Polis said he is considering the release of Tina Peters, the last high-profile 2020 election meddler still imprisoned. His fellow Democrats are outraged.

File this under "Why establishment Dems keep losing."

If you won't act like an opposition party, we'll replace you.

06.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 559 πŸ” 135 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 13

4,000 post-secondary degree granting institutions in the United States and just 9 (0.2%!) of them have figured out that if you hire and train your students while they're your students, you can effectively guarantee them 4-6 years of active work experience by the time they graduate.

06.03.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Me, floating in on my massive smugness afforded me as a work college graduate: "you know, there is ANOTHER way to connect education and work."

06.03.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

1) lol dying
2) how was Molly posting about this a month ago and everybody in crypto just figured it out in the last 24 hours

06.03.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 478 πŸ” 102 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

CSPAN
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@SpeakerJohnson after House blocked War Powers Resolution: "We're not at war, we have no intention at being at war. The president and the Department of Defense have made it very clear, this is a limited operation."

CSPAN @cspan . @SpeakerJohnson after House blocked War Powers Resolution: "We're not at war, we have no intention at being at war. The president and the Department of Defense have made it very clear, this is a limited operation."

Darkly funny he had enough self-awareness to revert to "Department of Defense" here.

06.03.2026 09:01 πŸ‘ 1626 πŸ” 286 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 30

MS NOW confirms Corey Lewandowski is also out at DHS.

06.03.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 11432 πŸ” 1860 πŸ’¬ 881 πŸ“Œ 416