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I love LEGO I love SF&F I use colorful phraseology in real life, but not on social media I have no tolerance for MAGA or fascism (but I repeat myself) He/Him/His

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For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:

Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down

Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace

Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs

Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

07.03.2026 19:01 👍 12133 🔁 4196 💬 371 📌 157

He's also not the only problematic person from the show.

The intervening years have revealed a lot of unpleasantness that would color any revival.

07.03.2026 07:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If the Sun's pull increased enough to pull in Mercury, it's too late. The effects on the Moon, the tides, the seasons would make things pretty dang dire for humans. And not "wrap it up in 400 pages" dire, but "Game over, man! Game over!"

07.03.2026 05:49 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

If you're worried about shipping, I'm sure something can be arranged through The Collective or through me! 😁

07.03.2026 03:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The piano movers are ready to go.

07.03.2026 00:47 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
6x6raffle Help Springfield Art Association spread the word about 6x6 Art Raffle 2026!

The annual 6x6 #art #raffle to support my local visual arts center.
#ThingsILike2026

#nonprofit #SAA #Collective

6x6raffle | Powered By GiveSmart share.google/51QP3vwDngwy...

07.03.2026 00:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

When Dems take the House and Senate, please put forward a bill making private detention facilities/prisons/jails illegal. For-profit facilities incentivize incarceration and poor care.

06.03.2026 22:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The American King Goes to War This is not what the Founders intended.

Republicans "supposedly worship at the cult of the Founders," but they don't "venerate the Founders’ beliefs and democratic principles"

they "project their contemporaneous views backwards onto men who have been dead for centuries" tell em @adamserwer.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

06.03.2026 18:01 👍 98 🔁 27 💬 0 📌 0
The Simpsons - To Alcohol! The Cause Of, And Solution To, All Of Life's Problems
The Simpsons - To Alcohol! The Cause Of, And Solution To, All Of Life's Problems YouTube video by Mostly Simpsons
06.03.2026 06:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have *two*! I loved the first one so much I sought out another one!

06.03.2026 05:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It absolutely will. "You took the space I *paid for* to give to bike riders who don't even pay road taxes!"

06.03.2026 05:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Braess's paradox - Wikipedia

In the same way, adding lanes to multi-lane highways to reduce congestion and improve commute times actually does the opposite.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braess%...

06.03.2026 05:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A Boston pencil sharpener that has a movable face plate that grips the pencil and feeds it into the sharpener as the crank is turned. This allows the user to hold the sharpener down with one hand and to turn the crank with the other.

A Boston pencil sharpener that has a movable face plate that grips the pencil and feeds it into the sharpener as the crank is turned. This allows the user to hold the sharpener down with one hand and to turn the crank with the other.

A great pencil sharpener to give me a nicely sharpened pencil. #ThingsILike2026

06.03.2026 00:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 👍 17121 🔁 5972 💬 514 📌 493

"Why even have soldiers if you aren't going to use them!?"

It's not just soldiers, it's a pathology where what you do, your job, is who you are and you have no value beyond that.

So artists (at least living ones) aren't valued by the wealthy, but they'll drool over an old master.

05.03.2026 06:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Literally no one's mug cabinet is that neat.

05.03.2026 00:05 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

A nicely sharpened pencil. #ThingsILike2026

04.03.2026 23:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I've been lucky enough to see it on the big screen twice!

04.03.2026 08:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a man and a woman are standing next to each other in a room with a medical symbol on the door . ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other in a room with a medical symbol on the door .
04.03.2026 05:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Flavor Saver

04.03.2026 03:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There's a reason they're called chesticals!

04.03.2026 03:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Are AFAB and AMAB better or worse?

04.03.2026 02:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The sed coverage on that bun could be better.

03.03.2026 22:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

A J6er, it appears. Which tracks so hard.

03.03.2026 17:44 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

-No electioneering of any sort within 1000 yards of any polling place.
-Residency requirements cannot exceed 30 days. Moving shouldn't be a hindrance to voting at your new address.

I'm sure I can think of more, but that'd be a good start.

03.03.2026 17:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

-No electronic ballots. All ballots are paper. Electronic tabulations are verified against the paper record.
-Polling places must be easily accessible, capable of handling 90+% turnout with minimal waits.
-In line by closing? You get to vote.

03.03.2026 17:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

-No stupid "must be in this envelope, in this order, etc." nonsense.
-Ballots must be available in multiple languages.
-Ballots must be easy to understand and what constitutes a valid selection made clear.

03.03.2026 17:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

-Mail in ballots must be free to mail, given delivery priority, postmarked at the point of dropoff, accepted up to 2 weeks post election day with valid election day or earlier postmark.
-Signature matching the only necessary check on identity.

03.03.2026 17:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Things I would change about voting in America
-Election Day is a holiday
-Early voting across the board. Minimum 3 weeks.
-Automatic registration on 18th birthday.
-Voting rights are permanent and cannot be revoked for any reason.

03.03.2026 17:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat (Lyrics)
Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat (Lyrics) YouTube video by Audioandlyrics

"She comes out of the sun in a silk dress
Running like a watercolor in the rain" #ThingsILike2026

03.03.2026 16:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0