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How the Democrats Became the Party That Brings Pencils to a Knife Fight

Dems' combative response to Republicans openly trying to steal Congressional seats via extreme gerrymandering, such as CA Gov. Newsom holding a state referendum to authorize retaliation, is one of the few times in years they've taken power seriously.

This Jia Lynn Yang piece about how is well done.

Combating Domestic Violent Extremism Is No Longer a FEMA Priority Documents obtained by WIRED show FEMA plans to direct states and tribes to halt activities intended to combat domestic violent extremism so as to align with "current administration priorities."

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is planning to direct states and tribes to immediately stop certain activities intended to combat domestic violent extremism, according to a draft of an information bulletin obtained by WIRED.

Philz Coffee close to closing deal to sell to private equity firm for $145 million Employee stocks will be canceled as part of the deal; former employees point to culture change across Philz Coffee.

S.F. cult favorite chain Philz Coffee is on the verge of closing a deal to sell to a private equity firm for $145 million.

But the deal cancels all stocks, leaving employees empty-handed.

missionlocal.org/2025/07/phil...

My big problem with the Tesla Ubers is that the last two times I’ve been picked up by model 3s are the only times I’ve gotten carsick since I was a kid. 🤢

Fuuuuuck yes.

Ugh. Nothing gets me carsick - except one pedal driving in Tesla model 3 Ubers. Fuck. Why can’t I filter them out??? 🤢

Watching Ocean’s 11 and realizing I’m f’ing old.

ahh, incentives. 🇺🇸🇨🇳

That gold I bought at Costco looking mighty fine right now. 🤦‍♂️

A message to Trump protesters in California: Put down the Mexican flags | Opinion This is how immigration activists lose the message to Donald Trump.

this is spot on target. I remember arguments in high school when prop 187 was being debated about the imagery around this and how the MX flag turned people off. the visuals are important! www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...

iPadOS 26 here I come. 🫧

AOC: The girls are fighting aren’t they

so far, the new sleeping pad I ordered during the REI anniversary sale has gone Bozeman->Billings->Butte->Pocatello->Salt Lake City->San Francisco->San Leandro (destination)->Honolulu. 🙃

gold rallying on the day

folks hiding from Trump's reaction to the TACO trade question & tariffs being torpedoed by courts?

if you know anything about katie miller i’m marisakabas.04 on signal

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I have no where to put this. I don't need it in any (ANY!) sense of the word. But thanks to @aplante.com I have seen it and I really want it. Once I figure out a use for it...

Formula 1 Drivers Just Hit the Track in These Full-Sized Lego Cars At the Miami Grand Prix's driver's parade, the sport's biggest stars rode in drivable Lego cars that took eight months to build. It was as awesome as it sounds.

now THIS is the sort of corporate investment I can get behind. www.wired.com/story/lego-f...

Lever guns are the ticket. My wife won’t go for an AR or AK but has no issues with a lever. 🤷‍♂️

some day this shitbag will be revealed to actually be Red Skull.

Dad Has Some Choice Words About Hotel Bathroom’s Caulking HONOLULU—Refusing to pull any punches in his appraisal of the shoddy workmanship, vacationing dad David Stayton reportedly had some choice words about his hotel bathroom’s caulking, family sources con...

damn, @theonion.com - why you gotta burn me like that? theonion.com/dad-has-some...

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

NEW from me: A whistleblower says DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data...and then someone posted a threatening letter to his door.

www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

I love the idea of this place as a way to avoid Zuck and Elon, but why is it so full of humorless scolds?

I put a little dab of ketchup on every spider I see in case that’s the one I eat in the middle of the night.

paaaartay! I'm so glad to have brought a small child into the world recently. 😵

Would shit have gotten so crazy if I hadn’t decided to take a break from booze in April? Definitely poorly timed, regardless. 💵📉

Chaotic clown car administration continues chaos.

Nobody really knows anything.

nobody liked that half anyway! 🤕

the price movement in the market after this latest "90 day pause" is wild. what a shit show.

feeling pretty good about selling off a bunch of stuff this AM during the dead cat bounce.