Maggie McNeill

Indeed.

Maman died early in 1997, and I met Grace in November of that same year. It was as though Aphrodite wanted me to always have someone in my life who would love me unconditionally. I don't have that now, but I think I'm close enough to the end to coast the rest of the way on memories.

So, obviously this isn’t true. But if the CEO actually believes this nonsense, it implies he thinks maybe he’s enslaving a sentient being that has the capacity to feel emotional distress. And he hasn’t immediately halted operations to suss out how to resolve that?

That's not a trailer; it's the first part. Somebody uploaded it to YouTube in 8 parts.

I think everyone's missing my joke there about Bell, Book and Candle.

Now that they're trying to pretend their war is not a war, they've gone back to calling it the Defense Department.

We're at a point where there are no cheap options to retreat to and no price points that guarantee quality. Every run-down studio is $1400, every fast food meal is $17, every luxury condo has peel-n-stick tiles, every $300 pair of boots falls apart. Endless expensive mediocrity.

I think Hegseth is the most embarrassing person in any leadership position anywhere in the world, a 13-year-old boy pretending to be a man. On 60 Minutes:

“The only ones that need to be worried right now are Iranians who think they're going to live.”

Lawsuits, please. These companies aren't being sued NEARLY enough yet.

I've been calling them "surveillance glasses", but "pervert glasses" is much better.

People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

Make it stick.

Even under the Trump regime, these clowns apparently have no actual problems.

When I was in 9th grade, "A Christmas Story" was still years in the future. 😂

So it was a pun attack? 😉

An elementary school in the Iranian capital Tehran’s Niloufar Square has been struck in US-Israeli attacks, according to Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei. Baghaei on Friday shared a video on X, purportedly showing Shahid Hamedani School with students before and after the attack, without elaborating on the circumstances or the number of casualties.

The US and Israel have apparently attacked another elementary school in Iran, this one in Tehran.

www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...

Wyoming lawmakers' proposal to ban 'explicit' books from libraries falters as clock runs out The Legislature was advancing a bill that backers saw as a common sense way to keep "sexually explicit" books out of kids hands. Critics saw it as a book ban, and Teton County librarians have lined up...

Let's head into the weekend with some good news out of Wyoming! Legislatures around the country are learning that book bans are losing policy

It was the fishnets and bracelets that caught my eye first.

Welcome to the future.

Madmen have no "plans" in the strict sense of the word; they have impulses, beliefs, reactions, and delusions, but no *plans*.

This piece is referring to SCOTUS*, but:

The Speaker of the House is an evangelical Christian, as is the Senate Majority Leader.

See also:

· Secretary of Defense
· OMB director
· Outgoing DHS sec
· Incoming DHS sec (if confirmed)**
· HUD Sec
· Head of the White House Faith Office

Tesla sued after Austin shooting suspect allegedly assaulted co-worker A 65-year-old woman says the automaker ignored warning signs before Ndiaga Diagne, the suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting, assaulted her. She sued Thursday.

the Austin mass shooter was a Tesla employee who assaulted a coworker during a company-allowed prayer break late last year

the company refused to give the victim her assailant's name so she could press charges, and he went on to become a mass shooter

www.statesman.com/business/art...

No, I meant that the song is actually about levitation. Literally.

OH GODDAMMIT

Politicians won't listen, though; these are people who think they can redefine bees into fish and make pi = 3.

The US created a system which rewards psychopathy, then acts surprised when all of its rulers turn out to be psychopaths.

If you take "healthcare" advice from this decaying thing, you deserve everything you get. Like getting skincare advice from a lich.

It's funny how "we elect politicians to govern for us" is a cultural shibboleth until we actually NEED them to act, at which point the responsibility for action mysteriously devolves onto the people.

I hope after this is over, the people remember that. But I know better.

He can probably swim, so let's give him some nice new cement overshoes first.

If the Constitution somehow manages to survive its current rapid decomposition, we need an amendment limiting all Congressional bills to a single topic. No more "omnibus", "goulash", "junk drawer" or "garbage heap" legislation. No more sneaky riders and legislative stowaways in bigger bills.

Miller says government cops, spooks, and goons should have no rights; I agree.