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Ol' number 86 bringing the work ethic.

Yeah, my first thought was that "AI" isn't needed for this use case, and it will, in fact, complicate the analysis and make it less accurate/useful than simply monitoring a random sampling of interactions

But everyone knows it's impossible to hold insurrectionist former leaders accountable!

In tears.

The one I know about is the Venmo debit card (ages 13-17) Parents have full control, and kids don't need to carry cash. Worked well for our daughter when she was in HS.

[immediately sends text to everyone who has ever contributed a single dollar to any Democrat] Friends, you may have seen me on CNN discussing our reasonable compromise of only 700 journalist arrests per year. For Trump to be held accountable if he exceeds this, we need to win the Senate. Send $20.

"Mbappé? What kind of French name is that?"

It would suck to be the lowly employee tasked with typing the same prompt into grok 1,000 times.

Reagan enacted gun control in California (Mulford Act, which banned open carry) when he was governor because the Black Panthers were open-carrying.

Thank you. I needed this…

Trump’s election executive order again set back with latest court ruling Courts have so far blocked key provisions of the president’s executive order, but it’s had more influence over federal agencies.

Already tried to exert control of voting nationwide: www.votebeat.org/2026/01/13/t...

Blocked by a federal judge, but Trump owns the Supreme Court, so... who knows?

Just before Christmas, I got a puppy. Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie. I'm still learning how to understand her. Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo? Do you need to do a widdle piddle? Minnie: Arf! *I just call her "little baby" most of the time. I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now. Nobody tells you about that.

I got so lucky with my first puppy. Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now. Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport.

I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers. I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless. The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective. I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition. ICE will pick up anybody. I know that. So I tucked my passport away. And I largely avoid leaving my house.

I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too. And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized. We'll do our best to get through this. Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?

Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls

Marshall on Monday: "I said Friday... I didn't say THIS Friday."

"We will continue the ultraviolence against moms and babies until the governor bends the knee"

"The answer is to give ME more power, so I can sit on it and feel good about having it. What?!? You want ME to use MY power? If I use MY power, then I won't have it anymore! Are you insane?"

We should give each a parting bag of real pharma-grade. It’ll take the murderous edge off for a week or so.

This is dumb. Like, really, really fucking dumb. Did DHS task you with writing a law that would geolocate protestors for them?

Isn't Ritchie a little young to be in the "QR codes are magic" cohort? The "scan this QR code to receive half off the suggested retail price" ads are all aimed at, like, 70+ year-olds.

I showed my stepdaughter Ian's method, and for the past 8 or 9 years, my assistance in undoing seized double-knots has not been needed.

Sincere question, Bari: I was NOT HIT by a Ferrari the other day. Can I claim "internal bleeding" from the "encounter" and sue the owner?

And the fact that they chose Ghost as their platform makes it even better.

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'

Oh, she doesn't like plagiarism? I have some bad news for her, then...

"We are failures, and you shouldn't expect any better from us"

Did it give you the gold-glitter irises, as well? That would be so cool.

Picture of the Freedom sculpture in Philadelphia

Philly definitely appeared in a movie or two, but I nominate the Freedom sculpture in Philadelphia (artist: Zenos Frudakis).

U.S. forces murdered eight people in three separate boat strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, raising the murder count in the Trump administration's indiscriminate murder campaign to at least 95.

Gosh, he's so close to realizing what allowing Medicare/Medicaid to negotiate for their 143 Million combined members might accomplish.

I never noticed that in my trips to the area, but I only ever used my hotel rooms to code and sleep.

If you complain to corporate, do you get a response? I assume they'll just say it's a franchisee choice that they have no control over, but...

That extra finger carressing your Stam Perpler trigger finger? That was me, for I am with you always.