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Also, that picture isn’t me.
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Old, large, cranky. Gotta go to the bathroom.
Also, that picture isn’t me.
www.itsdougholland.com
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There's not much more basic to democracy than a secret ballot, but in California, blind voters don't have that right — someone has to help them fill out and send in their ballot. They're suing. (boltsmag.org)
New 9/11 Evidence Points to Deep Saudi Complicity (www.theatlantic.com)
Parole gives prisoners a dash of hope while being treated like shit, but Republicans prefer treating people like shit, so they don't like parole. Virginia's Republican Governor has basically ended it. (webcache.googleusercontent.com)
Biden Says He Was Still VP During COVID and Obama Sent Him to ‘Fix It’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
Trump Posts Video Online With Newspaper Headline About ‘Unified Reich’ (www.nytimes.com)
Trump has a very long history of using this kind of thing to say what the campaign is thinking about doing....
How to efficiently find New York Times gift links on social media
Facebook: search for “title” gift - the first article will be a gift link if one has been posted publicly; non-gift articles may appear as well in the results....
Japanese official says wingnut Republican Senator's enthusiastic endorsement of nuking Gaza is "extremely regrettable." [Japan Times] (archive.ph)
Dead people (lemmy.world)
Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you)....
Seattle cop who drove at triple the speed limit without sirens or emergency and killed woman in crosswalk, wasn't disciplined or fired, is now late paying traffic fine (archive.ph)
Tornado season is changing. That could have major consequences. (www.vox.com)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, who killed Black Lives Matter protester in 2020 [USA Today] (webcache.googleusercontent.com)
Governor of first state to sink signs bill scrubbing climate change from Florida law [Washington Post] (webcache.googleusercontent.com)
2023 was the hottest summer in 2,000 years, study finds (phys.org)
Republican Texas school board member campaigned against schools indoctrinating kids. Then she read the curriculum. (www.texastribune.org)
But after taking office and examining hundreds of pages of curriculum, Gore was shocked by what she found — and didn’t find....
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Dear God (lemmy.world)
Right-wing thugs who attacked anti-genocide protesters at UCLA appear to be same perps from violent anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-vaccine protests (www.theguardian.com)
… The demonstrations, part of a broader rightwing effort to sow unrest and undermine an alleged “liberal agenda” at US schools, have at times been marked by violence and drawn far-right participants from around the region, including people associated with local Proud Boy and Three Percenter militia chapters and...
Trump praises fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter during rally speech (www.theguardian.com)