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“You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you!” Part time escapee to La Isla Nena. Realist, nearly-retired with respect for the Earth. He/him. Sometimes a bit of my impatient attitude with the world is apparent as sarcasm. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 “If you want to change the future, start living as if you’re already there” -Lynn Conway “In a world of chaos, the learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned shall find themselves perfectly suited for a world that no longer exists” - Eric Hoffer

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KimPerales, to random
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Republicans can no longer lie about the US economy bc it's going gangbusters & Americans are feeling it:

"The US is growing above trend .. wages are growing faster than the rest of the inflation basket, so real disposable income is rising .. alongside this is a MASSIVE wealth effect from the stock market & the housing market .. &, all of this comes on top of healthy HH balance sheets. .. US consumption is more durable than the bears believe."
-Goldman Sachs

bouriquet,
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@KimPerales Lest we get too excited about the numbers, remember that the average worker doesn’t see it this way. They see these incremental wage increases as something that helps them to get a little more above drowning in debt but doesn’t get them out of the inflationary pain they have struggled with for years. They have lost ground in quality of life, affording housing. Wealth should not be measured by the stock market, where growth is based on inflation of stock value.

jeffjarvis, to random
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TIL learned that the typewriter industry operated more than once as a giant, monopolistic trust and that is how QWERTY became our standard. I admire the dogged scholarship of Koichi Yasuoka on the topic. https://yasuoka.blogspot.com/

bouriquet,
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@jeffjarvis Let us not be English-centric. Want to torture yourself? Sit down to an AZERTY keyboard in France for a session, just to send a few emails.

CelloMomOnCars, to worldwithoutus
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"On May 20th, 2024, an measuring 380 square kilometers (~147 mi2) broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf in .

The ongoing loss of Antarctic ice is one of the clearest indications of rising global temperatures and a dire warning."

https://www.sciencealert.com/gigantic-iceberg-in-antarctica-tears-loose-in-major-calving-event

bouriquet,
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@CelloMomOnCars How many more will break off, with apparently no one in the media noticing or reporting?
Perhaps this would get more public awareness as an alternative to sports betting, the odds in which section of the ice shelf and when it would break off could be subject to betting.
At least then the public would realize that they’re betting on their future by not doing anything about climate change.

thepoliticalcat, to random
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White people, WHY do you send your people into danger to fucking proselytize religion?

https://www.thedailybeast.com/missouri-state-rep-ben-bakers-daughter-son-in-law-killed-in-haiti

They're dead, along with who knows who-all else. If you go into danger, you assume the risk of what will happen. Nobody asked you to go make more Christians someplace else. Stay the fuck home, FFS. Knit. Go for walks. Foster some kittens and puppies.

bouriquet,
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@thepoliticalcat Evangelical Christianity: wiping out other cultures and civilizations since The Crusades.

skykiss, to random
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Alito continues his anti-judicial white power reign of terror and completely gets the law wrong. Alito is a grave danger to the nation and the rule of law.

So patently unconstitutional that they should trigger immediate arrests of for judicial insurrection.

The very notion that political parties have any control over elections or districting is what is actually unconstitutional.

This leapt out to me. The Supreme Court has previously said that even if partisan gerrymandering violates the Constitution, federal courts can't stop it.

Today, the Supreme Court declared that partisan gerrymandering does not violate the Constitution. That is very different!

bouriquet,
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@skykiss Judicial insurrection. But doesn’t it go beyond that? Conspiracy to seize control of the government of the United States by members of the judicial, legislative and executive branches via organized activities and assisted by members of the Federalist Society? Put it all together and it’s organized crime: RICO acts per 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-68.
But who is trusted enough to prosecute? Or serve as a judge?

Waitnwallflower, to random
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I repeat:
The Court is CORRUPTED

Guess who wrote the majority opinion? Yup, Alito.

"Supreme Court rules for GOP in South Carolina redistricting case

Civil rights groups argued that state Republicans unlawfully redrew GOP Rep. Nancy Mace’s district when they removed thousands of Black voters.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Republicans in South Carolina did not unlawfully consider race when they drew a congressional district in a way that removed thousands of Black voters, making it harder for civil rights plaintiffs to bring racial gerrymandering claims.

The court, divided 6-3 on ideological lines with conservatives in the majority, said civil rights group had not done enough to show that legislators were focused on race in drawing the Charleston-area district currently represented by Rep. Nancy Mace, a Republican."

NBC news

bouriquet,
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@Waitnwallflower All decisions made by SCOTUS since the January 6th insurrection need to be nullified. The court is obviously biased and not impartial.
If we could ever appoint an impartial board of investigators, the financial activities and social contacts of all SCOTUS members need to be thoroughly examined since 2016.
Just consider it similar to an investigation for a security clearance, like nearly all government employees consent to. What do you have to hide?

flexghost, to random
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Your reminder:

Reality Winner was held for over a year before being given a 5 year 3 month sentence under the Espionage Act for transmitting one report

Kendra Kingsbury’s case was similar to Trump’s initial transgressions, though less egregious. She received four years

Lawyer David McBride received 5 years 8 months for sharing classified material

Trump is free to threaten any judge and jury he pleases.

This system is a sick joke.

bouriquet,
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@flexghost It just amazes me that they randomly assigned a judge appointed by Trump without asking her for recusal from the case and selecting another judge. Garland is a closet supporter of the Federalist society. Any other Atty Gen would not have stood for these antics of postponement. This is a massive crime against the US: violating classified information rules!
We can vote, but it’s beginning to be clear we’re only voting for the lesser of two evils. I’m losing faith, trust in the system!

georgelakoff, to random
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Trump is telling us exactly what he plans to do if he gets another term. He is framing his return to power as an authoritarian effort, and he is overtly using Nazi language and symbolism to drive home the point.

This wasn't a mistake. It isn't a joke. American freedom and democracy are on the line in 2024. The main headline in Trump's ad asks: "What's Next for America?" Trump's answer: authoritarianism and fascism.

More at FrameLab: https://www.theframelab.org/unified-reich-trump-campaign-goes-full-nazi/

bouriquet,
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@georgelakoff In a way, it might be worse than the previous Nazi regime: Trump will have access to nuclear weapons and long range missiles that the previous one didn’t, as well as an internet-powered propaganda machine

flexghost, to random
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Tucker Carlson launches his own show on Russian state television

Anyone have this on their bingo card? From, like, a couple years ago?

bouriquet,
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@flexghost How is this not a violation of sanctions? It’s a traitorous act!

jdm2, to Palestine
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Dr. Adam Hamawy, a U.S. doctor and former U.S. Army combat surgeon who is currently in Gaza, says he has "never in my career witnessed the level of atrocities and targeting of my medical colleagues as I have in Gaza."

A U.S. doctor in Gaza wants President Biden to know 'we are not safe'

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/18/1252324720/american-doctor-gaza-israel-hospital-interview

@palestine

bouriquet,
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@jdm2 @palestine And Biden’s WH statement said the US sides with Israel? What about doctors, Joe? Aren’t they more important than votes from the people you’re trying to coddle?

flexghost, (edited ) to random
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Schrödinger's terrorist.

Is the butcher of Tehran dead or not dead?

bouriquet,
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@flexghost Or did he somehow not please Putin on supplying more cheap drones?
Just think of Prigozhin’s last plane ride.
Nothing is ever what it seems on the surface.

bouriquet,
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@flexghost So what kind of puppet government could Vlad put in their place? He surely is smart enough not to invade and cause another Afghanistan.
Or…is the Mossad still capable of helo maintenance?

jsrailton, (edited ) to Health
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Even for cancer and transplant patients.

We are speeding into idiocracy.

bouriquet,
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@jsrailton Just another state I can put on my list to never set foot in or spend another cent in again.

GottaLaff, to random
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🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ A large House GOP group is discussing a trip to New York to back up Donald Trump at his trial — joining a growing Republican trend.—Politico

bouriquet,
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@GottaLaff Where’s Chris Christie when we need him to set a massive delay for the GOP on the GW bridge as well as the tunnels?

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Adam Schiff:

People are losing respect for our system of justice because a Speaker of the House stands outside a courthouse to falsely denigrate it.

If you have no respect for the rule of law, Mr. Speaker,

At least have some self-respect.

Aaron Rupar:

Speaker Mike Johnson is outside 's trial offering a stream of lies

bouriquet,
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@GottaLaff NFL. Censure or removal?

StillIRise1963, to random
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We don’t all need to buy the exact same things that we use occasionally. We should have organized borrowing.

bouriquet,
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@StillIRise1963 Agree but COVID changed a lot about sharing, especially in a country where many do know who their closest neighbor is, much less talk to them. We’ve become an isolated society, untrusting of mostly everyone. Yes there are exceptions in small towns but not for the general population in a world where so many of us relocate often for work.

GottaLaff, to legal
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Welp! 🧵

Via Kyle Cheney: 1/...

: Judge has indefinitely postponed Donald 's trial date in Florida.

It may be months before we know the new schedule.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.530.0.pdf

bouriquet,
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@GottaLaff NFL. And this trial is for perhaps the worst crimes against the people and national security of the United States of America. There has to be a way to move this along again. No single judge should ever have this much power. What about the right to a speedy trial? Does it not also apply that right to the People?

GottaLaff, to legal
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New 🧵starts HERE. 1/…

Plz remember to use "NFL" (Not For Laffy) & remember: typos are theirs, not mine. No time to correct.

Inner City Press (aka Press):

They're back.

Trump's lawyer Blanche: Half an hour ago, we learned who the next witness is - and we have some objections. Invoices from Michael Cohen are not business records of the Trump Organization. If she stamped them, sure

bouriquet,
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@GottaLaff NFL
I would prefer that he had to take food and comfort packages to homeless people on the streets or in shelters and have 10 minute conversations with each, documenting it in a report back to the judge.

GottaLaff, to random
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CREW:

The fact that Tim Scott is refusing to say he’d follow the law and not try to overthrow the results of a free and fair election should scare anyone listening. This is how democracies end.

👇🏼
WELKER: Will you commit to accepting the 2024 election results?

TIM SCOTT: At the end of the day, the 47th president will be Donald Trump

WELKER: Wait -- yes or no, will you accept the results?

TIM SCOTT: That is my statement

bouriquet,
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@GottaLaff Tim Scott can grovel all he wants but consider if a 77 year old would-be-dictator in less than optimal physical condition would choose such a man as VP to ascend his throne or if his loyal followers would.
Highly unlikely.
Maybe he’s hoping for a cabinet position.

GottaLaff, (edited ) to random
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1/... Via Kevinly Father on Twitter:

The Republican party is literally suing to prevent legal votes from being counted.

Bartiromo: I see that the RNC is filing a lawsuit in a battleground state to stop counting ballots past election day.

Lara : Yeah. Well, that's exactly right. You cannot have ballots counted after elections are over.

bouriquet,
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@GottaLaff I thought the saying was “the election isn’t over until all the votes are counted “ no matter how long it takes.

juandesant, (edited ) to random
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From the Rebel base in the Hoth system (aka ALMA in Chile)…

Image by our colleague Pablo Bello (https://www.instagram.com/pablitocl)

bouriquet,
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@juandesant Looking like something out of a sci-fi movie
Great photo!

augieray, to random
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I've spent long weekends in two rural Midwest areas in the last two months, and you know what we didn't see? Trump signs. We didn't see Biden signs, either, but in past elections these areas were blanketed in Trump signs and flags. Maybe it means something, maybe not, but I'll take a little hope.

bouriquet,
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@augieray They probably still have the same values as before but no longer care about what goes on in Washington DC.

plaguepoems, to random
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When they tell you
(and they will tell you)
that only cowards
wear masks in public
reply by telling them
that in these dark times
the bravest thing
any of us can do
is take care of each other.

bouriquet,
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@plaguepoems That mentality is the same excuse for not wearing seatbelts, not using safety glasses, not wearing ear protection. It’s not being a coward: it’s making sure you’re still alive and able to enjoy your family and friends using all of your senses.

indivisibleteam, to random
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We read Trump's
Time interview so you don't have to. Throughout, the leader of the GOP talks openly about his dangerous ambitions for a second term -- including allowing states to arrest women who have abortions, using the power of the presidency to influence criminal investigations, and deploying the military to round up millions of immigrants. 🧵 https://time.com/6972022/donald-trump-transcript-2024-election/

bouriquet,
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@indivisibleteam It is a waste of time to interview someone who not only doesn’t understand the issues, he also does not understand the implications of his answers to the questions on the issues.It appears that he fabricates half-responses because he has no idea: “well it depends, we’ll see,” etc. The frightening answers are the ones that show a strong tendency to make all decisions without Congress or laws. The President does not have absolute power like this. This is why he will not debate.

augieray, to random
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The casual dismissal of continuing risks drives me crazy. This chart notes that 2023 concert revenue "shatters records in Post-COVID comeback."

Post-COVID?! In four months of 2023, over 21,000 people have died of COVID. That's more than the gun homicides in the US in ALL of 2023. Where is this "post-COVID" world everyone talks about?!

https://www.statista.com/chart/32177/box-office-gross-of-the-global-top-100-music-tours/

bouriquet,
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@augieray This is only bragging about the fact that fans are paying exorbitant amounts of cash to watch a performance while rolling the dice on catching a virus that may degrade the rest their life.

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