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The deal, which does not include any guarantees on extending health care subsidies, came under sharp criticism from several Democratic leaders.
Senate Vote Advances Deal To End Shutdown As 8 Democrats Break Rank
The deal, which does not include any guarantees on extending health care subsidies, came under sharp criticism from several Democratic leaders.
www.forbes.com
Democrats are not "playing 4D chess," not making a point, not following the will of their constituents, and there is no plan. This isn't some masterful strategy of "raising awareness" of Republican cruelties to win midterms. Does it look like they've had a strategy since Obama? Everything's on fire
Go work hard y'all because there is no safety net in this country. SNAP is cooked, subsidized healthcare is history... If you lose your job the clock is ticking to losing everything you own and starving to death under an overpass.
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Go work hard y'all because there is no safety net in this country. SNAP is cooked, subsidized healthcare is history... If you lose your job the clock is ticking to losing everything you own and starving to death under an overpass.
Happy "Why would anybody bother to vote for a Democrat when they're just going to vote like a Republican?" Day
No one should ever confuse Sherrill for Dick Durbin. The former is a disciplined fighter; the latter is an embarrassment.
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Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
Forget ‘moderates.’ There are ‘fighters’ and there are ‘defeatists’
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Happy "Why would anybody bother to vote for a Democrat when they're just going to vote like a Republican?" Day
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BLACK SUN: Amorphous Flocks of #Starlings Swell Above the Danish Marshlands - amazing #murmuration #photography by Søren Solkær
Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
BLACK SUN: Amorphous Flocks of #Starlings Swell Above the Danish Marshlands - amazing #murmuration #photography by Søren Solkær
Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
Democrats are not "playing 4D chess," not making a point, not following the will of their constituents, and there is no plan. This isn't some masterful strategy of "raising awareness" of Republican cruelties to win midterms. Does it look like they've had a strategy since Obama? Everything's on fire
The deal, which does not include any guarantees on extending health care subsidies, came under sharp criticism from several Democratic leaders.
Senate Vote Advances Deal To End Shutdown As 8 Democrats Break Rank
The deal, which does not include any guarantees on extending health care subsidies, came under sharp criticism from several Democratic leaders.
www.forbes.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Democrats are not "playing 4D chess," not making a point, not following the will of their constituents, and there is no plan. This isn't some masterful strategy of "raising awareness" of Republican cruelties to win midterms. Does it look like they've had a strategy since Obama? Everything's on fire
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If Trump and the Republicans get smart and eliminate daylight savings time, you can look forward to no other party winning elections for a generation. Everyone hates it, it serves no purpose, but we keep doing it.
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...
Trump advocates eliminating daylight saving time, calling it 'inconvenient'
President-elect Donald Trump called for elimination of daylight saving time on Friday, calling it "inconvenient" and "costly."
www.yahoo.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
If Trump and the Republicans get smart and eliminate daylight savings time, you can look forward to no other party winning elections for a generation. Everyone hates it, it serves no purpose, but we keep doing it.
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...
We're so fucking cooked
Again
Again
Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
We're so fucking cooked
Again
Again
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Shut us down for good reason.
Open back up without any of those reasons having been fixed.
You want us to have confidence in you?
You want us to think YOU can lead US?
Don’t get me wrong, it’s good to have a chance to be back.. but our pain produced nothing in return.
Open back up without any of those reasons having been fixed.
You want us to have confidence in you?
You want us to think YOU can lead US?
Don’t get me wrong, it’s good to have a chance to be back.. but our pain produced nothing in return.
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Shut us down for good reason.
Open back up without any of those reasons having been fixed.
You want us to have confidence in you?
You want us to think YOU can lead US?
Don’t get me wrong, it’s good to have a chance to be back.. but our pain produced nothing in return.
Open back up without any of those reasons having been fixed.
You want us to have confidence in you?
You want us to think YOU can lead US?
Don’t get me wrong, it’s good to have a chance to be back.. but our pain produced nothing in return.
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He had already indicated…CLEARLY…where he stands.
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
He had already indicated…CLEARLY…where he stands.
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This is the reason people don't come out to vote. They don't see much difference in parties. It's hard to see a party that folds like a cheap suit as people working for you.
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This is the reason people don't come out to vote. They don't see much difference in parties. It's hard to see a party that folds like a cheap suit as people working for you.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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A deep commitment to anti-wokeness
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A deep commitment to anti-wokeness
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A relatively small number of people in certain jobs say that ChatGPT and other LLMs have made them more productive at work. But in the overall economy, it does not look like net productivity is up.
Most of the supposed value is in sci-fi speculation. “Imagine a machine that cures cancer.”
Most of the supposed value is in sci-fi speculation. “Imagine a machine that cures cancer.”
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A relatively small number of people in certain jobs say that ChatGPT and other LLMs have made them more productive at work. But in the overall economy, it does not look like net productivity is up.
Most of the supposed value is in sci-fi speculation. “Imagine a machine that cures cancer.”
Most of the supposed value is in sci-fi speculation. “Imagine a machine that cures cancer.”
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ICE Agent Panics After Realizing There More Children Than He Has Flash-Bangs
ICE Agent Panics After Realizing There More Children Than He Has Flash-Bangs
CHICAGO—His heart racing with terror as he found himself completely surrounded, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent conducting a raid on a Chicago elementary school reportedly fell into panic...
theonion.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ICE Agent Panics After Realizing There More Children Than He Has Flash-Bangs
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Give this photographer a Pulitzer for capturing what anti-woke represents.
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Give this photographer a Pulitzer for capturing what anti-woke represents.
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Thou Shalt Never Again Complain About Egg Prices If You Voted For The Guy Who Canceled Food.
November 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Thou Shalt Never Again Complain About Egg Prices If You Voted For The Guy Who Canceled Food.
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This is why 30 minutes a day of just walking has massive health benefits, but housework and puttering around at your job doesn't accomplish anything.
Accumulating daily steps in longer bouts of walking is better for the heart than taking multiple short walks
go.nature.com/47LvbXE
go.nature.com/47LvbXE
Longer walks beat shorter strolls for heart health
Nature - People who rack up most of their daily steps in walks lasting less than five minutes have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease than do those who amass their steps in big blocks.
go.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is why 30 minutes a day of just walking has massive health benefits, but housework and puttering around at your job doesn't accomplish anything.
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#Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine
Alarm bells abroad, spread of a new form of H3N2 provide warnings as influenza cases start ticking up
/1 thread
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Alarm bells abroad, spread of a new form of H3N2 provide warnings as influenza cases start ticking up
/1 thread
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine | CBC News
With flu cases now rising in Canada, medical experts are bracing for a difficult influenza season linked to the global spread of an evolving H3N2 strain that could be a mismatch for this year’s vaccin...
www.cbc.ca
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine
Alarm bells abroad, spread of a new form of H3N2 provide warnings as influenza cases start ticking up
/1 thread
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Alarm bells abroad, spread of a new form of H3N2 provide warnings as influenza cases start ticking up
/1 thread
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
We fucking warned the Biden administration how malignant the supreme Court was and nobody did anything about it.
Six assholes who go to work in robes cutting off food to 40 million people really is the stuff revolutions are made of.
Six assholes who go to work in robes cutting off food to 40 million people really is the stuff revolutions are made of.
Supreme Court temporarily blocks full SNAP benefits even as they'd started to go out
The high court decision allows a lower court time to consider a more lasting pause. The Trump administration is appealing an order to fully fund November food aid for millions of people.
www.npr.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We fucking warned the Biden administration how malignant the supreme Court was and nobody did anything about it.
Six assholes who go to work in robes cutting off food to 40 million people really is the stuff revolutions are made of.
Six assholes who go to work in robes cutting off food to 40 million people really is the stuff revolutions are made of.
I seriously thought that mechanical vampire asshole Dick Cheney was going to outlive me despite being like 200 years older.
Yet here we are literally having a Dick Cheney is Dead pizza party. Don't let life get you down kids, dreams do come true.
Yet here we are literally having a Dick Cheney is Dead pizza party. Don't let life get you down kids, dreams do come true.
November 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I seriously thought that mechanical vampire asshole Dick Cheney was going to outlive me despite being like 200 years older.
Yet here we are literally having a Dick Cheney is Dead pizza party. Don't let life get you down kids, dreams do come true.
Yet here we are literally having a Dick Cheney is Dead pizza party. Don't let life get you down kids, dreams do come true.
*Dick Cheney is still dead dance*
November 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
*Dick Cheney is still dead dance*