Aquilegia Hybrida
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Extremely stubborn and suspicious.
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This is why this surrender isn't just about this narrow issue but is rather the whole constitutional ballgame:
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is why this surrender isn't just about this narrow issue but is rather the whole constitutional ballgame:
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
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S I G N I F I C A N T L Y
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
S I G N I F I C A N T L Y
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
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What is the argument for voting for Democrats for harm reduction if the harm is not fucking reduced
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
What is the argument for voting for Democrats for harm reduction if the harm is not fucking reduced
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I think the "good old Democrats" actually got more scared by Tuesday's results than the Republicans b/c they realized that people are now past the "as long as it's any Democrat" way of thinking and they're just as much at risk as the GOP. And they're gonna kiss up now to 'save' their own sorry asses
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I think the "good old Democrats" actually got more scared by Tuesday's results than the Republicans b/c they realized that people are now past the "as long as it's any Democrat" way of thinking and they're just as much at risk as the GOP. And they're gonna kiss up now to 'save' their own sorry asses
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reminder to any ambitious Dems waiting in the wings: announcing a primary challenge right now to a squishy Democrat who’s up in 2026, whether they voted tonight to shine Trump’s shoes or not, will almost instantaneously be awash in cash. fortune—and a primary challenge—favors the bold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
reminder to any ambitious Dems waiting in the wings: announcing a primary challenge right now to a squishy Democrat who’s up in 2026, whether they voted tonight to shine Trump’s shoes or not, will almost instantaneously be awash in cash. fortune—and a primary challenge—favors the bold.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
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SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted cave on the government shutdown. The Gang of 8 Senate Dems had his approval & he was getting daily updates.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, i...
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November 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted cave on the government shutdown. The Gang of 8 Senate Dems had his approval & he was getting daily updates.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
We absolutely loved the film, but we did both notice this, and we can only assume that GdT does not fear the wrath of Mary Shelley's ghost.
Ending a Frankenstein movie with a Lord Byron quote is like ending a Dracula movie with a quote from a not-particularly-interested Henry Irving.
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
We absolutely loved the film, but we did both notice this, and we can only assume that GdT does not fear the wrath of Mary Shelley's ghost.
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This might be read as dooming, but it actually gives me hope. We, as a society, *can* just all decide to call this all a load of horseshit and get rid of it. It's not impossible. There was a time before all of this, and there will be a time after it.
One thing that strikes me is just how fake all of our problems related to government are
The filibuster isn't in the Constitution, and every single Framer would be apoplectic that it exists.
The government shutdown was invented in 1980
The 9-justices limit was invented to stop the New Deal
The filibuster isn't in the Constitution, and every single Framer would be apoplectic that it exists.
The government shutdown was invented in 1980
The 9-justices limit was invented to stop the New Deal
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This might be read as dooming, but it actually gives me hope. We, as a society, *can* just all decide to call this all a load of horseshit and get rid of it. It's not impossible. There was a time before all of this, and there will be a time after it.
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We sent the presidencies of Harding and Nixon straight to hell for a fraction of the corruption that happens every hour of every day on camera in this regime
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
We sent the presidencies of Harding and Nixon straight to hell for a fraction of the corruption that happens every hour of every day on camera in this regime
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If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
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November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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would throw out every scruple about not wearing logos that I have, for a chance to touch the murakami vuitton tentacle purse
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
would throw out every scruple about not wearing logos that I have, for a chance to touch the murakami vuitton tentacle purse
This is brilliant. There are too many outstanding paragraphs in it for me to quote here. Please read it.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is brilliant. There are too many outstanding paragraphs in it for me to quote here. Please read it.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
OK, I think I'm caught up on renders to the point where I should have been at the end of last night if I hadn't played that game instead.
Now I gotta figure out exactly how the heck the layout is gonna go for these pages, which is roughly akin to trying to place 10 lbs poop in a 5 lb bag
Now I gotta figure out exactly how the heck the layout is gonna go for these pages, which is roughly akin to trying to place 10 lbs poop in a 5 lb bag
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
OK, I think I'm caught up on renders to the point where I should have been at the end of last night if I hadn't played that game instead.
Now I gotta figure out exactly how the heck the layout is gonna go for these pages, which is roughly akin to trying to place 10 lbs poop in a 5 lb bag
Now I gotta figure out exactly how the heck the layout is gonna go for these pages, which is roughly akin to trying to place 10 lbs poop in a 5 lb bag
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Of course the Roberts et al could choose to extend the admin stay or, more likely, will just straight up stay McConnell’s order before KBJ’s deadline passes.
But she did what she could to control the process tonight and let CA1 put its reasoning on the record before Roberts et al disregard it.
But she did what she could to control the process tonight and let CA1 put its reasoning on the record before Roberts et al disregard it.
November 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Of course the Roberts et al could choose to extend the admin stay or, more likely, will just straight up stay McConnell’s order before KBJ’s deadline passes.
But she did what she could to control the process tonight and let CA1 put its reasoning on the record before Roberts et al disregard it.
But she did what she could to control the process tonight and let CA1 put its reasoning on the record before Roberts et al disregard it.
If you're screaming at Justice Jackson, read this thread, both up and down from this post. She was between a rock and a hard place here.
KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
If you're screaming at Justice Jackson, read this thread, both up and down from this post. She was between a rock and a hard place here.
Oh, good, someone found that old Slate article that has all the receipts on James Watson. I had been meaning to try to dig it out earlier today.
CW for Watson saying horrible things. Repeatedly.
slate.com/technology/2...
CW for Watson saying horrible things. Repeatedly.
slate.com/technology/2...
James Watson Is Auctioning Off His Nobel Prize. Please Do Not Bid on It.
Jim Watson is one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. He is also a peevish bigot. History will remember him for his co-discovery of...
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November 8, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Oh, good, someone found that old Slate article that has all the receipts on James Watson. I had been meaning to try to dig it out earlier today.
CW for Watson saying horrible things. Repeatedly.
slate.com/technology/2...
CW for Watson saying horrible things. Repeatedly.
slate.com/technology/2...
Portrait of a woman who is going to do a double-take in the next panel
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Portrait of a woman who is going to do a double-take in the next panel
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A good day to remember Rosalind Franklin, who died far too young and unacknowledged.
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A good day to remember Rosalind Franklin, who died far too young and unacknowledged.
The Case of the Golden Idol was on sale yesterday and I bought it plus its two DLC scenarios. I then neglected my renders to play the first story, which I did last night and this afternoon. I love this kind of stuff. I am barring myself from playing the DLC until I render at least two more pages.
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The Case of the Golden Idol was on sale yesterday and I bought it plus its two DLC scenarios. I then neglected my renders to play the first story, which I did last night and this afternoon. I love this kind of stuff. I am barring myself from playing the DLC until I render at least two more pages.