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never underestimate humanity, for they are fully capable of doing absolutely nothing when it matters most
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 AM
never underestimate humanity, for they are fully capable of doing absolutely nothing when it matters most
the entire world is terrifying but its fall so the leaves are crunchy to walk on at least
October 31, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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no i won't pay for youtube premium. no i won't upgrade to prime video ad-free. think i care? when i read a novel i stop every 20 pages to imagine a new product
October 31, 2025 at 4:06 AM
no i won't pay for youtube premium. no i won't upgrade to prime video ad-free. think i care? when i read a novel i stop every 20 pages to imagine a new product
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[aliens arriving]
people: *running screaming hiding*
me: *desperately learning to spell TAKE ME in music and math*
people: *running screaming hiding*
me: *desperately learning to spell TAKE ME in music and math*
December 14, 2024 at 7:29 PM
[aliens arriving]
people: *running screaming hiding*
me: *desperately learning to spell TAKE ME in music and math*
people: *running screaming hiding*
me: *desperately learning to spell TAKE ME in music and math*
That state senator should also discuss what the state provides as a food allowance for members of the legislature, as well as what the United States Congress provides as a food allowance for the members of Congress. Because you know they ain’t eating on their own dollar.
Connecticut State Senator, Saud Anwar, shows what it's like to live off of $6.20 in food per day. The average allowance for SNAP recipients.
www.senatedems.ct.gov/senator-anwa...
www.senatedems.ct.gov/senator-anwa...
October 31, 2025 at 8:10 AM
That state senator should also discuss what the state provides as a food allowance for members of the legislature, as well as what the United States Congress provides as a food allowance for the members of Congress. Because you know they ain’t eating on their own dollar.
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Lisa Murkowski has things to say about the shutdown and is keeping her name in the news. It gives an illusion of doing stuff…
via Politico
via Politico
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Lisa Murkowski has things to say about the shutdown and is keeping her name in the news. It gives an illusion of doing stuff…
via Politico
via Politico
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By design tribes having to choose between “food and fuel” is part of #Project2025 per Alaskan Tara Sweeney:
October 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
By design tribes having to choose between “food and fuel” is part of #Project2025 per Alaskan Tara Sweeney:
Time to flush the toilet and get rid of them. I may be liberal, but I definitely would settle for a centrist of some sort at this point.
I miss Mary as our rep.
I miss Mary as our rep.
@lizruskin.bsky.social nailed tonight’s @alaskapublic.org At-Large. Sullivan is selling “MAGA North” merch and Murkowski has voted 91% with Trump. We’ve deserved better than both of them for a long time. #AkLeg #Alaska
October 31, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Time to flush the toilet and get rid of them. I may be liberal, but I definitely would settle for a centrist of some sort at this point.
I miss Mary as our rep.
I miss Mary as our rep.
Not the Cookie Jar! Bah.
That whole area is really conservative unfortunately.
It would be better just to create a list of places that supported moderate to liberal ideas instead. Unfortunately, probably a very short list.
That whole area is really conservative unfortunately.
It would be better just to create a list of places that supported moderate to liberal ideas instead. Unfortunately, probably a very short list.
Updated list of businesses in #Fairbanks whose owners recently donated to Trump or local MAGA candidates.
This list is based on public records and is not comprehensive (yet!).
#AkLeg #AlaskaSky
This list is based on public records and is not comprehensive (yet!).
#AkLeg #AlaskaSky
October 31, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Not the Cookie Jar! Bah.
That whole area is really conservative unfortunately.
It would be better just to create a list of places that supported moderate to liberal ideas instead. Unfortunately, probably a very short list.
That whole area is really conservative unfortunately.
It would be better just to create a list of places that supported moderate to liberal ideas instead. Unfortunately, probably a very short list.
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The view from Glenn Highway @ Gunsight Mountain MP 117, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov
October 31, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The view from Glenn Highway @ Gunsight Mountain MP 117, 📷 from 511.alaska.gov
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Is there any possibility Prince Andrew, Donald Trump, & Epstein, we’re doing all that as a type of business & extortion ring? Where Donald Trump & Prince Andrew were financial backers & Epstein was the person on the ground running things. They bring him money, but also record video for blackmail
October 31, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Is there any possibility Prince Andrew, Donald Trump, & Epstein, we’re doing all that as a type of business & extortion ring? Where Donald Trump & Prince Andrew were financial backers & Epstein was the person on the ground running things. They bring him money, but also record video for blackmail
Is there any possibility Prince Andrew, Donald Trump, & Epstein, we’re doing all that as a type of business & extortion ring? Where Donald Trump & Prince Andrew were financial backers & Epstein was the person on the ground running things. They bring him money, but also record video for blackmail
If Prince Andrew used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
If Bill Clinton used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
If Donald Trump used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
That wasn’t so difficult, was it?
If Bill Clinton used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
If Donald Trump used Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, he should go to jail.
That wasn’t so difficult, was it?
October 31, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Is there any possibility Prince Andrew, Donald Trump, & Epstein, we’re doing all that as a type of business & extortion ring? Where Donald Trump & Prince Andrew were financial backers & Epstein was the person on the ground running things. They bring him money, but also record video for blackmail
October 31, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Two more deaths have been reported in the listeria outbreak tied to prepared pasta, bringing the total to six.
More illnesses, deaths reported in listeria outbreak tied to recalled pasta salads, meals sold nationwide | CNN
Two additional deaths have been reported in a listeria outbreak that’s been linked with recalled ready-to-eat pasta salads and prepared meals sold at major grocery chains including Trader Joe’s, Sprou...
www.cnn.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Two more deaths have been reported in the listeria outbreak tied to prepared pasta, bringing the total to six.
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The Office of Naval Research (for historical and other reasons) has been an important supporter of innovative research (including for me early in my career).
This is deeply worrisome and incredibly stupid.
File under "Shocking but not surprising"
This is deeply worrisome and incredibly stupid.
File under "Shocking but not surprising"
SCOOP: The decorated rear admiral who was heading the critically important Office of Naval Research, and who brought lengthy experience in Navy tech-leadership to the job, "is being replaced by a 33-year-old former DOGE employee with no apparent naval experience."
www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
SCOOP: Trump Swaps Decorated Admiral With 33-Year-Old DOGEr
The highly unorthodox personnel change affects a critical government research role.
www.thebulwark.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The Office of Naval Research (for historical and other reasons) has been an important supporter of innovative research (including for me early in my career).
This is deeply worrisome and incredibly stupid.
File under "Shocking but not surprising"
This is deeply worrisome and incredibly stupid.
File under "Shocking but not surprising"
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Even if the shutdown ends tomorrow, I suspect we are in for a pretty rapid decline in air travel quality. There just isn't enough slack in the system for it to be resilient in the face of the last 10 months, let alone in what promises to continue for the next 3 years.
October 31, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Even if the shutdown ends tomorrow, I suspect we are in for a pretty rapid decline in air travel quality. There just isn't enough slack in the system for it to be resilient in the face of the last 10 months, let alone in what promises to continue for the next 3 years.
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i think i might be going insane but in a good way that will benefit humanity
October 31, 2025 at 2:48 AM
i think i might be going insane but in a good way that will benefit humanity
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Happy Halloween. This was SO fun to work on. Image available at Cobble Hill Puzzles: www.cobblehillpuzzles.ca/collections/...
October 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Happy Halloween. This was SO fun to work on. Image available at Cobble Hill Puzzles: www.cobblehillpuzzles.ca/collections/...
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Most of Ireland's uplands are commonage, ie co-owned by local farmers.
The ONLY real income from commonage is via subsidies, almost always for ecosystem-killing sheep. This is why Irish mountains are all empty wastelands, kept that way by your taxes.
Why are we STILL not paying farmers to rewild??
The ONLY real income from commonage is via subsidies, almost always for ecosystem-killing sheep. This is why Irish mountains are all empty wastelands, kept that way by your taxes.
Why are we STILL not paying farmers to rewild??
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Most of Ireland's uplands are commonage, ie co-owned by local farmers.
The ONLY real income from commonage is via subsidies, almost always for ecosystem-killing sheep. This is why Irish mountains are all empty wastelands, kept that way by your taxes.
Why are we STILL not paying farmers to rewild??
The ONLY real income from commonage is via subsidies, almost always for ecosystem-killing sheep. This is why Irish mountains are all empty wastelands, kept that way by your taxes.
Why are we STILL not paying farmers to rewild??
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India’s top solar panel maker Waaree says it is reconfiguring its supply chain in an attempt to get around steep US import tariffs and keep supplying to a country that accounts for nearly 60% of its orders
Top India Solar Exporter Rejigs Supply Chain to Bypass US Tariff
India’s top solar panel maker Waaree Energies Ltd. said it’s reconfiguring its supply chain in an attempt to get around steep US import tariffs and keep supplying to a country that accounts for nearly 60% of its orders.
bloom.bg
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 AM
India’s top solar panel maker Waaree says it is reconfiguring its supply chain in an attempt to get around steep US import tariffs and keep supplying to a country that accounts for nearly 60% of its orders
It’s only a matter of time before the US’s leader gets temperamental and screws it up somehow. You just wait.
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping made headlines for reaching a trade truce. Their competition to win over other nations matters just as much.
Trump and Xi Are Competing as Much for Deals as for Friends
The US president’s first Asian trip of his second term shows the rivalry with China is about more than trade.
bloom.bg
October 31, 2025 at 7:19 AM
It’s only a matter of time before the US’s leader gets temperamental and screws it up somehow. You just wait.
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"sophisticated financial engineering" oh that's not good
October 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
"sophisticated financial engineering" oh that's not good