michael spins
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I like things, also can play some jazz guitar chords, I prefer the demo versions
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The Orange Fruit Dove decorates the treetops with its flame-like plumage. This species lives in forests on the islands of Fiji, where it munches on fruits and berries. Only males display bold orange plumage; females are green.
Photo: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist
Photo: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The Orange Fruit Dove decorates the treetops with its flame-like plumage. This species lives in forests on the islands of Fiji, where it munches on fruits and berries. Only males display bold orange plumage; females are green.
Photo: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist
Photo: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist
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While I am sorry to read about Fetterman's mental health issues, he is not fit to be a Senator.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
While I am sorry to read about Fetterman's mental health issues, he is not fit to be a Senator.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
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Words of freedom:
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Words of freedom:
This is a perfect description of her and too many in the msm these days-
Bari Weiss is Tulsi Gabbard with a byline. With distortions, half truths and lies, she is the Vichy voice who fancies herself speaking Truth to Power, when she truly is just someone speaking to a fascist exactly the lies he wants to hear.
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is a perfect description of her and too many in the msm these days-
this new album kicks ass
Fiending for the Lies by Dropkick Murphys on Apple Music
Song · 2025 · Duration 2:42
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November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
this new album kicks ass
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“i fold,” said the poker player & the laundromat guy & the origami artist & the dems &
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“i fold,” said the poker player & the laundromat guy & the origami artist & the dems &
I’d say he was just a placeholder for the next two years, but he’s much worse because he’s voting with the GOP much of the time and actively harming his constituents- he’ll be gone come 2029 but he’ll be shitting on us every chance he gets in the meantime.
If you’re really so miserable, resign.
If you’re really so miserable, resign.
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I’d say he was just a placeholder for the next two years, but he’s much worse because he’s voting with the GOP much of the time and actively harming his constituents- he’ll be gone come 2029 but he’ll be shitting on us every chance he gets in the meantime.
If you’re really so miserable, resign.
If you’re really so miserable, resign.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“We didn’t learn, we watched it all burn down in flames, playing silly kid games”
Kids Games by Dropkick Murphys on Apple Music
Song · 2025 · Duration 3:01
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November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“We didn’t learn, we watched it all burn down in flames, playing silly kid games”
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Insurance operates via risk pools to smooth out the cost of providing coverage. An individual "negotiating" with an insurance company will be assumed to be high risk, and premiums will be astronomically high. The reason why the marketplaces exist is to create risk pools that smooth out premium costs
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Insurance operates via risk pools to smooth out the cost of providing coverage. An individual "negotiating" with an insurance company will be assumed to be high risk, and premiums will be astronomically high. The reason why the marketplaces exist is to create risk pools that smooth out premium costs
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Forgot it was Remembrance Day
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Forgot it was Remembrance Day
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Why has truth-teller sarahkendzior.bsky.social been suspended?
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November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Why has truth-teller sarahkendzior.bsky.social been suspended?
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"Spiritual attacks"? Carl Sagan proved prescient again (and again, and again...).
October 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"Spiritual attacks"? Carl Sagan proved prescient again (and again, and again...).
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Movie/series pitch: A scientist discovers that a recent global pandemic has left the average intelligence and decision-making ability of humans below that necessary to understand & operate the world they created, and simultaneously undermined their control of violent & hateful impulses. Set in 2025.
August 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Movie/series pitch: A scientist discovers that a recent global pandemic has left the average intelligence and decision-making ability of humans below that necessary to understand & operate the world they created, and simultaneously undermined their control of violent & hateful impulses. Set in 2025.
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Humans gave it a good go with the Enlightenment thing. We put dents in irrationality, the tyranny of kings and religions and superstition, the belief in nonsense.
We elevated the value of truth and rationality, of rights & freedom, of humans as individuals with dignity.
And then we didn’t like it.
We elevated the value of truth and rationality, of rights & freedom, of humans as individuals with dignity.
And then we didn’t like it.
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Humans gave it a good go with the Enlightenment thing. We put dents in irrationality, the tyranny of kings and religions and superstition, the belief in nonsense.
We elevated the value of truth and rationality, of rights & freedom, of humans as individuals with dignity.
And then we didn’t like it.
We elevated the value of truth and rationality, of rights & freedom, of humans as individuals with dignity.
And then we didn’t like it.
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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“As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.” www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.” www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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I understand the frustration amongst professional SCOTUS commentators, most of whom are smarter and better-informed than I, when something happens they confidently predicted in the face of widespread concern (or panic), like the denial of Kim Davis’ petition. But on the other hand…
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November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I understand the frustration amongst professional SCOTUS commentators, most of whom are smarter and better-informed than I, when something happens they confidently predicted in the face of widespread concern (or panic), like the denial of Kim Davis’ petition. But on the other hand…
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This is a move by sportsbooks and MLB, like many of its moves, to give an air of a correction while no correction is actually made
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is a move by sportsbooks and MLB, like many of its moves, to give an air of a correction while no correction is actually made