Spooky Strings and Sealing Wax (and other frightening stuff)
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Left boundary layer separation enthusiast, chisel sharpener, clamp guy, he/him
Same people pretending offshore windmills are bad
Trump officials are planning to propose oil drilling off the California coast for the first time in decades, according to a draft map reviewed by The Post.
The move is sure to antagonize Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats in California.
The move is sure to antagonize Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats in California.
Trump administration plan would open California to offshore oil drilling
A draft five-year plan for offshore oil development proposes selling leases on the West Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Same people pretending offshore windmills are bad
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If the outcomes aren't the most important thing, it's not even politics. Politics is literally about the outcomes. What he's describing here is cosplaying.
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
If the outcomes aren't the most important thing, it's not even politics. Politics is literally about the outcomes. What he's describing here is cosplaying.
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It’s okay because the Republicans promised to hold this exact same vote in a month
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It’s okay because the Republicans promised to hold this exact same vote in a month
I keep seeing some version of this, just want everyone to be clear, if you die with a mortgage, the bank doesn’t get the house. That’s just not how mortgages or inheritances work. Whoever inherits the house can generally take over the mortgage, refinance, or sell it and pocket the equity
A new report last week stated that the average age for a first time home owner is now 40. Life expectancy in the US in 2023 was 78.39 years.
A 50 year mortgage means no average person would own their homes ever. It turns homes into direct rentals from the bank even more than they already are.
A 50 year mortgage means no average person would own their homes ever. It turns homes into direct rentals from the bank even more than they already are.
The US Trump Administration is reportedly working on 15 year car loans.
US President Donald Trump also posted yesterday regarding allowing 50 year mortgages.
US President Donald Trump also posted yesterday regarding allowing 50 year mortgages.
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I keep seeing some version of this, just want everyone to be clear, if you die with a mortgage, the bank doesn’t get the house. That’s just not how mortgages or inheritances work. Whoever inherits the house can generally take over the mortgage, refinance, or sell it and pocket the equity
Millions of Bears fans tonight:
Go Birds
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Millions of Bears fans tonight:
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Why is the "we must be united!" hectoring directed at people who are mad at the Cavers and not to the Cavers? Everyone who's mad was united, then the Cave Caucus walked across the aisle and betrayed what the public had been told was the Dem position.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Why is the "we must be united!" hectoring directed at people who are mad at the Cavers and not to the Cavers? Everyone who's mad was united, then the Cave Caucus walked across the aisle and betrayed what the public had been told was the Dem position.
“We share food with people to be nice” you mean your fucking customers?
California alone produces a third of all the food America eats. So this is a lie.
But let’s break down the food produced by the red states:
Guess what percent is harvested by people from Latin America?
But let’s break down the food produced by the red states:
Guess what percent is harvested by people from Latin America?
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
“We share food with people to be nice” you mean your fucking customers?
Everyone knows Trump is dumb as shit maybe we should be talking more about how dumb Democratic Senators are
Steve Inskeep: You think the Republicans voting with you here will not only agree to these measures, but actually try to do something if the administration ignores them?
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Everyone knows Trump is dumb as shit maybe we should be talking more about how dumb Democratic Senators are
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It’s wild to suggest this is a circular firing squad or something when it’s millions of citizen Democrats who hate it versus 47 elected Democrats who conspired to surrender for nothing.
We’re not fighting “each other,” we’re fighting you. There’s only a few dozen of you, but you hold all the power.
We’re not fighting “each other,” we’re fighting you. There’s only a few dozen of you, but you hold all the power.
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
It’s wild to suggest this is a circular firing squad or something when it’s millions of citizen Democrats who hate it versus 47 elected Democrats who conspired to surrender for nothing.
We’re not fighting “each other,” we’re fighting you. There’s only a few dozen of you, but you hold all the power.
We’re not fighting “each other,” we’re fighting you. There’s only a few dozen of you, but you hold all the power.
The most harshly punished crime in any civilized country should be abuse of power by representatives of the state
Wow, apparently UCPD arrested 4 people for felony vandalism for allegedly hanging up a cardboard bug and putting up posters. 3 are held on $20k bail, 1 on $10k bail.
www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The most harshly punished crime in any civilized country should be abuse of power by representatives of the state
I for one think there are some drawbacks to having, as a president, a man who has literally never had to do anything for himself even once in his life and therefore has no idea how anything works
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I for one think there are some drawbacks to having, as a president, a man who has literally never had to do anything for himself even once in his life and therefore has no idea how anything works
Is this all part of the 7-dimensional chess Senate Dems are playing?
More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Is this all part of the 7-dimensional chess Senate Dems are playing?
“Felon who Trump pardoned and has since been arrested for physical and sexual assault” is basically the median Republican podcaster/cabinet member
A felon whose sentence Trump commuted in the final hours of his first term has been sentenced to 27 months in prison after being accused of a range of criminal conduct — including physical and sexual assault — since Trump freed him.
Jonathan Braun had a long history of violence.
Jonathan Braun had a long history of violence.
Felon Freed by Trump Is Sentenced Again, This Time to 27 Months
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
“Felon who Trump pardoned and has since been arrested for physical and sexual assault” is basically the median Republican podcaster/cabinet member
Californians please tell her to take her LITERAL HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS and fuck off to some private island or something
Christine Pelosi, daughter of Nancy Pelosi, has announced she’s running for the California State Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Californians please tell her to take her LITERAL HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS and fuck off to some private island or something
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books have no tech tree, no fog of war
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
books have no tech tree, no fog of war
Thank god 8 Democrats voted for this!
"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Thank god 8 Democrats voted for this!
“internal recriminations” buddy you’re talking about accountability and the fact that you all collectively keep throwing in the towel is why it’s going to be so hard to get people out in November 2026 just like it was in November 2024
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“internal recriminations” buddy you’re talking about accountability and the fact that you all collectively keep throwing in the towel is why it’s going to be so hard to get people out in November 2026 just like it was in November 2024
Hi, most obvious follow-up in the world, will you be demanding Durbin and Schumer step down and for all those voting yes to be primaried?
This is why I voted no and why I will continue to vote no on any deal that does not bring down health care costs for New Mexicans.
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Hi, most obvious follow-up in the world, will you be demanding Durbin and Schumer step down and for all those voting yes to be primaried?
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“The President sent his lawyer to negotiate a settlement with a convicted sex trafficker to provide cushy accommodation in exchange for her silence on his participation in said sex trafficking” is a cold description of the facts of an insane story that the media doesn’t find worthy of scrutiny
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“The President sent his lawyer to negotiate a settlement with a convicted sex trafficker to provide cushy accommodation in exchange for her silence on his participation in said sex trafficking” is a cold description of the facts of an insane story that the media doesn’t find worthy of scrutiny
“Wow, ultra-processed foods are just awful for you.”
“What’s an ultra-processed foods?”
“I have no idea.”
“What’s an ultra-processed foods?”
“I have no idea.”
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target. n.pr/4qMrN7P
People want to avoid ultra-processed foods. But experts struggle to define them
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“Wow, ultra-processed foods are just awful for you.”
“What’s an ultra-processed foods?”
“I have no idea.”
“What’s an ultra-processed foods?”
“I have no idea.”
Yeah, you gotta ask whether it’s faster and easier to wrestle the wheel away from grandpa or to get out of the car and build a new one from scratch
you’d have to rebuild so much financial, political, and legal infrastructure, and that’s a lot of capital to expend when you can just directly choose your nominees for the democratic party in a primary. this is pretty straightforward imo
Parties are shells that are continuously remade. Compare Ds/Rs in 1868, 1904, 1932, 1972, & today on class, race, gender, immigration, & religion.
Most of us want more parties, but that isn’t* viable w/o proportional representation.
Since 1972, all nominees are directly chosen by voters. Do that.
Most of us want more parties, but that isn’t* viable w/o proportional representation.
Since 1972, all nominees are directly chosen by voters. Do that.
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Yeah, you gotta ask whether it’s faster and easier to wrestle the wheel away from grandpa or to get out of the car and build a new one from scratch
The folks telling me that I should just trust Democratic leadership are probably right, they’ve got an excellent track record which is why everything is going so well right now
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The folks telling me that I should just trust Democratic leadership are probably right, they’ve got an excellent track record which is why everything is going so well right now
“And that’s why I’m demanding we replace Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin and primary everyone who voted yes.”
No? Mmkay
No? Mmkay
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“And that’s why I’m demanding we replace Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin and primary everyone who voted yes.”
No? Mmkay
No? Mmkay
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One on side, the Trump administration is arguing that hormones are "mutilating" when used by trans people. When used by cis people, they are removing all the warning labels and increasing access.
Funny how that works.
archive.ph/JhbUF
Funny how that works.
archive.ph/JhbUF
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
One on side, the Trump administration is arguing that hormones are "mutilating" when used by trans people. When used by cis people, they are removing all the warning labels and increasing access.
Funny how that works.
archive.ph/JhbUF
Funny how that works.
archive.ph/JhbUF
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So you're saying (*opens notebook*) when you're in charge of an organization that repeatedly fails, eventually (*scribbles furiously*) you get fired and replaced? What the
BREAKING: The Giants are firing head coach Brian Daboll after Sunday’s loss to the Bears, per sources.
Daboll, who won Coach of the Year in 2022, finishes his New York tenure with a 20-40-1 record in 3+ seasons.
Daboll, who won Coach of the Year in 2022, finishes his New York tenure with a 20-40-1 record in 3+ seasons.
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
So you're saying (*opens notebook*) when you're in charge of an organization that repeatedly fails, eventually (*scribbles furiously*) you get fired and replaced? What the