Tjaw
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The sky was dancing last night…
November 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The sky was dancing last night…
My go-to grocery store in the early 80’s was literally called Yellow & Black . Nothing but generic stuff in yellow & black containers.
The worst was the powdered milk,
The worst was the powdered milk,
One thing I remember from the early 80s was the generic foods aisle. (Where I shopped.) White boxes marked "macaroni and cheese" and cans marked "chili" and "beer." (Mac and cheese? 25 cents, or about 80 cents today.)
That recession, and the unemployment it brought, was brutal.
That recession, and the unemployment it brought, was brutal.
Wasn't there a point in the early 80's where unemployment in the US approached 10%? Some of my friends from that time have fond memories of unemployment checks, food stamps, and other not so fun things
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
My go-to grocery store in the early 80’s was literally called Yellow & Black . Nothing but generic stuff in yellow & black containers.
The worst was the powdered milk,
The worst was the powdered milk,
If you’re a Twins or Vikings fan, this is most certainly true.
November 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
If you’re a Twins or Vikings fan, this is most certainly true.
I’ve argued this for years. The imperfect human element of the sport is one of the things I love.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
This year’s World Series may be the last one in which human umpires have a final say on balls and strikes. But why should we expect umpires or outcomes to be perfect? “Baseball is enlivened by its mistakes, its miscues, its mental lapses,” Jane Leavy writes.
This year’s World Series may be the last one in which human umpires have a final say on balls and strikes. But why should we expect umpires or outcomes to be perfect? “Baseball is enlivened by its mistakes, its miscues, its mental lapses,” Jane Leavy writes.
Opinion | Cherish the Last World Series Where Humans Rule Supreme
A new system next season will help perfect decisions around balls and strikes. But baseball’s charm has always been tied to its imperfections.
nyti.ms
October 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I’ve argued this for years. The imperfect human element of the sport is one of the things I love.
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Petro says the “Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure” when it was bombed by the U.S. military.
October 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Petro says the “Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure” when it was bombed by the U.S. military.
I really miss my Blackberry.
October 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I really miss my Blackberry.
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I don't think the idiots on the right realize what they're suggesting by threatening to invade Canada. The Canadians are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet, right up until you piss them off. That's the moment you'll realize you f^cked up.
October 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I don't think the idiots on the right realize what they're suggesting by threatening to invade Canada. The Canadians are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet, right up until you piss them off. That's the moment you'll realize you f^cked up.
I just can’t do this for three more years.
Trump: There's a rumor and I don't know if it's so or not—that Cuba, they don't have tylenol because they don't have the money for tylenol, and they have virtually no autism
September 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I just can’t do this for three more years.
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He betrayed his oath as a physician and sold out the country when he voted to confirm RFK Jr, knows damn well he’s a dangerous quack, but keeping Trump neutral in his primary is his highest priority.
September 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
He betrayed his oath as a physician and sold out the country when he voted to confirm RFK Jr, knows damn well he’s a dangerous quack, but keeping Trump neutral in his primary is his highest priority.
True.
I’m old enough to remember that slowing growth and rising prices is called “stagflation” and that it’s the worst of all worlds.
September 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
True.
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When you’re a parent of small children, you pray for a moment of peace to shower or drink your coffee or just… think.
When you drop your youngest off at university and the house is so quiet, you long for their joyful noise.
When you drop your youngest off at university and the house is so quiet, you long for their joyful noise.
August 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
When you’re a parent of small children, you pray for a moment of peace to shower or drink your coffee or just… think.
When you drop your youngest off at university and the house is so quiet, you long for their joyful noise.
When you drop your youngest off at university and the house is so quiet, you long for their joyful noise.
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Dr. Demetre, in his resignation from the CDC, said this:
“I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people”.
It is an outrage that RFK Jr. remains as head of HHS.
“I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people”.
It is an outrage that RFK Jr. remains as head of HHS.
August 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Dr. Demetre, in his resignation from the CDC, said this:
“I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people”.
It is an outrage that RFK Jr. remains as head of HHS.
“I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people”.
It is an outrage that RFK Jr. remains as head of HHS.
Upon first glance, seriously thought this was a post from @theonion.com.
EXCLUSIVE: Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, his first major action as interim NASA administrator.
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon
This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.
www.politico.com
August 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Upon first glance, seriously thought this was a post from @theonion.com.
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The White House landscape now matches our national political one.
August 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The White House landscape now matches our national political one.
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Ozzy Osborne
1948 - 2025
1948 - 2025
July 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Ozzy Osborne
1948 - 2025
1948 - 2025
This is absolutely me in a nutshell. Broken but somehow healed…by nature.
The world breaks my heart every day in multiple ways, but also a bluebird alerted me to a barred owl this evening
July 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This is absolutely me in a nutshell. Broken but somehow healed…by nature.
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The clearest possible indication that Bove now has enough votes to be confirmed.
July 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The clearest possible indication that Bove now has enough votes to be confirmed.
They played the long game and we just sat back at watched.
If you grew up in a household with an evangelical right-wing parent, as I did, you already know that the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education, like the reversal of Roe v. Wade, is the culmination of a 50-year project.
July 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
They played the long game and we just sat back at watched.
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July 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Oh, Mikey…. So naive! 🤦🏻♀️
Mike Rounds on Trump's call with Putin: "I believe the president will support Ukraine ... I think he understands who the good guys are" 🙃🙃🙃
July 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Oh, Mikey…. So naive! 🤦🏻♀️
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the interesting thing about the Diddy verdict is that House Republicans are about to vote to take away healthcare from tens of millions of Americas
July 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
the interesting thing about the Diddy verdict is that House Republicans are about to vote to take away healthcare from tens of millions of Americas
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“Second-wave feminists embraced sexual freedom in the 1960s, a decade that saw the rise of the birth control pill, and fought for women to get their own credit cards in the 1970s.“
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
Why We Must Go Forward in Post-Roe America
Reflecting on the second-wave feminists’ legacy in these uncertain times.
www.vanityfair.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“Second-wave feminists embraced sexual freedom in the 1960s, a decade that saw the rise of the birth control pill, and fought for women to get their own credit cards in the 1970s.“
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
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