@beancounting.bsky.social
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If your gym smells like a dead body, skip your workout. www.fox4news.com/news/man-fou...
Man found dead in tanning bed at Planet Fitness in Indianapolis 3 days after he walked into the gym
An investigation is underway to determine what led to the death of a man whose body was found inside a tanning bed three days after he entered a Planet Fitness in Indianapolis.
www.fox4news.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:46 AM
If your gym smells like a dead body, skip your workout. www.fox4news.com/news/man-fou...
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The maps of swings in urban areas are masking (at least in NYC) enormous turnout decline. As much if not more a story about voters staying home as flipping to Trump.
November 15, 2024 at 9:51 PM
The maps of swings in urban areas are masking (at least in NYC) enormous turnout decline. As much if not more a story about voters staying home as flipping to Trump.
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And I never quote the Bible but if one thing seems true it’s this ⬇️
November 15, 2024 at 4:33 AM
And I never quote the Bible but if one thing seems true it’s this ⬇️
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Clown President-elect’s presidency will be a disaster like you have never seen before.
November 15, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Clown President-elect’s presidency will be a disaster like you have never seen before.
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I really do think it's Prager at Education
November 14, 2024 at 10:07 PM
I really do think it's Prager at Education
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watching cabinet appointments get announced like
November 13, 2024 at 11:40 PM
watching cabinet appointments get announced like
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I eat and I take prescription medication. Can I be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration?
November 14, 2024 at 12:37 PM
I eat and I take prescription medication. Can I be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration?
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but what about the norms
"All options are on the table, including recess appointments" -- John Thune
November 14, 2024 at 11:26 PM
but what about the norms
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Bluesky has officially hit #1 on the App Store charts for Free Apps in both the UK and US.
November 14, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Bluesky has officially hit #1 on the App Store charts for Free Apps in both the UK and US.
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Context: Elon Musk dislikes Scientific American’s editorial perspectives on social and climate justice, and has been fanning a targetted harassment campaign this week in an effort to silence the magazine.
It appears to have worked.
It appears to have worked.
I’ve decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief. I’m going to take some time to think about what comes next (and go birdwatching), but for now I’d like to share a very small sample of the work I’ve been so proud to support (thread)
November 14, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Context: Elon Musk dislikes Scientific American’s editorial perspectives on social and climate justice, and has been fanning a targetted harassment campaign this week in an effort to silence the magazine.
It appears to have worked.
It appears to have worked.
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He looks like if Tommy Lee Jones ate Sponge Bob.
November 15, 2024 at 3:18 AM
He looks like if Tommy Lee Jones ate Sponge Bob.
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Anyone else having Tuesday night PTSD cuz of last week
November 12, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Anyone else having Tuesday night PTSD cuz of last week
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Trump is going to fire generals who are not loyalists - turning the military into an enforcement arm of Trump.
He's going to turn the military against American citizens . . . and it's terrifying.
But eggs are expensive.
www.newsweek.com/trump-creati...
He's going to turn the military against American citizens . . . and it's terrifying.
But eggs are expensive.
www.newsweek.com/trump-creati...
Trump creating "MAGA Military" with purge of generals, veterans group warns
Trump's transition team is considering a draft executive order that would establish a "warrior board" to review top generals.
www.newsweek.com
November 13, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Trump is going to fire generals who are not loyalists - turning the military into an enforcement arm of Trump.
He's going to turn the military against American citizens . . . and it's terrifying.
But eggs are expensive.
www.newsweek.com/trump-creati...
He's going to turn the military against American citizens . . . and it's terrifying.
But eggs are expensive.
www.newsweek.com/trump-creati...
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Wrote about how four years of “Fund the Police!” did zero for the Democrats except legitimize GOP talking points, depress Dem voter turnout, hand Trump a well-funded police state, and make the world a crueler, more violent place. An abject failure. theappeal.org/fund-the-pol...
‘Fund the Police’ Backfired—and Gave Trump More Power Than Ever
Democrats spent the last four years running away from police reform and instead chanted "fund the police." They lost.
theappeal.org
November 13, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Wrote about how four years of “Fund the Police!” did zero for the Democrats except legitimize GOP talking points, depress Dem voter turnout, hand Trump a well-funded police state, and make the world a crueler, more violent place. An abject failure. theappeal.org/fund-the-pol...
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This comic remains undefeated
November 13, 2024 at 5:19 PM
This comic remains undefeated
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We live in hell
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 13, 2024 at 5:10 PM
We live in hell
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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“I think they thought an actual bomb was in my backpack,” 13-year-old Ty told ProPublica and WPLN News.
But he didn’t have a bomb.
“It was just this, right here,” he said, holding his stuffed bunny Bonnie. “And they still took me to jail.”
But he didn’t have a bomb.
“It was just this, right here,” he said, holding his stuffed bunny Bonnie. “And they still took me to jail.”
A 13-Year-Old With Autism Got Arrested After His Backpack Sparked Fear. Only His Stuffed Bunny Was Inside.
Disability rights advocates said kids like Ty should not be getting arrested under Tennessee’s school threats law. And they tried to push for a broader exception for kids with other kinds of disabilit...
propub.li
November 13, 2024 at 3:24 PM
“I think they thought an actual bomb was in my backpack,” 13-year-old Ty told ProPublica and WPLN News.
But he didn’t have a bomb.
“It was just this, right here,” he said, holding his stuffed bunny Bonnie. “And they still took me to jail.”
But he didn’t have a bomb.
“It was just this, right here,” he said, holding his stuffed bunny Bonnie. “And they still took me to jail.”
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Meanwhile, over at hellsite:
November 13, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Meanwhile, over at hellsite:
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Disturbing scenario: Trump will take credit for the recovery that is being handed to him, then say his anti-immigrant agenda is driving it.
As @pkrugman.bsky.social points out, Dems leaving GOPers good economies is the story of our politics.
Our exchange on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1883...
As @pkrugman.bsky.social points out, Dems leaving GOPers good economies is the story of our politics.
Our exchange on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1883...
November 13, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Disturbing scenario: Trump will take credit for the recovery that is being handed to him, then say his anti-immigrant agenda is driving it.
As @pkrugman.bsky.social points out, Dems leaving GOPers good economies is the story of our politics.
Our exchange on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1883...
As @pkrugman.bsky.social points out, Dems leaving GOPers good economies is the story of our politics.
Our exchange on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1883...
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After EVERYTHING Biden did for America in the last four years.
He was judged by ONE debate.
He was judged by ONE debate.
November 13, 2024 at 6:14 PM
After EVERYTHING Biden did for America in the last four years.
He was judged by ONE debate.
He was judged by ONE debate.
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November 13, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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Disturbing prediction from @pkrugman.bsky.social: If Trump's deportations really happen, inflation will spike, then MAGA loyalists will corrupt government info to mask it.
For autocrats, he says, "among their first targets are statistical agencies."
Our exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/1883...
For autocrats, he says, "among their first targets are statistical agencies."
Our exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/1883...
November 13, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Disturbing prediction from @pkrugman.bsky.social: If Trump's deportations really happen, inflation will spike, then MAGA loyalists will corrupt government info to mask it.
For autocrats, he says, "among their first targets are statistical agencies."
Our exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/1883...
For autocrats, he says, "among their first targets are statistical agencies."
Our exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/1883...