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tl;dr: terrorists (ICE) with mob support nearly kill a man for no reason. We do not know any of their names. We should.
79-year-old US citizen claims ICE agents body-slammed him at his business, seeks $50M
An elderly Los Angeles business owner has filed a $50 million federal administrative claim alleging he was body-slammed and detained by immigration agents.
abcnews.go.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:44 AM
tl;dr: terrorists (ICE) with mob support nearly kill a man for no reason. We do not know any of their names. We should.
Hey google...
"How many gun-related deaths were there in the US in 2023?"
46,728
"How many gun-related deaths were there in the UK in 2023?
29
CK wrote his own story and ending.
"How many gun-related deaths were there in the US in 2023?"
46,728
"How many gun-related deaths were there in the UK in 2023?
29
CK wrote his own story and ending.
September 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Hey google...
"How many gun-related deaths were there in the US in 2023?"
46,728
"How many gun-related deaths were there in the UK in 2023?
29
CK wrote his own story and ending.
"How many gun-related deaths were there in the US in 2023?"
46,728
"How many gun-related deaths were there in the UK in 2023?
29
CK wrote his own story and ending.
Back in the 80s, a fellow HS student in Sacto who was proto-alt-right was the angriest person I ever knew with regards to Rush Limbaugh (who started in Sac). Reason? He was far too lefty on some things.
This fits well with the current profile of CK's murderer.
This fits well with the current profile of CK's murderer.
September 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Back in the 80s, a fellow HS student in Sacto who was proto-alt-right was the angriest person I ever knew with regards to Rush Limbaugh (who started in Sac). Reason? He was far too lefty on some things.
This fits well with the current profile of CK's murderer.
This fits well with the current profile of CK's murderer.
I want to like this platform, but Bluesky somehow does not fulfill the social networking void. I want Livejournal, where I can ramble on for hours and come back a month later to read responses. This is too much early FB, where if there's no response in 10 mins, your post is dead.
August 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I want to like this platform, but Bluesky somehow does not fulfill the social networking void. I want Livejournal, where I can ramble on for hours and come back a month later to read responses. This is too much early FB, where if there's no response in 10 mins, your post is dead.
A fast-food addicted workmate made the statement that home cooking that's not in a restaurant isn't "cuisine". Cuisine, of course, simply means "kitchen". A restaurant seeks to make a single version of that profitable but still homely. Fast food seeks to streamline it to nothing but profit.
August 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A fast-food addicted workmate made the statement that home cooking that's not in a restaurant isn't "cuisine". Cuisine, of course, simply means "kitchen". A restaurant seeks to make a single version of that profitable but still homely. Fast food seeks to streamline it to nothing but profit.
Once upon a time, my opinion of Musk could have been described as "complicated". Trump has driven countless contracted businesses into bankruptcy as well, and my parents' company was tanked by similar tactics by another similar bad actor.
Stiffed by Tesla: The car company owes small businesses millions in unpaid bills
YouTube video by CNN
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August 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Once upon a time, my opinion of Musk could have been described as "complicated". Trump has driven countless contracted businesses into bankruptcy as well, and my parents' company was tanked by similar tactics by another similar bad actor.
None of this needs to happen. This is people being mean for the principle of it, not for an actual goal. Empathy is the only true goal.
The latest child to starve to death in Gaza weighed less than when she was born
The latest child to starve to death in Gaza weighed less than when she was born. The body of 5-month-old Zainab Abu Halib arrived at a hospital in southern Gaza on Friday and her family buried her on ...
apnews.com
July 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
None of this needs to happen. This is people being mean for the principle of it, not for an actual goal. Empathy is the only true goal.
Emmett Till might have lived to be 84 today.
July 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Emmett Till might have lived to be 84 today.
As a gamer since at least the late 70s, I've always been a fan of The Sims since it carried on from Sim City. Today, I considered playing some version again for the first time in more than a decade, and was met with this (truncated list; srsly, this goes on for many pages). Nah, I'm good.
July 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
As a gamer since at least the late 70s, I've always been a fan of The Sims since it carried on from Sim City. Today, I considered playing some version again for the first time in more than a decade, and was met with this (truncated list; srsly, this goes on for many pages). Nah, I'm good.
I was doing PBS pledge breaks in the 80s, and I guess in a way I still am. Become a member of your local pbs/npr station.
July 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I was doing PBS pledge breaks in the 80s, and I guess in a way I still am. Become a member of your local pbs/npr station.
Apart from more obvious world events of the past year, in 2025 what I have realised: do NOT use a company's repair facility. Even in warranty. They seem to have become disorganised chop shops. Not naming companies, but it's been an epic first half of the year for this.
July 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Apart from more obvious world events of the past year, in 2025 what I have realised: do NOT use a company's repair facility. Even in warranty. They seem to have become disorganised chop shops. Not naming companies, but it's been an epic first half of the year for this.
A reminder that the Nazi party, in 1937, stated that their "positives Christentum", or "Positive Christianity", was not based upon Christ, but the idea that Hitler was the face of that "Christian Nationalist" religion.
We've fought this before. We won.
We've fought this before. We won.
July 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A reminder that the Nazi party, in 1937, stated that their "positives Christentum", or "Positive Christianity", was not based upon Christ, but the idea that Hitler was the face of that "Christian Nationalist" religion.
We've fought this before. We won.
We've fought this before. We won.
The executive branch is meant to be the least authoritative branch of government. It executes the orders of the legislative and judicial branches, and that's where its authority ends. The president of the US should be the most humble person in the US, if not the world.
June 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The executive branch is meant to be the least authoritative branch of government. It executes the orders of the legislative and judicial branches, and that's where its authority ends. The president of the US should be the most humble person in the US, if not the world.
Clotted cream finally achieved. Not quite as crunchy as I might prefer, but tasty
June 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Clotted cream finally achieved. Not quite as crunchy as I might prefer, but tasty
Spending my birthday weekend making cheese, trying my hand at clotted cream, watching old episodes of Eureka and giving the finger to the serial comma.
May 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Spending my birthday weekend making cheese, trying my hand at clotted cream, watching old episodes of Eureka and giving the finger to the serial comma.
When we get past this current slump, let’s truly build back better. Fast trains for the masses to see the whole nation.
Opinion | Europe Built Trains. America Built Highways and Regret.
www.nytimes.com
May 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
When we get past this current slump, let’s truly build back better. Fast trains for the masses to see the whole nation.
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On Mother's Day, when we celebrate motherhood, let's remember there is a war on women, that women are punished for failure to carry a viable pregnancy to term, and that what many of us would like is years of activism coming to fruition, not reverting a century or two.
abcnews.go.com/US/carry-bab...
abcnews.go.com/US/carry-bab...
'I had to carry my baby to bury my baby': Woman says she was denied abortion for fetus without skull
A pregnant Louisiana woman says she will have to travel out of state after she was denied an abortion for a fetus with a fatal abnormality.
abcnews.go.com
May 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
On Mother's Day, when we celebrate motherhood, let's remember there is a war on women, that women are punished for failure to carry a viable pregnancy to term, and that what many of us would like is years of activism coming to fruition, not reverting a century or two.
abcnews.go.com/US/carry-bab...
abcnews.go.com/US/carry-bab...
Gentle reminder that if your ACLU membership has lapsed, or if you have never had one, now is the time. It is Nazi-punching time.
May 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Gentle reminder that if your ACLU membership has lapsed, or if you have never had one, now is the time. It is Nazi-punching time.
> Alonso really needed to replace her wheelchair ...she would have to pay 20% tariffs on the chair, which was "certainly workable" though "not great"
> President Trump imposed more tariffs... Alonso was facing a steeper tariff of 145%. Her wheelchair was $6,000, nearly $3,500 for tariffs alone
> President Trump imposed more tariffs... Alonso was facing a steeper tariff of 145%. Her wheelchair was $6,000, nearly $3,500 for tariffs alone
Americans are already seeing Trump's tariffs kick in. They sent in receipts to prove it
There's new tariffs on almost everything that is imported. Some of that increased cost is being eaten by exporters in other countries, but a lot of the higher prices are being picked up by Americans, ...
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
> Alonso really needed to replace her wheelchair ...she would have to pay 20% tariffs on the chair, which was "certainly workable" though "not great"
> President Trump imposed more tariffs... Alonso was facing a steeper tariff of 145%. Her wheelchair was $6,000, nearly $3,500 for tariffs alone
> President Trump imposed more tariffs... Alonso was facing a steeper tariff of 145%. Her wheelchair was $6,000, nearly $3,500 for tariffs alone
Not even Ken Paxton is above the law. It is time to return to a time of law and order, where a bloke who pardoned a man who murdered a cop in his name cannot be the leader.
Texas Attorney General Announces Vote Fraud and ‘Harvesting’ Charges
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Not even Ken Paxton is above the law. It is time to return to a time of law and order, where a bloke who pardoned a man who murdered a cop in his name cannot be the leader.
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Neil degrees Tyson Explaining the "God of the Gaps".
April 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Neil degrees Tyson Explaining the "God of the Gaps".
When the National Fascist Party and later Republican Fascist Party had a griphold on Italy, people still kept making cheese that had been done for countless generations. Rituals keep you sane.
My cheese today is a pepperjack. Ancho, guajillo, chipotle and a little arbol for heat.
My cheese today is a pepperjack. Ancho, guajillo, chipotle and a little arbol for heat.
April 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
When the National Fascist Party and later Republican Fascist Party had a griphold on Italy, people still kept making cheese that had been done for countless generations. Rituals keep you sane.
My cheese today is a pepperjack. Ancho, guajillo, chipotle and a little arbol for heat.
My cheese today is a pepperjack. Ancho, guajillo, chipotle and a little arbol for heat.