Raymond M Black
@evil-splorp.bsky.social
Mostly pictures of my chihuahua, Dart (RIP), & green cheeked conure, Harley Quinn (both male). Opinions on politics, music, etc.
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Stupid: SC Senator wants to charge women w/ murder for having an abortion, give them 30 years to life.
Fucking Insane: Foundation to Abolish Abortion says: not strict enough. South Carolina is a death penalty state. Let's do that.
Fucking Insane: Foundation to Abolish Abortion says: not strict enough. South Carolina is a death penalty state. Let's do that.
South Carolina's abortion bill is so extreme even anti-abortion groups have doubts
“It’s like a Frankenstein construction of all the worst possible restrictions from around the country.”
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Stupid: SC Senator wants to charge women w/ murder for having an abortion, give them 30 years to life.
Fucking Insane: Foundation to Abolish Abortion says: not strict enough. South Carolina is a death penalty state. Let's do that.
Fucking Insane: Foundation to Abolish Abortion says: not strict enough. South Carolina is a death penalty state. Let's do that.
I have a recommendation for the Republicans. I've seen a few of them recommend this for children, so it should be good enough for them. www.google.com/search?clien...
'People are scared to death': Members of Congress fear for their safety after Charlie Kirk assassination
Republicans and Democrats, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Mace, are canceling events and taking other security precautions.
www.nbcnews.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I have a recommendation for the Republicans. I've seen a few of them recommend this for children, so it should be good enough for them. www.google.com/search?clien...
Require that they install solar panels on the entire available space on the roofs of the data centers. And maybe some wind turbines, too. Offset the power requirement, and you'll use less energy. Seems pretty obvious.
Ohio regulators turn down appeal, OK utility's data center billing plan • Ohio Capital Journal
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio is giving American Electric Power the green light to start charging data centers differently. The decision is another acknowledgement of the strain large energy...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Require that they install solar panels on the entire available space on the roofs of the data centers. And maybe some wind turbines, too. Offset the power requirement, and you'll use less energy. Seems pretty obvious.
How Harley Quinn reacts to 'Hey Man, Nice Shot' by Filter.
#HarleyQuinn
#GreenCheek
#conure
#Filter
#BirdsOfBluesky
#HarleyQuinn
#GreenCheek
#conure
#Filter
#BirdsOfBluesky
June 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
How Harley Quinn reacts to 'Hey Man, Nice Shot' by Filter.
#HarleyQuinn
#GreenCheek
#conure
#Filter
#BirdsOfBluesky
#HarleyQuinn
#GreenCheek
#conure
#Filter
#BirdsOfBluesky
2 companies known for their terrible customer service rankings, who each have effective monopolies in many areas of the country for high speed internet, to combine into giant piece of crap.
Charter-Cox Merger Raises Monopoly Concerns and Customer Service Doubts
In a move that could dramatically reshape the American telecommunications landscape, Charter Communications and Cox Communications—two of the largest cable
www.grantspasstribune.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
2 companies known for their terrible customer service rankings, who each have effective monopolies in many areas of the country for high speed internet, to combine into giant piece of crap.
Serious question. What the hell is the deal with these all-over deodorant body sprays? Did people just forget how to shower over the last couple years?
May 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Serious question. What the hell is the deal with these all-over deodorant body sprays? Did people just forget how to shower over the last couple years?
Texas is FINALLY taking on the real villains: big toothpaste
Texas goes after toothpaste in escalating fight over fluoride arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Texas goes after toothpaste in escalating fight over fluoride
Colgate and Crest toothpastes are in the crosshairs.
arstechnica.com
May 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Texas is FINALLY taking on the real villains: big toothpaste
Rule#1 for lawyers: Do not piss off the judge.
Mike Lindell lawyers threatened by judge over briefs loaded with AI-generated fake cases
A federal judge put My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell's lawyers "on notice" this week over nearly 30 citations in a legal brief submitted in a defamation lawsuit involving Eric Coomer, the former director of...
www.rawstory.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Rule#1 for lawyers: Do not piss off the judge.
"White supremacist and Trump Supporter"...
Why did they say the same thing twice?
Why did they say the same thing twice?
Florida University Gunman is ‘White Supremacist and Trump Supporter’ Who Had Tumultuous Childhood: Report
The gunman behind the deadly shooting at Florida State University has been identified as Phoenix Ikner, a 20-year-old Trump supporter who openly embraced white supremacist ideology and far-right polit...
dailyboulder.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"White supremacist and Trump Supporter"...
Why did they say the same thing twice?
Why did they say the same thing twice?
Thanks @maryrobinettekowal.com ! I got my books today.
April 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Thanks @maryrobinettekowal.com ! I got my books today.
'We don't have the ability to do anything other than complain,' added Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
So much for co-equal branches of government. Just die, already, you useless piece of garbage.
So much for co-equal branches of government. Just die, already, you useless piece of garbage.
White House officials freaking out about Trump's 'Liberation Day'
White House officials are increasingly alarmed ahead of Trump's April 2 'Liberation Day' tariff announcement, uncertain of its scope or targets with a series of conflicting signals from the president.
www.dailymail.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
'We don't have the ability to do anything other than complain,' added Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
So much for co-equal branches of government. Just die, already, you useless piece of garbage.
So much for co-equal branches of government. Just die, already, you useless piece of garbage.
Wow. Currently over 75% down for April.
Airline Demand Between Canada & United States Collapses, Down 70%+
Future flight bookings between Canada and the United States are down by over 70% year-over-year in the summer months. WOW.
onemileatatime.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Wow. Currently over 75% down for April.
"The people surrounding Trump are all scamsters. They are getting rich off our votes, our dollars, and our time."
Whoever could have predicted that?
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Whoever could have predicted that?
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Tech leaders are turning on Trump and Musk: 'Everyone is annoyed'
Even conservative executives are fed up with tariffs, DOGE, and "crypto bro schemes"
www.businessinsider.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"The people surrounding Trump are all scamsters. They are getting rich off our votes, our dollars, and our time."
Whoever could have predicted that?
FryShocked.gif
Whoever could have predicted that?
FryShocked.gif
Just got back from seeing @scalzi.com and @maryrobinettekowal.com and getting a few books signed. Special thanks to Mary Robinette for personalizing Scalzi's book after he signed it. It's above John's name in the last image.
March 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Just got back from seeing @scalzi.com and @maryrobinettekowal.com and getting a few books signed. Special thanks to Mary Robinette for personalizing Scalzi's book after he signed it. It's above John's name in the last image.
I can't even come up with any snark here. He'd rather his daughter die than be vaccinated. This is not hyperbole.
Man Whose Daughter Died From Measles Stands by Failure to Vaccinate Her: "The Vaccination Has Stuff We Don’t Trust"
The father of the first person to die from measles in a decade does not regret his anti-vaccination stance.
futurism.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I can't even come up with any snark here. He'd rather his daughter die than be vaccinated. This is not hyperbole.
Brutal article about SpaceX.
Starship Was Doomed From The Beginning
The fatal flaw SpaceX can't overcome.
www.planetearthandbeyond.co
March 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Brutal article about SpaceX.
If you see a Cyber truck towing something really big, give it a wide berth.
SHOULD YOU TOW WITH A CYBERTRUCK?! - (catastrophic failure test)
YouTube video by JerryRigEverything
youtu.be
March 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If you see a Cyber truck towing something really big, give it a wide berth.
This just makes me fucking angry. This should piss off any active duty or veterans or family of veterans. Hell, it should piss off ANY American. If it doesn't, you should be ashamed of yourself.
Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans
The Arlington National Cemetery website "unpublished" links to material about Black, Hispanic and women veterans.
taskandpurpose.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This just makes me fucking angry. This should piss off any active duty or veterans or family of veterans. Hell, it should piss off ANY American. If it doesn't, you should be ashamed of yourself.
Why can a tablet in a cruiser access anything but work related stuff?
The cop was watching a Matt Walsh video when he hit and killed the cyclist
Shelburne police officer had YouTube video playing in cruiser at time of fatal crash, court records say - VTDigger
Kyle Kapitanski is set to be arraigned next week on a felony charge stemming from the crash that killed Sean Hayes, a cyclist, in South Burlington.
vtdigger.org
March 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Why can a tablet in a cruiser access anything but work related stuff?
This is important.
Archivists Recreate Pre-Trump CDC Website, Are Hosting It in Europe
The team used a Reddit-made archive of the CDC website to create a new live mirror of the site before it was purged.
www.404media.co
March 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This is important.
Here's the biggest 'that goes without saying' note of the year.
March 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here's the biggest 'that goes without saying' note of the year.
I stripped out the company name and prices, because that's not my point.
Companies are starting to use tariffs to advertise.
Companies are starting to use tariffs to advertise.
March 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I stripped out the company name and prices, because that's not my point.
Companies are starting to use tariffs to advertise.
Companies are starting to use tariffs to advertise.
I'm tired of the "this is not who we are" bullshit.
It IS who about a third of the country is. It's exactly the 1/3 of the country will watch while 1/3 of the country kills the last 1/3 quote.
As long as the "correct" people are being hurt, the sociopaths are fine with it.
It IS who about a third of the country is. It's exactly the 1/3 of the country will watch while 1/3 of the country kills the last 1/3 quote.
As long as the "correct" people are being hurt, the sociopaths are fine with it.
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
You have to look no further than the pedestal of Lady Liberty to see what defines America. That’s who we are.
This speech – and this President – is not who we are.
You have to look no further than the pedestal of Lady Liberty to see what defines America. That’s who we are.
This speech – and this President – is not who we are.
March 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I'm tired of the "this is not who we are" bullshit.
It IS who about a third of the country is. It's exactly the 1/3 of the country will watch while 1/3 of the country kills the last 1/3 quote.
As long as the "correct" people are being hurt, the sociopaths are fine with it.
It IS who about a third of the country is. It's exactly the 1/3 of the country will watch while 1/3 of the country kills the last 1/3 quote.
As long as the "correct" people are being hurt, the sociopaths are fine with it.
March 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM