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Opportunity favors the prepared.
Louis Pasteur
The modern dogma is comfort at any cost.
Aldo Leopold
In absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king.
Thomas Paine
What we do in this life echoes in eternity.
Maximus
Louis Pasteur
The modern dogma is comfort at any cost.
Aldo Leopold
In absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king.
Thomas Paine
What we do in this life echoes in eternity.
Maximus
Pinned
The only justice in this world is what we demand & ensure.
Haven't posted anything sciencey for a bit, so here's one about our once & future cephalapod overlords
'this system must be incredibly efficient, the researchers note, given squid can use this energy to change the appearance of their entire body under water where only low levels of light can reach.'
'this system must be incredibly efficient, the researchers note, given squid can use this energy to change the appearance of their entire body under water where only low levels of light can reach.'
Squids' Amazing Color Shifting Could Be Key to Hyper-Efficient Solar Tech
By placing squid pigments into a photovoltaic cell, researchers revealed the animals' incredible color-matching ability may be solar powered.
www.sciencealert.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Haven't posted anything sciencey for a bit, so here's one about our once & future cephalapod overlords
'this system must be incredibly efficient, the researchers note, given squid can use this energy to change the appearance of their entire body under water where only low levels of light can reach.'
'this system must be incredibly efficient, the researchers note, given squid can use this energy to change the appearance of their entire body under water where only low levels of light can reach.'
'Other Republicans facing reelection fights next year...include appointed Senator Jon Husted in Ohio, appointed Senator Ashley Moody of Florida, Dan Sullivan of Alaska and John Cornyn in Texas. Moody and Cornyn represent two of the states with the highest percentages of residents on Obamacare plan.'
Republicans won the shutdown, but now face a health-care hangover as premiums set to soar for tens of millions heading into an election year (Gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
GOP’s Shutdown Win May Backfire Over Soaring Health-Care Costs
Republicans, still celebrating their US government shutdown victory, are waking up to a health-care hangover that risks upending the balance of power in President Donald Trump’s Washington.
www.bloomberg.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
'Other Republicans facing reelection fights next year...include appointed Senator Jon Husted in Ohio, appointed Senator Ashley Moody of Florida, Dan Sullivan of Alaska and John Cornyn in Texas. Moody and Cornyn represent two of the states with the highest percentages of residents on Obamacare plan.'
Clueless Schumey caves on the one thing that was supposedly a non-starter - a gop guaranteed extension of ACA credits (thru Oct 2026).
And all the jackarssse dems that voted for this spineless surrender aren't up for re-election next Nov.
We can't be rid of this hapless dangerous idyut soon enough.
And all the jackarssse dems that voted for this spineless surrender aren't up for re-election next Nov.
We can't be rid of this hapless dangerous idyut soon enough.
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Clueless Schumey caves on the one thing that was supposedly a non-starter - a gop guaranteed extension of ACA credits (thru Oct 2026).
And all the jackarssse dems that voted for this spineless surrender aren't up for re-election next Nov.
We can't be rid of this hapless dangerous idyut soon enough.
And all the jackarssse dems that voted for this spineless surrender aren't up for re-election next Nov.
We can't be rid of this hapless dangerous idyut soon enough.
Just straight-up nazi white nationalist segregationist hatred bullshit.
Pls read the full thread from ChrisO_wiki.
It's harrowing at the beginning & infuriating at the end.
Pls read the full thread from ChrisO_wiki.
It's harrowing at the beginning & infuriating at the end.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Just straight-up nazi white nationalist segregationist hatred bullshit.
Pls read the full thread from ChrisO_wiki.
It's harrowing at the beginning & infuriating at the end.
Pls read the full thread from ChrisO_wiki.
It's harrowing at the beginning & infuriating at the end.
Same for
NYC
Portland
Denver
Minneapolis
Dallas
Phoenix
and most of the rest across the country.
Many of us are from somewhere else.
Nearby, the next state, or another country.
Doesn't matter to us or anyone else in the city, tho.
We show up, work hard, help others, pay our taxes, live our lives.✌️🐸
NYC
Portland
Denver
Minneapolis
Dallas
Phoenix
and most of the rest across the country.
Many of us are from somewhere else.
Nearby, the next state, or another country.
Doesn't matter to us or anyone else in the city, tho.
We show up, work hard, help others, pay our taxes, live our lives.✌️🐸
Ellis: "The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vice hold of violence, ransacked by rioters and attacked by agitators. That simply is untrue. And the government's own evidence in this case belies that assertion."
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Same for
NYC
Portland
Denver
Minneapolis
Dallas
Phoenix
and most of the rest across the country.
Many of us are from somewhere else.
Nearby, the next state, or another country.
Doesn't matter to us or anyone else in the city, tho.
We show up, work hard, help others, pay our taxes, live our lives.✌️🐸
NYC
Portland
Denver
Minneapolis
Dallas
Phoenix
and most of the rest across the country.
Many of us are from somewhere else.
Nearby, the next state, or another country.
Doesn't matter to us or anyone else in the city, tho.
We show up, work hard, help others, pay our taxes, live our lives.✌️🐸
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I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
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Of all the musicians that I could imagine being belligerent to hospital staff, Snider, and pretty much every other Americana musician, would not be anywhere near that list.
Always heard SLC is full of arseholes.
Hopefully he reschedules the WC dates.
Mpls & Chicago are big fans too btw. ✌️ 🤞
Always heard SLC is full of arseholes.
Hopefully he reschedules the WC dates.
Mpls & Chicago are big fans too btw. ✌️ 🤞
Singer-songwriter Todd Snider cancels tour after he was allegedly assaulted in Salt Lake City, then arrested at hospital
The Americana musician was allegedly attacked outside his hotel in Utah but then was arrested himself for refusing to leave a hospital, officials said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Of all the musicians that I could imagine being belligerent to hospital staff, Snider, and pretty much every other Americana musician, would not be anywhere near that list.
Always heard SLC is full of arseholes.
Hopefully he reschedules the WC dates.
Mpls & Chicago are big fans too btw. ✌️ 🤞
Always heard SLC is full of arseholes.
Hopefully he reschedules the WC dates.
Mpls & Chicago are big fans too btw. ✌️ 🤞
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This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
Or, you know, the sieg heil shat, supporting nazis around the world & 'knowing voting machines better than anybody'.
Those might be factors too.
'global vehicle deliveries fell 13% in the first half of the year. That was partly due to the disruption from the redesign of its popular Model Y car.'
Those might be factors too.
'global vehicle deliveries fell 13% in the first half of the year. That was partly due to the disruption from the redesign of its popular Model Y car.'
Elon Musk’s $1tn Tesla pay deal to be rejected by huge Norway wealth fund
Carmaker’s seventh biggest single investor will vote against package at annual shareholder meeting
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Or, you know, the sieg heil shat, supporting nazis around the world & 'knowing voting machines better than anybody'.
Those might be factors too.
'global vehicle deliveries fell 13% in the first half of the year. That was partly due to the disruption from the redesign of its popular Model Y car.'
Those might be factors too.
'global vehicle deliveries fell 13% in the first half of the year. That was partly due to the disruption from the redesign of its popular Model Y car.'
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FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 AM
FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
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Even if the House was fully functional, they're in session for an avg of 147 days and out for 218.
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Even if the House was fully functional, they're in session for an avg of 147 days and out for 218.
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
Because publicly funded political campaigns & taxing the rich is for democratic socialists.
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Because publicly funded political campaigns & taxing the rich is for democratic socialists.
arm the bebes & their parents so they qualify for federal funding during the shutdown.
www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
Democratic AGs and governors sue USDA for suspending SNAP benefits
More than two dozen Democratic states are suing the Agriculture Department after the Trump administration said it would not use emergency funds to pay SNAP benefits during the shutdown.
www.npr.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
arm the bebes & their parents so they qualify for federal funding during the shutdown.
www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
"There is no reason to pit poverty reduction versus climate transformation. Both are utterly feasible, and readily so, if the Big Oil lobby is brought under control,"
Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University
Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University
Bill Gates calls for 'strategic pivot' in climate change fight away from curbing emissions
In a memo released Tuesday, Gates said the world's primary goal should instead be to prevent suffering, particularly for those in the toughest conditions in the world's poorest countries.
www.nbcnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"There is no reason to pit poverty reduction versus climate transformation. Both are utterly feasible, and readily so, if the Big Oil lobby is brought under control,"
Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University
Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University
I'd argue its a sine wave, diving during gop eviscerations of the state & rising briefly whilst the dems desperately try to patch things up before the next 💩 show.
gerrymandering is why we can't (consistently) have nice things, like affordable health insurance & economies that don't crash.
gerrymandering is why we can't (consistently) have nice things, like affordable health insurance & economies that don't crash.
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I'd argue its a sine wave, diving during gop eviscerations of the state & rising briefly whilst the dems desperately try to patch things up before the next 💩 show.
gerrymandering is why we can't (consistently) have nice things, like affordable health insurance & economies that don't crash.
gerrymandering is why we can't (consistently) have nice things, like affordable health insurance & economies that don't crash.
krasnov still good putin muppet, ya?
'Trump is systematically dismantling the institutions designed to protect America’s national security. Allies who once shared everything are now holding back, and agencies that once trusted the U.S. to protect their secrets are now protecting themselves from it.'
'Trump is systematically dismantling the institutions designed to protect America’s national security. Allies who once shared everything are now holding back, and agencies that once trusted the U.S. to protect their secrets are now protecting themselves from it.'
Dutch intelligence recently started scaling back intelligence sharing with the US over concerns of Trump’s increasingly autocratic actions.
My latest…
My latest…
Why the Netherlands No Longer Trusts U.S. Intelligence Because of Trump
Last week, something significant happened that should alarm every American.
olgalautman.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
krasnov still good putin muppet, ya?
'Trump is systematically dismantling the institutions designed to protect America’s national security. Allies who once shared everything are now holding back, and agencies that once trusted the U.S. to protect their secrets are now protecting themselves from it.'
'Trump is systematically dismantling the institutions designed to protect America’s national security. Allies who once shared everything are now holding back, and agencies that once trusted the U.S. to protect their secrets are now protecting themselves from it.'
They assert that empathy precedes intelligence, and that intelligence is the degree to which we, as individuals and as a species, pay attention to, and act on, empathy with all other life.
I don't disagree. ☯️ ♻️ 🔁
I don't disagree. ☯️ ♻️ 🔁
What happens when you take a handful of scientists and philosophers, stick them in a 500-year-old church in the middle of Tuscany, and ask them to redefine "intelligence"? I had the transformative experience of finding out. nautil.us/what-is-inte...
What Is Intelligence?
What Is Intelligence? At a church in Italy, we sought to shed an old definition for one that could save us.
nautil.us
October 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
They assert that empathy precedes intelligence, and that intelligence is the degree to which we, as individuals and as a species, pay attention to, and act on, empathy with all other life.
I don't disagree. ☯️ ♻️ 🔁
I don't disagree. ☯️ ♻️ 🔁
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but king dump must have his gilded gawdawful ballroom. 🙄🤏🍄
Government shutdown imperils dozens of Head Start preschool programs
Head Start programs that serve tens of thousands of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government shutdown.
apnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
but king dump must have his gilded gawdawful ballroom. 🙄🤏🍄
herr tiny hands*: "A king! They're referring to me as a king. I'm not a king."
intrepid** news agency rolls AI clip, posted by him, flying a fighter jet christened 'king trump' on the side & flown by ser tiny hands himself, dumping diarrhea on people.
(*henceforth king dump)
(**nonexistent)
intrepid** news agency rolls AI clip, posted by him, flying a fighter jet christened 'king trump' on the side & flown by ser tiny hands himself, dumping diarrhea on people.
(*henceforth king dump)
(**nonexistent)
October 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
herr tiny hands*: "A king! They're referring to me as a king. I'm not a king."
intrepid** news agency rolls AI clip, posted by him, flying a fighter jet christened 'king trump' on the side & flown by ser tiny hands himself, dumping diarrhea on people.
(*henceforth king dump)
(**nonexistent)
intrepid** news agency rolls AI clip, posted by him, flying a fighter jet christened 'king trump' on the side & flown by ser tiny hands himself, dumping diarrhea on people.
(*henceforth king dump)
(**nonexistent)
The best justice that money (& only money) can buy.
This is why the gestao disappears people & immediately moves them out of their local jurisdiction - to prevent due process. 🧵
This is why the gestao disappears people & immediately moves them out of their local jurisdiction - to prevent due process. 🧵
ICE tried to send one immigrant to a country he never lived in. Then he lawyered up.
Roman Surovtsev is like many others who were detained at their regularly scheduled ICE check-ins. What makes his case different is that his wife has marshalled a team of lawyers on his behalf.
www.npr.org
October 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The best justice that money (& only money) can buy.
This is why the gestao disappears people & immediately moves them out of their local jurisdiction - to prevent due process. 🧵
This is why the gestao disappears people & immediately moves them out of their local jurisdiction - to prevent due process. 🧵
The sign from the MN March says it all -
The power of the people is greater than the people in power.
The power of the people is greater than the people in power.
I’m absolutely exhausted in the best possible way. I love us. We did it! #NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The sign from the MN March says it all -
The power of the people is greater than the people in power.
The power of the people is greater than the people in power.