Meh Pluribus Unum
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Homemaker, farmer, inventor by necessity, maker and fixer by curiosity and necessity.
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Democrats bought a sensible 4-door EV hatchback of an economy with solid acceleration and a great cost-per-mile.
Republicans barged in with a backhoe and smashed that economy up, replacing it with a single-seater goldleaf wrapped diesel go-cart.
Republicans barged in with a backhoe and smashed that economy up, replacing it with a single-seater goldleaf wrapped diesel go-cart.
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Great piece on the FDA and menopause hormone therapy in @motherjones.com it is the most medically accurate coverage I have read from the press! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Great piece on the FDA and menopause hormone therapy in @motherjones.com it is the most medically accurate coverage I have read from the press! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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why is there AI in my terminal app? seriously, who asked for this?
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
why is there AI in my terminal app? seriously, who asked for this?
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
This feels like the thing Republicans would've put on the golden record on the two Voyager spacecraft if SpaceX were launching them today. (derogatory)
youtu.be/WwlGitV9wbA
youtu.be/WwlGitV9wbA
Heavy Metal Mater | Pixar's Cars Toon - Mater’s Tall Tales | @disneyjr
YouTube video by Disney Jr.
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This feels like the thing Republicans would've put on the golden record on the two Voyager spacecraft if SpaceX were launching them today. (derogatory)
youtu.be/WwlGitV9wbA
youtu.be/WwlGitV9wbA
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New apple review -- the BLACK OXFORD. An apple that will gladly buy your soul at the midnight crossroad.
Apple Review #33: Black Oxford
To talk about this apple, we first talk about other apples. Let’s talk about the Black Diamond apple, because I get sent this every once in a while — a meme goes around, like this one &…
terribleminds.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
New apple review -- the BLACK OXFORD. An apple that will gladly buy your soul at the midnight crossroad.
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The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
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...is there a lord marmalade?
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
...is there a lord marmalade?
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It's amazing that neither Schumer nor any of the eight turncoats can summon this rhetorical energy.
Do I trust them? No. That’s why I voted no. But they are in a terrible position, and we can use the next few weeks to turn the pressure up even further.
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It's amazing that neither Schumer nor any of the eight turncoats can summon this rhetorical energy.
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Like, whatever you think about Whitehouse's argument here, he's at least engaging with the majority of the base of the party—speaking words that are consistent with an understanding of where the party's grassroots is at.
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Like, whatever you think about Whitehouse's argument here, he's at least engaging with the majority of the base of the party—speaking words that are consistent with an understanding of where the party's grassroots is at.
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"When it comes to the issue of Palestinian rights going forward, I will say that the younger generation, of both Jews and non-Jews, take seriously the idea that we should have a principled, rights-based foreign policy— something I've long believed in"
Senator Chris Van Hollen on Zohran & Palestine.
Senator Chris Van Hollen on Zohran & Palestine.
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"When it comes to the issue of Palestinian rights going forward, I will say that the younger generation, of both Jews and non-Jews, take seriously the idea that we should have a principled, rights-based foreign policy— something I've long believed in"
Senator Chris Van Hollen on Zohran & Palestine.
Senator Chris Van Hollen on Zohran & Palestine.
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I think that these 8 Senators are falling on the sword for Schumer and other Senators who wanted the shutdown to end. This allows the majority of Senators to save face; and only retiring or not up for reelection Senators take the heat.
It’s a ruse.
It’s a ruse.
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I think that these 8 Senators are falling on the sword for Schumer and other Senators who wanted the shutdown to end. This allows the majority of Senators to save face; and only retiring or not up for reelection Senators take the heat.
It’s a ruse.
It’s a ruse.
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I have come to believe this as well. The list is too strange. I don’t think a majority wanted to cave, but many more than the 8.
I think that these 8 Senators are falling on the sword for Schumer and other Senators who wanted the shutdown to end. This allows the majority of Senators to save face; and only retiring or not up for reelection Senators take the heat.
It’s a ruse.
It’s a ruse.
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I have come to believe this as well. The list is too strange. I don’t think a majority wanted to cave, but many more than the 8.
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That said I am lifting up the Senators who I KNOW fought, like my own @vanhollen.senate.gov. We need to press those Senators to demand a different kind of leadership internally. There’s still a lot more work ahead and we need the leadership to be chastened.
I have come to believe this as well. The list is too strange. I don’t think a majority wanted to cave, but many more than the 8.
I think that these 8 Senators are falling on the sword for Schumer and other Senators who wanted the shutdown to end. This allows the majority of Senators to save face; and only retiring or not up for reelection Senators take the heat.
It’s a ruse.
It’s a ruse.
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
That said I am lifting up the Senators who I KNOW fought, like my own @vanhollen.senate.gov. We need to press those Senators to demand a different kind of leadership internally. There’s still a lot more work ahead and we need the leadership to be chastened.
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Insomnia means I'm awake to see how ignorant Americans arr in real time, it's bloody exhausting I tell you.
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Insomnia means I'm awake to see how ignorant Americans arr in real time, it's bloody exhausting I tell you.
The "Blue Dogs" still can't hunt, I see.
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The "Blue Dogs" still can't hunt, I see.
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sorry, i can’t do lunch on wednesday, i have a pretty packed schedule. i’m gonna get dressed up kinda casual but in flattering clothes that make me look low key rich, then sit on the subway all day reading a book and hoping someone posts a pic of me on instagram with the tag #hotguysreading
October 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
sorry, i can’t do lunch on wednesday, i have a pretty packed schedule. i’m gonna get dressed up kinda casual but in flattering clothes that make me look low key rich, then sit on the subway all day reading a book and hoping someone posts a pic of me on instagram with the tag #hotguysreading
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Just to be clear, anyone talking about this shutdown deal as if it matters in the midterms (as opposed to the 2026 primaries) is basically off their rocker. Nobody who pays enough attention right now to care or even understand is changing their vote.
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Just to be clear, anyone talking about this shutdown deal as if it matters in the midterms (as opposed to the 2026 primaries) is basically off their rocker. Nobody who pays enough attention right now to care or even understand is changing their vote.
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Hang on, when did reading become so performative?
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Hang on, when did reading become so performative?
Young white men just need to "human up!"
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Young white men just need to "human up!"
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what’s remarkable about this is that there are zero winners at all, one of the biggest lose-lose deals I can remember
the Dem cavers will catch incandescent shit for it
the rest of the Dems will catch collateral fury
the big R win is… jacking everyone’s health care costs ahead of midterms
the Dem cavers will catch incandescent shit for it
the rest of the Dems will catch collateral fury
the big R win is… jacking everyone’s health care costs ahead of midterms
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
what’s remarkable about this is that there are zero winners at all, one of the biggest lose-lose deals I can remember
the Dem cavers will catch incandescent shit for it
the rest of the Dems will catch collateral fury
the big R win is… jacking everyone’s health care costs ahead of midterms
the Dem cavers will catch incandescent shit for it
the rest of the Dems will catch collateral fury
the big R win is… jacking everyone’s health care costs ahead of midterms
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I think this was the underlying problem all along; Dems were negotiating with a political suicide bomber
what’s remarkable about this is that there are zero winners at all, one of the biggest lose-lose deals I can remember
the Dem cavers will catch incandescent shit for it
the rest of the Dems will catch collateral fury
the big R win is… jacking everyone’s health care costs ahead of midterms
the Dem cavers will catch incandescent shit for it
the rest of the Dems will catch collateral fury
the big R win is… jacking everyone’s health care costs ahead of midterms
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I think this was the underlying problem all along; Dems were negotiating with a political suicide bomber
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Puzzled why reading something unusual is obviously something one only does to impress others whereas reading something everyone else is reading isn't
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Puzzled why reading something unusual is obviously something one only does to impress others whereas reading something everyone else is reading isn't
Waffle House server: "What are you reading for?"
Bill Hicks¹: "Not what am I reading? But, what am I reading for?"
Other Waffle House customers: "Looks like we got ourselves a reader."
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¹ Late 20th century, male chauvinist stand-up comedian of note.
Bill Hicks¹: "Not what am I reading? But, what am I reading for?"
Other Waffle House customers: "Looks like we got ourselves a reader."
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¹ Late 20th century, male chauvinist stand-up comedian of note.
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Waffle House server: "What are you reading for?"
Bill Hicks¹: "Not what am I reading? But, what am I reading for?"
Other Waffle House customers: "Looks like we got ourselves a reader."
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¹ Late 20th century, male chauvinist stand-up comedian of note.
Bill Hicks¹: "Not what am I reading? But, what am I reading for?"
Other Waffle House customers: "Looks like we got ourselves a reader."
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¹ Late 20th century, male chauvinist stand-up comedian of note.