Some Special Sort of Nonsense
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Human. Maybe. Who knows? I certainly don't.
Donate to a food bank. Two caw-fees a week can be two weeks of meals for someone in need. https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank
Donate to a food bank. Two caw-fees a week can be two weeks of meals for someone in need. https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank
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the face of a dog who bamboozled the humans into three dinners and is gunning for a fourth
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
the face of a dog who bamboozled the humans into three dinners and is gunning for a fourth
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(Be nice to your retail workers, folks, Trump's economy isn't their fault)
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
(Be nice to your retail workers, folks, Trump's economy isn't their fault)
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Here's an extremely mundane post:
I just ate a snapdragon apple that made me extremely happy. They're not lying about that crunch.
Ok that's all.
I just ate a snapdragon apple that made me extremely happy. They're not lying about that crunch.
Ok that's all.
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Here's an extremely mundane post:
I just ate a snapdragon apple that made me extremely happy. They're not lying about that crunch.
Ok that's all.
I just ate a snapdragon apple that made me extremely happy. They're not lying about that crunch.
Ok that's all.
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This story stemmed from this question: what will be the human toll of Trump's climate rollbacks?
Turns there is emissions modeling that can help provide an estimate.
Using modeling from @rhg.com we estimated the additional death toll as high as 1.3 million
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Turns there is emissions modeling that can help provide an estimate.
Using modeling from @rhg.com we estimated the additional death toll as high as 1.3 million
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This story stemmed from this question: what will be the human toll of Trump's climate rollbacks?
Turns there is emissions modeling that can help provide an estimate.
Using modeling from @rhg.com we estimated the additional death toll as high as 1.3 million
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Turns there is emissions modeling that can help provide an estimate.
Using modeling from @rhg.com we estimated the additional death toll as high as 1.3 million
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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The important thing to bear in mind as Trump's popularity begins to wobble is that the disastrous economic consequences of the things he's done in the first 10 months of this term have not even *begun* to hit. We've been coasting on the fumes of the economy he inherited and soon they'll be gone.
my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
As a direct result of President Trump's Big Ugly Bill, almost 300 jobs will be cut from Providence Swedish's First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, and Issaquah hospitals and clinics. These are not the only layoffs we've seen in our health care system in Washington state in recent months.
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The important thing to bear in mind as Trump's popularity begins to wobble is that the disastrous economic consequences of the things he's done in the first 10 months of this term have not even *begun* to hit. We've been coasting on the fumes of the economy he inherited and soon they'll be gone.
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Easy if you try...
Between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, join us in hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=i...
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Easy if you try...
"Downtown businesses supported free buses because they helped bring people downtown & decreased workers’ transit costs."
Ditto protected bike lanes. If you make travel easy, it turns out that people spend their time & money doing what they need & want to do--not fighting traffic.
(Gift link)
Ditto protected bike lanes. If you make travel easy, it turns out that people spend their time & money doing what they need & want to do--not fighting traffic.
(Gift link)
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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"Downtown businesses supported free buses because they helped bring people downtown & decreased workers’ transit costs."
Ditto protected bike lanes. If you make travel easy, it turns out that people spend their time & money doing what they need & want to do--not fighting traffic.
(Gift link)
Ditto protected bike lanes. If you make travel easy, it turns out that people spend their time & money doing what they need & want to do--not fighting traffic.
(Gift link)
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"Downtown businesses supported free buses because they helped bring people downtown & decreased workers’ transit costs."
Ditto protected bike lanes. If you make travel easy, it turns out that people spend their time & money doing what they need & want to do--not fighting traffic.
(Gift link)
Ditto protected bike lanes. If you make travel easy, it turns out that people spend their time & money doing what they need & want to do--not fighting traffic.
(Gift link)
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Curmudgeonly compaint to ignore: Even as I recognize its necessity, I don't like "we're going to win" rhetoric. I think it implies "norms" can be restored, that there'll come a day when this is "over"--vs. a long struggle in which there're victories but no final victory, because this isn't a movie.
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Curmudgeonly compaint to ignore: Even as I recognize its necessity, I don't like "we're going to win" rhetoric. I think it implies "norms" can be restored, that there'll come a day when this is "over"--vs. a long struggle in which there're victories but no final victory, because this isn't a movie.
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Giving away a record amount of money from my checking account to my savings account
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Giving away a record amount of money from my checking account to my savings account
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Cyclist turns down trans exclusionary honour for woman cyclists (and you can feel the BBC’s teeth grinding about it).
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
Woman refuses Cycling UK award over trans women being left out
Claire Sharpe says she disagrees with Cycling UK only naming biological women in their top 100 list.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Cyclist turns down trans exclusionary honour for woman cyclists (and you can feel the BBC’s teeth grinding about it).
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
As we all are. 😌
Balthazar is thinking about Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It looks delighted.
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
As we all are. 😌
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Still wild to me that Trump pointed in a woman’s face and said “Quiet, Piggy!” and literally no one who witnessed it was like “Whoa, there bro” either because they didn’t care or they weren’t surprised, or both.
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Still wild to me that Trump pointed in a woman’s face and said “Quiet, Piggy!” and literally no one who witnessed it was like “Whoa, there bro” either because they didn’t care or they weren’t surprised, or both.
I NEED WELLBUTRIN 😭
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I NEED WELLBUTRIN 😭
Thanksgiving turkeys weight more than a human infant. They can weigh more than two human infants.
And we place them in their entirety on our tables. Mmmmm, carcass.
And we place them in their entirety on our tables. Mmmmm, carcass.
November 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Thanksgiving turkeys weight more than a human infant. They can weigh more than two human infants.
And we place them in their entirety on our tables. Mmmmm, carcass.
And we place them in their entirety on our tables. Mmmmm, carcass.
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whomst among us has never
My husband is currently losing an argument with a corgi.
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
whomst among us has never
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BREAKING: House votes overwhelmingly to force release of Epstein files, sending bill once opposed by Trump to the Senate.
House votes overwhelmingly to force release of Epstein files, sending bill to Senate
The House has voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
BREAKING: House votes overwhelmingly to force release of Epstein files, sending bill once opposed by Trump to the Senate.
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If I have to go, an exploding value prosecco bottle will quite plausibly be the way...
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
If I have to go, an exploding value prosecco bottle will quite plausibly be the way...
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The perpetual innocence thing is ugly and it's one of the more insidious aspects of white supremacy.
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The perpetual innocence thing is ugly and it's one of the more insidious aspects of white supremacy.
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Billionaire companies are bankrolling Trump’s ballroom and it stinks of bribery.
That’s why @robertgarcia.house.gov and I introduced a bill to crack down on this potential corruption.
That’s why @robertgarcia.house.gov and I introduced a bill to crack down on this potential corruption.
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Billionaire companies are bankrolling Trump’s ballroom and it stinks of bribery.
That’s why @robertgarcia.house.gov and I introduced a bill to crack down on this potential corruption.
That’s why @robertgarcia.house.gov and I introduced a bill to crack down on this potential corruption.
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The Trump administration is trying to sell federal student loans to private companies.
This sale would be a giveaway to wealthy insiders at the expense of working-class borrowers and taxpayers.
It’s a tremendous mistake, and I’m fighting back.
This sale would be a giveaway to wealthy insiders at the expense of working-class borrowers and taxpayers.
It’s a tremendous mistake, and I’m fighting back.
Warren urges Trump administration to 'immediately cease' student loan selloff plans
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is attempting to stop the reported selloff of the $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio to private companies.
abcnews.go.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Trump administration is trying to sell federal student loans to private companies.
This sale would be a giveaway to wealthy insiders at the expense of working-class borrowers and taxpayers.
It’s a tremendous mistake, and I’m fighting back.
This sale would be a giveaway to wealthy insiders at the expense of working-class borrowers and taxpayers.
It’s a tremendous mistake, and I’m fighting back.
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When I evacuated from the hurricane in 2005, the Red Cross offered us cash to help with expenses.
The Salvation Army offered us "a hot meal" which was just a smoked sausage soaked in cheap barbecue sauce with a stale slice of white bread we had to say how thankful we were while getting preached at.
The Salvation Army offered us "a hot meal" which was just a smoked sausage soaked in cheap barbecue sauce with a stale slice of white bread we had to say how thankful we were while getting preached at.
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
November 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
When I evacuated from the hurricane in 2005, the Red Cross offered us cash to help with expenses.
The Salvation Army offered us "a hot meal" which was just a smoked sausage soaked in cheap barbecue sauce with a stale slice of white bread we had to say how thankful we were while getting preached at.
The Salvation Army offered us "a hot meal" which was just a smoked sausage soaked in cheap barbecue sauce with a stale slice of white bread we had to say how thankful we were while getting preached at.
Guys, don't be afraid to unpublish your KDP ebooks. You don't want AI learning off your books in general but you REALLY don't want it learning from works you're not proud of.
Update: we're safe. I unpublished it before the pandemic. Thank gawd.
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Guys, don't be afraid to unpublish your KDP ebooks. You don't want AI learning off your books in general but you REALLY don't want it learning from works you're not proud of.
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I don’t know why, and I don’t want to make a big hairy deal out it so ICE’s Special Media Prosecutor Division doesn’t notice, but People Magazine has been incredibly straightforward with their Trump headlines when he’s being a weird old asshole.
They’re a quiet Facebook behemoth, so this is good.
They’re a quiet Facebook behemoth, so this is good.
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I don’t know why, and I don’t want to make a big hairy deal out it so ICE’s Special Media Prosecutor Division doesn’t notice, but People Magazine has been incredibly straightforward with their Trump headlines when he’s being a weird old asshole.
They’re a quiet Facebook behemoth, so this is good.
They’re a quiet Facebook behemoth, so this is good.