And there are so many cool vintage & antique machines out there that run circles around the new plastic machines. Clean and oil, some rewiring and a 1940s Singer 66 can punch through multiple layers of denim while that plastic Singer "Heavy Duty" machine weeps. Treadles are the best, though.

Years ago, the instant I learned Tapper was a Dartmouth alum I knew he was a dogshit shill. He has not disappointed.

Don't forget they *also* have lots of super cringey moments like this one!

Can anyone tell me why he got unanimously confirmed? Not a single nay vote from Dems. I've been trying to find statements from Dems as to their reasoning but keep coming up empty. Honest question!

There already was a test run on that with COVID and a very uncomfortable majority of this country has been just fine with it. A lot more sick and vulnerable now due to the let-it-rip strategy of both administrations.

Yet another reason that, in hindsight, it was a good call to keep an N95 on at all times. I've seen fascism coming for years no matter what party was in power, and not voluntarily joining the masses of the physically vulnerable seemed like a good idea.

Speaking from experience both at home and work, voicing criticism of the Dem Party invites accusations of being pro-Trump. It's crazy how saying "we deserve better" makes you MAGA in the mind of a certain stripe of liberal. Totally derails the conversation.

Like the devastating flooding in northern VT this summer...quarter inch predicted, but a regular low just decided to park itself over St. Johnsbury and dumped 8" in a matter of several hours overnight. The last couple years the NWS forecasts have been so off the mark.

Seeing roadkill always brings me down. When I can, I stop and move them out of the road to protect the scavengers.

Howard Dean's 50 State Strategy was 20 years ago. It helped Obama get elected. Then the Dem Party dismantled it. The party will be the biggest obstacle to making change.

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I figured the knee bending and ring kissing would be happening soon, especially in the media (since history shows it always goes this way) but the speed of it took me by surprise. It's only been 2 weeks! The US is really going the way of the USSR isn't it ...and faster, powered by climate collapse.

Hoping to see you post more here. I followed you avidly on the other site and you were one of the reasons I held on so long on Twitter but finally cut the cord yesterday.

I convinced myself to take next summer off from the usual intensive gardening and preserving in order to enjoy a summer before it gets truly bad. Hoping nuclear war doesn't break out before then! I will be so disappointed.

I have given up among my IRL friends group because they refuse to acknowledge that the Dem Party is a huge part of the problem. The last 1.5 weeks has been intensely frustrating. I'm focusing on continuing my survival skills to weather the coming hard times as much as I'm able.