C. James Highlander
@1livelyrogue.bsky.social
Writer of crime fiction. Educator of neurodivergent teens. Husband. Father.
Steppenwolf’s “Don’t Step On The Grass Sam” is now back in my drive time rotation. apple.news/Ac7GrwEYzSIG...
Trump Says He’s Replacing D.C.’s Grass With Grass From ‘A Friend Of Mine’ — HuffPost
“We’re replacing all of the grass,” Trump said.
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Someone learned a new word. apple.news/A3GGxoIVxQAS...
Trump calls Iranian leadership ‘extremely duplicitous’ after Tehran denies new talks will start Monday — NBC News
Iran said Monday it was not currently holding talks with the U.S. but was in discussions with Oman over a temporary safe route through the Strait of Hormuz.
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All this for platitudes. We’ll see the weaponization fund again in a month. They never even mentioned Trump’s IRS immunity. apple.news/AetH_nBX8QUW...
GOP holdouts say they will back Blanche's attorney general nomination after striking deal over fund — The Associated Press
Two Republican senators who threatened to block acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s bid to lead the Justice Department say they will vote to advance his nomination, ending an impasse over plans to ...
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My thought on the weaponization fund: Another missed opportunity. The man isn’t looking to give rank and file MAGA a payday. That money is meant for him. Even if I’m wrong, the line of attack here is to declare that his sons don’t need another taxpayer funded fortune.
It amazes me that no one has done the beetlejuice couple with their faces.
✨️April vs The Empire✨️@aprilvstheempire.bsky.social · 3d ago
The tendency in modern journalism to take four or five paragraphs to get to the point of an article really annoys me. You put a title. Then you put a subject sentence. You aren’t building suspense and you aren’t making me stay on your site longer by delaying the information.
If we live in a simulation then. time travel is possible.
I feel like releasing someone’s personal diary to the public shouldn’t be without repercussion.
Headline should read: “GOP further disconnected from the average American lifestyle.”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d agoRep. John McGuire on need for the SAVE America Act: "You can't go anywhere, you can't get medicine, you can't go to the Obama museum without a photo ID."
Why does the Secretary of Defense have anything to do with college testing? apple.news/A0R0v1NtHRBS...
Hegseth’s ‘gold standard’ college exam tests middle-school math — USA TODAY
Held up as a new route to college admissions, the Classic Learning Test has instead become a remedial high-school graduation test in Florida.
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I don’t know Rand, publishing someone’s diary seems a little asshole adjacent.
2 story ideas I’m toying with: 1) Aliens arrive, & the billionaire who buys his way into the first meeting so impresses them with his fascist existence that they attack because we are too backward to thrive, 2) Science proves we live in a simulation and billionaires’ wealth was a programming error.
They put Fauci on the stands today, so it’s time to start looking for whatever news they hope we miss.
So let’s do it! I think people would show up and vote. apple.news/ApsLKRoa5QAO...
Most Americans favor big changes to the political system that likely would require amending the Constitution — Pew Research Center
Most Americans support term limits, campaign spending caps, and Electoral College reform, but achieving these changes likely would require amending one of the world's hardest constitutions to change.
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Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains. (I would also submit for your consideration Live’s Throwing Copper and Smashing Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream.)
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · last wk.Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
Well shit, so it’s time to prep for brown and black outs in service of data concentration centers. m.youtube.com/watch?v=auUj...
Loudoun Co. data centers linked to power flickering across half the U.S. | NBC4 Washington
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Name a movie that was formative for you. Flight of the Navigator (1986)! This movie was so good! It foreshadowed things like the X-Files for 9 year old me. Delightfully creepy, funny, and thrilling.
80s Sci-Fi Navigator in Cockpit (Fotn)
Alt: 80s Sci-Fi Navigator in Cockpit (flight of the navigator)
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"Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity." Carl Sagan
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” -Dwight Eisenhower. April 16, 1953.
Forget proof of life, Beshear ought to call for an autopsy.
Mitch McConnell Close-Up
ALT: Mitch McConnell Close-Up
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I look at the evidence of Trump’s health, and… As someone who was on IV diuretics TID and in hospice care… as a renal failure survivor… someone who had bruises from IVs and pick line… I am convinced Trump is not aware of his condition. I do not think him capable of understanding his own mortality.
We live in a time when our news isn’t, our government doesn’t, teachers can’t, and our ideals aren’t.
When dealing with a far right administration, centrists worry candidates are too far left. I get it, but it still strikes me as funny. Allowing this coming election cycle to turn into a balancing act will mean Americans lose. apple.news/Ajcra2vEWS36...
Young Padawan Luke's Jedi Training
ALT: Young Padawan Luke's Jedi Training
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I feel like there’s a class action lawsuit here. apple.news/ABHZUiicPRyW...
Mayor to homeowner losing sleep over data center plant: "Consider selling" — CBS News
Noise from a Mississippi plant powering Elon Musk's xAI data centers in the area is causing migraines, ringing ears and sleepless nights, residents say.
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“Watch out girls! The men will want sex! Hehehehehe” is a hell of an embarrassing take in support of a trumped up fake problem.
Brant Reeves@bireeves95.bsky.social · 3w agoHe Should Be Fired Immediately and Investigated…..
In this “political” reality… in this manipulated society; I think in a lot of ways the single biggest threat to our country is a poor man who decides he’s not going to be a victim. They should have never let it get to this point.
